Is Head Coaching a full-time job? (17 Viewers)

[stillslidingsideways]

It dawned on me that Coach Rizzi is not calling plays. At least, in terms of offense or defense. I honestly have no idea if he is still calling any plays for special teams. I assume the influence is still there. And that brought up something that I have often wondered about. Do head coaches that call their own plays distract them from the overall? And that got me thinking about how long it has been for the Saints. And I think it goes all the way back to Ditka. I will need some help here. We know DA called his plays, we know Sean called his own plays and I'm pretty sure Haslett called his own coverages. I do not remember Ditka having a call sheet in his time here. So, my question to the board is this.

Do you think head coaches should focus on the overall?

Do you think that calling their own plays distracts them from the overall?

My personal opinion is that a head coach should focus on the overall unless they are a generational talent as a coordinator.

What say you?

 

[Noble Saint]

I think it’s best if you have a head coach that isn’t distracted by one side of the ball or the other. The problem is it’s hard to get the best coordinators on your staff if you don’t make them a head coach. I think it takes someone insanely dedicated to do both successfully for an extended period of time. I think usually their coordinator duties take priority over other aspects of running the team, but that’s just my opinion and there are certainly all kinds of exceptions.

 

[jasonsw]

I want the head coach to manage and motivate the team first and foremost.

 

[meily]

Most coaches rise through the ranks by working on every side of the ball so they are head coaches because they know how to operate a team, I think that coaches who have made a name for themselves doing one thing may struggle more often than not than a head coach who came up in the ranks as he is more capable of hiring and managing a staff where as a coordinator relies on his staff to make him look good.

 

[DSnfla]

Most coaches rise through the ranks by working on every side of the ball so they are head coaches because they know how to operate a team, I think that coaches who have made a name for themselves doing one things may struggle more often than not than a head coach who came up in the ranks as he is more capable of hiring and managing a staff where as a coordinator relies on his staff to make him look good.

That's not correct. Almost every HC and especially the good ones come up on one side of the ball.

 

[SuperSaint]

It dawned on me that Coach Rizzi is not calling plays. At least, in terms of offense or defense. I honestly have no idea if he is still calling any plays for special teams. I assume the influence is still there. And that brought up something that I have often wondered about. Do head coaches that call their own plays distract them from the overall? And that got me thinking about how long it has been for the Saints. And I think it goes all the way back to Ditka. I will need some help here. We know DA called his plays, we know Sean called his own plays and I'm pretty sure Haslett called his own coverages. I do not remember Ditka having a call sheet in his time here. So, my question to the board is this.

Do you think head coaches should focus on the overall?

Do you think that calling their own plays distracts them from the overall?

My personal opinion is that a head coach should focus on the overall unless they are a generational talent as a coordinator.

What say you?

This is the way I've always thought about it.

The players are the parts for a piano.

The position coaches and coordinators build the piano.

The Head Coach tunes the piano.

The GM and front office run the piano store.

 

[St. Geezy]

I think Ditka took play calling duties from Danny Abramowicz(sp) at one point, but as expected, he was just as awful with it.

 

[oysters]

This is the way I've always thought about it.

The players are the parts for a piano.

The position coaches and coordinators build the piano.

The Head Coach tunes the piano.

The GM and front office run the piano store.

And DA had everyone playing chop sticks on the piano while Rizzi is rocking some Bach

 

[mdharper]

Ha. I remember when Steve Spurrier got drummed out of the NFL because he wouldn't put in the time required to be a winner in the league, but you won't hear the ego admit that now.

Personally I'm hesitant when any head coach calls plays. It makes me wonder what not getting done.

 

[Madmarsha]

Kinda FIFY, but it really depends on the organization and success of the HC. Some will always maintain play calling duties considering their specialties. Some are content with regulating duties while reserving the power to overrule or delegating calls on each side.

For example:-Some HCs only need to dictate more runs to a certain side of the field - or more blitz packages, and it's the coordinators jobs to dial something up.

I like how you took @SuperSaint 's music analogy and tweaked it a bit. I think I just had a hard time thinking of players as piano parts @SuperSaint, lol. Thinking of HC as a conductor makes sense to me. With first chairs as the coordinators completes it for me.


So, yes, head coach is a full time job, plus.

 

[whodatbe]

Do I believe head coaching is a full time job? Yes. Do they necessarily have to be gifted on offense or defense side of the ball? No, but they have to be able to identify what excels the players and have the coordinators bring out their best.

 

[DSnfla]

This is the way I've always thought about it.

The players are the parts for a piano.

The position coaches and coordinators build the piano.

The Head Coach tunes the piano.

The GM and front office run the piano store.

But if the guy you are looking at for the HC has never even built the biggest part of a great piano how does he know how to really tune it

 

[SuperSaint]

But if the guy you are looking at for the HC has never even built the biggest part of a great piano how does he know how to really tune it

Every great HC had to start somewhere.

 

[SuperSaint]

And DA had everyone playing chop sticks on the piano while Rizzi is rocking some Bach

Well said.

 

[Lazarus]

I think HC is motivator and leader first, Oversight on tempo and rythym of the game. Go back and look at some of the most successful coaches . They keep their teams focused and motivated, they never take the foot off the pedal and they go for the jugular in the game and they hold coaches and players accountable and maintain a high standard for the team.

I think these are far more impoortant than X's and O's There are plenty of willing X's and O's out there not enough leaders my 2 cents