Prefer type of coach? An offensive, A defensive, or a middle guy?

You keep missing the boat. I've never said that Rizzi should be given a chance or that he will be successful. I've simply said that just because it's rare for special teams coaches to be successful head coaches, that is not a rational reason why Rizzi shouldn't be considered, especially if he's successful as head coach in his 8 games.

OC's and DC's have dominated the head coaching opportunities in the NFL, so of course most of the successful head coaches will have been and OC or DC. That's simple logic.

A more relevant and useful analysis would be to look at the percentage of OC's and DC's given a head coaching position that were successful as head coaches versus the percentage of special teams coaches given a head coaching position that were successful as head coaches.


You're seeing what you want to see.


Dan Campbell ring a bell? Jeff Fisher ring a bell? Mark Levy ring a bell? Marty Schottenheimer ring a bell?

You're cherry picking to defend your opinion as if it's an absolute truth. It is not.

The Saints are going to do what they want to do regardless of what you or I think.
The boat you are missing is that ALL of the ST coaches that have been given shots at being a HC and have been successful have had experience as OC's DC's and position coaches at the NFL or major college level

Cambell was interim HC in Mia and went 5-7 and was NOT retained

Levy had been a HC in the CFL , while not at the NFL or major college his 1st NFL HC job was in KC where his best season was 9-7. Not a successful tenure

Schottenheimer was never an interim HC , The Browns owner offered him the job of interim HC and he turned it down saying if he didn't get the job full time he didn't want it and he was given the full time HC job

Fisher is the only interim HC retained to be a permanent HC who has been successful

You are not seeing the facts