Joe vs Dan: Who's worth more wins?

[SmokeyDawg]

My question is who is the better offensive coordinator. Schematically, adjustments, creativity. How much did Dan's offense change over 9 years. Was there anything he did at State that he and Urban didn't do at Florida?

[Todd4State]

My question is who is the better offensive coordinator. Schematically, adjustments, creativity. How much did Dan's offense change over 9 years. Was there anything he did at State that he and Urban didn't do at Florida?

Dan's offense was pretty creative the first two and even three years at MSU and it got more and more conservative. I'm not sure why. In year one we saw stuff like the wishbone on the goal line and things like motioning from a spread formation into a traditional I-formation. Some people have theorized that Hudspeth was the guy behind some of those creative moves and a lot of those things did seem to decrease after he left. That's a reason why I'm glad Hud is back.

Here's how I see Dan- Dan is a branch off of the Chip Kelly/Urban Meyer tree. I think after years of watching Dan that Urban is the mind behind the offense and Dan is just a protege' but not as good as Urban. Sort of like Will Muschamp is to Nick Saban. Saban is the defense behind that defense and Muschamp while a "good coach" is just not at that level.


Joe's offense is completely different than anything anyone else runs and he is the mastermind behind this style of offense. He is the root of THE tree for this- not a branch. And while it's obvious that he has gotten inspiration from Bill Walsh, Chip Kelly, and maybe even Urban Meyer- this is still HIS thing. That in and of itself is going to make Joe better than Dan.


One thing that impressed me about Joe as a head coach was when he was at Fordham and he beat Army and Jeff Monken who is also a very good coach on the road. For Fordham that would be about the equivalent of us beating Alabama on the road or at the very least a SEC blueblood.