Yes and those coaches and young people look at the coach and who he worked for and what he did and where he’s been prior to coming here. That made Napier very attractive to some one from the outside. Unfortunately our coach doesn’t have a very big resume from that stand point. If our coach hired a coordinator with play calling experience the coordinator would have a better resume than he does.
You know who is a hell of a play caller, with lots of experience coordinating offenses, and one of the best offensive minds in the game, with lots of connections in college football? Jay Johnson. Jay has worked under a defensive minded coach the last 2 years who is a saban disciple just like Billy. Not sure why I mentioned that just thought I’d throw that in.
I'm pointing out that the "connections" argument people are using to say Des isn't qualified to be a head coach is nonsense. Look at Matt Powledge, who Napier hired in 2018. Was that a Saban connection? No, it was a Leger connection. People are looking for any reason to down Des & the current staff (many where hired by Napier) instead of looking at the big picture.
You aren’t going to talk many people into thinking a guy who never left his alma matter (outside of to coach high school) was qualified to get this job. The flip side of that is that no matter how loud the few may be, the people saying he doesn’t deserve his fair shot now that he has the job are just that…few. ON PAPER this hire doesn’t make sense. Legacies aren’t made on paper. CMD will make his own legacy.
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