Many fans of the Seattle Seahawks were ecstatic when new reports emerged late Monday that the team was planning on parting ways with defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr after four seasons in...
, is available because teams cannot prohibit a coach from interviewing for a position with another team that would represent a promotion. So, as a position coach, Richard needs no approval whatsoever from the Saints in order to interview for or be offered a position that would be a promotion, in his situation meaning either defensive coordinator or head coach.
The same cannot be said for Quinn, who as noted is still contractually tied to the Dallas Cowboys as their defensive coordinator. Since he is a coordinator, the only available promotion for Quinn would be into a head coaching role, and that is not currently a position that is open in Seattle. So, the Hawks could request that the Cowboys release Quinn from his contract in order to take on the same role with the Seahawks, but after helping the Dallas defense improve from 29.
That means that in order for the Hawks to bring in Quinn, they’d need to trade for him, and the simple fact is the team does not possess a whole lot of draft capital after sending their most valuable draft pick in more than a decade to theas part of the Jamal Adams trade.
For those who have forgotten, the fruits of 2018 free agency for the Seahawks included Brandon Marshall, Byron Maxwell, Sebastian Janikowski, Dontae Johnson, Shamar Stephen, Tom Johnson, D.J. Fluker, Jaron Brown, Barkevious Mingo, Ed Dickson and J.R. Sweezy was brought back during training camp.
Short version of a lot of words, Dan Quinn isn’t going to be the Seahawks defensive coordinator in 2022, so fans might as well stopping putting his name out there.