The 32-year-old Rees was promoted today to Offensive Coordinator of the Cleveland Browns.
Kudos to Tommy.
Kudos to Tommy.
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I have never seen some fail-upwards like Rees.
Hardly failed. We should all have been so successful at such a young age both professionally and economically. He's been an OC and QB coach at ND and Alabama and now an OC in the NFL all by the ripe old age of 32. He had productive offenses at both schools. Failure indeed. Where do I sign up for such shame ?
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I understand just fine. It's dumb. He hasn't failed at all.
Why ? He's a quality coach. He's likely not going to be calling plays. It appears Stefanski will be doing it again. Then again it is the Browns. Apparently Vrabel was interested in taking him to New England also.
Maybe not failed but for him to be 32 and be the ND oC and Bama OC and now an OC in the league, make you go huh what. You were right, he's a quality coach. But to be put in the positions he has gotten makes you scratch your head.
He was okay at Notre Dame. He was okay at Bama. It's crazy.
You watch a Kotelnicki offense and a Rees offense is obvious one guy is much better at calling plays
That would probably save his job if he's not calling plays, but the way that organization runs, it's likely they start over again next year anyway.
I listened to a recent interview of Nick Saban talk about his experience with Tommy Rees as his OC at Alabama. Saban has a ton of respect for Tommy.
Maybe he's never had the personnel to light it up. When you are limited with the players you have as a coach you can only do so much. Honestly, he elevated Book's game. He did the same with Pyne. Milroe appeared to have developed as the season went on, during his one year at Alabama.
I wouldn't call it failing up. He's worked hard to get where he's at.
Agreed. He was a good qb for us when he was here for the most part.
I think he’s going to have a good coaching career.
Maybe you're scratching your head, but I and a lot of others are not. Everyone can have an opinion
He was a college OC for 4 years and never had a top 20 scoring offense
I'm sure he's worked hard like a lot of people. Seems like he is getting put above people who have done a better job
After listening to a recent interview where he talked at length about Tommy Rees, Nick Saban certainly isn't scratching his head. Saban respects Tommy Rees a great deal as a coach and as a person.
2 of those years he was under Brian Kelly's thumb.
His 3rd year he had Drew Pyne as his QB, and his last year he made the CFP playoff breaking in a new QB at a new program.
He'll tell you that coaches could be wrong, yet he himself can never admit being wrong. He's just a big fool who has low self esteem, and uses an anonymous internet forum to pretend he's someone important.
He was an OC for 4 years at two of the best programs in the country. Denbrock was under Kelly's thumb and had the number 1 offense in the country.
Rees never had a top 20 scoring offense in his 4 years as OC.
Chip Long, Gerad Parker and Denbrock all had top 15 scoring offenses at ND.
I said he would bring an end to the Alabama dynasty. In a way, that looks true.
I do wish him the best though, just haven't gotten over his time as QB at ND.
Denbrock also had a heisman winning and an actual 1st round QB.
Rees had a top 20 offense with Alabama in 2023, and with ND in 2020.
Gerard Parker had a seasoned QB in Sam Hartman Chip Long is a very good coach.
Rees recruited the Qbs to ND from 2017 to 2022.
We were 30th in ppg in 2020 under Rees
Bama was 24th in ppg under Rees.
Chip Denbrock and Parker had top 15 scoring offenses at ND. Rees in 4 years between ND and Bama never did.
You certainly love talking down and criticizing certain coaches in the profession. This time it's Tommy Rees's turn. But if it's anyone associated with Notre Dame, they are all elite.
That's just an ignorant comment. But being in the NC is elite, maybe I was right and you and your NIU nonsense, sec is elite, USC is elite was wrong
Wasn't Rees associated with ND so that totally destroyed your whole argument 🤣🤣🤣.
Somehow people on a message board, who generally don't know shit, isn't all that convincing. Seems to me people who are actually in the arena, in the profession are perfectly clear on his skillset
And somehow people in the profession thought BVG was a top coach including the same Brian Kelly who thought that about Rees.
I'm not saying he is bad or won't be good in the future but he hasn't done nearly enough to deserve that job. He's been okay as an OC for 4 years. Not great, not bad
Hopefully Rees finds a better job soon. The Browns are one of the worst franchises in all of professional sports.
