I guess my primary counter-argument would be, name me one NFL HC who wasn't an excellent coordinator or Xs and Os coach thenselves prior to becoming an NFL HC. Deion is a personality, and he may prove his worth as a solid coach, but I think he's finally at a place where we will find out. As others have said, he's always had better talent. The NFL is a much more level playing field from that perspective for a lot of reasons.
You guys crack me up with all this Deion love. He has to prove he can actually COACH first. All he's proved so far is that he's a good recruiter, and that will only continue for so long if he doesn't prove that he can win at a high level. The NFL largely eliminates his primary strength - recruiting.
You’re getting cracked over your own comprehension issues then. Never said I was a Deion fan. The poster I responded to was talking about hypothetical success at Colorado. Who knows? He may get exposed coaching in a Power 5 conference. Until the season plays out, everything people are saying is speculation. Personally, I’m not worried about Deion with any recruits. Nor do I really care about his success or failure. I find both camps regarding Deion equally annoying.
Actually, it was 4 years as a head coach in TX high school football followed by 4 years as an offensive coordinator in TX high school football. I agree with the fact that every coach has something to prove. That's what I'm suggesting. Let him actually prove it. Deion is one of the few new college head coaches that I've ever seen that a large percentage of people want to just assume he's going to be a great head coach. Many people say that's because he was one of the best NFL CB's of all time. However, history suggests that most NFL Hall of Fame players don't make particularly good head coaches.
I’m in wait and see mode with Deion. Maybe he’ll be a great Div 1 head coach. Maybe he won’t be. Maybe he’ll win whatever conference Colorado is in during his 3rd year as head coach. Maybe he’ll do that, but the conference is so pathetic it still isn’t that impressive. I’m going to let it play out. If he becomes a great head coach, I’ll give him credit for it.
I just remember watching his offense and being amazed by how simple and effective the use of play-action on nearly every single play was. It was just that quarter-second blip that made everyone on defense think twice and it was seamlessly easy for the offense to utilize play after play.
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Tbf they were 1-11 last season lol.
Those are maybe some fine examples, but I was speaking more so specifically to current NFL head coaches. The most recent of the four you mentioned came into the league as a HC 34 years ago and the game and hiring process has changed a lot in that time. My point was more that they there were few and far between, and that motivators aren't the primary source of head coaches in the NFL. Deion might make it. Hard to predict what someone with a billion dollar bank account and a $.10 football mind will do with their money when they fall in love with an idea. Al Davis hired Lane Kiffin, after all.
