Quote Originally Posted by Dawgowar View Post
Lost in this, what if this is DeShea Townsend's interview for the gig and O is being lined up as a DL Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. Townsend has worked for the likes of Cowher, Haslett, Capers, Tomlin, and Ray Horton. If you are going to give one of your own a shot he may be the way to go. He made it into the league on special teams play before starting as a corner. That tells me he had to grasp the mental part of the NFL to make a prolonged career happen. All those guys mentioned above demanded both the emotion and the intellect required to be great.

Just food for thought. If we gave him the shot and he succeeded then perhaps given his local ties he remains longer. I say that not to keep some defensive scheme, but rather staff continuity on defense to match the offense. I think sometimes we miss how important that is.

Dan has to live with the effects of this choice so I hope and believe he will make the right choice. Just wanted to see what you guys thought about Townsend as a candidate.
I guess it could be a possibility but I'm not so sure if this is just what the staff came up with as the best combo for this game. Its against a unique offense that may or may not skew your thoughts of how good he may be. Also, and I have no idea about this, but how much of what he wants to do as an eventual coordinator would be based out of a 3-4 alignment since that was the bulk of his pro career? That may be irrelevant for him but if it was me and you are giving me a showcase game interview, I don't know if GT would be a good guage of how I do from either DC or the HC perspective. We also don't know what Mullen's whole plan or thoughts are about the staff at this point.