Originally posted by ninerjok:
Didn't know before that Kyle has been NFL OC since age 28. WTF that's amazing. He's an absolute prodigy in truest sense of the word.
Supposedly he was the ball boy when his dad was OC here under Coach Walsh. I didn't work it out to see if that fit timewise, but if not here, he was ballboy somewhere else growing up. Somebody like that sweats NFL when he exercises. You grow up around it and in it, is there any wonder the guy becomes the best OC out there?
There was an interesting quote posted sometime back in which Kyle supposedly said "he has gone thru every offensive play and studied them all." Thinking about that, could that even be possible? For example are there just a finite number of offensive plays? I thought that every new situation brings into play new possibilites for new plays. But maybe there are only a finite number of plays. If so, he supposedly claims he has examined each and every one. If that is true ..or close...that is quite an acheivement. Still, is it possible there are only a finite number of O Plays? I'm sure he has thought of most of them... but watching his playcalling for ATL was truly watching an artist at work. The thing i thought about tho was that he never would agree to come to this sink hole. Yet he did and here he is. 'Amazin' as Yogi would say.
To get the perfect HC, he has to be an OC, he has to have had a ton of experience (and starting as OC at 28 is a feat just in and of itself), and he has to have shown a real feel for the job....which he has done. The obvious thing when listening to him is just how well versed in his trade he is. Don't compare him to tomsul nor chip, and definitely not harbaw. Just listen to the guy and what you hear is a lot like a white haired professor we had here once upon a time, far, far away, and long ago.
And if that sounds like a fairy tale to you, well, that is pretty much of what it is. When tomsul got sacked ...and then Chip...truly the last person I expected to end up here was the hottest hot shot of all OCs in the league. And yet, here he is. Mmmmmnnhhh.