(01-16-2021, 09:54 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(01-16-2021, 07:19 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: The step up from NFL coordinator to NFL HC has proven equally tough for coaches.  The failure rate of NFL coordinators who become NFL head coaches is enormous.  So I don't put much stock in this thing about "lack of NFL experience."  NFL experience doesn't seem to make coordinators any more successful as head coaches than guys coming straight from college.

If you look at the teams that made the playoffs this year, 13 out of 14 had head coaches with NFL coaching experience prior to getting their current job.  If you also count playing in the NFL, all 14 had NFL experience.  Meyer doesn't.  NFL experience matters.

Promoting NFL coordinators was the most common method of having a playoff coach with 9 falling into that category.  3 were former NFL head coaches who were also previously either NFL coordinators or NFL assistant head coaches.  1 came directly from being a college head coach but had also previously been both an NFL head coach and an NFL coordinator for more than one team. 1 was a college coach with no NFL coaching experience.  The bottom line is that there's not one way to find a winning coach, but the numbers say promoting an NFL coordinator is the best option.

If you think this is just some one year fluke, it's not.  Let's look at history.  You have to go back 25 years to find the last time a team went to the Super Bowl with a head coach that had no NFL experience prior to getting that job.  

I'm hoping for the best and I plan to get fully behind our new head coach.  However, based upon the track record, I can understand why some fans have concern.

Belicheck was a NY Giants DC who failed as headcoach with the Browns and is now widely considered the best ever.

So I think you can throw almost everything out the window.

The one commonality I see is coaches who succeed usually have multiple experiences with winning orgainzations/teams/cultures.

Jimmie Johnson
1964 College National Champion with the Razorbacks
Louisiana Tech: recruited Terry Bradshaw
1987 College National Champion with the Hurricanes

Bill Belicheck
2 x Super Bowl champion as DC for the NY Giants
Made Super Bowl with Pats as assistant coach






ssistant coach under Jackie Sherrill

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