Like the hire. Whether he called plays in the past is almost irrelevant. More important was how involved and important he was in the gameplan. The fact that Manning and Burrow trusted him with the gameplan design is more important to me.
But did they have a QB to work with?
Superb Owls ….
Not like that is superb
Burks is dead
It’s above average. Most QBs don’t do it. Every QB who did it was in the playoffs but 1.
In what world was Mularkey considered a QB guru? I could see Whisenhunt but that was for established veteran QBs who needed minor adjusting, not developing QBs from the ground up. Callahan has done both.
And neither coaches worked under the modern, innovative Shanahan coaching tree like Callahan.
Based on what?
HIs dad won just as many playoff games as Vrabel for what it's worth and actually made a SB. He got fired the next year b/c Gannon missed most of the season and Al Davis was notorious for firing coaches the second they had a losing season.
I'm not saying he was a good coach, but it's hard to judge him too harshly given the situation.
His dad inherited a SB team.
That was Gruden’s team.
Uhh, what?
Mularkey was 54 when he took over the Titans and hadn't been an OC in over 4 years. And he was never a QB coach at any point in his career either. The words "Up and coming" and "QB guru" were never words anyone would have used to describe Mularkey in 2015.
Wisenhunt was certainly considered an offensive guru, but he also never coached QBs at any point. Not that it would have mattered given how little talent we had in 2014/2015. Those were probably the least talented teams we have had in Nashville. Truly awful.
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You forget 2 things:
1. He was the Raiders OC the 3 seasons prior. So while he didn't construct the SB team, he was at least partially responsible for their success when Gruden was the HC.
2. The Raiders weren't a SB team when he took them over in 2002. They had just lost in the divisional round a year before in the Brady Tuck Game. When he took over as HC, the Raiders actually improved on offense, leading the NFL in passing and total offense while Gannon won the MVP.
Again, not saying he is/was a good head coach, but I can't be too harsh on him given the situation in 2003. And obviously his Washington stint as an interim HC can be taken with a grain of salt too.
Or a diversity hire. I was afraid that would have been his top priority. I don't mind it being a priority but not the top one.
