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Message: [QUOTE="Crusty, post: 1190336, member: 2265"] It is hard to know what a coach will become. Past success is not a reliable indicator nor are past failures. Just about all coaches at these levels will impress you with their knowledge of x's and o's, but most cannot create something themselves - they just copy someone else's work. Most cannot make the transition from coordinator to HC. Most cannot handle the limelight or the pressure. We easily ridicule coaches and coaching hires but these decisions are very hard to get right. NFL coaches moving to the college ranks have had some spectacular failures - why? Because it is not all about x's and o's. Bobby Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier, Petrino and other big college names flunked out of the pros - why? Because it is not all about the Johnnies and the Joes. Everybody is gaga over Chip Kelly, but who would really hire him as an OC of a FBS program from a D-1AA/FCS Northeastern school? Not many. So many posters here want someone with HC experience - Kelly had none before being promoted to HC at Oregon. So many posters here want an OC with FBS experience, Kelly had none before being hired as OC at Oregon. [ATTACH=full]29832[/ATTACH] As we have seen so often, there is a dark side to these so-called geniuses. They need players to execute their systems and many will break the rules to get them. [INDENT][SIZE=3][B]"NCAA sanctions[/B][/SIZE] On April 16, 2013, the [I]Oregonian[/I] reported that the University of Oregon has offered to put its football program on two years probation in response to NCAA violations that allegedly took place during Kelly's tenure as head coach.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Kelly#cite_note-19'][19][/URL] On June 26, 2013 the NCAA Committee on Infractions issued its report concluding the investigation into Oregon's use of football scouting services. Oregon received 3 years of probation, reduction of scholarships, but no bowl ban. Kelly received an 18-month [COLOR=#000000][B][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show-cause_penalty']show-cause penalty[/URL],[/B][/COLOR] which would make his hiring by another NCAA institution difficult; Kelly had already left the NCAA for the NFL.[SIZE=3]"[/SIZE][/INDENT] The list of coaching hires at major programs that now look like big mistakes is very long. I have a simple threshold test for coaches at any level - would I want my son to play for him? Shafer and Lester seem to pass that test. After that it is a crap shoot. [/QUOTE]

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