[OutsiderFan]

I'm not in favor of anyone being fired.  I'm in favor of the most capable and talented people being coaches.  If that means existing ones have to leave to make room for better ones, so be it.  I'm also on record as wanting the OC to be the QB coach.  It's always seemed a bad idea to have such a young coach in charge of the QBs and receivers, with an unproven OC who seems to need guidance from the head coach.  If you don't want to change the TE coach because he seems to be doing well developing his guys, and you want Bloomgren as the OL coach as most of us do, then either Pritchard or Taylor is the odd man out.  Given I'm also in favor of the same coach handling backs and receivers, I'm probably more in favor of Taylor being the odd man out, given the RBs have not really developed much and the receivers have been better.  But honestly, losing Pritchard or Taylor would just be collateral damage if the main objective, a proven OC with a record for developing QBs, and a dedicated OL coach, was achieved.

I also hold no illusions about the fact the offense might be totally under Shaw's purview, and that either A) any OC will be simply doing what Shaw wants or B) there won't be any OC change because of, well, A again.

That all said, all suggestions for a new OC are premised on the assumption there might be a clean slate possible, and that Shaw is open to staff and structure changes, including himself letting go of the reins a bit.  Everyone has preferences for the kind of offense they would like to see, but any style is acceptable as long as it produces.  Nobody will care if 70% of the plays are runs or 90% are passes as long as they consistently work.

If I was a betting person I'd bet Shaw is going to change OCs after this year.  People say he's stubborn or resistant to change, but my observation is he has made changes when things weren't working.  Shaw is a super competitive guy who really wants to be on top.  Coaches who are resistant to evolving or changing don't stay on top.  Shaw is smart enough to know this. 

As for Stewart Mandel's claim of staff continuity, nobody on defense will leave, and only one guy off the offensive staff would depart in my scenario.  As far as coaching staffs go, that's a lot of continuity, plus the added benefit of a potentially better OC = potentially stronger coaching staff.

[OutsiderFan]

I'm not in favor of anyone being fired.  I'm in favor of the most capable and talented people being coaches.  If that means existing ones have to leave to make room for better ones, so be it.  I'm also on record as wanting the OC to be the QB coach.  It's always seemed a bad idea to have such a young coach in charge of the QBs and receivers, with an unproven OC who seems to need guidance from the head coach.  If you don't want to change the TE coach because he seems to be doing well developing his guys, and you want Bloomgren as the OL coach as most of us do, then either Pritchard or Taylor is the odd man out.  Given I'm also in favor of the same coach handling backs and receivers, I'm probably more in favor of Taylor being the odd man out, given the RBs have not really developed much and the receivers have been better.  But honestly, losing Pritchard or Taylor would just be collateral damage if the main objective, a proven OC with a record for developing QBs, and a dedicated OL coach, was achieved.

I also hold no illusions about the fact the offense might be totally under Shaw's purview, and that either A) any OC will be simply doing what Shaw wants or B) there won't be any OC change because of, well, A again.

That all said, all suggestions for a new OC are premised on the assumption there might be a clean slate possible, and that Shaw is open to staff and structure changes, including himself letting go of the reins a bit.  Everyone has preferences for the kind of offense they would like to see, but any style is acceptable as long as it produces.  Nobody will care if 70% of the plays are runs or 90% are passes as long as they consistently work.

If I was a betting person I'd bet Shaw is going to change OCs after this year.  People say he's stubborn or resistant to change, but my observation is he has made changes when things weren't working.  Shaw is a super competitive guy who really wants to be on top.  Coaches who are resistant to evolving or changing don't stay on top.  Shaw is smart enough to know this. 

As for Stewart Mandel's claim of staff continuity, nobody on defense will leave, and only one guy off the offensive staff would depart in my scenario.  As far as coaching staffs go, that's a lot of continuity, plus the added benefit of a potentially better OC = potentially stronger coaching staff.