Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic
I think it's Sutton, because good coaches adapt to the skills of their personnel.
Yet, Sutton calls his defense, his plays and concepts with no regard to the strengths and weaknesses of his players. If he needs a LB to drop in coverage or zone, and Speaks is in the game instead of DOD, it doesn't matter.
A good, competent Defensive Coordinator considers his his personnel when designing game plans and choosing defensive packages during a game. Sutton does not.
One of the things that Reid says that pisses me off the most is when he compliments Sutton for making adjustments, because he rarely makes adjustments that actually effect the outcome of the game.
If Ford, Houston, and Jones were not outstanding individual performers, we would have lost more than 4 games.
So, maybe we don't have many defensive players that are on the same level with those 3 guys, but it's the Defensive Coordinator's job to coach them up and to put them into positions designed to help them succeed.
Sutton routinely puts his players in positions that can only result in failure, unless the opposing team is just as bad as our defense.
Sent from my LG-H932 using Tapatalk
|
When I look at the Chiefs' D PA from the last 5 years I see this.
2013-5th
2014-2nd
2015- 3rd
2016- 7th
2017- 15th
2018- 24th
Clearly a gradual slide. This was not an overnight thing. Same thing w us from 2007-2009. We lost key players over that time. Bill rebuilt the D from 2010-2012 and was god awful but was improving. From 2014-2018 its been OK because he added talent.
Sutton may be past his prime and has lost an ability to innovate, but in the last 2 years y'all have lost Peters, Johnson and Berry. Plus I thought Sean Smith was a decent CB2 for you guys.
I think y'all have talent. Just need more of it on the back end at LB and in the secondary.