Your vortex is ignoring the comments on how his defenses and special teams fared ie top 20 and top 10 in the nation to worry only about the comment about his time as RBs coach. I only included it because it was in his bio. From his bio.
"In 2012, the Eagles led the NCAA in punt returns, averaging 21.7 yards per return. That season, Desai also coached Boston College running back Andre Williams, who went on to win the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back a year later."
Great so let's ignore the running back thing. His Special Teams was still No 1 in the nation in punt returns. In terms of his time as a D and Special Teams coach for Temple, his bio says the following.
In 2010, Desai was Temple's special teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach. At age 27, he was one of the youngest coordinators in the country. That season, Temple's special teams ranked second in the nation in kickoff coverage, allowing just 17.4 yards per return. The defense ranked 16th in the nation in both total defense (317.7 ypg) and scoring defense (19.1 ppg). Temple's defense also finished 15th in passing yards per game allowed (178.2 ypg) and their nine passing touchdowns allowed were tied for the second fewest in the FBS.
So why would you care to worry about the RB thing when there was so much more relevant examples of how his Special Teams and Defense fared? Again Temple is not a CFB powerhouse so helping them to a top 20 D is still a remarkable achievement.
If you are hiring a first time DC then what sort of experience would you want to see? I think the point here is he was able to take lesser talent and turn them into a top 20 D in CFB. That to me is more impressive that say taking Bama and making them a top D given they are almost always No 1 in recruiting.
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his defenses and special teams fared ie top 20 and top 10 in the nation." IGAF about his ST coaching and splitting time between ST and defense and having no real title (ie LB or DB coach)means he was not really involved at either a scheme or design level. Likely just a guy holding the dummies.
"If you are hiring a first time DC then what sort of experience would you want to see? I think the point here is he was able to take lesser talent and turn them into a top 20 D in CFB."
What is it that you know that he did? h didn't even have a position title at Temple, so you can not point to any example of him being "able to take lesser talent and turn them into a top 20 D."
The Doak Walker RB you tried to give him credit for won the award the season after he left after quadrupling his rushing yards and TD's the year after being under Desai.
The only position group he has ever been titled as coaching were the Bears safeties the last 2 seasons, where Eddie Jackson 3 years was All Pro, 2 years ago his game slipped but he still made the Pro Bowl, to last season where he was just an overpaid player going through the motions at the end of the season.
What would I like to see in a DC? Maybe just any evidence that he actually coached players and made them better, that he had a hand in a position group let alone being responsible for an entire defense and staff.
My original statement was that he has the least experience of actually coaching players of any current NFL DC, which is fact. No matter how you spin it that won't change. So unless you would like to show something proving otherwise, we are done here.
