Considering the fact he’s going to get the Falcons head coaching job is one of the worst kept secrets in the NFL, it’s no surprise that Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn’s second interview was a positive one.
Quinn’s agent, Rick Smith, told the Associated Press that Monday’s interview “went very well,” and that “there’s definitely mutual interest.”
You think?
It’s almost as if both sides know how this is going to end, and the only thing preventing an announcement is a league rule that prevents coaches in the Super Bowl from accepting or agreeing to offers.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll didn’t mind, saying he doesn’t think it will distract their preparations.
“I am pretty wide open and flexible in hoping that it works out, and that it won’t be a distraction,” Carroll said. “There will be questions and stuff like that, but we have such a big mission that we are on, and Dan wants nothing more than doing exactly right for what we have to do these next couple of days and the next week.
“He has no intention other than that, and he is dead solid on that, and that’s what we will get, but lots of questions will come out.”
The Falcons have already hired Quinn an offensive coordinator in Kyle Shanahan, and held onto several other assistants to help ease the transition, when it finally becomes official.