Reid on Toub

[Connorbear]

This has been mentioned before on this site.

 

http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2009/11/an...toub_is_cu.html

 

Peace

[defiantgiant]

This has been mentioned before on this site.

 

http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2009/11/an...toub_is_cu.html

 

Peace

 

I think Toub would make a great head coach. The guy is very, very intelligent and has his special teams units performing near the top of the rankings every single year, despite having a rotating cast of guys to work with. He lost Hester to the offense (for the most part,) Idonije and Manning to the defense, Ayanbadejo to the Ravens, and still got excellent production out of the pieces he had. I hope that he's content to coach special teams for a long time to come, but I could see some team making him an offer to be HC at some point.

 

Hell, if the Bears really are in the market for a new head coach next year or the year after, I'd be OK with them giving Toub a look.

[Connorbear]

I think Toub would make a great head coach. The guy is very, very intelligent and has his special teams units performing near the top of the rankings every single year, despite having a rotating cast of guys to work with. He lost Hester to the offense (for the most part,) Idonije and Manning to the defense, Ayanbadejo to the Ravens, and still got excellent production out of the pieces he had. I hope that he's content to coach special teams for a long time to come, but I could see some team making him an offer to be HC at some point.

 

Hell, if the Bears really are in the market for a new head coach next year or the year after, I'd be OK with them giving Toub a look.

I agree 100%.

 

Peace

[BearFan2000]

Wouldn't mind them giving Toub a look either. He gets results with whoever is in there. It seems like whoever we put back there to return kicks does well. That is a system that works more than it is finding great players. The converse to this is that Special Teams guys are mostly fringe players on your roster they are guys fighting to keep their roster spot and hoping to play well enough to get an expanded role on the team. So the motivation is different. But that in no way diminishes what Toub has done. His Special Teams aren't just good ever few years or so but they are one of the top units every year. That's the mark of a guy who has the players he's given playing at a high level. Which gives me the impression that he knows how to get the most out of all 11 guys on the field. When that is a rotating cast as ST often are it makes it even more impressive that they not only do well but excel.

[defiantgiant]

Wouldn't mind them giving Toub a look either. He gets results with whoever is in there. It seems like whoever we put back there to return kicks does well. That is a system that works more than it is finding great players. The converse to this is that Special Teams guys are mostly fringe players on your roster they are guys fighting to keep their roster spot and hoping to play well enough to get an expanded role on the team. So the motivation is different. But that in no way diminishes what Toub has done. His Special Teams aren't just good ever few years or so but they are one of the top units every year. That's the mark of a guy who has the players he's given playing at a high level. Which gives me the impression that he knows how to get the most out of all 11 guys on the field. When that is a rotating cast as ST often are it makes it even more impressive that they not only do well but excel.

 

Yeah, I totally agree. Also, I think Andy Reid's point is well taken that a special teams coach has to be more of a generalist than an OC or a DC does, which is helpful for the transition to head coach.