The problem of needing a HC to get an OC is the problem in a nutshell. IF you are lucky to get a good one they are gone as HC next yr. If you get a crappy one like , oh, well , say roman, they seem to stick around like stinking garbage...you can't get rid of them, no matter how bad they are. That is why, I have posted multiple times the necessity of the HC being an OC. Well Tomsula isn't, but if jed really wants to keep him and is serious about it, then tomsula is going to have to learn how to game plan, as well as call plays. Counting on an OC brot in from elsewhere is a short term proposition. So I have to assume that jed and baalke think that tomsula can call a decent to good game and that he can game plan for the next opponent. Also I assume he will be able to make changes at half time. All that would be extremely refreshing , seeing as how harbaw could do none of the above. My guess is Andrew Luck made jim harbaw, not the other way around.
So, if the above is true, then we need to look forward to tomsula becoming a great playcaller and a great game planner. He doesn't have to do much to be better than JH or HaRo. Also, if Tomsula cannot learn to be an OC, his tenure here will be only temporary, until a great OC comes available who would then become HC.
I am open minded about this but if jed is thinking of having tomsula with an OC calling plays, it will be on a yearly basis only, and will not be long term. Frankly I am hoping tomsula becomes a kick azz OC and game planner, which we have had neither of for 4 yrs. ...unh,,,make that 13 yrs.
[ Edited by pasodoc9er on Jan 18, 2015 at 6:00 PM ]