After Reich failing here, I want to agree with you on this. I do.
But Steichen was promoted because he is a young dynamic play caller who has had success doing just that in several places. It is very difficult to ask a guy to shelf his biggest strength and potentially his most impactful contribution to the team in the short term.
I would like to believe that a head coach can be impactful in coaching THE WHOLE TEAM and still take on play calling duties. The last two Super Bowl winning coaches (McVay and Reid) would be a perfect example of why this can work, and does work.
In order to make this work, I think these coaches have to put in a little bit more focus on the whole team during practice and halftime, before games, all the times in between the 2 and 3 minute drives where he is controlling the gameflow on O.
This is where I think Reich failed. I think Reich stayed in his little playcalling bubble for extended periods of time and as a result, he eventually lost the whole team and consistently started slow in every season he coached. This all stood out to me as a motivational thing and not an X and O's thing. Frank was a believer, not a motivator.
Steichen is by far and away the best play caller in the building. He can help us win games if he does that job. Period. Don't let Reich's shortcomings as a head coach sour you to the notion that someone else could handle the double-duties much better.
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