Spags is a top level DC. Maybe the best DC in the league ? But he was 11-31 as a head coach . Check out the playoff teams this year. Chiefs offensive hc. 49ers offensive hc. Ravens special teams hc. Detroit offensive hc. Packers offensive hc. Rams offensive hc . Dallas offensive hc. Miami offensive head coach. Texans defensive hc . Bills defensive hc. Browns offensive hc. Steelers defensive hc. Bucs defensive hc . Eagles offensive hc . That’s 9-4. I think teams are better hiring offensive coaches because their oc will get picked off if they have success and it is harder to keep the same offensive system and harder on the offense to change coordinators
Coaches who were hired when the trend was to go pass happy offense over the last dozen or so years doesn't prove that the way to win today is by doing the same thing.
And if you disagree with the statement that the trend is now, again, going away from hard nosed football and physicality winning, you are in disagreement with John Schneider himself who said over the last year (last offseason) that things are shifting again.
Of all the high flying offensive coaches on that list and the systems they deploy, only those paired with top defenses made it anywhere.
Mid season, everybody was on Miami's nuts because they were again proof positive that offense now ruled. What happened to them and the rest? Pummeled by teams with better defenses.
The superbowl was 10-3 at the half.
At one point, the Shanahan offense went almost 2 qtrs without a first down. That with the most innovative playcaller in the league and the best offensive skill position talent.
It's a cyclical league. Rules changed in 2013 to hand offenses an advantage. Defenses have taken a decade to adjust, but they've done just that.
And honestly, I think we may have the best of both worlds. A defensive genius who can help modify his OCs approach so that it's designed to succeed against these new defenses that have obviously now adapted.