David Blough and the Offensive Staffing Thread

How do you feel about the Blough hire?

  • Excited we are going with a young future star

    Votes: 30 26.5%

  • Disappointed we did not find a proven experienced OC

    Votes: 14 12.4%

  • I'm in full 'wait and see' mode. No idea if this is a good hire.

    Votes: 69 61.1%
  • Total voters
    113
Faithful Fan said:
I agree it would be some consolation if the Detroit interest was real. Maybe this is just cope and I’ll admit it’s far fetched, but Lions fans on Twitter are celebrating how they bluffed us out of the Mike McDaniel race.
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Yeah, that's who I was hoping for, McDaniel. Ditto Vrabel. Oh well. Good luck David.
 
 
The Chump Bailey said:
Yeah, that's who I was hoping for, McDaniel. Ditto Vrabel. Oh well. Good luck David.
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I was probably leaning towards McDaniel, too, but if we take a step back McDaniel's offenses haven't been that great over the past few years. Basically it was all speed and flash, but little substance.
 
burgold said:
I was probably leaning towards McDaniel, too, but if we take a step back McDaniel's offenses haven't been that great over the past few years. Basically it was all speed and flash, but little substance.
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Tua's struggles didn't help either but I have to agree. David obviously knows JD better than most and it's reasonable to expect he should have a major voice in how they proceed draft and FA wise so that aspect leaves me feeling optimistic. We'll see.
 
Conn said:
But they can’t steal those guys to lateral roles without permission, and I don’t know why it would be granted. I’m sure they feel that Anthony Lynn and Brian Johnson are enough mentorship, right or wrong. Other than a new OL coach idk that we see any new offensive staff. This is a “continuity but without Kliff” plan, they clearly think Blough can keep the same terminology for Daniels but spice it up with some Ben Johnson/KOC stuff and run the ball more, use motion more, etc.

We’ll see if they’re right. They’re going to look like clowns if they’re wrong.
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Yeah they can. Drew and Tee are basically free to leave given their bosses were fired. Doubt the GMs are blocking them for leaving for new opps.

With Wells, there is some chance. OL coach would be a promotion for him and DQ and Schotty likely have a good relationship.
 
Blough was a backup to Matt Stafford under Darrell Bevell, also with Chase Daniel and Jeff Driskell. Then with Goff under Anthony Lynn. He has a strong knowledge of both Holmgren/Reid tree and Shanny too. I would think that time is at least some equivalence to QB coach experience, probably superior to TE coaching experience.
 
Boone said:
For those relying on the Sean McVay analogies, here's a nugget for you.

Blough's only coaching experience AT ANY LEVEL is less than 2 years - his coaching career started in February of 2024 and his biggest responsibility to date was as an Assistant QBs coach.

Sean McVay had 6 years of coaching experience prior to getting his first chance as Offensive Coordinator including 3 seasons as Washington's Tight Ends coach. Tavita Pritchard, who Blough replaced in early December, has in contrast been coaching since 2010.

I don't think the comparisons stand up to scrutiny. Doesn't mean he can't be successful. But it's nothing like the McVay promotion. And I do think elevating an assistant coach with less than 2 years coaching experience - EVER - is pretty unprecedented.
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Only counter I can think of to this to play devil’s advocate is QB3/QB4 is a bit of a pseudo coach role
 
0rder 0f 0ut said:
Blough was a backup to Matt Stafford under Darrell Bevell, also with Chase Daniel and Jeff Driskell. Then with Goff under Anthony Lynn. He has a strong knowledge of both Holmgren/Reid tree and Shanny too. I would think that time is at least some equivalence to QB coach experience, probably superior to TE coaching experience.
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Good point
 
Boy was he nervous and careful in that interview, it was only at the end that a little personality showed.
 
method man said:
Yeah they can. Drew and Tee are basically free to leave given their bosses were fired. Doubt the GMs are blocking them for leaving for new opps.

With Wells, there is some chance. OL coach would be a promotion for him and DQ and Schotty likely have a good relationship.
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To add here, Drew could be a recommendation from Tavita from their Stanford days when Tavita was a coach. My guess is Tavita will want to see Blough do well
 
burgold said:
Oh, it's totally a "go bust" or "hit the jackpot" roll of the dice. That's why it's exciting.

This could be a crazy bellyflop. It could be inspired genius. It likely won't be somewhere in that blah zone like giving Scott Turner his first turn at the wheel after decades of being a position coach or Joe Whitt for that matter. Besides, I'm Burgold. I start with hope.
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tbf, Scott Turner went to my middle school and he was a known idiot. so his mediocreness was not a surprise. I can't say I went to the same middle school as David Blough though. he's got that going for him.
 
The bottomline for me is that DQ clearly wanted this specific move. He and the organization blocked any interest in Blough last year from multiple teams and this year when there was an issue with Kliff they pulled the trigger. It's definitely bold and risky but kind of exciting. I'm sure Jayden was consulted and will have huge input in putting the offense together. I'd imagine the offense will be some amalgamation of the Ben Johnson/O'connell/Mcvay/Shanny offenses.... Run First and everything else goes from there. Hope he kicks ass.
 
Here comes the commissioned fluff to make us feel better.

Blough might be great. This isn’t really anything against Blough. But it’s underwhelming given the entire circumstance of this whole thing.
 
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