What Medicore Player/Coach will be brought in this off-season?

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Originally Posted by Ralphy Boy

If Crennel took over as head coach I'd slit my wrists. We're all looking and hoping so bad for a winning team that we think that adding RC will make our defense better but the fact is that BB is the key behind New England's defense. If Romeo was the reason for the success on defense, then Cleveland should have shown steady improvement under him, but they didn't.

Cleveland's defense under Crennel:
2005 16th in yards, 11th in scoring
2006 27th in yards, 22nd in scoring
2007 30th in yards, 21st in scoring
2008 26th in yards, 16th in scoring
2009 (after) 31st in yards, 25th in scoring

New England defense over the same period:
2004 (with RC) 9th in yards, 2nd in points
2005 26th in yards, 17th in points
2006 6th in yards, 2nd in points
2007 4th in yards & points
2008 10th in yards, 8th in points

Yes, they dropped after he first left under the guidance of Eric Mangini. Then when he left and was replaced by Dean Pees, they came back up.

As far as Haley goes, Arizona is averaging 24.8 points and 360.9 yards per game. Last year under Haley they were averaging 365.8 yards and 26.7 points per game. Not much of a letdown.

Crennel was basically a guess. I don't know what Pioli will do or if his confidence in Haley is wavering. I honestly don't think Pioli or Clark would pull the plug after year 1. I do think that Pioli and Haley himself will try to assemble the best staff they can. With Crennel, Weis, and Groh all available it wouldn't be a suprise to see all 3 added.

If he has a strong staff and still has problems next year i could see that senario.

Part of the problem is we don't know who else was even interviewed when Haley was.

Other than their history and the nepatism the league has in general, I'm not even going to try and guess what hires they will make. Basically just trying some what ifs with the foxsports article.