game changing hire
Why do you think we need a "game changing hire?" If the team was a legit SB team that just got injured and had bad coaching then don't we need just need a guy ready to step in now with what we have in place?
so Bowles is a bottom 10 head coach, something that really hasn't changed in his tenure as Bucs head coach. He was never in the top 15 and i dont think he's cracked top 20 ever either. (as opposed to guys like Arians, Gruden, and Dungy, which were all at least in the top 15 during their times)
so with that being said, the Bucs were able to put up .500 records with an unqualified head coach and win their division in most years, first round playoff exit. Put them in that realm.
You hire a guy like Monken and you are still looking at a guy that starts the year outside the top 20, but ahead of Bowles maybe by a few spots. Maybe that gets this team to 10,11 wins but doesn't move the needle.
Look at young hires like McDonald, Johnson, and Coen which have their teams around the 12 + wins mark, or let's look at coaching retreads like Vrabel, Payton, J. Harbaugh all having success with their teams.
so that's why i am in the Kubiak, Brady camp or potentially Harbaugh, Tomlin camp.
Monken is closer to retirement in my eyes then he is cutting edge, going to make a mark.
Just my two cents, feel those other guys listed could get is to the 12 win+ mark and actual contender.
Just my two cents, feel those other guys listed could get is to the 12 win+ mark and actual contender.
Thats great thanks for the explanation.
One reason I mentioned Monken was because of the likelihood of the Glazers firing Bowles now and the absence of knock your socks off, no brainer young offensive minds like a Ben Johnson to replace him. From what I read, Kubiak and Brady don't fit that mold. Obviously could be wrong, but that was part of the thought process.
Historically speaking the Glazers also seem to go with a new HC who is the opposite of the perceived flaw in the fired coach. Loose, friendly Morris becomes "Toes on the Line" drill master Schiano, for example. Monken is sort of the anti-Bowles from a personality perspective.
Good points though. We will all know soon enough.
