Great post.Tank55 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:22 pm I would agree that it's more exciting from a name value perspective than an on field perspective. Hawaii was better before he got there and has been better after he left, although being the HC is a different animal. As an OC, he had the world by the ass 15 years ago, but that's an eternity in football. He had a player ahead of his time with the Titans in Vince Young and wasn't really able to make it work. But that's not say he can't be successful again; I think he's a fine hire for this level.
EDIT: Something is going to be "wrong" with every hire the XFL makes. The perfect hires already have jobs. Either they're going to be too young, too old, too far removed from success, whatever. Bob Stoops is only available because he burned out -- to an extent, he's damaged goods as well. I think it's totally fair to acknowledge the flaws and allow ourselves to get excited about the strengths.
You have to judge these hires on a different scale than you would an NFL team. That’s not to say that there are not coaches in the XFL, that are fully capable of having prominent NFL or College jobs. Bob Stoops and Pep Hamilton come to mind.
There are several assistants in the XFL, that are fully capable of being staff members in the NFL or in college. Several already were last year.
For the most part, in a second pro football league. You are not going to get coaches that are on the NFL radar for head coaching or even top coordinator jobs. Look at the AAF, the majority of those coaches hadn’t coached in years. Mike Martz, Steve Spurrier, Dennis Erickson etc