ghz in pittsburgh
01-03-2013, 09:28 AM
The coach search have me thinking. What is a successful coach? Should he be very good on defense/offense?
It is true a good QB makes any coach looks better, but a true great coach, regardless QB, is someone making a team over-achieve. In that regard, he must have great people around him because one person cannot succeed in all aspect of the game. For all we know, Gailey has a reputation being a hard worker (in Dallas, in Buffalo). But a major failure is he never hire great defensive coordinators or even have a philosophy in defense. Look at Bill Walsh, Jimmy Johnson, Parcells, Shanahan, Belichick, their coach tree just grows and grows, never seems to run out good coaches from underneath.
Why? Because they know coaching talent and can identify coaching talent.
So if I were on Bills coach searching team, I may put some investigation on candidates' win loss record to find out why, but I'd put a lot of emphysis on look at their staff over time. Do they have any assistents worth a lick that they picked? In that light, I'm really not sure about Lovie Smith. Whistenhunt passes the test. Andy Reid is really at the top of the list.
All of the fired coaches have some warts. That's why the preferred route may be a new coordinator/college coach. As I said Donahoe has the right approach, but he's just terrible with player evaluation. Gregg Williams enjoyed a pretty good NFL coaching career, just not quite the HC material. Mularkey got his 2nd shot.
It is true a good QB makes any coach looks better, but a true great coach, regardless QB, is someone making a team over-achieve. In that regard, he must have great people around him because one person cannot succeed in all aspect of the game. For all we know, Gailey has a reputation being a hard worker (in Dallas, in Buffalo). But a major failure is he never hire great defensive coordinators or even have a philosophy in defense. Look at Bill Walsh, Jimmy Johnson, Parcells, Shanahan, Belichick, their coach tree just grows and grows, never seems to run out good coaches from underneath.
Why? Because they know coaching talent and can identify coaching talent.
So if I were on Bills coach searching team, I may put some investigation on candidates' win loss record to find out why, but I'd put a lot of emphysis on look at their staff over time. Do they have any assistents worth a lick that they picked? In that light, I'm really not sure about Lovie Smith. Whistenhunt passes the test. Andy Reid is really at the top of the list.
All of the fired coaches have some warts. That's why the preferred route may be a new coordinator/college coach. As I said Donahoe has the right approach, but he's just terrible with player evaluation. Gregg Williams enjoyed a pretty good NFL coaching career, just not quite the HC material. Mularkey got his 2nd shot.