(01-10-2025, 05:49 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(01-10-2025, 05:36 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: Yeah, I largely agree with this. Remember, we were told that Gus Bradley, because of his personality, would be this great leader.  How did that work out?  When I was one of the few who didn't like the Urban Meyer selection because of no NFL experience, I was told that the only thing that matters was being a "leader".  How did that work out?  I think some on here believe that all an NFL coach needs to do is make an inspiring speech at half time and then the worst team in the league will magically dominate over the best team.  Afterall, it works in virtually every sports movie.  The problem is that it doesn't usually work like that in real life.  

Let's go back to my argument regarding college coaches.  College coaches (without NFL experience) have such a bad track in the NFL that few even get interviewed anymore.  I currently see 32 different candidates having received requests for NFL head coaching interviews.  Only 2 are from the college ranks without any NFL experience.  Why?  I'm sure there are a number of college head coaches with excellent leadership skills.  The reason is NFL teams knows that it takes more than leadership to be a good NFL head coach.  NFL knowledge is also extremely important.  

I reject the notion that just because someone is a good coordinator that they can't also be a good leader.  Keep in mind that an offensive coordinator is the leader of the offense.  Their success was likely due in part to their leadership.  In terms of a young coordinator, I will say that I also believe that leadership has little to do with age.  Don't most player's respect their team captains?  How old are they?  A young person can be a leader just as much as an older person.  

The bottom line is I want both.  I want a brilliant NFL mind (which probably means a successful NFL coordinator) who is also a leader.  I also do think the NFL rules over time have changed the focus of the game to being more about offense.  As such, it's not an absolute, but yes, I would prefer an offensive coordinator over a defensive coordinator, assuming all else is equal.  It's not all about Trevor, but if I could ask a new head coach to take an existing player and turn him into an elite level player, I would want it to be the quarterback.  It's not even close.

The part in bold- literally no one said that.  What I am saying is that while it's nice to get a good offensive coordinator to be our head coach, an absolute prerequisite is that whoever we pick has to be a great leader.   I don't know how Khan can determine who is or is not a great leader, but I sure hope that he tries to do figure that out.