He may. Boy Genius may be red hot and set the world on fire.
Or ... he may fall on his face.
Same goes for McVay.
It will be that way for all the Whiz-Bang-Gang Hot-Shots who are supposed to be The Next Big Thing in coaching circles to infinity and beyond.
All it takes is one bad scene someplace for the latest and greatest to be the remember him? guy.
I mean ... look no further than who Atlanta may well hire to replace Shanahan as OC.
Chip Kelly.
I'm old enough to remember when he was the Next Big Thing.
He blew up in Philly for awhile. Then just blew up. And now? The coach 'everybody wanted' is settling for table scraps.
Coaches work out about as often as first-round draft choices do.