Fantasy Jesus Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5264260 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots promoted 29-year-old quarterbacks coach Josh McDaniels to offensive coordinator Friday, making him the youngest coordinator in the NFL. "I don't really look at my age as being a factor one way or the other," McDaniels said during a conference call. Charlie Weis left as coordinator after the 2004 season to become coach at Notre Dame, and no one took his place in 2005. McDaniels and coach Bill Belichick split most of the play-calling duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outshined Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Wow - they are getting younger. Some people thought Bevell was young to be an Offensive Cordinator, he is 36 years old with 9 years of coaching under his belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Little Bit Special Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Wow - they are getting younger. Some people thought Bevell was young to be an Offensive Cordinator, he is 36 years old with 9 years of coaching under his belt. 1278492[/snapback] I'll second that Wow. Brady turns 29 this year. McDaniels has maybe a year on him. Hmm...could this be yet another shrewd move by Belichick? After Weis left he didn't replace him with anyone. Instead he took the role of OC himself. From this article it appears this guy McDaniels may have had a larger role in the offense than anyone realized. Now could it be that Belichick thought McDaniels was the guy to replace Weis, but rather than throw the kid to the wolves with all the pressure of succeeding Weis he kept the title for himself. That way if the kid faltered Belichick would take the heat. Now after a season of "apprenticeship" he's giving the guy his due. Just a theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaint Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I'll second that Wow. Brady turns 29 this year. McDaniels has maybe a year on him. Hmm...could this be yet another shrewd move by Belichick? After Weis left he didn't replace him with anyone. Instead he took the role of OC himself. From this article it appears this guy McDaniels may have had a larger role in the offense than anyone realized. Now could it be that Belichick thought McDaniels was the guy to replace Weis, but rather than throw the kid to the wolves with all the pressure of succeeding Weis he kept the title for himself. That way if the kid faltered Belichick would take the heat. Now after a season of "apprenticeship" he's giving the guy his due. Just a theory. 1278618[/snapback] Seems like a reasonable theory to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charty Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 (edited) I'll second that Wow. Brady turns 29 this year. McDaniels has maybe a year on him. Hmm...could this be yet another shrewd move by Belichick? After Weis left he didn't replace him with anyone. Instead he took the role of OC himself. From this article it appears this guy McDaniels may have had a larger role in the offense than anyone realized. Now could it be that Belichick thought McDaniels was the guy to replace Weis, but rather than throw the kid to the wolves with all the pressure of succeeding Weis he kept the title for himself. That way if the kid faltered Belichick would take the heat. Now after a season of "apprenticeship" he's giving the guy his due. Just a theory. 1278618[/snapback] Bellichick didn't take over the role of OC himself, when he didn't name anyone, he said it would a joint effort. McDaniels basically took over the roll of OC during the year, and did call the plays. Maybe last year, Belichick didn't want to name a 28 yr old as the OC, and this past year was basically a tryout, and he passed. edit: Which is basically what you said in your post, I think I only read selective parts. You are 100% correct IMHO. Edited January 20, 2006 by charty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 They're probably keeping him from getting looked at by other teams this way. You know how the Jets keep sniffing around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantherDave Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Started my own business at 29, had to deal with-payroll, corp taxes, workman's comp insurance, getting incorparated, company health insurance, construction loans, so 29 is not so young to me-go for it!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgTalk Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 how does someone get into his position at such a young age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Pimp Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I'm also turning 29 this year and now I feel like my life has been wasted up to this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I think Teddy Bruschi is his Father Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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