In Kris in Key West's (lucky bastard) response to my post about Wannstedt, he wrote:
"...He is a perfect example of someone who is an excellent assistant coach but not someone who should be in charge."
I agree that there are many examples of good assistants/ bad head coaches (In New England, Rod Rust and Pete Carroll come to mind). However was Wannstedt a good assistant. He was in charge of Jimmy Johnson's Cowboy Defenses which were wonderful, but were they successful because of him or was it the incredible talent? Here it comes again, let's make a movie called Ernest is the Defensive Coordinator of the Cowboys, and it's still a great defense. By the way, that movie would be a sequel to the sophomoric, Barry Switzer Coaches the Cowboys.
To be fair, Wannstedt has only been an assistant for five years, so he could turn out to be good as a coordinator away from Jimmy Johnson's shadow, or he could be like Norv Turner.
By the way, I was surprised that Wannstedt was an assistant for so few years. That he quickly got a head coaching job with Chicago must have driven some experienced successful coordinators crazy.
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