Grubb to be next OC at Bama per ESPN

[bamadwain]

Interesting - CKD must think Sheridan knows what he's doing with QBs despite what was happening on the field in 24.

It's been said from insiders, that the QBs really like Sheridan, remember he played QB at Michigan and he probably will be a good QB coach because he can concentrate on one position while also not calling plays

 

[bamajas]

Can lead a horse to water...

I am 100% sure that many coaches tried to teach him what he needed to learn. He either just can't get it, just can't execute it, or just thought he knew better and that he'd let them all know otherwise.

I'm even starting to wonder if BOB didn't so much tell him he couldn't play QB, but instead told him that he had to really improve in certain areas if he wanted to be able to play QB, and that if he didn't do those things, he didn't have a great chance.

Right. I'm with you, I'm not saying he didn't have it. The reasons he wouldn't benefit from the best coaching today are why he didn't learn it when he was first exposed to it ...

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Interesting - CKD must think Sheridan knows what he's doing with QBs despite what was happening on the field in 24.

Just because he isn't a very good OC doesn't mean he's not a good coach. I doubt the guy is worthless as a coach. We all bring different strengths and weaknesses to the table in life. A weakness in one area of my life doesn't negate the strengths in others. If he's been retained (rather than let go) it means he brings some sort of value.

 

[Jack Bourbon]

He may be more of a technician than a leader. Leaders and technicians are good at very different things. But you need both, just need them in the right roles.

 

[KrAzY3]

Just because he isn't a very good OC doesn't mean he's not a good coach. I doubt the guy is worthless as a coach. We all bring different strengths and weaknesses to the table in life. A weakness in one area of my life doesn't negate the strengths in others. If he's been retained (rather than let go) it means he brings some sort of value.

I'm not upset by Sheridan coaching QBs because I felt he couldn't cut it as a OC. Firstly, I've always been forgiving when a coach struggles to make a step up. Be it just at the NFL level, or from position coach to coordinator, or coordinator to head coach. A lot of people seem to want to write someone off as a failure just because they failed as a head coach.

McElwain for instance only got a WR coaching job after losing the Florida head coaching job. The guy won a couple national championships as an OC, he was head coach at Florida where he wasn't an absolute dumpster fire (worst full season was 9-4), but the only job waiting for him was WR coach? It's an odd sort of recency bias that is often repeated.

Anyway, despite my criticism of handling QBs with his play calling, that doesn't mean Sheridan's bad with QBs. It's a completely different thing to develop a relationship with a QB, to coach him in practice and try to develop his skills. For all I know he might have been a crucial part of Penix's development for example. I just felt he couldn't handle the actual game day stuff well and it's not necessarily the same thing.

There is one other aspect though, if Sheridan is making over a million guaranteed (I assume it was a two year guaranteed contract), it would be foolish to cut him loose with the new coaching rules. Put him to work if he's going to get paid anyway. If QB coach is where he's believed to be a good fit, so be it.

 

[some_al_fan]

DeBoer was effectively a QB coach last year during the camp. It will be interesting to see how DeBoer will be able to use his “free" time this year