Diehardblues
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Who cares about Nussmeir. The story here is an offensive guru OC play calling HC agreeing to retaining the old OC play caller.He was offered the OC job with the Huskies, which most thought he would take since that's his part of the country.
I will make an assumption. McC wanted him and said he'd watched him throughout the season and was impressed. Moore only agreed to come back if he would call the plays and not have that taken away from him. He enjoys that part of the game more than playing and he would be in charge of the offense at UW. McC weighed the positives of having him back on the #2 O and with his QB that had improved under Moore vs calling the plays. It's not like he's not going to be in on the play calling. And Moore understands he still has some learning to do and who better to learn some more aspects of offense and play calling? And keeping Moore was his positive connection with his QB. The QB is learning a new offense, try to keep something comfortable around him, someone that knows him and believes in him and if he didn't, he would have taken that job at UW.
Now another assumption. McC knows the problem with this team isn't on the O side and if he's going to be locked in as the OC and play caller, he's not as involved in the entire game. The D side needs as much of his attention as the O as well as ST. He needs to be the HC, not the HC/OC. He needs to be every players' coach, not just part of the team.
We can all look at the same circumstances and come away with different interpretations, is mine right or better than anyone else's? Of course not, but that's what I've deduced until I see different.
Some see Booger behind the move to keep Moore, how about Nussmeier? Is he behind that too? Only he told McC to move him to QBC form TE's. And Lett, Booger told him to keep him too.
It is disrespect to McC and Moore to suggest McC was forced or coerced into keeping a young coach he had his eye on just because it fits the narrative of wanting a negative vibe to this hiring. If your guy had been hired as HC, if he wanted to keep the guy that had turned that O into the 2nd ranked one, Booger behind that as well?
What is so hard to accept here? An O minded HC takes over a team with the #2 O and #2 QB in passing yards and wants to keep the young guy that accomplished that? It wasn't just McC's eyes on Moore all season, along with Saleh, they were the two most observed coordinators. Some think Moore would need Booger to get a job? Before Booger ever heard the name Kellen Moore, there were already a lot of eyes on him and predictions about coaching being made. He doesn't need some owner forcing a HC to keep him, he's not part of the family.
I see Moore as Jerry’s last piece of his experiment. Which he was resentful to the last gasp in totally giving up even making it a preference coming in for any new HC.
And this doesn’t mean McC didn’t like him or it’s not a good move to retain Moore especially for Dak. The bigger point is the meddling and interference with Jerry.