Hawkeye0202
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We all know 2019 is the last year of Jason and Linehan deals. Many fans are accepting the fact Jerry will let Jason play out his contract but fire Linehan at end of the season. Not that simple......many questions. The biggest challenge is not only finding his replacement but one willing run a variation of Garrett's offensive scheme.
***Finding his replacement will be harder than many may think. I guessing Jerry would be hard pressed to find an up and coming ( or vet) offensive coor or QB coach willing to sign a one year contract or work for a lame duck head coach w/o a multi-year deal. Any coach will confess coaching is everything to him but in the same breath, he will also tell his security means just as much. Security to a coach is not so as money as is contract duration/years.
***Even if Jerry target two or three assistants as his replacement, it highly unlikely he get a chance to interview any unless the contracts with their current team are expiring. That leaves only option the pool of candidates to target. Ones sitting on the sideline coz they were just fired or recently fired ( within the year ) or ones with expiring contracts. Again even with these coaches, where you think a lame duck head coaching offer sits on their priority list for a job.
*** What about the next OC scheme? Will favor a base 3-wide receiver scheme? Different blocking scheme? Just two or three years ago ( not sure which) other than Seahawks, were the only team that had more run plays than pass. Remember we are built as a run-first team. Any offensive coordinator trying to change that neutralize our strength such as OL and Zeke.
Know many are hoping a new OC can correct a number of Daks' technical issues. I don't have an answer for that but I do think a few these issues Dak can work through himself. Bottom line, don't be surprised if Jerry finds it's much easier to keep Linehan until end of his deal and decide what to do about he and Jason both at the end 2019.
***Finding his replacement will be harder than many may think. I guessing Jerry would be hard pressed to find an up and coming ( or vet) offensive coor or QB coach willing to sign a one year contract or work for a lame duck head coach w/o a multi-year deal. Any coach will confess coaching is everything to him but in the same breath, he will also tell his security means just as much. Security to a coach is not so as money as is contract duration/years.
***Even if Jerry target two or three assistants as his replacement, it highly unlikely he get a chance to interview any unless the contracts with their current team are expiring. That leaves only option the pool of candidates to target. Ones sitting on the sideline coz they were just fired or recently fired ( within the year ) or ones with expiring contracts. Again even with these coaches, where you think a lame duck head coaching offer sits on their priority list for a job.
*** What about the next OC scheme? Will favor a base 3-wide receiver scheme? Different blocking scheme? Just two or three years ago ( not sure which) other than Seahawks, were the only team that had more run plays than pass. Remember we are built as a run-first team. Any offensive coordinator trying to change that neutralize our strength such as OL and Zeke.
Know many are hoping a new OC can correct a number of Daks' technical issues. I don't have an answer for that but I do think a few these issues Dak can work through himself. Bottom line, don't be surprised if Jerry finds it's much easier to keep Linehan until end of his deal and decide what to do about he and Jason both at the end 2019.
