11-05-2014, 01:46 PM
Reading between a few of the lines, it seems some people are afraid it might be possible that no matter who the OC is, that David Shaw is effectively the OC. This is of course a possibility.
My discussion about changing out the OC assumes that the OC will effectively run the offense without interference from the head coach. The Shaw is effectively OC idea has currency particularly because if you look at Bloomgren's resume, he never ran an offense at the D1 level or higher before being elevated to the job at Stanford. He was an assistant OC at the Jets, but that's not the guy in charge. It seemed when he was hired that Shaw would be heavily involved in the offense because of Bloomgren's light OC experience at the major college and pro levels.
As for the OC having full responsibility, the head coach can certainly have veto power on decisions, and make suggestions, but nobody can really know who is responsible for what unless there are clear lines of responsibility. Coaches must have full "P&L" responsibility when coordinating a particular unit, otherwise there is no way to know which coaches are capable of getting the job done and which ones aren't. So I'm operating on the assumption a new OC/QB coach would be given enough autonomy to be fairly judged on his own merits.
My discussion about changing out the OC assumes that the OC will effectively run the offense without interference from the head coach. The Shaw is effectively OC idea has currency particularly because if you look at Bloomgren's resume, he never ran an offense at the D1 level or higher before being elevated to the job at Stanford. He was an assistant OC at the Jets, but that's not the guy in charge. It seemed when he was hired that Shaw would be heavily involved in the offense because of Bloomgren's light OC experience at the major college and pro levels.
As for the OC having full responsibility, the head coach can certainly have veto power on decisions, and make suggestions, but nobody can really know who is responsible for what unless there are clear lines of responsibility. Coaches must have full "P&L" responsibility when coordinating a particular unit, otherwise there is no way to know which coaches are capable of getting the job done and which ones aren't. So I'm operating on the assumption a new OC/QB coach would be given enough autonomy to be fairly judged on his own merits.