Scott Linehan

[fakepunt]

Any Texas ties?

He is used to playing on Thanksgiving?

 

[HornEsch]

As a St. Louisian, I do blame him for the downfall of the Rams. That being said, he ran a prolific NFL offense so that's a good thing.

Some coaches are just not meant to be the head man.

 

[seahawkhorn]

As a St. Louisian, I do blame him for the downfall of the Rams. That being said, he ran a prolific NFL offense so that's a good thing.

Agreed. Not NFL HC material.

 

[athenslawyer]

For what's its worth, @beingreal is saying OC has been hired and press conference tomorrow.

 

[GoHornsGo90]

Some coaches are just not meant to be the head man.

Would actually be a positive for me. Makes him more likely to be content with offensive coaching success, instead of wanting to be the head honcho himself.

 

[Hoekem]

Sh1t meet wall...

 

[seahawkhorn]

For what's its worth, @beingreal is saying OC has been hired and press conference tomorrow.

It better be a "home run", if they're having a PC

 

[Epictetus]

His wife's sister (Kerri) is married to actor Jim Caviezel.

 

[Topstarr]

not changing OC name again until press conference

 

[txscallywag]

So Lotushorn says it's Joker. This Jason Higdon guy says we got a "home run" hire (he's a little iffy on the home run part now). beingreal says we have the OC hire already and now Scott Linehan is meeting with Coach Strong tomorrow.

Let's just play rock, paper, scissors.

 

[GoHornsGo90]

Let's look at it logically. If Linehan is seriously "meeting" with Strong tomorrow, he has to be the guy. There's no way we're preparing to announce without knowing who the guy is already. So "meeting" has to mean he's being introduced, right?

 

[seahawkhorn]

Curious what Linehan's salary was

 

[JMagana]

Let's look at it logically. If Linehan is seriously "meeting" with Strong tomorrow, he has to be the guy. There's no way we're preparing to announce without knowing who the guy is already. So "meeting" has to mean he's being introduced, right?

Exactly, you can interview over conference call, you don't fly someone out this late in the game especially with recruiting opening up tomorrow?

 

[Hoekem]

So, this a guy that got fired 4 games into his last season as the Rams HC and then gets fired AGAIN this past Dec is supposed to be our saviour at OC...home run my a$$...sounds more like going down on 3 strikes (watched the last one go down the heart of the plate) type hire to me...

Oh, and he has Zero ties to Texas!!!

Left UL before CS was there...just doesn't add up...besides why have we been waiting to announce him?!?

 

[GoHornsGo90]

So, this a guy that got fired 4 games into his last season as the Rams HC and then gets fired AGAIN this past Dec is supposed to be our saviour at OC...home run my a$$...sounds more like going down on 3 strikes (watched the last one go down the heart of the plate) type hire to me...

This is just silly. It literally could not be less important that he didn't succeed as an HC. That's actually a positive for us because if he hypothetically succeeds as an OC here, he won't be looking to jump to another HC job. Being a good HC and a good coordinator are so disparate. It's always mind-boggling when somebody brings that up as a strike against.

The second complaint is less absurd, but still wrong. He was let go along with the rest of the staff. That's often what happens when you change coaches. You're blaming the Lions' OFFENSE for Schwartz's failure there? Come on man.

I understand if you don't think he's a HR. But aside from Morris, there isn't really that much higher to go in my opinion.

 

[seahawkhorn]

This is just silly. It literally could not be less important that he didn't succeed as an HC. That's actually a positive for us because if he hypothetically succeeds as an OC here, he won't be looking to jump to another HC job. Being a good HC and a good coordinator are so disparate. It's always mind-boggling when somebody brings that up as a strike against.
The second complaint is less absurd, but still wrong. He was let go along with the rest of the staff. That's often what happens when you change coaches. You're blaming the Lions' OFFENSE for Schwartz's failure there? Come on man.

I understand if you don't think he's a HR. But aside from Morris, there isn't really that much higher to go in my opinion.

Stafford and Megatron seemed to enjoy his play calling.

 

[GoHornsGo90]

Stafford and Megatron seemed to enjoy his play calling.

I think I would too. NFL guys often seem to open it up a bit when they come to college. His play-calling is already about as wide open as it gets in the NFL, so it'd be fun to see what he did in NCAAs.

 

[Bevo11]

This is just silly. It literally could not be less important that he didn't succeed as an HC. That's actually a positive for us because if he hypothetically succeeds as an OC here, he won't be looking to jump to another HC job. Being a good HC and a good coordinator are so disparate. It's always mind-boggling when somebody brings that up as a strike against.
The second complaint is less absurd, but still wrong. He was let go along with the rest of the staff. That's often what happens when you change coaches. You're blaming the Lions' OFFENSE for Schwartz's failure there? Come on man.

I understand if you don't think he's a HR. But aside from Morris, there isn't really that much higher to go in my opinion.

Excellent post.

 

[Hoekem]

This is just silly. It literally could not be less important that he didn't succeed as an HC. That's actually a positive for us because if he hypothetically succeeds as an OC here, he won't be looking to jump to another HC job. Being a good HC and a good coordinator are so disparate. It's always mind-boggling when somebody brings that up as a strike against.
The second complaint is less absurd, but still wrong. He was let go along with the rest of the staff. That's often what happens when you change coaches. You're blaming the Lions' OFFENSE for Schwartz's failure there? Come on man.

I understand if you don't think he's a HR. But aside from Morris, there isn't really that much higher to go in my opinion.

Strong wants a balanced attack right?

Last year the Lions had 634 passes for 4600+ 7.3 a catch w/ C Johnson and 445 rushes for 1800 yds on 4 ypc

Your opinion is yours and if being a NFL coordinator is the most qualifying trait of a coach, we would have hired Gruden. The NFL recycles the hell out of coaches...one last thing, he has NO ties to Texas and has been out of the college game since 2001.

 

[GoHornsGo90]

Last year the Lions had 634 passes for 4600+ 7.3 a catch w/ C Johnson and 445 rushes for 1800 yds on 4 ypc
Your opinion is yours and if being a NFL coordinator is the most qualifying trait of a coach, we would have hired Gruden. The NFL recycles the hell out of coaches...one last thing, he has NO ties to Texas and has been out of the college game since 2001.

These are all far better reasons (well, except the Gruden rhetoric obviously) — thanks for expounding. Again, to stress, I think this would be a hire that would excite me, but in no way am I arguing we'll automatically be Baylor next year if Linehan turns out to be the guy.

But I will say this: if you have a pass-blocking OL like the Lions do, a very good (albeit not always reliable) QB in Stafford, just picked up the 2nd best pass-catching RB in the league in Reggie Bush (who is devastating in the open field), and, oh yeah, arguably the best (and inarguably the most physically gifted) WR in world HISTORY on your team, wouldn't you feel like your best option is passing the ball? I would.

Also, and please correct me if I'm mistaken, but Strong actually mentioned that he wanted an exciting, hurry up offense that CAN run the ball when it needs to. I believe Wickline ameliorates a lot of your (legitimate) concerns on that front, particularly if we're naming him run-coordinator or whatever.

To the point about Texas, I never really understood that. Coordinators are generally not going to be the rainmakers in recruiting, or even be the guys that have roots in the state. That is more of a necessity for position coaches (admittedly we aren't doing great there either), but restricting our OC search...the second most important hire in this entire thing...to only guys that have Texas ties never made any sense. Sure, they should understand the love of spread offenses that has developed in the state and be able to leverage the awesome QBs and adroit WRs and OL the various high-level spread systems produce, but that doesn't mean the OC needs to be from here.