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“My passion is coaching defense the way I know how to coach defense. I wanted a four-man front, and this is where it was.”
This line, from Bill Johnson, is interesting, since Wade is a 34 guy.
bill johnson and phillips coached together in atlanta from 2002-3. i believe they ran a 3-4 during phillips’ time there. the first season was ok. the second season everything fell apart. but i think everything fell apart at that point. i think reeves was fired at some point in the season, and wade took over as interim head coach. johnson remained part of the coaching staff after phillips was let go. they probably went to a 4-3 after that.
there must be something there as phillips decided to work with him again. maybe with this 3-4 one gap scheme it’ll be more similar to what johnson likes to coach.
Imagine you’re Johnson. You now have a chance to coach for Phillips again, which I figure has just got to be a good gig PLUS it’s already familiar, AND you have a defense which for all its issues was still ranked 9th, AND you would be coaching Aaron Donald.
How heavily do those “I like a 4/3” principles weigh with you against all that?
I would be like “4/3? Did I say 4/3? Enh that was the whiskey talking.”
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i’m hoping they hire a good mix of veteran and young coaches.
especially on the defensive side. phillips won’t be coaching forever.
obviously, wes is on the offensive side, but mcvay will need fresh ideas on that side too. i don’t know much about him, but i got this from his baylor bio where he was coaching qbs. he also coached qbs for 2 years at west texas a&m.
Former Texas-El Paso quarterback and Houston native Wes Phillips enters his first year as Baylor’s quarterbacks coach, but he is no stranger to offensive coordinator Lee Hays or the Bears’ new spread offense.
Phillips has spent the past two seasons in a similar position under Hays at West Texas A&M. The Buffaloes enjoyed their most successful season in some 55 years in 2005, going 10-2 to post their first winning season since 1998 and the program’s first 10-win campaign since 1950. Along the way, WTAMU won the Lone Star Conference with an 8-1 record, its first league title since 1986, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Playoffs for the first time in school history.
West Texas A&M led the 2005 Division II ranks in passing offense, throwing for an average of 363.8 yards per contest, and Phillips’ pupil Dalton Bell was a national finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy. Bell completed 68.5 percent of his passes for 3,799 yards and 30 touchdowns with just 13 interceptions in 454 attempts. He ranked No. 3 nationally in total offense yards (349.2 ypg) and 13th in pass efficiency with a 154.9 rating while establishing school and conference single-season records for both total offense (3,843) and passing (3,799) yards. Bell posted seven 300-yard passing games, including four of 400 or more yards.
Prior to joining the WTAMU staff, Phillips spent one season as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, UTEP, and played two years with the San Diego Riptide in the Arena Football League 2.
A three-year letterwinner for the Miners (1999, 2000 and 2001), Phillips was a member of the 2000 UTEP team which shared the WAC title, posted the program’s highest win total in more than a decade and played in the Humanitarian Bowl. He still ranks among the school’s single-season leaders in both pass efficiency (No. 9 with a 120.03 rating in 2001) and completion percentage (No. 8 at 55.6 percent in 2001).
The son of former NFL head coach and current San Diego Chargers defensive coordinator Wade Phillips and the grandson of former Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints coaching legend Bum Phillips, Wes received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from UTEP in 2001.
if he can be as good on offense as his father is on defense, i’ll take that. and his grandfather was pretty good too, as most of us know, so the “football genes” must be strong in that family for whatever that’s worth.
It appears that Callahan would be the best hire. He could fix the Offensive Line and the running game. But he is under contract to Washington for one more year. Maybe the Rams will go after him next year?
AgamemnonIt appears that Callahan would be the best hire. He could fix the Offensive Line and the running game. But he is under contract to Washington for one more year. Maybe the Rams will go after him next year?
maybe if they can’t get the guy they want, they’ll have kromer be the offensive coordinator/oline coach for the time being. then hire the guy they want next year.
With Phillips taking care of the defense and Fassel taking care of Special Teams, McVay can concentrate on the offense and that makes it easy to mix and match stuff(other coaching positions). imo
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