Obviously just a hypothetical but:
- TJ head coach (defense oriented)
- Fran asst coach (offense oriented)
Fran can coach offense like a sonofabitch. TJ can coach defense like a sonofabitch. Fran can yell at the refs to keep them honest. TJ can recruit athletes beyond Fran’s wildest dreams.
Would it work?
Other similar pairings could be:
Hitler and Gandhi
Saban and Walden
Scotch Buy and Lefthand Milk Stout
New Jersey and Colorado
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Ebony and Ivory
But seriously folks, what a pathetic attempt at trying to make Fran a coach anyone would want in their program.
Frankly, Fran is a good X/Os coach anyway you look at it. The reason he can't have more success is because he is a terrible culture coach. TJ has lapped him already and will continue to do so as long as they are both coaching. A team coached by Otz would not be any better with Fran helping.
And I'll go out farther on the limb - what TJ has done offensively with this years team is better than what Fran does - Fran's teams put up big numbers because they don't waste time or energy defending and they are fine with as many as possessions as possible. What TJ gets offensively out of ISU is amazing because you know we are going to have one of the slowest tempo ratings out of the P6.