Quote:I hope that it is. I started to get a little concerned after two of Coughlin's former assistants were brought on.


Still -- I've seen nothing from Marrone to suggest he'd just sit back and let TC hire his staff in a manner that doesn't align with his own judgment.

I'm still assuming they are collaborating effectively at this point.


Whether the two guys worked for Coughlin before or not -- their experience is unassailable.

Neither of Tom's former assistants were bad hires. If Tom has a list of options he brings to the table, and Marrone objects, I'm sure he's not force fed the hire. This notion floated earlier in this thread that Tom is somehow hiring a staff that won't work for Marrone so that he can fire the coach and take over is utter nonsense. The goal is to build the best staff possible that Marrone can work with. Neither of them will be successful if they don't.


Marrone does have experience in building his own staff, but I'm betting Coughlin's network is a heck of a lot more expansive. Nothing wrong with tapping those proven resources to build his coaching team.

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