Cowherd says Waldron will ditch Seahawks for head coaching gig

[Mad Dog]

I think Waldron needs a little more seasoning before taking on the HC responsibilities. He's only been an OC for a year and a half. And that first year was meh.

But I could see in another year or two that we would offer him assistant HC with an opportunity to be the Pete replacement.

 

[Maelstrom787]

I think Waldron needs a little more seasoning before taking on the HC responsibilities. He's only been an OC for a year and a half. And that first year was meh.

But I could see in another year or two that we would offer him assistant HC with an opportunity to be the Pete replacement.

The NFL of today values youth and upward trajectory. Mike McDaniel had exactly one season as an OC before Miami took him. Kevin O'Connell only had two. Zac Taylor never had been an OC before when the Bengals poached him off the Rams staff - he was McVay's QB coach.

 

[ivotuk]

I don't get the trend of just offering HC jobs to coordinators based on their success leading at most, only 1/3rd of a team. HC ing requires a skillset that is far more complicated than simply coordinating an offense or defense. I know it's the way things go, but for the basis for a hire to be the x and os success... that's just a small part of the equation. I could be wrong, but when i see Shane, leader of a team, gravitas, charisma,... those aren't things that jump off the page to me. He has an almost quirky way to him that comes across more like a corny-cool, studied-up, master of an offensive mind.

But i guess if someone wants to throw him a bag full of money and the controls of a team, that's all good for him.

And agree that if he is coveted, Pete will be happy for him.

Great points. Agree completely.


I think it's too soon for him to be a HC. Last year was his 1st as a coordinator, and he just doesn't have the experience. Plus, most HC jobs will be for garbage teams. Look what that did to Gus Bradley's future head coaching chances.


IMHO, Clint Hurtt is an excellent HC candidate, but also needs 1 more year beyond this one. But teams will offer them a job, and it would be tough to pass up.

 

[scutterhawk]

Considering Geno is a free agent, the team that wants to hire Waldron could sign Geno to keep him in Waldron's system since he is the right quarterback.

Maybe, but I doubt like hell it's going to be Denver like some suggest.
If we're being a little more pragmatic though, there's a brewing chemistry going on all right, but it's not just with Geno & Waldron, there's others on the Seahawks Offense, like TE's, RB's, WR's & O-Line that play a big part of the overall meshing.
Denver thought they'd cut a fat hog in the ass by hiring Hackett away from The Packers, they wanted Rodgers, but settled for Russ, believing that Hackett could tie everything together in a great big package and the Chemistry that Russ was developing with DK & Lockett could be easily assimilated with the Broncos players, trouble is, that chemistry takes a lot longer than just a few months, and it takes more than just the Coach & Quarterback to grow success like we're seeing with Geno, Waldron, DK, Lockett, the OTHER WR's the three TE's, K-9 and a melding O-Line. just my 2 cents.