Our current TE coach, Russ Callaway, is a name being floated around on some message boards as a potential OC candidate for us next year (NOT WRITTEN IN STONE). In the latter half of this season roughly (around SCar and on) he became involved in offensive game planning and play scheme which resulted in ~32 PPG when Mertz was also involved (so discounting the FSU game). To my knowledge he was not involved in play-calling duties.

In 2018, he was the Samford Bulldogs' OC and had them at ~393 passing YPG which led the FCS. Was ranked 4th in all the FCS in total offense (~516 YPG), and 8th in redzone offense and 1st downs. He also had his offense put up similar states in the previous 2 years.

Personally, I think this has more pros than cons. However, some of the cons may be dealbreakers for some.

Pros:

1. Based on this past season when he was involved in the scheme, we looked significantly better and were able to score on SEC defenses (and LSU) when our starting QB was healthy.
2. If he is promoted, our team would not need to essentially relearn all the new plays and terminology. This may be especially important since next year wont leave much or any room for growing pains and learning.
3. We would most likely display a more pass heavy offense.
4. With minor tweaks, the offense has potential to be more explosive and aggressive.

Cons:

1. His offenses were incredible... in the FCS. With all the talk around here of coaches coming from FCS and coaching in the SEC, some may automatically question how good his offensive scheme is and whether it would translate.
2. If CBN decides not to give up playcalling, then I don't know how much the offense will actually improve. But the same can be said for whoever we decide to bring in as an OC.

What are your guys' thoughts on this? Are there other pros and cons that you guys may have with this?

EDIT: the idea with this as a potential scenario, is that you would be maximizing staff consistency since a new OC will most likely want to bring in his own positional coaches. Billy knows he needs to win next season or he probably gets fired, and in his mind, that probably means minimizing as much confusion as possible.