Seaver wrote:skop wrote:Seaver wrote:how would Chucky actually work? His draft record is poor. His QB development record is poor. He's basically an OC much like Rex is a DC with the HC title.
Agree to disagree.
Yes Chucky is an OC at heart, but Chucky made the Bucs & Raiders better defensively because he was a complete HC that actually paid attention to the opposite side of the ball. His insights as to how he would attack "his" defense when preparing "his" defense for the upcoming offense they were playing has been chronicled...conversely, Rex made headlines for showing up to an offensive meeting. Hardly the same. if that's a rationale for not hiring, you eliminated about 100% of the coaches out there as they all have a forte', right?
Poor drafts...he won a lot of games. you tend to draft at the bottom. not a bad problem to have in my book.
you do realize he inherited a defense that had gotten to the NFC Championship with Webster as the QB? I wouldn't lay claim to Gruden making that unit better.
I was also referring to the defense that wasn't so acclaimed in OAK too. They too went to a title game, and had it not been for the worst rule in football history, would have beaten NE to go to the SB.
point is, Gruden doesn't entirely ignore the D, and he realizes that his type of O sustains long drives that keep his D off of the field. To say he's June Jones incarnate is just not accurate. He was a total HC...IMO.
