Quote:Two reasons:

 

1. It leaves them free to pursue a coordinator opening without the team being able to block the move.

2. If David Caldwell asks me if I'd like to make $250k next year, I'm saying yes.

 

Your Gase example makes no sense, actually. He can sign a fifty-year deal to be someone's coordinator, and that team can't block him from taking a head coaching job regardless. In his shoes, you'd almost want a longer contract so you've got a better shot at working with the same players a couple of years in a row, maximizing the chances of them looking good enough to get you an interview for a head job.

 

The team certainly can block a move from position coach to offensive coordinator. The Titans did it to Mike Mularkey twice. He is only a tight ends coach, so becoming the Buccaneers or Bears OC would not have been a lateral move.

 

Position coaches are only paid $250,000 annually? That's crazy when you look at player salaries.

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