Aside from the fact that his LSU story happened to coincide with him having arguably the two best WRs in the NFL at his disposal and a top 3 passer in the league throwing to them, or that he’s working with a MVP candidate QB at the moment that was great before he got there, there is a lot more to consider outside of stat sheet results.
What if what is obvious to you contradicts what’s happening in the interviews? What if their vision of leadership isn’t being satisfied? What if there are things about him that you don’t know about that would come about while he’s being vetted for the elevated position of NFL HC through past references?
I think we all have our favorite candidate, but none of us can say the choice is “obvious,” especially when talking about the younger guys that’s never done it before.
There are certain qualities each team looks for in a HC, speaking in regards to leadership qualities, professionalism qualities. “Is this someone I want standing up at a podium representing my organization?” “Is this someone my locker room is going to take seriously when things aren’t going particularly well?” “Is this someone whose subordinate staff is going to have the utmost respect for?”
These are questions outside observers can’t really answer. We can’t just look at coordinators’ offensive outputs and say they “should be target #1 and it feels very obvious.”
Contrary to popular belief, all of these interviews aren’t going to go perfectly. Not saying Brady won’t check all of these boxes, but these are just things to consider when declaring that you think you know who the obvious #1 target should be.