Pretty good article there Todd. Couldnt agree more. But Dan is an aquired taste for an assistant. He'd have to 'click' with the person pretty well before they'd be effective. Otherwise, even if the money is there, you dont get the effect you need. I thought that Dan would be just as good coaching this year with Tyler as he was with Relf, but that just didnt turn about to be the case. Dan is much more comfortable in the spread-read option offense that Relf ran. Add Dak's passing ability and I think we get 2-3 quality years out of Dak and our offense without much of a hitch. I know this also means we are benching our most prolific passer ever, but for whatever reason we want to choose, we dont have the wr tools right now or the power running game to support him. We have to be able to use a dual threat qb that has good rb and wr options to create mismatches along the line of scrimages.
As far as defense goes, our DC is going to have to be able to fine a way to get a bit more 'chaotic' and disguise pressure. I think we also learned a lesson when we lost good cover safeties.
All in all, you are correct that money matters andwe need to attract a better brand of assistant. I just hope Dan returns to what he's best at. Next year with the same gameplans and scheeme will produce, at most, 6 wins.
