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Originally Posted by CoMoChief
Why do people automatically assume Pioli is going to run a 3-4?
NEWSFLASH!!!!! Pioli isn't the ****in coach of the team. We don't know who the ****in coach is going to be. BB has always ran a 3-4 from what I can remember. Pioli doesn't coach shit. His job in NE was to help find the players that would fit in BB 3-4 scheme. Pioli doesn't call what defense a team is gonna run. In fact I dont know a GM that makes that call to begin with. They obviously have say in what philosophy they want the team to have. He may go after a coach thats strictly 4-3 or 3-4, we dont know.
What I do know is that from what we've drafted recently, we have NO ONE that can play a 3-4 scheme. Blowing up that now would IMO regress this defense if anything. People who think Dorsey and Tyler can make great 3-4 ends are smoking something that I want. Never can I remember either of them doing that in college, and now we expect them just to jump in with Boston NT Raji and away we go. Some people here are nuts.
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This defense can regress?
You may be right in that Pioli might not dictate the defensive scheme, but let's assume, for the sake of argument that Pioli hires Haley.
Pioli's background is with Belichick and the 34 and Haley, while an offensive coach is still a Parcells guy, so I think it highly likely they both would be on the same page and will look to transition to a 34.
What you would expect then is for them to find the right coach to run the 34 (John Mitchell, D-Line, Keith Butler, LBs for the Steelers, or Todd Bowles, DB coach of the Dolphins), sign a couple of free agents that fit, and draft.