The Broncos are set to hire Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten as their new offensive coordinator (Twitter link via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com). He’s now set to guide the offense for the new regime and take over where Pat Shurmur left off. 
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The Broncos were also said to be considering Klint Kubiak for the OC job, but he’s likely to wind up as the team’s quarterbacks coach. Kubiak just helped Kirk Cousins turn in one of his best seasons in Minnesota, so he figures to be a huge asset to new head coach Nathaniel Hackett.
Outten has been with the Packers since 2019. The Packers were the first team to employ him as a position coach, so this move to OC in Denver marks a huge step up. Before that, he was an intern under Kyle Shanahan with the Falcons and a high school assistant coach.
Interestingly, the Broncos’ first OC target was Packers offensive line coach Adam Stenavich, but the Packers installed him as their own OC. After that, they eyed Green Bay wide receivers coach Jason Vrable, but Packers head coach Matt LaFleur blocked the request. Chargers tight ends coach Kevin Koger was also in the running for Denver, but it sounds like Outten has edged him out.
Even with Outten on board, Hackett is expected to call the plays for his West Coast offense.
How can this happen? I thought moving forward all Head Coaches and other coaches in the NFL had to be minorities or else. people will sue and piss their pants in protest.
Well gosh, then you must be really confused by the grand total of three head coaches who aren’t white.
Either you can coach or you can’t. Race doesn’t matter. Look at the 5 white coaches that got fired two weeks ago. They are all bad coaches.
“Either you can coach or you can’t.” OK, but non-white coaches don’t get nearly as many opportunities to show whether or not they can coach.
Look at all the white coaches still coaching. Their numbers have gone up compared to last year.
They have to interview one not hire one.
Only head coaches and GMs
He knows. He’s just a troll
Three of the coaches referenced in this article alone are the sons of former head coaches, and the uncle of fourth (Shurmur) was an NFL defensive coordinator.
You think none of the four had better access to a single coaching opportunity than equally qualified candidates who lacked family ties to the NFL?
Access to coaching opportunities and interviews matters.
Okay, let’s look at this in a very logical manner: The Denver Broncos organization has always been successful when… they run a zone-blocking, west-coast style offense.
So, as Nathaniel Hackett made very clear, he plans to run a ‘zone-blocking (leading to the dismissal of Mike Munchak), west-coast (led to the hiring of Klint Kubiak and Justin Oulett have both run) style-offense.
If you look into franchises history, you’ll find common threads in their organization.
The common threads with Broncos Country and their 9 Super Bowl Appearances is they all ran some variation of the West Coast Offense.
So fittingly, Nathaniel Hackett is an experienced play-calling offensive coordinator with twenty years of experience running the West Coast Offense. Which leads to the logical conclusion than he wants a staff experienced in the West Coast style offense.
Anyone tied to Mike Shannahan, Gary Kubiak trees are going to be looked at… especially those who were the sons of the organization.
You just described the good Ole boy network. Stump Mitchell is a running backs coach with the best running attack in the league. He’s black and they run a zone blocking scheme. Sounds qualified to me
That’s not true at all. You can be of any nationality and a member of the three. That’s what they’re looking for. People who’ve been part of the organization’s most successful years. Klint was on the staff of 2015 Super Bowl Team, and Nathaniel Hackett’s dad was a member of 80’s 49er football teams where the West Coast Offense inception began.
And I’m not sorry to say this – but career development is about networking. By putting yourself in front of people, and building your brand is what gets you opportunities.
And it should always be that way. Your personal brand is important and how you build that brand is of the utmost importance.
If you need to improve it – that’s okay. Everyone can – all you have to do is invest in your education, your knowledge, etc.
The NFL is no different from the rest of our jobs. Programs like Udemy and Coursera have Scouting Certification programs available to get yourself in the door. From there you network.
This, like your original post, is word salad. It’s a conclusion in search of a justification. You’re bringing up Udemy? That’s less than a straw you’re grasping.