New Jets head coach Robert Saleh already has a vision for what he wants his first coaching staff to look like.
Saleh spoke at the QB Coaching Summit last year and described what he would look for in an NFL coaching staff. He explained how diversity beyond the color of one’s skin is important for a staff. Having different values and different personalities are key, but bringing in people who do things that you can’t is what makes a group of coaches succeed.
“Your staff completes you,” Saleh said.
Robert Saleh spoke about what makes a good coaching staff at the QB Coaching Summit last year.
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The 41-year-old thinks of himself as a great coach — his players have backed that up — but he said he wouldn’t want 20 Robert Salehs on the sideline. Saleh knows that he is not perfect and can’t do everything by himself, and that’s where he needs to be able to count on his coaching staff to pick him up.
“You have to know your weaknesses,” Saleh said. “You have to connect and understand yourself and you have to understand what you can’t give a player. No one coach can give you everything.”
Saleh has learned a lot about coaching philosophy from some great mentors throughout his 16-year NFL coaching career. He’s worked under Gary Kubiak, Pete Carroll and Kyle Shanahan, all of whom have stressed how important it is to have a well-run organization.
While schemes and play-calling are also part of the job, a head coach has to nail setting a standard first. Saleh seems to understand this.
Saleh will now get a chance to implement his staff-building philosophies with the Jets. We’ll see if he can deliver upon those ideologies and turn the Jets into a winning football team.
