Aaron Glenn and the Saints: Smart Hire or Familiar Misstep? (merged)

3ParStillDriver said
No. Maybe he’ll be a better head coach then a DC. But likely not.

Dennis Allen was a better DC. Our secondary went from average to shut down when Glenn left and DA came in. Regardless of what anyone says about DA being a head coach you can’t deny he was a very good defensive coordinator. Point being, being a good defensive coordinator currently doesn’t translate well to being a head coach in the NFL any longer.

Look at Mike MacDonald. He was a great defensive coordinator for the Ravens. Even better than Dennis Allen. Yet he’s not doing so hot up in Seattle currently.

Look around the league. How many successful head coaches are there that came from the defensive side of the ball? None? 1? 2? Now look at how many successful head coaches came from the offensive side of the ball. A dozen? Almost two dozen?

For whatever reason, offensive coaches make for better head coaches in this league over the last 5-10 years.

We need a head coach from the offensive side of the ball.

Besides. Glenn’s defense is a bit overrated and is partially protected by an offense that controls the flow with Gibbs and Montgomery.

While I prefer a offensive HC mainly because if it's a defensive HC they need a good OC and then if they have success he's more likely to get poached.
That said there are quite a few successful HC that came from the D side of the ball.
1, Johnathan Gannon AZ 6-6 in his 1st yr
2,John Harbaugh, most think of him as a ST guy but he was a DBs coach
3, Sean McDermott
4,DeMeco Ryans
5, Mike McDonald , you say he's not doing so hot but he's 7-5 in his 1st yr
6, Dan Quinn, Wash

Look at how many HCs are on the hot seat and may be fired at the end of the season. Already 1 offensive and 2 defensive HC have been fired and most of the rest on the hot seat are offensive HCs