Ethnicsands
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I have no idea what it means to say I'm thinking '80s-'90s. Young people today sound like they're intentionally head in the sand. Military academies are still teaching Hannibal going apeship over cartilage.Your thinking like this is the 80s-90s. Times have changed. HCs are winning national championships by being OCs now. I agree it hasnt been done on the defensive side..but ill say again, I would rather him do it himself knowing he has proven he can be elite at it then bring in some guy to fill a coaching spot as DC and its another Blake Baker situation. If he couldnt get who he wanted, ***** it. You just want to bring in anybody and that is not my idea of a great hire. He brought in elite assistants at every position on defense. You cant follow that up some an average hire at DC.
HC is a job that requires managing a complex organization, complex processes, multiple constituencies, multiple outcome metrics. It's a more complicated job today than 30 years ago. Whether some other coach who is good as a HC and has an organization that already functions can be a good coordinator ... no view. Whether that makes sense for Manny, who's never succeeded as a HC before and has essentially no functional organization beneath him, that's my focus. I want to see him succeed as a HC, because the program needs that.