I never said that either Charlie or Romeo is qualified to be a head coach.
I also never suggested that the patriots do not go outside to find coaches. That seems to be YOUR position. We went outside to find a top special teams coaches in 2009 and we went outside to get Pees as a linebacker coach.
I also have not questioned the general structure of our coaching or coaching promotions. However, I would note that we carry a couple of coaches fewer than most teams. We have only one coach doing double duty as QB coach and as OC.
To be clear, I'm fine with Pees, although I thought that we might have brought in better. In the end, he has done very well this year with realtively little talent. The limitations in schemes may have indeed have been a funtion of personnel.
My problem is with Bill Obrien. The reality is that Brady ended up training him as he did Josh. We just don't have an OC. We have an inexperienced quarterback coach making believe that he is an NFL OC. He was an assistant in 2007, a WR coach in 2008 and a QB coach in 2009. That is not much of a resume for an OC. And yes, it is similar to Josh's.
It is great that we have fine offensive personnel and fine position coaches and also have dante to help out in running the offense. In the end, Obrien hasn't had to do much. My gut feel says that a more experienced OC would have been better at adjusting at halftime and in adjusting to the other team's adjustments. My gut says that a more experienced OC might have been able to come up with the answer to some of the second half woes we've had this year. Apparently you disagree, but that's fine.
We have Bill Obrien as QB coach and as acting OC. He has been judged to be SO GREAT (and experienced) a coach that he can handle both positions. Forgive me if I think that we might possibly be better off with one more coach to fill one of the positions. I do well understand that bringing in a high profile coach might cause dissention and not allow Brady to run the offense. And in the end, I agree with you that a high-profile coach is not needed.
HOWEVER, Belichick has brought in experienced guys like Pees and Obrien (the ST coach). So why has it been so hard to find someone to help out at QB caoch or with play calling or with the offense in general? Does Dante really not need the help?
Why do you persist in claiming that those who don't want Bill to hire outside coaches fans may perceive as more talented to coach or replace his system are the ones who don't get what a great asset coaching is? When the fact is those who do want that are simply the ones who don't grasp that we have a system and scheme that has worked so well for a HOF HC for decades now because it is home grown.
Where do you imagine the Giants young DC of 2007 who crucified us came from, a worldwide talent search? He came up through the ranks just like they all do and he wasn't making much more than RAC was when he left here. Which is why they gave him a $2M extension when Snyder came calling immediately after the SB to cover their ass in case they still ended up moving on from Coughlin. Unfortunately for them they didn't and he took a HC job in 2009...which is what guys with ambition do. He isn't making much more than what the Giants were by then paying him to remain a DC.
He was a position coach in Philadelphia for six years after signing on as an assistant after a decade bouncing around the college ranks. He had never been a DC beyond the Frankfurt Galaxy. He worked briefly with Tuna who likely recommended him to Coughlin. Few outside of his coaching circle likely knew who the hell he was while he worked under Jimmy Johnson. Kinda like the guys who work under BB. RAC was once one of those, too.
Outside talent can't coach this system because they don't know it. Charlie and RAC would not come back here as coordinators no matter how much the job paid because it won't make it any easier for them to land another HC job for the same reason it took them so long to in the first place.
BTW the young superstar DC isn't doing all that well in his new HC position probably because he lacks talent. But he will draft first this year to compensate. Will likely be drafting thereabouts for a while yet. Charlie's offensive prowess and RAC's defensive accumen somehow couldn't save their jobs when they left here. Go figure.