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Originally Posted by barrett
Interestingly enough, Gruden did a reverse Dungy with Dungy's old team (fixing the broken offense and leaving the D alone). I don't want him here because I think he would start over on offense, or at least try to use the same parts to make a different whole.
Go with a defensive head coach and tell him to scheme this team's players into a top 15 defense, and we are a home field advantage type of team.
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First off, in general, I'd be shocked if any of the top candidates (Dungy, Cowher, Gruden) would come here and/or that McNair would pay them what it would take. But responding to your comment, I think it would be better bringing in an offensive guy like Gruden than it would bringing in a defensive guy. I just don't think it would all that difficult for these guys we have on O to be productive in a new/normal offensive scheme. I think they'd be just as effective in a scheme such as Altanta's or with what Tennessee or the NYG (just a few examples) run. Of course, there would need to be some tweaks, but the base is there and I think these guys are smart enough to learn and figure it out. And as I recall, Gruden's offense was very pass-oriented and WC-style.
I think someone like Gruden would recognize the fact the work needs to be done on the defensive side would try to keep the offense as close as possible to what it currently is. My concern with a defense-minded HC would be that he'd be very similar to Kubiak and not have a clue what to do offensively and/or bring in his own "Denver" crew and totally screw things up. Personally, I think Dungy and Gruden would see where the work needs to done and fix that area. Cowher on the other hand may be a cocky enough to change everything and try to duplicate what he had in Pittsburgh, which may work but could also blow up in our face.
I agree with you wholeheartedly that Kubiak needs to go, though.