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It probably should fall more towards the level of college players. That's a huge pool of people than are essentially starting their careers years earlier. I personally would prefer someone with a degree who had enough self awareness that they weren't going to play as a pro and took the initiative to at least get that piece of paper during that time. Their biggest hurdle is getting an invite to the big dance as a position coach.
Yeah, nepotism is a huge issue. In some cases, you could make the argument that it makes them stronger candidates (eg, Kyle Shanahan) although it's still unfair. But in many cases it clearly makes the team worse. (Also worth noting that Mike Shanahan refused to hire his son to his own staff until he had proved himself elsewhere as Texans OC. Then again, Houston's HC was Shanahan's former backup QB).
This is true.
This is such a great point. It feels like it's ok/looked down on less to make a mistake that someone else already made (hiring a retread coach that doesn't pan out) rather than be the first guy over the ledge with a brand new coach.
I have not. Tell me more about this "Bill Belichick".
That's interesting, I would think it's a conflict of interest drawing a paycheck from one team and then sitting in on another before their big AFCC game
Specifically I meant the AFCC, don't think Quinn was in place just yet when he worked with the Chiefs and was still listed as the OC on the Washington team website.
RG3 is never going to encourage anyone else to look in the mirror. Dude is still doing Twitter beefs about stuff ten years old. Seems like another clown who has way too much of a platform thanks to ESPN.
I agree, but imagine the conversation going something like this:
They're only called "retreads" when they fail a second time. You never hear Bill Belichick or Andy Reid referred to as a retreads.
I remember when the whole Jets/Pats/Belichick drama played out in 2000, thinking, "Why are they spending all this time fighting over a guy who was mediocre in his previous HC role?"
As an assistant. So puzzling.
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I think he wants to be a head coach, and has realized he will never be one in the NFL.
There aren't any more open OC jobs, so it's not like he has another option. He may indeed be migrating towards a HC job in college or perhaps hoping he can re-prove himself and get another NFL opportunity. But seems clear that until he shows something elsewhere, he's going to be viewed as having rode the coattails of Reid.
I didn’t really watch many Washington games but I also see Sam Howell, a below average OL, no real TE and a weak RB room. Granted they had a very good trio of WRs but that’s not enough to build an offense around. But I will take your word that the play calling was bad.
Don’t forget, he’s also an associate head coach.
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As a Washington fan I can tell you he really revealed himself last year. Whatever connection he has with the KC locker room is one thing, but he’s a terrible play caller. Hard to say how good of a motivator he is because it was an impossible situation. But as far as drawing up an offense and calling the plays for it, he sucks ***.
yeah, somem' ain't right.
Yeah he has to be a real PITA or something.
When the head coach left apparently a lot of money on the table to be a coordinator at another college and they gave the head coaching job to someone whose highest coaching role in his career was the RB coach I would not put being the associate HC/OC at UCLA as a top 100 college job.
Yes, the bolded. For passing I really liked his route combinations being at different depths. I thought it created nice passing lanes and yardage came in chunks. Howell started off finding those mid level routes fairly easily. But if you call the same play 10 times a game with only a slight wrinkle, the D will figure it out. To me that is what set Howell back, along with no run game or tight end. He didn't just get worse. The D took away his favorite routes and the offensive schemes kinda let him down. It's like EB read chapter 1-3 of Reid's book. Then lost chapters 4-10.
