The only time Romeos defenses looked good in KC were when he called aggressive games.

If we had a DC with an attacking mentality the last couple years, Houston could have had 30 sacks by now...or more.

The fact that a guy with elite pass rush skills was dropped into coverage as much as he was is inexcusable.

think he should retire .. his systems are outdated .....

Crennels scheme's are as old and out dated as he is.

he was completely exposed in the playoff game against BMore. Then we had to endure 4 more years of his failures...

Good restaurants in NOLA.

That's exactly what I was thinking, kinda like the year Cassel had with the Patriots.

Hey, maybe Romeo Crennel is the Matt Cassel of DC's?

No.

Mothers po boys, Felix's, Acme Oyster House, Bubba Gumps, Court of Two Sisters (Also has the best bloody mary in the city in my opinion).

Basically any place that looks like a rat infested hole in the wall is usually the best places to eat lol. I love New Orleans and have lived here now 3 times for a total of 13 years.

It's an acquired taste but once you understand the city and the people it's all good.

You ever go to Lucy's Retired Surfer Bar?

Drew hangs out there sometimes.

It's Dane.....he's an asshole from CA.

expecting a different respsonse were ya?

For you locals, how does Ralph and Kacoo's in the French Quarter rate?

It's the only place in New Orlean's that I can actually remember the meal...

It's good.

I certainly thought it was.

Crawfish po boy was pretty good.

There's so many to choose from.

There's a reason that the NFL has held so many Super Bowls in NOLA. (10 I think)

I get my po-boys from a little shop in Metairie called World Deli on Clearview.

Roast Beef po-boy with extra gravy is amazing.

I also vaguely remember getting crab-stuffed softshell crabs at Landry's (I think that's what it was called).

That doesn't make any sense?

Soft shell crabs are battered and fried and eaten whole. yum.

Now I have to get one.

I'm going to NOLA this weekend.

Romeo is a good coach but this is a bad move for the Saints - not because Spags is any good, but arbitrarily moving to a 3-4 is a bad coaching decision by SP.

The Saints finally almost have the front 7 personnel they need for a 4-3, minus a DE & DT, and they are in range of getting a premier DE in the draft. DT isn't as bad as it has been and there are players coming up in free agency.

No matter what front the Saints run, they need 1, if not 2, safeties and unless Patrick Robinson makes huge strides, a starting corner ( even if he does, still need a nickle as JP hasn't done well ).

For a 3-4, Vilma and Loston just don't fit - they are sideline to sideline runners and not good at taking on blockers, so you need two new ILBers. Tez could play LOLB, but the fans that think Junior is any good simply don't know football; they guy just rushes up the field... over & over & over & over... easily flushed out of the play every time. In other words, he's a liability, despite what the dumbest fan base in the NFL think of him, so you need a ROLB, which luckily, you can get in this draft. Ellis or Bunkley could probably play RDE, but you may need a new guy there as well.

So to take a tally, you need 1+ safety, 1+ CB and either 2 DL or 3 LBers & maybe a DL. So 4 players in your 4-3 or 5-6 in a 3-4... not a hard choice. My guessis SP is over-reacting to failures to get a DT in free agency ( ie. it looks like they use PFF to sign people, bc they took Rodgers, Franklin, and Bunkley, and each one sucked - should teach them ), topped off with the failure that is Spags, plus envy in seeing other teams succeed, all adding up to a stupid, knee-jerk reaction.

Seems like the general consensus on the various Saints' boards is that Romeo is the guy.

SP has said that they are in no hurry to find a DC but that could be just gibber jabberish.

People would want Romeo over Keith Butler?

JFC.

They should sign Glenn Dorsey when the Chiefs let him walk.

I wasn't talking about Romeo here. I was talking about Spags.

You're right my mistake.

I meant to put Spags on there not Romeo.

Personally, Romeo's year as HC here soured me so much that I wouldn't hire him in any coaching capacity. None of his Chiefs defenses were particularly good either, IMO.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter

Two defensive coaching candidates the Saints will consider adding to staff include Eric Mangini and Romeo Crennel, per… http://say.ly/sKG52jD

Mangini???????????????????

The white, pissed off version of Romeo.

:D

You forgot shittier and douchier.

he developed lots of pro bowlers off the chiefs.

Wow, Payton did a good job of being a non-traditional Parcells tree guy. Now he's all up in the 2-gap's butthole.

You'd think Payton would have taken his year off and watched some football. If I'm a Saints fan, I can't hate this news any harder.

Cool, maybe they'll take a stud pass rushing LB in the 3rd and drop him into coverage 75 percent of the time.

His defense will hover at around the 15-22 mark which, with their offense, is all they really need.

The Saints would be better off rolling with Joe Vitt as DC. He knows the players and they respect him. Romeos scheme has been outdated for years now, it can't stop the run or the pass, he's terrible at making both in-game and weekly adjustments, and he doesn't adjust his scheme to fit his talent.

They could play 1 gap 3-4 with that team but the existing talent isn't in any way suited to play 2-gap.

It's on Magazine right? I think i've been there a few times. Don't go there too often though.

I met Drew when he opened up a Jimmy Johns a few blocks from where I work. He was there on the opening day and went there with a co worker and met him.

ROFL

This was rumored, but the Rams told him to please go. He's jobless.

May be going to the Saints.

He's being interviewed tomorrow.

It's on the corner.

Kind of a dump but it's where Drew revealed his chant after the Super Bowl they won in 2010.

Pretty cool.

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That is pretty cool. New Orleans definitely loves Drew.
They opened a Lucy's surfer bar where I live on the Northshore in Mandeville. It seemed like it was doing well but then it caught fire and they never came back. The place is called the beach house now.

Beat me to it. He still has the same spiral notebook he did back then.

Alex Marvez ‏@alexmarvez 4m
Source tells @FOXSports new #texans HC Bill O'Brien has fired all assistants from prior coaching staff & will name Romeo Crennel def coor

Those inbred Patriots are creepy as ****

Funny seeing chiefs fans spitting the dick of Romeo out. Not to long ago he was the savior for beating green bay.

Per PFT...

Bill O’Brien clears out Texans staff, to hire Romeo Crennel

Posted by Darin Gantt on January 4, 2014, 10:33 AM EST

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Well, Wade Phillips won’t get the chance to be the Texans defensive coordinator next year. And none of the guys he worked with are hanging around either.

According to Alex Marvez of FOX Sports, new Texans coach Bill O’Brien met with the existing Texans staff and fired them all, and will name Romeo Crennel as his defensive coordinator.

The 66-year-old Crennel was out of football this season after being fired by the Chiefs with two years left on his contract. That will allow the Texans to stay with the 3-4 defense they’re already running.

The clean house sets the stage for the Texans staff to have a very Bostonian vibe, as O’Brien will tap into his base of former Patriots co-workers for help.

Complete joke.

The tree

Never go full Herm

He's adequate at DC I guess. The Texans have some scent pieces to work with. Not sure if his 3-4 is as aggressive as Wade Phillips was?

Human nature says...boom

This place loves them some Herm that's for sure.

RIP JJ Watt.

Patriot Way claims another victim....

This...

A disaster in the making

Slap me once shame on you. Anally rape me repeatedly shame on me.

The hate for him is illogical. Its already been posted his defenses were 11th and 12th ranked.

Sorry for your losses Tampa

It's not him, it's the 2 gap read and react system.

Richard Seymore didn't do too bad in that spot.

Well maybe they can trade those pass rushing studs for picks.

Wade has had them playing at a Superbowl level. They just never got the support on the other side.

I doubt he stays unemployed long

We should round up all the Patriot tards, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows.

Romeo is probably fine as a defensive coordinator.

Spagnuolo looked like one of those guys who was on the way up, what a train wreck.

He was no JJ Watt.

They need to fire that piece of shit GM too.

Who gives a crap.....