Adrian Klemm heads back to New England
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Excellent news, very excited to see how improved the offense will be with an experienced and fully staffed set of coaches (i.e. not having Patricia act as OC and OL coach).
huge upgrade either way,
Interested to see if he will have some influence on the offense and not just OL.
Interested to see if he will have some influence on the offense and not just OL.
That’s makes three coaching slots taht have been upgraded (OC, QB, and OL). Now let’s get Special Teams upgraded.
Very refreshing change of pace from last off-season's clandestine coaching staffing so far. It will be interesting to see what AK can bring to the run game in addition to making Mac comfortable. He's also primed to learn from BOB and take over if he decides to go for a HC opportunity.
Yes, it's also reassuring to see that Belichek either clearly saw all this was needed or the message was otherwise relayed, i.e. there was no obstinance.
Coaches tend to leave for positions after the February signing day which was last week.
Alex Barth: The Patriots have reportedly filled the last big opening on their offensive coaching staff
His early departure from Pittsburgh sounded dubious, but this sure sounds promising.
I don't love the early departure from Pittsburgh, but Bedard is making kind of a thing about that which leads me to believe it's nothing to worry about.
Not every coaching hire is a home run but unless there's an obvious question mark (like with Judge and Patricia) it's basically impossible to judge whether he's a good hire or not.
I think it is also useful, in the short-term, to have a key coach who has recently spent a lot of time in the college trenches. We know that BOB (along with BB's direct connection to Saban) feeds a lot of useful info on the SEC; adding Klemm should bring knowledge of the PAC-10.
from the BoB thread:
Not a great track record at Pittsburgh based on PFF rankings. No idea what else was going on with Steelers at the time though.
Yeah, look at the line he had in 2021:
2019: Villanueva (16), Foster (14), Pouncey (13), Decastro (16), Feiler (16)
2020: Villanueva (16), Feiler (13), Pouncey (13), Decastro (13), Okorafor (15)
2021: Moore (16-ROOKIE), Dotson (9), Green (16-ROOKIE), Turner (7), Revolving door
Green didn't play a down last year after moving to guard and not beating out Kevin Dotson for the job.
Always good to see BB hire a creative football mind, especially at a position group that underachieved badly last year between the inept coaching and injuries.
Im more excited about this move than the BoB one.
But not because I think he's an awesome offensive line coach. I'm not going to pretend to have any idea how good he is at his job. An offensive line coach is so impacted by everything around him, its really difficult to parse out a good one from a bad one without a long track record (*cough* Patriots have only won SB's with Scarnecchia and had to pull him out of a 3-year retirement to fix their offensive line problems *cough*)
And it isn't just about how successful the line is, or the players on the line (as alluded to with the above stats).
Yes, the O-line coaches job is to lead the offensive line practice, work with them on drills, work on each players weaknesses, etc.
But the role is also to work with the offensive coordinator on determining what plays to use for the upcoming game. To understand the defense, how it attacks, where the weaknesses are with his players - This player is going to have trouble with the nose's strength, they stunt 40% of the time and our guard has trouble passing assignments, etc - and to help build the plays around all that information. And while thats true for all positional coaches, the offensive line coach should have the most pull with the offensive coordinator when building out gameplans.
So, yes, of course if a line is performing poorly, thats a big part of his role. But so much rides on the relationship with the offensive coordinator, the plays at their disposal, the strength and composition of the rest of the offense - "we have no pass catching backs, but our linemen are mobile and can get downfield for screen blocks...wtf are we doing?" - and so many other things, that I think its really, really difficult to gauge how good an offensive line coach is from the outside looking in. I think its one of the few times we really just have to trust his reputation around the league and with his former colleagues. If everyone thinks hes smart and will be successful, thats a good sign for us.
It'll be interesting to see how he and BOB work together. In relation to the teams weaknesses last season, I think it'll be one of the most important relationships on the team this year. O'Brien comes off as stubborn and hard-headed, but hes also been around the block for a while now. Hopefully he understands how to let the coaches under him cook.
Either way, I'm just excited that we're getting a good blend of guys with experience (BOB) and guys on the rise (Klemm).
He wasn't the line coach with them in 2014, but he was still a consultant with the team. He held private workouts with draft picks and was a consultant throughout the season.
According to wiki he was. For whatever that’s worth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_New_England_Patriots_season
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_New_England_Patriots_season
Deguglielmo has had one of the stranger coaching careers that I can remember. He's had 7 different jobs since getting fired by BB in 2016, coaching OL in SD, IND, Miami (two separate stints under different coaches), NYJ, NYG, Louisiana Tech and was just let go by BC this week.
Sorry, worded poorly by me. I meant that Scar was not the line coach, but was still active with the team (workouts and consulting throughout the season).
And, judging Gug's seasons without Scar and the near decade of failure since, I'd say Scar may have had more of an impact on the 2014 team than people want to give him credit for.
