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Caldrac · 07-23-2016, 01:25 PM

It's hard to really grade this in my opinion. But at the end of the day. It's honestly a combination of both. The most recent or modern example that I can think of is Jon Gruden and Tony Dungy.

Dungy built a superb defense in Tampa Bay before he was fired. The only knock was that he didn't have enough juice on offense to balance the team out. In comes Jon Gruden. The man who put Oakland's offense on the map for a few years in the early 2000s and he does the same thing essentially with an older cast of outcast offensive players from other teams. And he wins a Superbowl title.

Mora built a nice offense in Indianapolis before he was fired. The only knock was that he didn't have enough juice on defense to balance the team out. In comes Tony Dungy. The man who built the Tampa Bay defense into a bulldozer and put them on the map on that side of the football before his stint ended. He goes there and slowly rebuilds and changes the mentality on that defense and they're able to combine it with a tidal wave of an offense led by Manning into their Superbowl title.

You could also go back around that same time frame or era. And you can look at a coach like Bill Parcells. Who was known for inheriting dumpster fire teams and turning them around within a year or two into a competent and competitive play-off caliber football team. So it really does go both ways. Bill Belicheck in New England is another coach that comes to mind. You look at what he did in Cleveland before the huge move to Baltimore and he actually had the Browns competing in the AFC Central at that time with a wide variety of players on his roster.

Tom Coughlin also comes to mind as well. Inherited a brand spanking new franchise and had them running and firing on all cylinders for a good four year stretch with a mixed bag of players. He goes to New York. And he takes the Giants to two Superbowls and topples Giant outputting offenses that New England possessed during those two years. Andy Reid also comes to mind as well with what he's done in Kansas City with the Chiefs.

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."