Okay after doing some research, I'd put HUE JACKSON on the list. Not at the top, but definitely ahead of guys like C.H.U.D. or Schiano.
Based on everything I've read, he's a well-respected offensive mind.
I thought this was pretty interesting:
"When you think about all the moves I've made in my career, I was always putting myself in position to become a play caller," said Jackson, who also coached for 14 years in college.
"Everybody talks about my time with Steve Spurrier [as offensive coordinator with the Redskins in 2003]. Well, I wasn't the play caller with Steve Spurrier. I wasn't the play caller for Bobby Petrino [as offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons in 2007]. That's what people don't really understand. You don't get those opportunities in the National Football League until you've coached a quarterback. And the only guy who allowed me to do that in the beginning was John Harbaugh."
Given the freedom to discover, draft and develop the quarterback of his choice, Jackson helped guide Joe Flacco to two of the best seasons to start a career in NFL history: a combined 6,584 yards, 35 touchdown passes, back-to-back playoff appearances and three postseason victories.
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Jackson wants the offense to be a reflection of himself — physical, bold, energetic, loud.
"He wants to get the play in quick so he can start trash-talking the defense," Dalton said. "The rest of it is on me. Obviously, he was with the offense last year, so we already had a relationship. But just the amount of support and the trust I get, and knowing that I'm his guy and that I'm going to be running everything, is great."
Jackson said he knows he isn't going to transform the more laid-back Dalton into a clone of himself, but he already has seen a change in their few months together.
"I don't expect him to be me any more than the other way around," Jackson said. "My energy, my exuberance, my passion is a good thing. His poise and the way he's so unflappable is a good thing. I think we can play off each other.
"But there's a time I'm going to need him to demonstrate that fire. The team's only going to go where the quarterback goes. This is his football team, and it's time for him to step forward and take responsibility."
That first big step will be today in Baltimore for the season opener. It will mark a new beginning for Dalton and the rest of the Cincinnati offense, but for Jackson, it will be more than that.
"It's always special when I go back to Baltimore, because I think it's one of the better organizations in football, top to bottom," Jackson said. "From Steve Bisciotti, there are some unbelievable people there, and this business is about people.
"I would not be sitting where I am today if it wasn't for John Harbaugh. John gave me his quarterback. People don't do that. They don't say you come help us draft a quarterback and coach this guy. What he did, to me, broke the mold of what was really happening in the National Football League. So I will always be indebted to him for that."
Cincinnati Bengals turn to Hue Jackson to energize the offense - Baltimore Sun
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IMO that's telling that John Harbaugh would basically entrust him to PICK and DEVELOP a quarterback. That's huge responsibility.
His first chance to really call plays in the NFL was with the Raiders, and their offense improved considerably; the Raiders offense improved from 31st (2009) to 10th (2010) in yards per game and from 12.3 points per game to 25.6 points per game. And that was with Jason Campbell at QB.
I also think college kids would love him:
[video=youtube;k_j-T6KkIrs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_j-T6KkIrs[/video]
Now I have no idea how he would adapt to being a head coach in college (my main issue would be the limited practice time and dealing with all the extracurricular bull****), but he's coached in college before so it wouldn't be a foreign concept. Plus he has a ton of coaching relationships, so he'd be able to put together a legit staff. No more James Coley/Mark D'Onofrio/Paul Williams bull****.
Overall he seems like an energetic guy who knows X's & O's and wants to have a physical, energetic team. I think he's a good fit.
Which is why it won't happen, especially if the Bengals' success on offense continues.