re: Co Offensive Coordinators will be a mistake

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I see a lot of post saying that the co offensive coordinator was just a title for hankton to get him to stay. How do we know that he won't be sharing in half of the play calling duties? Everyone assumes that Joe Sloan will be doing most of the play calling. Does anyone really KNOW this?

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No one on here KNOWS that for certain. But deductive reasoning suggest that will be the case. First, that was the arrangement in the bowl game. Second, two different guys calling plays is a recipe for disaster. Play calling is a fluid process. You always hear talk of a playcaller getting into a rhythm. That's because they are often calling plays with an idea of the overall approach they want to take and with forethought to build with the next play on the play they just called. When you have two people doing it you run a big risk of breaking continuity. One guy may see the way things are going differently than the other. He may be thinking about setting future plays up in a different way than the other coach is thinking. They may have a different approach as to what they want to do on specific downs and distances. Having two guys call plays could VERY EASILY create friction if one play caller doesn't like the approach of the other.

The non-playcaller will have input. But the ultimate decision on the play call will come from one voice.