Originally Posted by DaWolf
I don't get why everyone wants an "up and coming coordinator" either. As many, if not more, fail than succeed. And to hand a first time head coach this mess and expect him to turn it around ASAP and keep it going long term is a dicey proposition. Sure, you have great examples this year, but you've had examples the last few years of "exciting" hires like Mangini, Payton, McCarthy, etc falling flat on their faces after brief success. And I suspect some of these guys like Sparano, Smith, etc are also going to face rougher seasons in the upcoming year. Then you have guys like Kubiak, Chilly, Zorn, who are hovering around mediocrity, and guys like Marinelli and Linehan who sucked major balls. Sure you have two new coaches in the Superbowl this year, but last year you had two retread coaches.
So really, I don't see the benefit of one over the other. If you bring in a guy who knows how to surround himself with good coaches and work with the personnel department to get his type of players into the program and put them in a position to win, you're golden. It can be a retread or a new guy. The new guy you better be damned sure about. Someone like Cowher, you know he's going to bring in quality assistants. Someone like Jauron, you pretty much instantly know your team is screwed.
To me, if Chin came in, at least I'd know he'd put good coaches on this staff, instill toughness in the team, and have them competing every week year in and year out. And when you get that, and when you manage to get a good QB and talent around him, you have a chance to win Super Bowls...
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