The Cowboy's new O-line coach

[MightyGiants]

The coaches who coach a team's offensive and defensive lines are among the most important.  So it came as a bit of a surprise that Mike McCarthy tapped Mike Solari to be the new Cowboy's O-line coach.  If that name sounds familiar, it's because he was the croony hired by Pat Schurmer when he was the Giants' head coach.   The two years that Mike was the O-line coach were marked by underperformance by the offensive linemen.

I am curious to see if Dallas sees the same thing. 

[GloryDays]

In their last preseason game, the Dallas announcers had high praises for Solari... then again, they seemed to be there to just praise Dallas 😝

[Jaime]

Hope so Mighty

[Hadron]

Article about Solari from a Cowboy's site. Said that this hire gives them Mike Nolan vibes.

https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/mike-solari-offensive-line-unit-evaluation/

[MightyGiants]

Article about Solari from a Cowboy's site. Said that this hire gives them Mike Nolan vibes.

https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/mike-solari-offensive-line-unit-evaluation/

Thanks for sharing that, it was an interesting and excellent article 

[Trench]

Solari will look better than he is simply for the fact the referees ALWAYS give leeway to the Dallas Oline. ALWAYS!

[Ed Vette]

How does a coach survive for 3 to eight years with teams but then last only a year with others? Sometimes when the HC goes they are fired as part of that team. The crony effect. He certainly has had much success in this league and his job is tethered to the talent level if the players. If Dallas doesn't hit the high note, this "croony" will be singing the blues along with McCarthy on the way out.

[Uni]

Never mind the OL -- this is a year one install of the new Schottenheimer offense. It's Dak's first year running this, having only had Moore as his OC since his rookie season. So we'll see if their offense functions smoothly out of the gate or if there will be growing pains, and we'll see how well McCarthy calls plays without Rogers freelancing.

[bighitterdalama]

Rich, just a small point. Solari was the line coach under Ben MacAdoo, 2016-2017. Shumer's O line coach 2018-2019 was the infinitely worse Hal Hunter.

[AZGiantFan]

Thanks for sharing that, it was an interesting and excellent article 

Agree.  My only criticism is that the author correctly states that developing late round and UDFAs into part of a cohesive unit is a big part of an OLC's job but then he never addresses how Solari has done in that regard.

[MightyGiants]

Rich, just a small point. Solari was the line coach under Ben MacAdoo, 2016-2017. Shumer's O line coach 2018-2019 was the infinitely worse Hal Hunter.