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Searching for a head coach is a difficult task that the Los Angeles Rams are all too familiar with. A coach’s success elsewhere is important, but it doesn’t automatically translate to success with a new team. One coach that has tasted the sweet flavor of victory countless times is New England Patriots offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels. However, is he worth a look as the Rams’ new head coach?
At first glance, McDaniels should be at the top of everyone’s wish list considering the amount of success his offense have accomplished on the field. McDaniels has been the Patriots’ offensive coordinator for eight years; four of those years his offenses were in the top five for total yards and six of those years in the top five in points scored.
The Patriots are constantly finding average players and transforming them into all-pros, especially on offense. This is particularly intriguing to the Rams, because the entire offense could use a transformation. Wide receivers, running backs, offensive linemen; all have somehow found success in a Patriots uniform.
That said, I don’t believe it’s a result of McDaniels’s coaching. McDaniels first became the Patriots offensive coordinator in 2006, long after Tom Brady had established himself. It’s difficult to measure the success of coaches that become part of an already successful program. How much of the offensive success is credited to McDaniels as opposed to head coach Bill Belichick or even Brady for that matter? That’s not to say that McDaniels didn’t incorporate his own style of coaching to the team, but he doesn’t have much to show outside of New England.
In 2009, the Denver Bronco saw the success that McDaniels had with the Patriots took a risk on hiring him as their head coach. It was thought that the Broncos had the talent, just not the right coaching staff to get them back into Super Bowl contention, and that’s where McDaniels was supposed to come in. Unfortunately for the Broncos, that’s not what happened at all. In fact, the Broncos took a major hurdle backward. In less than two years, the Broncos went 11-17, with a 3-9 mark in 2010, his final season with the team.
Before returning to the Patriots in 2012, he had a short stint as the St. Louis Rams’ offensive coordinator. Perhaps he was just too young as a head coach and he could find success with another team as a coordinator, right? Well, not really. While McDaniels isn’t a miracle worker, he also didn’t improve the team either as the Rams offense was near the bottom of almost every offensive category. It was so bad, that fans were glad he left the following year.
Now McDaniels is still a young coach despite coaching in the NFL for 11 years as a coordinator or higher. Experience does mean something in this league, and I’m certain that McDaniels can adjust and learn from previous mistakes. That said, the Rams need to have a win-now mentality, and I don’t believe that McDaniels can get the Rams to the next level right away. McDaniels’s lack of success outside of New England is just not worth the risk in my opinion. He may not even want to return to the Rams after having that horrible run in 2011.
Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
You can follow Johnny Gomez on Twitter @Johnny5not6. Be sure to follow Rams Talk on Twitter @TalkRams.
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Searching for a head coach is a difficult task that the Los Angeles Rams are all too familiar with. A coach’s success elsewhere is important, but it doesn’t automatically translate to success with a new team. One coach that has tasted the sweet flavor of victory countless times is New England Patriots offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels. However, is he worth a look as the Rams’ new head coach?
At first glance, McDaniels should be at the top of everyone’s wish list considering the amount of success his offense have accomplished on the field. McDaniels has been the Patriots’ offensive coordinator for eight years; four of those years his offenses were in the top five for total yards and six of those years in the top five in points scored.
The Patriots are constantly finding average players and transforming them into all-pros, especially on offense. This is particularly intriguing to the Rams, because the entire offense could use a transformation. Wide receivers, running backs, offensive linemen; all have somehow found success in a Patriots uniform.
That said, I don’t believe it’s a result of McDaniels’s coaching. McDaniels first became the Patriots offensive coordinator in 2006, long after Tom Brady had established himself. It’s difficult to measure the success of coaches that become part of an already successful program. How much of the offensive success is credited to McDaniels as opposed to head coach Bill Belichick or even Brady for that matter? That’s not to say that McDaniels didn’t incorporate his own style of coaching to the team, but he doesn’t have much to show outside of New England.
In 2009, the Denver Bronco saw the success that McDaniels had with the Patriots took a risk on hiring him as their head coach. It was thought that the Broncos had the talent, just not the right coaching staff to get them back into Super Bowl contention, and that’s where McDaniels was supposed to come in. Unfortunately for the Broncos, that’s not what happened at all. In fact, the Broncos took a major hurdle backward. In less than two years, the Broncos went 11-17, with a 3-9 mark in 2010, his final season with the team.
Before returning to the Patriots in 2012, he had a short stint as the St. Louis Rams’ offensive coordinator. Perhaps he was just too young as a head coach and he could find success with another team as a coordinator, right? Well, not really. While McDaniels isn’t a miracle worker, he also didn’t improve the team either as the Rams offense was near the bottom of almost every offensive category. It was so bad, that fans were glad he left the following year.
Now McDaniels is still a young coach despite coaching in the NFL for 11 years as a coordinator or higher. Experience does mean something in this league, and I’m certain that McDaniels can adjust and learn from previous mistakes. That said, the Rams need to have a win-now mentality, and I don’t believe that McDaniels can get the Rams to the next level right away. McDaniels’s lack of success outside of New England is just not worth the risk in my opinion. He may not even want to return to the Rams after having that horrible run in 2011.
Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
You can follow Johnny Gomez on Twitter @Johnny5not6. Be sure to follow Rams Talk on Twitter @TalkRams.
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