Heir Apparent

Tell that to Buddy Ryan, If a head coach doesn't know how to run an offense than how is he supposed to know who does if he doesn't understand it himself, and then what does he do if that coordinator leaves for another job? Offensive geniouses are few and far between, if your going to open a restaurant and your cook is the buisness, you better be able to cook yourself because it's only a matter of time before he open's shop somewhere else and put's you out of buisness, many so called great coordiator's are the product of running system's that they have been taught, and fine tuned by the head coach, the HC makes sure the coordinator's run what he want's run, who do you think taught Belichik how to coach? Parcell's! Parcell's didn't get lucky and just happen to make a good hire, he made Belichik into the type of coach that he wanted, take a look at Gibb's he had several offensive coordinators during his first tenure and he never missed a beat, why? Because he controlled what they did, and that's what a coach does, that's why Wanstad is looking for a job right now he couldn't get the job done without Jimmy Johnson telling him what to do.

You're missing the point of what I said.
Take JG for instance. He has turned over power to the defensive side of the ball to Gregg Williams. He trusts Williams (for good reason, apparently) and focuses on his side of the ball (offense). Now, take Gregg Williams and let him do the same thing as head coach, but he would then turn over reins to the offense.

If Buddy Ryan knew how to pick an OC, he would have been more successful. Wannstadt had a decent D, it was the offensive side of the ball that got him run out of town. It will be interesting to see just how much of that genious status Bellicheck will retain with Charlie Weiss in South Bend.

I thought that was GREAT news about Williams..........anyone see Terry Bradshaw's 10 yards with Arrington........Question was whose better Lombardi or (all the other coaches you've had in your year's in the league.)Turner, Robiskie,Schottenheimer, Spurrier, Gibbs...................Arrington at first said Lombardi because he didn't want to have to recite all the names of all his coaches, but then he said.....if he just could pick one coah out of his group, he'd say Gibbs.............Poor Lavar...he just wants some stability in the Redskin coaching ranks, and I think the entire team would agree...

As for Williams being a defensive stratgiest and being head coach.....all you need it so higher a GOOD offensive coordianator....I think that is what was Pettibone's problem.....the offense was terrible..........