I’m not convinced at all we should hire from within. Here are a few reasons why:
I know Jim said that our staff came up with the schemes together but how do we know this? Gundy said Jim will lock himself away in his office and he wouldn’t see him. My guess is Jim did a lot more work then he let on. He was probably being generous to the coaches he worked with for so long or he was wanting to leave with a statement of kindness to the OSU people to not rock the boat or to make him leaving seem “not so bad.”
Let’s say it was true though. That the staff came up with the schemes together. Jim still steered the ship. He still called the shots. He still made the in game adjustments. He still was the leader. Is one of the current staff members able to do that or are we going to end up bitching about a promotion that is questionable like we have our OC?
In my opinion you go out and find someone who will come in(outsider) and do what Monken did when he followed up Holgy. The defensive staff does know the concepts so go hire someone that will mesh well with this current staff and is willing and knowledgeable of the concepts we run. Someone who excels at making in game adjustments. Someone who is a heck of a LB coach. Yes that all sounds like JK. He doesn’t have to be JK. Bring in your own way of doing things but not someone who is going to steer to far away from what we do scheme wise and is willing to learn and listen to our current staff who knows the system.
I love JBC. He is probably well undervalued by OSU fans. He has been getting and coaching up big time dlineman for us for a long time. He has been loyal and hasn’t ever seemed to let things get the best of him. Let’s face it, when we brought on Greg Richmond he could have taken that as a major insult and took his ball and gone home but he never did. He embraced it and the two have worked well together and put a very nice product on the field. Kudos to JBC. I just don’t think he is the guy for the job. My fear would be a Dunn situation. It’s one things to coach up dlineman and it’s another to know everything there is to know about offensive schemes and how the secondary should cover and what adjustments to make.
I think OSU needs to bring in a leader like they did when they hired Jim.
I know Jim said that our staff came up with the schemes together but how do we know this? Gundy said Jim will lock himself away in his office and he wouldn’t see him. My guess is Jim did a lot more work then he let on. He was probably being generous to the coaches he worked with for so long or he was wanting to leave with a statement of kindness to the OSU people to not rock the boat or to make him leaving seem “not so bad.”
Let’s say it was true though. That the staff came up with the schemes together. Jim still steered the ship. He still called the shots. He still made the in game adjustments. He still was the leader. Is one of the current staff members able to do that or are we going to end up bitching about a promotion that is questionable like we have our OC?
In my opinion you go out and find someone who will come in(outsider) and do what Monken did when he followed up Holgy. The defensive staff does know the concepts so go hire someone that will mesh well with this current staff and is willing and knowledgeable of the concepts we run. Someone who excels at making in game adjustments. Someone who is a heck of a LB coach. Yes that all sounds like JK. He doesn’t have to be JK. Bring in your own way of doing things but not someone who is going to steer to far away from what we do scheme wise and is willing to learn and listen to our current staff who knows the system.
I love JBC. He is probably well undervalued by OSU fans. He has been getting and coaching up big time dlineman for us for a long time. He has been loyal and hasn’t ever seemed to let things get the best of him. Let’s face it, when we brought on Greg Richmond he could have taken that as a major insult and took his ball and gone home but he never did. He embraced it and the two have worked well together and put a very nice product on the field. Kudos to JBC. I just don’t think he is the guy for the job. My fear would be a Dunn situation. It’s one things to coach up dlineman and it’s another to know everything there is to know about offensive schemes and how the secondary should cover and what adjustments to make.
I think OSU needs to bring in a leader like they did when they hired Jim.
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