PATRIOTS NEWS Pats hire Will Lawing to offensive staff

[Ross12]

Report: Patriots hire Will Lawing to offensive staff

The Patriots are hiring Will Lawing for a position on their offensive staff, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports.

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Lawing worked with Bill O'Brien at Penn State, Houston and Alabama in various offensive roles. Do not yet know what his role in NE will be. He was the TE coach in Houston and an "offensive analyst" at Alabama.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

Keep em comin

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

Wendell and Jefferson next please.

 

[signbabybrady]

Does this indicate Caley is gone?

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

Does this indicate Caley is gone?

I think it all but does

 

[Sect140]

I believe Caley interviewed with the Texans today for the OC position.

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

I think Caley will take any job with another team at this point he is out.

 

[Ross12]

Interested in how much of the staff really end up being "O'Brien's guys." If Bill hangs 'em up in 2 years it seems like it would be pretty natural for O'Brien to just take over.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Interested in how much of the staff really end up being "O'Brien's guys." If Bill hangs 'em up in 2 years it seems like it would be pretty natural for O'Brien to just take over.

Mayo will not take over? Why do you think it is pretty natural for O'Brien to take over? Does not seem pretty natural to me based on 1 or 2 low level offensive hires.

 

[Ross12]

Mayo will not take over? Why do you think it is pretty natural for O'Brien to take over? Does not seem pretty natural to me based on 1 or 2 low level offensive hires.

Maybe it was worded poorly. I was trying to say it would seem natural if the number of hires continued and ended up being a high total.

 

[Ring 6]

Interested in how much of the staff really end up being "O'Brien's guys." If Bill hangs 'em up in 2 years it seems like it would be pretty natural for O'Brien to just take over.

Isn’t this the first “OBrien guy” you are leaping to conclusions over?

 

[Brotherblues]

I think Caley will take any job with another team at this point he is out.

Think so too.

I have a hypothesis on how it went. Caley refused to be OC without the title. Bill said f that, next man up! And he put P&J in charge to teach Caley a lesson. The rest is history: a big, nasty splotch mark on the last few pages of Bill's legacy.

Caley stays only if he can't even get a lateral move anywhere decent.

(Yes, lotta conjecture here on my part, hence the hypothesis preface)

 

[Ring 6]

Think so too.

I have a hypothesis on how it went. Caley refused to be OC without the title. Bill said f that, next man up! And he put P&J in charge to teach Caley a lesson. The rest is history: a big, nasty splotch mark on the last few pages of Bill's legacy.

Caley stays only if he can't even get a lateral move anywhere decent.

(Yes, lotta conjecture here on my part, hence the hypothesis preface)

Do you have a shred of proof to back any of that up?

 

[Lagaffe_07]

Interested in how much of the staff really end up being "O'Brien's guys." If Bill hangs 'em up in 2 years it seems like it would be pretty natural for O'Brien to just take over.

If it’s a high total, it’s risky. What will happens if he leaves? Are we gonna need to replace all the offensive staff again?

 

[Steve102]

If it’s a high total, it’s risky. What will happens if he leaves? Are we gonna need to replace all the offensive staff again?

I would imagine "his" guys go with him to every stop on the world tour.

 

[Crazy World of Troy Brown]

OB's binky. He likes him for something, and he was Assistant O-Line Coach in Houston.

 

[Brotherblues]

Do you have a shred of proof to back any of that up?

Of course. I was in on the meetings, have recordings, statements from staffers under oath, and both Bill and Caley told me their feelings at length on a candlelit dinner.

If I had proof it'd be more than a hypothesis.

 

[Sciz]

His father Brad was a big time college DL coach. He coached a bunch of future first round picks like Clowney, Easley, Melvin Ingram, and Dante Fowler.

 

[jdlboot14]

Caley is an enigma.
We keep hearing he's a great young coaching talent, but they're treating him like he's completely expendable.
It will be interested to see if Caley doesn't get the OC job in HOU, if he stays with the Pats, and if he's still the TE coach.
Lawing seems to continue as "offensive assistant" - which could be in the old O'shea role. RZ specialist, or whatever.

 

[Ross12]

Isn’t this the first “OBrien guy” you are leaping to conclusions over?

I'm just hypothesizing.

If it’s a high total, it’s risky. What will happens if he leaves? Are we gonna need to replace all the offensive staff again?

Yeah, that's what I mean. If they let O'Brien bring in a lot of "his guys" then they're at a big risk if he leaves in 2 years and takes them. Unless he never leaves and just takes over, and many of "his guys" move up one level when he does so. But again, that is just a theory.