With Sunday's report by azcentral.com that Herm Edwards will be introduced as Arizona State's next football coach on Monday, you have to wonder: What kind of coach are the Sun Devils getting?

While we don't know how good a game coach Herm Edwards, you can be pretty certain he would be a formidable coach in all other areas.

Recruiting, teaching, motivating, fostering relationships? Yeah, Edwards can get those done. He's a passionate, caring football man and a seasoned motivational speaker. He can talk his way into a five-star stud's heart, and he sure can get his team up to play an opponent.

If all you know about Edwards is his work for ESPN, or his "You play to win the game" soundbite a generation ago as the New York Jets coach, here are a few pieces of video evidence that show he can get his message across to high school and college athletes. He has been around the former in recent years as a coach for the Under Armour All-American game — and don't think that will be lost on potential recruits.

So while Edwards, 63, hasn't coached in college since 1989 when he was an assistant at San Jose State — and never as a head coach — he can utilize those strengths to enhance the ASU program.

That would leave in-game work as his likely biggest challenge. Edwards was 54-74 in eight seasons with the Jets and Chiefs (2001-08), and his offenses, which were generally conservative, were middle of the pack at best. His clock management skills were roundly criticized.

Azcentral.com reported that ASU athletic director Ray Anderson — who was once Edwards' agent — would encourage candidates to be open to keeping ASU's coordinators, Billy Napier (offensive) and Phil Bennett (defensive). If Edwards is in a delegating mood, he can give Napier the freedom to run an offense that finished the regular season sixth in the Pac-12 in yards per game (428) and seventh in scoring (31.9 points per game).

Perhaps the biggest advantage to keeping Napier and Bennett is that they can help get Edwards up to speed quickly on the Sun Devils' personnel and, most importantly, recruiting.

Edwards could take it from there. And one thing's for sure: He'll state his case well as he tries to persuade athletes to come to Tempe.