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01-11-2013, 04:19 PM | #1 | |
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Andy Reid gets some slack to take at least one or two chances on his staff. |
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01-11-2013, 04:21 PM | #2 | |
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01-11-2013, 04:25 PM | #3 | |
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When Pioli hired Haley, my response to the Pioli-smokers was essentially "Hey, even if we assume he was the mastermind of the Patriots roster, we know he had nothing to do with hiring coaches so why take him at face value on the hiring?" Pioli knew nothing about hiring head coaches so I was loathe to give him too much rope. Well Reid's dicked up his last few DC hires....so why give him rope in this area? I'm going to give him a chance because it's only fair, but I'm not giving him any more rope than I would have if Pioli had hired him. There's nothing in Reid's track record to suggest that he's worth a damn at finding qualified DCs.
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01-11-2013, 04:28 PM | #4 | |
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The one thing I will give him credit for on this, is that it seems he went and got the guy who's style fits whats here, not forcing guys into roles they aren't as good at. |
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01-12-2013, 08:27 AM | #5 | |
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My concern is that Sutton's track record has been anything but spectacular. My other concern is that he goes to 2-gap, which I imagine is what he ran under Mangini. The bright side is... great to see Reid flexed schemes. Also he must have been very well respected for Rex to keep him on staff after Mangini was fired. Even if he got demoted, it's fairly unusual for a DC to stay on the team after he's fired. The other key points are that he's now familiar with the Rex Ryan scheme. Let's hope he's learned a thing or two. Also, in his first stint as DC, don't forget that he had to adjust a 4-3 into a 3-4, which can take some time to do. |
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01-12-2013, 09:19 AM | #6 | |
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01-11-2013, 05:11 PM | #7 | |
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Overall, I am way more on the side of "players make the coach" and not the other way around, but I think we have earned the right to remain a little skeptical. |
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