The significance of Brian Daboll hiring
 

The Patriots ahve announced that former Patriots coach and OC at several other teams will be joining the Patriots staff.

Why now?

First his HC and therefor the staff were fired too. The Patriots may have simply chosen to hire him before he signed on with another staff. Others have theorized that Bill Belichick intends to step down in a year or three, and intends McDaniels to be his replacement. Daboll was his OC under McDaniel, so he is comfortable with him, and would make an easy transition to OC under McDaniels. I guess that is possible, although I don't think Belichick will retire before health forces him to do so as he just loves coaching.

When he does, I think he will recomend to Kraft to hire a football executive who has run and built an entire football enterprise, coaching, scouting, admin, CAP management, talent evaluation, just like BB has done. I would think Nick Saban or Nick Ferentz would be his recomendation. Both have NFL experience, Nick like Bill failed as a HC. Both have resurrected college programs, from scratch. Under the CAP, NFL teams are now more and more resembling College teams getting and integrating new players as others graduate and move on.:)

As for Daboll, I offer another possibility. Everyone overlooks that Daboll was also a QB coach with BB and worked with McDaniel befor. While the Patriots were trying to improve the $100 million dollar QB, and also tutor and refine the the skinny kid from Michigan a decade ago.:snob:

Perhaps they need a single specialist dedicated to refining and tutoring a new youngster from Michgan and Arkansas.:eek:

Comments?

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I thought someone's idea that KC played the Ravens tough and held them to 9 points so BB was looking for a trusted brain to pick, plus bring back a guy he likes, is more likely.

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Maybe BB is planning to eventually relinquish his HC gig and focus on GM duties only.

If so, maybe he figures he has his HC - Josh and his OC - Brian?

Or, maybe not ...................

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Just as players can always be upgraded, so can coaches. Also, every player is a risk to have a career-ending injury, to move on, etc., and similar things may be said of coaches.

The coaching roles that seem set in concrete are HC, OL/assistant HC, and OC. The first two can't conceivably be upgraded; the third clearly won't be. But any other role is up for grabs.

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Surprised nobody mentions that Dante is approaching his 70s

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On the Saban thing that sometimes gets mentioned, I just don't see it, because Saban is about a half year older than Belichick ( October 31, 1951 vs April 16, 1952).

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I could have been content not knowing that.

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Good Point. But Nick Saban has rebuilt two college programs that had gone into eclipse into collegiate national champions.

Like Bellicick, he failed at Miami, when he realized just how deep and long the restoration of the Dolphins would take. He has conquered all the football world, except the NFL. But I would assume burning in his breast is the urge to conquer the coaching in the NFL, even if it isn't going to be decades long.

Come in to a well established club like the Patriots, handle a successful transition to a new generation QB, and win for half a decade would be all he needs, I would think. That is about the only reason he would leave Bear Bryant's lair.

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With Brady's mentor having passed, I could see Daboll's roll in a similar capacity only as one sanctioned by the team.