Steve Addazio Has One Too Many Jobs
Four head coaches are their own OC, and six schools have co-coordinators to share duties. Only three of the 58 remaining offensive coordinators are also the line coach: Addazio, Wake Forest’s Steed Lobotzke, and Ohio State’s Jim Bollman. Addazio’s offense has been easily the worst of the three. It’s possible to do both jobs well (Bollman has been fine), but Addazio’s not managing it.
It’s time for him to be one or the other. If he’s to be the coordinator, then give someone (like RBs coach Stan Drayton, whose running backs have become fumble machines all of a sudden) his walking papers and hire a line coach. Addazio has had some bright spots as a coordinator (Kentucky ’09 and ’10, Georgia ’09, the Sugar Bowl, the second half vs. Mississippi State last weekend), and he might become consistently good with more time as just the coordinator. If his best fit is as the line coach, and he did put together a fantastic line in 2008, then someone else ought to run the offense.
TeamSpeedKills.com
10/19/10
