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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Guy's a JAG.
There might be a marginal upgrade here but this is organizational cowardice; known mediocrity over taking a chance on a guy who actually be a force multplier of some sort.
Even money says our defense is again in the bottom 1/3 of the league in most meaningful categories next year. If we're lucky we'll win the next shootout in January but Spags won't do anything to help us avoid it. There's just very little 'there' there. He's sizzle over steak and has been since he was exposed with the Rams. He has 1 halfway decent defense over the last 10 seasons to his credit and a whole bunch of pretty shitty ones.
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Well, let's play the excuse game. For the record, I'm mostly with you that this is lukewarm. Good coordinators often make bad head coaches which could help explain st Louis. Can't blame him for new orleans. He fielded a top 5 scoring defense in New York before mcadoo turned the locker room into a disaster zone.
On the optimistic side... He's one hell of a DB's coach and will have a huge impact to an area where we've struggled. And player motivation is most definitely not an issue. Also keep in mind that the Jim Johnson scheme is somewhat en vogue again where in the past it wasn't.
To me, it's better. Could be a lot worse. Mostly lukewarm. But who knows... Maybe those excuses are legit.