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Originally Posted by Laz
flawed poll imo
the ability to win games with play calling and develop a QB go together.
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Hardly, IMO.
The implication there is that every great QB coach will be a great OC. That's just false.
The difference you seem to miss is the difference between a practice coach and a game coach. The OC must be a great game day coach, but the QB coach has minimal duties that day.
A practice coach, when put into place as an OC might be able to effectively coach a QB to be a great technician with quality decision making, great accuracy and quality touch on the short, mid and deep passes. He might also be able to bring out the QB's innate rhythm and sense of timing so that he has a feel for the flow of the game at NFL speed.
However, that OC might not be able to DO those same things himself under the pressure of game day. He might not have a feel for the flow of the game in pressure situations. He might not be effective at predicting the defenses response to the offenses alignments and therefore have the wrong audibles in place. He might be better at understanding past game situtations after he watches film 3-4 times than when a new game is unfolding before him.
He might be a terrible strategist, who gets out gamed by the opposing coaching staff.
There are all kinds of reasons why a successful QB coach would be able to succeed at one part of his job as an OC while faling to deliver the full package.