Josh McDaniels insists he is not looking for another job. He says he is happy being the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. Still, with jobs opening at a rapid rate in the NFL, it is expected that McDaniels' name will come up as a potential head coach for other teams. It already has happened in Cleveland and it likely will happen elsewhere, as well. On Black Monday, as bodies well falling all over the league, McDaniels addressed the issue with reporters who cover the Patriots. "Here's what I'll say about that,'' McDaniels responded when asked about going elsewhere, ``I'm thrilled to be back here and came back here for all the right reasons - to learn and to get better as a coach, to work in an organization that I really have a great deal of respect and appreciation for. "I'm happy here. My family is happy here. We're excited about what's ahead of us here in the playoffs, and to talk about any other opportunities at this point is, to me, irrelevant, because I'm totally focused on this season and what this season holds,'' he said. ``I couldn't be more excited to be here and be a New England Patriot and try to do the best job that I can with the title I have right now.'' "I think that every opportunity that you have, and certainly [all] that I've gone through since I started a long time ago in 2001 here, has been a learning experience for me,'' said McDaniels, who left the Pats to become head coach in Denver and later spent time with St.Louis. "There are certainly going to be mistakes along the way in every role that you hold and that you have and opportunity to work in. "I think as long as you can go through that process and try to get better from each mistake that you make or from each positive result that you get, there's always something to learn from those things and try to make you a better coach, a better leader, a better teacher, a better person, a better communicator, a better staff member. "Hopefully that's what I've tried to do with all my experiences, including the ones that I've recently had that weren't here in New England. I hope every day that I'm better than I was the day before and that every year I can say the same thing. So hopefully going forward in any role that I have, I want to be as good as I can be for that organization that I'm working for. And like I said, I couldn't be more happy to be here in New England,'' he said. Source: Providence Journal
