As I posted last night, Gus is an OC as the head coach.
A head coach has to be over ALL areas of the team, more or less equally. Sure, HCs come up through the ranks on either the offense or defense side, but the truly successful HCs learn to manage each portion of the team equally.
Gus is really good as an offensive mind, but he cannot just leave his defense out there on their own.

Who even talks to the defense on the sideline during games?

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Posted by auburnphan23

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Posted on 11/30/14 at 11:31 am to East Coast Band

Do you even watch college football? I am not sure that guys like Spurrier, Miles, and Richt get involved with defense any more than Malzahn does

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Posted by MrCarton

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Posted on 11/30/14 at 11:34 am to East Coast Band

quote:
A head coach has to be over ALL areas of the team, more or less equally. Sure, HCs come up through the ranks on either the offense or defense side, but the truly successful HCs learn to manage each portion of the team equally.

I agree. I dont know Gus, but completely ignoring the defense in a post game presser seems arrogant to me. He obviously only wanted to talk about how close the O was to making it a blowout (his strength) and completely ignore that his D stayed in zone far too often in the 2nd half.

An offensive mind should be able to see that just as easily as a defensive mind. Is it not the head coaches job to ring up the d coord and make a change?

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Posted by TheGreek

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Posted on 11/30/14 at 11:54 am to East Coast Band