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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Ok, let's break it down, Dr. Jack Ramsey style:
Crennel coordinated Ds in New England, where he had a back 7 that had Tedy Bruschi, Rodney Harrison, and Mike Vrabel, who were all like coaches on the field. Not to mention the fact that he had Ty Law, Asante Samuel, Vince Wilfork, Dick Seymour, Ted Johnson, and on and on and on.
Now, combine that with the fact that his boss was a legendary DC whose gameplan from SB XXV is in the ****ing HOF and who keeps the longest hours in the game.
Then, add on our new DC's 4 years of coaching in Cleveland, where he never fielded a decent defense with talent comparable to that in Kansas City.
Where is the evidence to suggest that he'll do well, other than the osmosis theory, which we assumed would work for Scott Pioli, Eric Mangini, Crennel himself once, and McDaniels??
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It's obvious NE had a lot of the right pieces in place. I'd like to use this analogy, and think of building a team as trying to put a puzzle together. Its the same concept. You need all the right pieces that can properly go well together, and New England had that. They had a great coach that was a legendary DC like you were saying, of course that helps, absolutely. They had an established core of veterans, who were leaders, clutch players, and just gamers. Of course, that helps too. But most importantly, they had great team chemistry.
Now when he was the HC in Cleveland, I really don't think he had much to work with. And, you know, regardless, whether you're a good defensive coach or not, you need talent. bottomline. And Cleveland failed to address the talent on the defensive side of the ball. Not trying to make excuses for the guy, but he is only going to be as good as the talent around him. And I think that could be said for any coach. Kansas City is far from the environment he had in NE.
Crennel would be a good start. The team has so many holes as it is, and they need to take baby steps. Lets just concentrate on the baby steps first. There is room to add talent on defense which I think should be this teams number 1 priority in the offseason. I hope he is the kind of guy that could help assist in evaluating, and contribute towards selecting good defensive players. Thats what this team needs.