Another hypothetical....

[Zod]

You are GM. Fox quits and JR tells you that you must promote either Davidson or Meeks to sustain some form of continuity.

Who would you promote and why?

[Matt Foley]

Meeks. Because the Meeks shall inherit the Earth.

[Murph]

Davidson because I want Meeks to stay where he is.

[jramsey4]

Davidson because I want Meeks to stay where he is.

Agreed plus I want him to have full control of the offense. Most HC want to have there fingers in the Offense. I believe Davidson would allow Meeks to have complete control of the defense. So we win both ways.

And I think Davidson wanted Moore to start or at least Jake to be benched. He was having to become so predictable a caveman could tell what was coming. I dont think he would let him start again but I have no idea what Meeks would do.

[Zod]

Davidson has shown that

a) he can produce a top notch OL and running game

given an adequate QB, can have a very balanced attack

[Cavscout]

Davidson

[Matt Foley]

I don't think you can go wrong either way. I think both men are respected in that locker room, except for a certain wide receiver.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

The offense has proven that they can succeed on sheer talent, often in spite of playcalling. The playcalling has gotten better with a more competent quarterback, but I'm still of the opinion that the offense's success is more a result of player execution than coaching. For the most part, you can't coach what Williams and Stewart do every week. You just let them run loose.

I will, however, credit him with the offensive line's success. It's impressive that in both this year and last we've had backups come in and perform very admirably.

Now, all that being said, we continue to see the defense improve with each game. Can you imagine if earlier in the season Meeks had the good fortune of simply having an offense that wouldn't put the defense in bad spot? We'd easily be looking at a top 10 defense. I won't even get into the injuries.

Meeks it is.

[Bruce]

I say hire a special teams coach, promote Crossman and tell him under NO circumstances does he attempt to coach, all he is to do is to make sure his headsets plugged in a couple of time a game, chew gum and clap.

Seriously though I like Meeks only because I like smash mouth football and in the past weeks the offense has looked pretty strong, but the defense has played lights out in a short amount of time.

[Davidson Deac II]

Depends on the relationships on the team and between the two of them. Meeks has been around a lot longer, and might resent it if Davidson is promoted to the HC position. So based on that, it would probably be Meeks that gets promoted to head coach.

[panthers55]

Between the two I would promote Davidson and let him hire Weiss as OC. Make Meeks DC and assistant head coach. Problem solved. Funny the opinions now. When I suggested making Davidson head coach if Fox left a week or two ago, I was lambasted by the Fox and Davidson haters. 5 quarters of good offense and now everything is great. The pendulum swings pretty fast around here.

[Jensen]

I'd say Meeks simply because I'm a huge fan of his intensity. I think some you give Davidson way too much credit though.

[Zod]

I'd say Meeks simply because I'm a huge fan of his intensity. I think some you give Davidson way too much credit though.

Thats something you and I both have agreed on.

Amazing.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Between the two I would promote Davidson and let him hire Weiss as OC. Make Meeks DC and assistant head coach. Problem solved. Funny the opinions now. When I suggested making Davidson head coach if Fox left a week or two ago, I was lambasted by the Fox and Davidson haters. 5 quarters of good offense and now everything is great. The pendulum swings pretty fast around here.

I don't think anyone is really suggesting Davidson should be our head coach. Hence the "hypothetical" in the title. It's just an "if given the choice" sort of question.

I still don't think Davidson has shown much, and I think it would be a horrible idea to promote him as head coach. For the record, though, I don't know that Meeks has what it takes either.

I'm of the opinion that coordinators should be promoted after fielding one of the league's best offenses or defenses, preferably for a couple of years at least. I don't think either Davidson or Meeks has done that yet.

Still, I think Meeks has done more with less time here, so I'll go with Meeks.