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Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz
That must be an interesting way of looking at it for Kyle if thats the case.
28-3 is absolutely his fault. He called those pass plays when running the ball or even just taking a knee every down gives you a higher chance of winning. The sack that knocked them out of field goal range with 4 minutes left? Thats his play call. Shouldn't matter if he's the OC or HC. He orchestrated that choke job.
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History doesn't really give a shit who the OC of a Super Bowl champion was. It cares who the HC was.
If you look at it in terms of opportunity cost, there's no question which would/should hurt more. He lost as the OC and still got a plum HC job (just as both Eagles coordinators did last year). Had he won, nothing changes - still the HC of the 49ers. But if you win as a HC, you're in a pretty select fraternity.
Oh sure, maybe you're just Gary Kubiak and people forget you were ever a champion to begin with. Bruce Arians. Barry Switzer. Doug Peterson. But there have been about 35 SB winning head coaches and 3/4 of those guys are names we'll remember in 20 years. You can't say that about any coordinators who didn't then reaffirm their historical standing as HC's somehow.
There's really no question that losing as a HC should sting a LOT more than OC. Regardless of fault, it's the opportunity cost that should keep you up at night.