Offense vs Defense Coach

[Dogariffic]

If you are hiring which type of head coach do you go after?
One with an Offensive background or one with a Defense background.
Popcorn please!

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Neither. You need someone with the Saban model*. But the answer is Offense. There’s enough guys in the state of MS to field good to really good SEC defenses year in and year out. Offense is another thing. You need an offensive minded coach that can make chicken salad out of chicken ****. Not saying we’re chicken ****, but you get my point.

 

[missouridawg]

Offensive minded with a knack for developing QBs

 

[johnson86-1]

If you are hiring which type of head coach do you go after?
One with an Offensive background or one with a Defense background.
Popcorn please!

If you are hiring at a blue blood school, you just hire the best coach. Anywhere else, all things equal, you want the offensive coach because it's easier to handle coaching turnover on the defensive side of the ball compared to the offensive side.

We have certainly had some negative effects from the lack of stability at defensive coordinator. But if we had been changing out our lead offensive coach that often, we would have been screwed every year.