Bearshomer
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Manning, Brady, Ben, and Wilson had defensive HC their entire career. Bree’s has a defensive HC his first five seasons. Romo has defensive HCs his first seven seasons. Rivers had a defensive HC his first three seasons. That’s most (but not all) of the first and second tier QBs drafted in the past 20 years. Lots of successful third tier QBs (Ryan, Stafford, Palmer) have developed primarily under defensive coaches as well.
Let’s consider five possibilities
1: Trubisky will be a success no matter what because of his his abilities/mentality/talent
2: Trubisky will be a failure no matter what because of his abilities/mentality/talent
3: Trubisky needs a the right coach to develop, but we pick the wrong one (hiring a “QB Guru” who was at the right place at the right time and took credit for success he had nothing to do with elsewhere)
4: Trubisky need the right coach to develop, and it happens under a defensive (or STs) coach with the right offensive staff
5: Trubisky needs the right coach to develop, and we hire an offensive HC who pulls it off with or without the help of his staff
How likely is each scenario?
It seems strange (not really), but most of the people who think Trubisky need the right offensive staff also thought there was no reason not to start him the entire season, arguing that nothing is fundamentally wrong with him and all he need is experience. If Trubisky needs coaching to fix him, that implies that the staff was right to sit him and try to rework him while easing him into the league instead of throwing him out there with his bad habits.
I personally don’t see Trubisky as someone who needs to be reworked. He just needs experience.
The team needs to hire the best candidate regardless of specialty, no more spending a decade trying to fix a guy we have people build a cult following for. If someone with an offensive speciality is the best candidate, so be it. But Trubisky has no particular reason not to improve under a defensive HC and the team has no reason not to acquire competent offensive coaching just because they hire a defense guy or Toub. Most of the recent HoF QBs spent their early careers under defensive coaches. Reaching on a guy who isn’t widely regarded as one of the top choices, or who is just a one year wonder, to fix a QB is one of the most reliable ways to get a Trestman.
Let’s consider five possibilities
1: Trubisky will be a success no matter what because of his his abilities/mentality/talent
2: Trubisky will be a failure no matter what because of his abilities/mentality/talent
3: Trubisky needs a the right coach to develop, but we pick the wrong one (hiring a “QB Guru” who was at the right place at the right time and took credit for success he had nothing to do with elsewhere)
4: Trubisky need the right coach to develop, and it happens under a defensive (or STs) coach with the right offensive staff
5: Trubisky needs the right coach to develop, and we hire an offensive HC who pulls it off with or without the help of his staff
How likely is each scenario?
It seems strange (not really), but most of the people who think Trubisky need the right offensive staff also thought there was no reason not to start him the entire season, arguing that nothing is fundamentally wrong with him and all he need is experience. If Trubisky needs coaching to fix him, that implies that the staff was right to sit him and try to rework him while easing him into the league instead of throwing him out there with his bad habits.
I personally don’t see Trubisky as someone who needs to be reworked. He just needs experience.
The team needs to hire the best candidate regardless of specialty, no more spending a decade trying to fix a guy we have people build a cult following for. If someone with an offensive speciality is the best candidate, so be it. But Trubisky has no particular reason not to improve under a defensive HC and the team has no reason not to acquire competent offensive coaching just because they hire a defense guy or Toub. Most of the recent HoF QBs spent their early careers under defensive coaches. Reaching on a guy who isn’t widely regarded as one of the top choices, or who is just a one year wonder, to fix a QB is one of the most reliable ways to get a Trestman.
