Oakbear said:

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Someone noted that tosh at 44 would be 1 of the older coaches starting at Cal it does make me sort of wonder if tosh is really that good why has he not already been a head coach Just speculating

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This seems like a non-issue to me. 44 is not "old" for a head coach. Bruce Snyder was 47 when he started at Cal.

sycasey said:

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Oakbear said:

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Someone noted that tosh at 44 would be 1 of the older coaches starting at Cal it does make me sort of wonder if tosh is really that good why has he not already been a head coach Just speculating

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This seems like a non-issue to me. 44 is not "old" for a head coach. Bruce Snyder was 47 when he started at Cal.

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Bruce had been a head coach at Utah State prior to his 4 year stint with the Rams as RB coach with John Robinson.

Hail2Calif said:

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Based on your reasoning, Georgia shouldn't have hired Smart, since he was just a DC under defensive guru Nick Saban - everyone knows Smart just ran Saban's D

Oregon then wiffed hiring Lanning, since he was just a DC under Smart and everyone knows Lanning just ran Smart's D

Yeah, no chance to improve if we hire a DC from a defensive minded HC - who would do something like that?

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I didn't say "don't" I just said it needs to be investigated and not taken at face value. A lot depends on how much leeway a HC who is a former DC gives his DC or s HC who is a former OC gives his OC. Some HCs are control freaks. Some are CEOs that delegate.
As I said with Tosh, his organizational acumen is an open question. However, as I said with Desean, if Rivera is the GM and he is going to be actively involved in the football organization and mentor Tosh, that is not as big of a concern.