Romeo Crennel As Defensive Coordinator - SP Fired Spagnuolo
 

Sean Payton ain't playing around.

He just got reinstated this week and today he fired DC Steve Spagnuolo and said they are moving to a 3-4.

Lots of Saints fans think they should hire Romeo.

What's your honest opinion of that?

Seemed like Romeo was lost as a HC but don't really know his history as a DC.

Please elaborate.

They hired rob Ryan.
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No.

Rob Ryan went to St. Louis.

Who Dat? Romeo
 

Take him in a heartbeat. Not a good HC, but great DC. I could see him fitting well with the Saints. Really well.

Make sure you don't have any "loose cannons" at LB

Yeah that's what fans there seem to think.

They also talk about Lovie Smith but I think Lovie runs a 4-3, not a 3-4.

He'd be a very solid hire if he actually wants the job.

He was a great DC in 2001

In 2013....not so much.

He's a good Defensive mind. Just don't ever think about promoting him to HC. Ever.

Nice guy.

That's all.

**** me you are right.

I got two texts in a row one about the saints and one about the rams lol
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Yeah, Saints fans should be happy if they get the guy as a DC. He did a nice job in that role while he was here in KC, and I almost wish that he were never promoted in the first place so that he'd have stayed here in that role. It would be a hell of a lot better than what we ended up hiring.

A 2-gap with an attacking offense? Should work well!

I think his system is outdated, but you could still do worse.

Funny thing is...I'd take Romeo over him at DC any day.

Sean Payton's back so don't worry about that.

But the Saints need a DC now.

I can't imagine SP firing Spags without someone else in mind.

SP has been sitting back and watching the Saints D flounder all year and it probably made him furious.

If the Saints had an even mediocre defense this year they would have been in the playoffs.

How old is someone not to know RAC's history of a DC? Holy crap!
ProFootball Reference.com is good.

He would be a great hire for the Saints.

He's been able to get under the skin of a lot of elite QB's and frustrate them, namely Peyton Manning.

He didn't have an offense worth a shit to help him here. Having Brees and the Saints offense backing him up would be perfect for RAC.

You could do A LOT worse than Romeo at DC.

What? His defense was 11th without his best player 2 years ago.

I wanted to hear you guys first hand experience.

DJ was out for a season?
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Romeo is way overrated at anything he does.

He's a good DC despite what some say here.

I'd hire him.
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Well, the Saints are going to see a lot of Roman Harper up in the box and being victimized by TEs.

That defensive line of the Saints is going to be completely unfamiliar to 2-gapping.

houstonwhodat, you guys should trade for Tyson Jackson. We'll take Jimmy Graham off your hands. With Jackson, the transition to Romeo's scheme will be eased quite a bit. Sound good?

Romeo's a real sound defensive mind. But what you're going to get is an overly conservative defense with very well coached players. He's not going to attack a whole ton. And by the way, it means you have to restructure your offensive line to bring in slow defensive ends and big OLBs.

No team should be transitioning into 2-gap right now. There's a reason why no team runs it. The only 2-gap guys left coordinating are Sutton and Bowles. And I'm 99% sure Sutton isn't running 2-gap.

Lot's of people would love to have Jimmy Graham. That dude is a BEAST and he still doesn't know what he's doing yet.

Something has to be done about these "running quarterbacks" and the read option.

It's only going to get worse until someone cleans Englebert Humperdink's clock.

Someone from the Ravens should take care of that.

When he focuses on his craft, he's a motivating coach that gets the best out of his players. If he's asked to do too much, like most coordinators, he gets overwhelmed. I'd take him as DC over Sutton imho.

True, but you'll need a guy who knows what he's doing in order to make Romeo work.

Okay okay okay. We'll throw in Matt Cassel to sweeten the pot. Brees needs a capable backup.

Not sure if Harper will be back. Too old and slow.

Payton has some major changes in mind.

Daddy's Home And He's Angry.

He should be kept as depth but not for what he's making.

Bummer, as I really like the guy.

:LOL: ROFL LMAO :shake:

By the way, on Spagnuolo. Pretty shitty situation to be fired after what the Saints went through.

It's a shame the Chiefs have Gibbs. I'd take Spagnuolo as a LBs coach in a heartbeat.

Drew Brees vs Gus Cassel.

Which city would Romeo rather be the DC for their local NFL team?

:hmmm:

The guy is a rock when it comes to emotion altho he did have a hell of a * terrible season * he stayed strong for himself and the team. I don't know how much his heart is in to return to coaching after a season like that.

Andy Reid not taking a year off so I wouldn't be surprised the same for Romeo. He is up in age and could just retire. The defense would play hard for him as players really take to him as a father figure.

*sigh* Fine, but this is my last offer:

Tyson Jackson, Matt Cassel, and Dexter McCluster for Slim Jim

Something had to be done I guess.

SP has been watching this all season.

IDK, but if you don't have the personnel for your scheme then change scheme's.

No way they should have been that bad.

How many points were they up on the Chiefs and they lost that damn game.

Too many games like that this year.

Throw in some BBQ and maybe we'll talk hahahaha

The Saints play in a division with the Panthers and Bucs, so Romeo's 2-gapping ways might actually help them 4 games a year.

But I'll bet his D gets smoked every time by the Falcons.

Sean Payton is in Mike Smith's head.

I expect the Saints to win the division again this year.

We'll see.

Leaving the saints DBs on islands against Julio/Roddy seems like a great plan. I mean, it worked well for us!

Romeo seems to be as good as he wants to be. Unfortunately, most of the time his mind is on jelly doughnuts and buttered popcorn.

You're reeruned

Wasn't Spags a DBs coach anyways?

Regardless, he, like Fewell have made their names off of having excellent pass rushers.

I am not saying the Saints are wrong to fire him. But he's been a DC for only one year in a year where they were missing a head coach, where their team was under scandal all year, and they lost several defensive players to meaningful time due to suspension.

And he's still one hell of an experienced positions coach.

I'm not sure what's reeruned about any of what I said.

He was a LBs coach for the Eagles as well. The reason I brought his name up as someone I'm sure Reid would have considered, if Spags was fired earlier.

Didn't know he was a LBs coach too, thought it was just DBs.

While I could see Reid hiring him in some capacity, I wouldn't really want it. JMHO

You put Crennel's defense with a high-powered offense and he could do well.

His bend-don't break defense won't force the other team to make mistakes unless you have a lead.

You're reeruned.

You've always been reeruned.

You're a verbose douche **** that thinks he knows more than anyone and everyone else, due to your verbosity, but you're still reeruned.

You're exactly like Blackbob, except your vocabulary is slightly more extensive.

But make no mistake: You are a reerun.

He's not a great DC.

Not even close anymore actually.

Let's be honest, any team that was beaten by the Chiefs last year was not that close to making the playoffs.

I... don't understand how anything I said justified this kind of a response. But okay.

Yeah, real shame we have a guy who's improved the talent at the position and done his job exceptionally well.

Are you for ****ing real?

Make no mistake. Saying you're sad we have Gibbs because you'd rather have Spagnulo when Gibbs has done a wonderful job here is ****ing stupid.

Romeo's going to have a hell of a time in NO. That's not a talented defense and not one that's going to make a smooth transition to a 3-4.

Ok, fair enough. That was probably not the right way to say it.

Yup.

Spags had one good run with the Giants. He was a product of Jim Johnson, much like Sean McDermott when he was a position coach.

His schemes last year were ****ing horrible.

He's another coordinator that needs elite talent, ala Gunther, to produce.

Man I Loved it when U were gone.............

Spags is a name at this point.


And no, Romeo isn't a good DC. We built, for 4 years a defensive lineup based on his schem and it still was dirty hair. Read and react defenses aren't shit unless you have elite talent.

JFC, maybe you should go then.
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STFU

Why don't you? You are the one coming off like a little bitch.

Ohhhhhh it was so much nicer when the big meanie Dane isn't hurting idiots feelings...boo ****ing hoo
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I think it is both.

he's a fantastic DC.

Don't forget the miracle he pulled on our defense when he got here.

Could be. But he was also teaching zone to a defense used to attacking, and was missing his defensive captain, head coach, and LBs coach to help teach it. I'm not a huge fan of his scheme, but still fair to wonder if it was scheme, or if players were just lost or not fit for the scheme.

I think he'll still be a terrific positions coach.

How about the next year when his defense gave up basically 40+ to the Lions and Bills to open the season?

The guy's schemes are suspect in today's NFL. In an aggressive NFL, it's not a shock that bend don't break rarely works anymore.

He's a confused old man

What's interesting is that Payton is a Parcells disciple. So back to the OP... wouldn't surprise me if Romeo was very high on Payton's list.

From a personal standpoint, Spags philosophies and mine differ too much; I wouldn't want him in any capacity.

He could probably have some success and help players in a 4-3 zone based scheme at both the LB and DB position.

Not a fan of Crennel's scheme (too passive). Players love him but that doesn't necessarily translate to playing well. Crennel should probably retire.

Who the **** are you?

And what's your counterpoint, ****ball?

Finally.

A two sentence response.

Sign of things to come?

Romeo is bend but don't break. When everyone is doing their job properly, the defense can definitely slow opponents down and confuse them. But too often the D broke down because of missed assignments or whatnot. Also it didn't cause many turnovers or sacks, so it is what it is...

But the Chiefs went to the playoffs in 2010...

ROFL Crennel is god freaking awful... Dude needs to quit while he can.

He makes GROB look compentent.

and then he calls me gay. LMAO

This.