Finding someone who wants to stay

[Actionman0z]

Matt Rhule seemed pretty upset when answering the media questions about coaches on staff leaving for what he quoted as “more opportunities.” What happened to the Phil Snows of the world who just want to be an OC, and don’t really want the managerial title of HC?  Find that guy, and find success. These 1 and done coaches who are flashes in the pan, are not reinventing football... I want someone who loves offense, who loves the challenge of tweaking an offense week in and week out to attack the weaknesses of the defense... and I want someone to build continuity, over the long haul. Clearly Joe Brady was not that guy, and it’s Rhule’s fault for not seeing that. Get someone in place who wants to build a consistent championship program. 

[LinvilleGorge]

They're few and far between. Most of the guys with the ability to be great coordinators also have the ambition to want to be head coaches. Just the way it is.

[TheCasillas]

Joe Brady is currently still employed by the Panthers.

[chknwing]

Phil snow is DC. And joe brady hasnt taken another job. Not sure what this is.

[OldhamA]

3 minutes ago, chknwing said:

Phil snow is DC. And joe brady hasnt taken another job. Not sure what this is.

He's probably pretty pissed that Brady is interviewing for HC jobs (not sure why) and the QB coach is interviewing for the LSU OC job.

I guess he'd like a little bit of stability in his coaching staff - especially coming off a 5-11 record. 

[KSpan]

Weird take, especially since Brady hasn't actually been offered or taken a job yet and since flavor-of-the-month coordinators being poached for HC gigs has been commonplace in the NFL for decades now. How is this any different than the 'real world' where people look to grow their skills and take on new challenges all the time? I've heard recruiters bitching about people not hanging around in their roles for years but... why should they feel obligated to do so? 

[Mr. Scot]

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

They're few and far between. Most of the guys with the ability to be great coordinators also have the ambition to want to be head coaches. Just the way it is.

Extremely hard to find. Occasionally you see a guy like Jim Johnson but they're pretty rare.

About the only real pool for guys like that is older former head coaches, guys like Dan Henning, Wade Phillips or Norv Turner.

[top dawg]

IF Brady leaves, I'm not going to cry about it. I think his play calling was certainly better than Shula's (et al.), but that's a pretty low bar IMO. Brady tinkered out more than I liked when down in the red zone. There are certainly some young NFL minds that can do as well as he did this past season. I'm not sure he's HC material based upon his play calling, but, I'm not going to fault a guy in any way for setting their sights higher. In some respects, it's the natural progression of things!

[SOJA]

If you could be one of 32 for whatever field you were in you'd take that chance. 

[Daddy_Uncle]

20 minutes ago, chknwing said:

Phil snow is DC. And joe brady hasnt taken another job. Not sure what this is.

Just someone on the huddle being dramatic. Nothing new

[top dawg]

I get what you're saying though. I just think it's hard to identify a person that is content being a coordinator for the rest of their lives. I think that they exist, but most aren't going to tell you that during an interview. And, it may be kind of awkward asking someone that in an interview, and even more accepting that as an answer because I could see you or them feeling some type of way about someone admitting it, however unconsciously!

[Adb6368]

You want to hire people that don’t want to be as successful as possible at their job or ever get promoted? Sounds like a recipe for mediocrity 

[Tbe]

Taking a HC job is a zero risk opportunity. If you don’t cut it, you get a big paycheck for a few years and go back to being a coordinator. 
 

Who wouldn’t take that chance?

[Shotgun]

If you don't want your team to suffer from the loss of OC's, you need a HC that calls the plays.