Opinions: more important...great HC or great QB

[Jmac]

If you had to choose one or the other to lead this franchise going foward....most teams never have both. 

So what's your choice?

[DeSim]

HC.

[Ricky Spanish]

Great HC. A great HC can win without a great QB.

Zimmer

Harbaugh

Belichick

Reid

All have made it to the playoff utilizing not great QB's. 

[Mr. Scot]

A great coach will pick a great QB, not the other way around.

Plus a great coach stays around for way longer than a great quarterback.

[Davidson Deac II]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

A great coach will pick a great QB, not the other way around.

Plus a great coach stays around for way longer than a great quarterback.

I don't think its quite that simple.  The small number of great qb's makes them difficult to get, even if one is a great coach.  And i would say that a great qb can make a good coach look great and vice versa.  

[kungfoodude]

So this is a true either or scenario? Not start with one?

[TheWiz]

Ron Rivera won coach of the year twice. 

[Mr. Scot]

7 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I don't think its quite that simple.  The small number of great qb's makes them difficult to get, even if one is a great coach.  And i would say that a great qb can make a good coach look great and vice versa.  

How much can a great quarterback make up for a lousy coach vs vice versa, though?

Could a great quarterback help fix having the worst run defense in the league?

I would also point out that replacing a lousy quarterback is a hell of a lot easier than replacing a head coach given the long process of interviewing candidates, forcing the entire team to learn new systems, etc.

[MountaineerChemist10]

26 minutes ago, TheWiz said:

Ron Rivera won coach of the year twice. 

Great coach.

[Jon Snow]

We are about to find out.

[JawnyBlaze]

HC

[Harbingers]

An actual GM. 

[TheMostInterestingMan]

We’ve literally witnessed what a great QB with an average Coach does. That’s what we have had for almost a decade now...

[Navy_football]

5 hours ago, TheMostInterestingMan said:

We’ve literally witnessed what a great QB with an average Coach does. That’s what we have had for almost a decade now...

I hear you. I don't think Rivera is an average coach. I think he was the wrong coach for this team. 

Still don't understand why they drafted Cam #1 overall to play on a team where they expected him to "manage" games. If you draft a QB #1 overall then you're all in on the offense. This team has NEVER been that.