I’ll guess he promotes someone to DC and stays heavily involved on that side of the ball. Would find an outside hire pretty unlikely.I say yes.
Since Arnett is putting a Top 5 defense on the field, I'd say if he can get the #1 guy as a DC, maybe. Otherwise, no.
Going to do both.Right now, there’s only one open spot on the staff. I’d much rather see him fill that spot with an OC than a DC.
Add responsibilities to the rest of the defensive staff if you need to, but we absolutely need an OC to run that side of the ball.
More appropriately, are there any head coaches' names that Mississippi State fans are able to consistently spell correctly?Just curious, are there any head coaches who run their defenses?
Agree.It's up to him, of course. Since he has never been a head coach before, I hope he is able to delegate a lot of the game day responsibilities for running the defense even if he does not hire a DC. He probably won't want to turn his back on the field while the offense is out there.
Top 5 SEC. It was not intended to be heavily scrutinized. My sentiment is he's good at DC and we don't need one of those right now. If he grows into the HC position and at some point in the futures sees merit in having another defensive mind it better be a good one.Can you clarify "Top 5"? I just looked and I didn't see any we were even Top 20 in any NCAA categories. If you mean SEC then some categories like Int and TD's yes, but, in the SEC Georgia's highest defensive categories listed of all of them was an 8th so you can't put a whole lot into it when the nations #1 teams highest defenesive ranking in SEC was 8th
Just curious, are there any head coaches who run their defenses?
I don't think there's any question that he needs to hire a DC. He's still very young and hasn't really even been a coordinator that long. He's going to be biting off more than he can chew if he wants to run the defense AND manage all other aspects of the program. His staff is going to be critically important to his success.Agree.
Every coach is different, and Coach Arnett should do whatever works for him.
That said, I hope he will hire a DC. Splitting his attention between the numerous duties of being a nead coach and the numerous duties of being a DC would put too much on his plate.
As the leader of a big organization like a college football team, you have to delegate.
Not true. He has a safeties and a corners coach. I was at a few of Alabama's practices this spring and he doesn't just coach the db's. Does he coach them more than any other position group? Yes. But he's all over the practice fields during ball.Saban coaches the defensive backs and is heavily involved in the Bama defense
Zack Arnette?More appropriately, are there any head coaches' names that Mississippi State fans are able to consistently spell correctly?