Interesting points. Like Paul I believe it has more to do with organizational skills in hiring very good coaches and knowing how to utilize that talent around you and then lead them all.
I’d I had to choose, I’d say defense only because DC is a more demanding job than OC. But in the end whether a coach is offense- or defense-oriented is irrelevant to whether he has the capacity to be a successful head coach. The qualities required—leadership, organizational ability etc—have nothing to do with which side of the ball he comes from.
I like Pat Kirwen's take that special teams coordinators should have the easiest time transitioning to HC. They have more experience with an overview of the team and all players than most OCs or DCs, who tend to be buried into their groups only. Their gameplans usually are less involved but they have to be more aware of all game situations in all 3 phases, much like HCs.
The defensive-minded coaches are doing so well that Shane Waldron was fired again. No schadenfreude, here, but I have suspected that others would eventually be as dissatisfied as I was with him. Quicker than I thought, though.
Is it telling it took the Bears 9 games to fire Waldron, when it took 3 seasons for the Seahawks to fire him? Or is it more because Waldron was still a step up from Brian Schottenheimer? Or is it just that Waldron has a hard time working with a rookie QB? Or all of the above?
I recall Pete always trying to provide cover for “his guys” so I wonder if that played into his extended tenure with us. If I ever had to see a Shane Waldron screen pass in an nfl again, man, I might not watch the NFL anymore.
Interesting points. Like Paul I believe it has more to do with organizational skills in hiring very good coaches and knowing how to utilize that talent around you and then lead them all.
I’d I had to choose, I’d say defense only because DC is a more demanding job than OC. But in the end whether a coach is offense- or defense-oriented is irrelevant to whether he has the capacity to be a successful head coach. The qualities required—leadership, organizational ability etc—have nothing to do with which side of the ball he comes from.
I like Pat Kirwen's take that special teams coordinators should have the easiest time transitioning to HC. They have more experience with an overview of the team and all players than most OCs or DCs, who tend to be buried into their groups only. Their gameplans usually are less involved but they have to be more aware of all game situations in all 3 phases, much like HCs.
The defensive-minded coaches are doing so well that Shane Waldron was fired again. No schadenfreude, here, but I have suspected that others would eventually be as dissatisfied as I was with him. Quicker than I thought, though.
Is it telling it took the Bears 9 games to fire Waldron, when it took 3 seasons for the Seahawks to fire him? Or is it more because Waldron was still a step up from Brian Schottenheimer? Or is it just that Waldron has a hard time working with a rookie QB? Or all of the above?
D. Definitely D. We all lnow if there is an "all of rue above" option D, it is ALWAYS the right answer.
Geez, my fat fingers...
We all *know*
"All of *the* above"
I recall Pete always trying to provide cover for “his guys” so I wonder if that played into his extended tenure with us. If I ever had to see a Shane Waldron screen pass in an nfl again, man, I might not watch the NFL anymore.
He was shinny and new when we got him. The Bears got to make him their scapegoat.
Or a bad OL. The next Bears OC is not going to turn them into the ‘99 Rams.