Promotion From Within

So the new growing trend in sports that seems to be taking over the NFL is promoting from within the organization. You see places like Tampa Bay and Missouri keeping in house names to become the head of their program or team. From an outside and inside view you would think this would be a great move to keep cohesion among your players and staff. However, when is it a good time to keep an in house name versus going out and finding someone to bring in a new form of thinking? First, I want to turn to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an example. In Tampa Bay they promoted Dirk Koetter to become their new head coach, replacing Lovie Smith. This move was shocking yet expected from them. Yes, Koetter has done a tremendous job developing Jameis Winston and the Bucs offense but you take a guy with no head coaching experience and expect him to manage someone with a combustable personality. Yes, Jameis has leadership qualities that are rare to find but he also has a knack for making poor decisions both on and off the field.
Lovie Smith has always had a way of controlling his players and being a no nonsense coach which is what have saved the Buccaneers a lot of drama these past few years. I guess the point I'm trying to make is, was it good to keep Koetter and promote him just because he was good at coaching offense or should you have just gone out and got someone who could keep the players under control and also coach them up. Let's be honest no matter where you think your team should be, it does not get much better than Lovie Smith when it comes to coaching.
Shall we now turn to Missouri? Barry Odom, a man who took over the reins of your defense and is a Missouri alum. Sure this one also looks great inside close doors but I can't help but think they overlooked someone more qualified and who has the same attributes. I am talking about the man who developed the Michael Sam, Shane Ray, Kony Ealy, and others who are playing on Sundays. Dave Steckel worked at Missouri for a very long time and pretty much gave Missouri a chance to compete in the SEC. Not to take away from Gary Pinkel's coaching pedigree, because it is a hall of fame resume', but should you really give Odom credit for serving one year as coordinator? To me that's like offering me a head coaching gig after coming in one year and coaching Alabama's freakish defense. All I'm saying is that you can't instantly be considered a great coach when you take over an already talented roster. Time will tell if he really is that man or if they missed out on a sure fire hire.