hiveredtech said:
There is a difference between the type of guy that players work for as a coordinator than as a head coach.
HFC and OC/DC are really different jobs requiring different approaches.
The Navy has discovered that it works very well for the Captain to be loved as a father figure and the Executive Officer (XO) to do the hatchet work that gets him hated.
No matter that every Captain was an XO on a prior ship, and no matter that the XO is only doing the hatchet work that his Captain wants him to do.
Outstanding coordinators that become outstanding head coaches for the long run have to be willing to change how they come across, and not just do the same thing to the whole team rather than just his group.
Intensity is a funny thing. One intense person is loved. Another intense person is respected but hated. Another intense person is just hated. Every coach needs a certain amount of intensity, but players need someone they can go to with problems they need to sort out.
Very intense people need less intense people below them, to soften the blow to the troops when needed. That model does not work well in the Navy or in football in the long term. I think we tried that with GOL, with BOB and Roof below him. That team got results for a certain amount of time, but the team was in decline before they left. There was stuff brewing that Chan inherited.
Right now, the players love Chan. They respect Jon, and love him a different way. We have good position coaches on defense. Our defense clicks. Change the dynamics, and our defense might not click.
So put me in the camp of those that love Jon as a DC, but only think he would succeed for 2-3 years as a HFC, and then only if he got great coordinators.