About hiring a "defensive minded" coach

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Personally, I like it. The Defensive Coordinator who becomes a Head coach stays on the defensive side of the ball, because that's his "baby". He'll hire some hotshot young offensive coordinator and let him play to his heart's content.

Chris Petersen? A Defensive guy. Todd Graham? A defensive guy. However, they were smart enough to get some hotshot offensive coordinators.

Sylvester Croom? Offensive coordinator. Emory Bellard? Offensive coordinator at Texas.

 

[thatsbaseball]

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[beachbumdawg]

Personally, I like it. The Defensive Coordinator who becomes a Head coach stays on the defensive side of the ball, because that's his "baby". He'll hire some hotshot young offensive coordinator and let him play to his heart's content.

Chris Petersen? A Defensive guy.Offensive Coordinator under Hawkins Todd Graham? A defensive guy. However, they were smart enough to get some hotshot offensive coordinators.

Sylvester Croom? Offensive coordinator. Emory Bellard? Offensive coordinator at Texas.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Oh well. It just seems that every time we hire an offensive guy to Head Coach Mississippi State, they immediately go to "their system' and damn the consequences, bygolly, WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUR SYSTEM NO MATTER IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PLAYERS TO RUN IT!

 

[3000lbchicken]

If you look at some of those high octane offenses, they forget about playing defense and every game is a shootout.

You have to have a good defense in the SEC. More importantly, you need to have good linemen, on both sides of the ball.

 

[beachbumdawg]

If you look at some of those high octane offenses, they forget about playing defense and every game is a shootout.

well that would be more exciting than 3-2 no?

 

[3000lbchicken]

that one game maybe, but sometimes a dominating defense is just as fun to watch. But that's just me.

 

[thatsbaseball]

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[beachbumdawg]

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croom had nothing to do with that safety....

 

[thatsbaseball]

except for the years when he had Cadillac , Campbell and Brown he`s made Auburn successful with defense first.

 

[Coach34]

Give me an offensive-minded HC...you can find a good DC anywhere...

Florida- offenive HC
Georgia- offensive HC
LSU- offensive HC
Texas- offensive HC
Texas Tech- offensive HC
Missouri- offensive HC
OK St- offensive HC
Ohio St- offensive HC
Penn St- offensive HC (back in the 20's when he was a coordinator)
Oregon- offensive HC
Cal- offensive HC
Oregon St- offensive HC</p>