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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
History doesn't really give a shit who the OC of a Super Bowl champion was. It cares who the HC was.
If you look at it in terms of opportunity cost, there's no question which would/should hurt more. He lost as the OC and still got a plum HC job (just as both Eagles coordinators did last year). Had he won, nothing changes - still the HC of the 49ers. But if you win as a HC, you're in a pretty select fraternity.
Oh sure, maybe you're just Gary Kubiak and people forget you were ever a champion to begin with. Bruce Arians. Barry Switzer. Doug Peterson. But there have been about 35 SB winning head coaches and 3/4 of those guys are names we'll remember in 20 years. You can't say that about any coordinators who didn't then reaffirm their historical standing as HC's somehow.
There's really no question that losing as a HC should sting a LOT more than OC. Regardless of fault, it's the opportunity cost that should keep you up at night.
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In most cases, yeah. But with Shanarat Jr. the narrative is that he can't hold a lead. At that point, the narrative is bigger than Arthur Smith blew it (It was Arthur Smith right? I don't even remember). Books not closed on Shanarat Jr., but the narrative is noisy.