Is this the BEST we can do?

He checks many of the boxes:
- young(er) end of the coaching spectrum, relative speaking
- coached at a defensively stout college: Wisky
- coached against modern/spread offenses: all
- NFL experience
- some local connections for recruiting
- connected to LSU/Orgeron via Aranda

HOWEVER, he doesn't check the biggest box IMHO: RESULTS

Forget about can he call plays defensively... he hasn't been very successful in a limited role position coach.

My feeling on this is Jones is in the conversation because he does check those boxes and was likely recommended (at least for consideration) by Aranda. And likely it will end with consideration/interview. So no need to panic.

And if for some reason they do hire Jones, he can't fall short. I really can't see Orgeron (or Woodward) going that far out over their skis.

What makes you qualified to evaluate football coaching talent and how are you privy to who is being interviewed and who is not? I mean if you are that privy, then stop holding back and spill your guts.

Indeed, is this the best post you can do because if it is, then you ought to hang it up because this thread is nothing but a freaking waste of everyone's time.

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We're gonna go out and get the best coordinators in America."

O - 2017

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2017 O could back most of that up. 2021 O who meddled in Canada’s offense, threw shade and belittled Aranda in a NC year, and hired miserably with Pelini/Linehan has been exposed and forced to roll the dice with first time coordinators hoping for lightning again.

As I recall the last number of years the coaches we the
fans thought were homerun hires,Trent Johnson.Nikki caldwell
Tom Herman, John Chavis( third and chavis) turned out to
be meh.So lets keep badmouthing whomever O hires and theres
a good chance we will be wrong.Thats why we are not in the
Football business.The more negative the better.

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Except hes not an up and comer. He’s a journeyman defensive backs coach with mixed results at best. His last few stops have resulted in secondaries getting significantly worse right when he gets there

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That's subjective. What exactly makes one an "up-and-comer" anyway? That seems like a catch-22 to me. One isn't really an up-and-comer until they've actually come up and succeeded. That's why I feel that term being thrown around so much here is simply dumb. Truth is, 99% of the people on these forums, including myself, don't really know what to look for in a potential DC anyway. We're just throwing names out and hoping one sticks. We can look at stats all day, but they rarely show the full story. We don't know much about the situation he was in, what type of defense he likes, his knowledge of x's and o's, how he teaches technique, etc. Let O figure all that out while we sit tight.

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Would you have been against hiring Skip Bertman since he had never been a head baseball coach?

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Skip had coached under Fraser for 8 years at a national powerhouse program at Miami. He definitely fit the requirements to get hired here when we had not been to the NCAA baseball tourney in 8 years.

Since we just one the whole damned thing in 2019, we should be going with more of an up and coming known quantity over a flier on a guy like Daronte Jones.

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Did that guarantee that he would be a good head coach?

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It did not, but we were not a perennial top team in college baseball at the time.

2017: Bengals are 16th in passing defense.

Jones shows up.

2018: Bengals 31st in passing defense.
2019: Bengals 21st in passing defense.

He is going to be asked to leave. Changes jobs.

2019: Vikings 15th in passing defense.

Jones shows up:

2020: 25th in passing defense.

What is there is be positive about?

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What is there is be positive about?

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Willing to say yes and have his salary doubled or tripled?