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Coordinators are for the Xs and Os shite. Head coaches are for motivation, discipline, and program pride. Plus, to go against the machine that currently resides in-state, the next HC is going to need one hell of an axe to grind to stay motivated.

Sorry, this is just not true in the slightest. If the head coach doesn't have a direct impact on one side or the other of the ball then you are forever going to have trouble being consistently good. You are then at the mercy of your OC and DC hires, which will make it impossible to be good for long periods of time.

You need guys like Saban, Spurrier, Kelly, etc who are pretty much the DC or OC on their side of the ball, then one side is always consistent. Then the only blips will be those caused by new hires on the other side of the ball.

Our most successful times at Auburn occurred with Dye in control of our defenses to a large extent, and Tubs as our defensive mind for the most part. Hell, until his crap recruiting caught up with him, Tater Tot had us very successful.

It's simply much easier to replace one coordinator every 3-4 years than try and replace two every 3-4. It's hard to be succesful over a 10 year period doing that.

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Posted by Tiguar

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Posted on 10/9/12 at 3:12 pm to auyushu

It was more meant in the sense that the HC shouldn't be meddling in everything or things they don't necessarily know about, like Chiz and offense. I don't disagree with your point, though. My point still stands that you need a HC that can motivate in addition to X's and O's, and if I had to choose I would ... probably find a HC that could do both but if I couldnt, find one that can at least get the players to get up for games.

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