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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare
“I wouldn’t say they’re not going through drastic changes,” Haley said. “We’re hearing from them every day: ‘That’s not the way we were taught.’ There is a lot new that they’re being taught.
“There are some subtle things at the defensive-back position … that are pretty drastic, major changes for a player who has been doing it one way for a year or two years.”
Page indicated the Chiefs could play more zone with Pendergast than under former coordinator Gunther Cunningham, and those old lessons aren’t easily forgotten.
“The whole philosophy is totally different,” Carr said. “Last year was more in-your-face, cover-2 press. This year, we can see a lot more. We play with our eyes and break on balls. We’re having to learn the schemes and route combinations all over again. Guys like this scheme. I like it. We’re ready for a change.”
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Not being a Gun fan, these four paragraphs ar music to my ears. I know with regard to the LB's, Gun had a piece in an article once a few years back that stated he taught fundamentals differently than nearly any other coach. Maybe he did the same with other areas of the defense as well. Maybe that is why Krumrine was kept as well for the front line once Pioli was done with his fact finding mission with Herm and the other coaches.
I know it is off season, and all things reported need to be taken with a grain of salt, but I really think we are going the right direction.
Print 'em baby! AFC West Champs!