04-10-2016, 08:18 PM
I can see both sides of the coin on this one and don't fault either party for their actions. Jackson was just coming off of a really good season as an OC. His value seemed sky high after guiding an offense like that. What would've happened had he stayed another year but the offense merely looked average? How about two years of an average offense? This could've happened and it could've been outside of Hue's control. In a scenario like this, not only does Mike Brown not want to promote the guy, now it's pretty likely that nobody does and he gets labeled as a one year wonder.
Hue saw an opportunity to cash in after helping the team put together a monster season on offense. Mike Brown saw a HC candidate that he really liked, but wasn't 100% sold on as far as being the guy who could improve the team as a HC. There are some guys who are amazing coordinators but wind up being just average HC's (Schwartz is the first one to come to mind). At the end of the day I believe that both parties wanted it to work out but had to cover their butts just in case things didn't work out perfectly. It happens.
Hue saw an opportunity to cash in after helping the team put together a monster season on offense. Mike Brown saw a HC candidate that he really liked, but wasn't 100% sold on as far as being the guy who could improve the team as a HC. There are some guys who are amazing coordinators but wind up being just average HC's (Schwartz is the first one to come to mind). At the end of the day I believe that both parties wanted it to work out but had to cover their butts just in case things didn't work out perfectly. It happens.
