So this is obviously a Matt Eberflus question.
He obviously not cut out to be a head coach in this league. Can’t seem to manage games and is awful at addressing the media.
However you cannot ignore how the defense has improved since he’s taken over Alan Williams duties?l.
So has this ever happened in the league? If so, would you like to see it happen or would you rather cut ties completely?
I think that if they wanted to keep Eberflus, they’d probably do it this way. Hire a OC/asst. Head coach and give them complete autonomy over the offense. Have in essence two HC one for offense and one for defense. That was more or less done with Ditka when he was brought in. They retained Buddy Ryan and he had total control over the defense.
However, I can’t think of one really good offensive coordinator that would put up with that. Also, saw a very interesting interview with Wanny yesterday and when he coached, the HC would tell the coordinators at the end of the game what he wanted. If he wanted to run down the clock, he would tell his OC to run the ball, not tell the exact plays but rather that he wanted it ran. Same on defense. He’d tell them when he wanted to blitz or drop 8 into coverage.
So it’s likely not all on Getsy for the lack of aggression at the end. This is why I tend not to like defensive HC, too much “protect the ball nonsense.”