Reading between the lines of Dave Caldwell's Press Con, I have a feeling that unless a great candidate comes along, that it will be Gus calling the plays as the DC. Dave talked about Gus not being able to do it before because he's new and there were a lot of things to do with the culture, young team, etc. This makes perfect sense to me (even though you get a handful of people who go hur hur it took you 3 years to decide to call plays)..

 

You have to learn to walk before you can run. Some can do it, but given how young this team was (first time owner, first time GM, first time coach, first time OC, very young roster and staff), it made sense that we didn't go that route.

 

Now that the offense looks to be in good shape, and DC hinted that they have people in place they can trust to control the offense (Olson? Marrone?), then it would make sense that Gus can focus more on the defense if he thinks it is better for the team. DC said that he fully trusts that Gus can do it, but he will defer if he thinks it is better for the team.

 

To me, it basically sounded like i think he can do it, but i'll leave it to him. Even though i think he should.

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