Offense or Defensive minded coach?

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What type of coach would u rather have? In my opinion, lets get a Defensive minded coach in here to bring toughness to this team. Always remember Defense wins championships. Never really followed Tennessee football growing up, but I do remember those late 90's teams where yall was tough as nails out there. My opinion I like Brent Venables, Charlie Strong, and please don't sleep on Manny Diaz at my Hurricanes look at the Defense down there!! It took Miami a year and a half to be great again and Defense is there identity.
 
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I love defense, but seems like for this team, an offensive minded coach could do wonders.
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Honestly, it doesn't really matter if the coach is a strong leader and makes good hires. AND they do what they were hired to do.
 
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I like offensive minded for the potential excitement.

But i see the merits of a defensive minded coach like Saban. It definitely trickles down to the teams identity.

Fulmer was interesting because he was an offensive minded coach per se, but he was a offensive lineman, and preferred an offense that started with linemen controlling the line of scrimmage, rather than one dominated by skill position players.

So it played out like he was a defensive minded coach. It was a great formula for us back then, and tougness was definitely our identity.

Either way, offensive or defensive minded, you give up a little in order to gain an advantage- ie no offensive coordinator is gonna run a Saban team wide open on offense like Leach does, but they don't need to.

I just think its easier to find a capable defensive coordinator. An offensive guru is harder to find imo, and when you do find one you want to lock him down. A great OC is more likely to be stolen away as a head coach by another school.

Theres lots of good dc's Venables, Steele, Chavis that make careers happily as a loyal dc. Steele had a stint as hc but is back at being a dc, probably to stay.

Plus the NFL has been trending offensively and thats how you get the recruits, by projecting a scheme that mimics or prepares for NFL capability.
 
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I really like a coach that is efficient in both but also knows to hire the best OC and DC he can find and let them do their job.
 
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Tennessee always hires offensive guys it seems. We'll likely see that trend continue in this hire unless someone like Patterson was interested.
 
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Defense wins championships! And Lord knows we need some serious help on defense. I would prefer a defensive minded H/C and hire a good O/C.
 
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BigBadVol said:
How about a balanced offense and defense? Why not? Does it have to be one or the other?
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Every coach made their name on one side or the other. Pretty sure that's what the OP is asking.

Offense: Meyer, Fisher, Petersen, Swinney, Richt, Franklin

Defense: Saban, Stoops, Smart, Muschamp, Carroll, Patterson

Which style would you prefer
 
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Of the coaches being mentioned only Gary Patterson came through the ranks on the defensive side. Gruden, Kelly, Mullen, Fuente, Petersen, Campbell, Frost, and Norvell are all offensive guys.
 
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Special Ed said:
I don't really care as long as he brings in The Best Staff in America.
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That was the exact moment I knew he was a blowhard. Making that statement and then basically bringing over a Big East / AAC staff spoke volumes of the 5 years to come after.
 
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defense. Too much emphasis has been put on getting the latest and greatest offensive scheme. It doesn't matter if you can put up 50 points if you can't stop the other team.
 
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