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IOW, there's more to evaluating a HC candidate than just his prior unit's production. There's a ton we can't see.
I dunno...I think there are examples of people who weren't necessarily renowned as coordinators at the professional level that turned out to be good HC's. These are admittedly few. Parcells is one, Jimmy Johnson another. ****, I'd even throw in both Harbaugh brothers as people who have been very successful as NFL HCs and have never held an NFL OC or DC job. OC/DC is the obvious training ground for HC so there's gonna be more bad than good when you look at it in aggregate because most NFL HCs fail. I understand not having held the job isn't the same thing as sucking at it, and more knowledge is always better, but there's definitely some wiggle room there for successful leaders who aren't necessarily high-level coordinators who handle X's and O's on a more micro level than an NFL HC might.if you suck at OC/DC...you ain't gonna be good at HC...thats a given
we all understand being impressive OC/DC doesn't necessarily translate to HC level, but the opposite is not true
If you're going to be a "players coach" and a "people person," you damn well better have a solid QB
to cover-up for your constant screw-ups.
Tomlin has that in ****tsburg; that's why he still has a job.
Wrecks Ryan didn't have that in both NJ & Beefalo; that's why he doesn't have a job.
And Vance Joseph doesn't have that in Denver; that's why he won't have a job sooner than later.
OK, that explains why Denver hired him...he can speak "Talib."