Brad H
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ORIGINAL: ronhextall I zero upside in a defensive coach. None. Why? DC or OC, there is no guarantee a good coordinator will make a good head coach. Get a good OC and he will be hired away. Just the way I feel after all the years of a defensive guy being a dumbass when it comes to offense. The best teams seem to be lead by offensive coaches. Pick up a DC from the scrap heap of head coaches. Like the Patriots under Bilichick or the Colts under Dungey or the Steelers under Tomlin? Bilichick is the GOAT and has proven to be a guy that is willing to adjust to an offensive league, as has Nick Saban in college. Saban admitted publicly you need to be able to score 30+ points to win at a high level. Both these guys have changed with the times and are a rare breed in defensive coaches that shifted to an offensive philosophy. Dungey won a Super Bowl 15 years ago. Tomlin won a Super Bowl 13 years ago. Look at Pete Carroll, his is a defensive coach that is stuck in that idea and cant embrace the need of a dynamic offense first system. Seattle sucks even with a top shelf QB. That's ancient history in terms of NFL rules to promote offense. I can't think of any defensive head coaches that have had success with a revolving door at the OC, which is what will happen if a defensive coach comes in and finds an OC that turns Cousins around. He would be hired away in a heartbeat. IMO hire a defensive head coach and the most important hire instantly becomes the OC and not the HC, I really couldn't give a damn who the head coach is if its a defensive guy. Was Belichick a Def coach or not? You can twist it to fit your premise ... but your point argues the opposite – a defensive coach is capable adapting to the game. Belichick, Tomlin, Carrol, Vrabel, McDermott ... by any standard, currently in the top 10-12 HCs as we speak are all former DCs. John Harbaugh was a ST coach. We can all agree that, on paper, a good young OC is the way to go ... but there are so many qualities that go into being a good HC – if you interview 3 brilliant young OCs and they all come across as jackasses or too offensive centric ... you hire the best person that run the team, offense defense ST personnel game mgmt ets ets etc. Hire somebody that is good, and I won't care if his previous experience was running the hot dog stand in section 317.
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