Curious as to What Underhill and Triplett Are Saying about Organizational Change

St. Widge said

I'm not enamored with Glenn bringing in the same defense and it's part of why I have him after the OCs. But he has done a good job running it in Detroit and maybe he has some tweaks that do make it work against modern offenses. I do think he will get instant respect from the team as a good former NFL player that has run a good defense in Detriot.

I would just prefer an offensive coach who is going to bring a more aggressive and exciting form of offense and hopefully the same on defense. But Glenn could end up being that guy and he might hire an OC who is that guy.

And there was a time when DA used to blitz out of this scheme, he just seemed to get more and more passive and rely on coverage too much as the years went on. Maybe the pressure of being a HC made him just not want to give up big plays and he lost his aggression?

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Nah, it was who he is naturally. He blitzed when he first took over because the D was so young, once he added a bunch of good players who he is began to shine. Look no further than the Minesotta Miracle. We only rushed 3 on that play, and it forced Sean Payton to think, well if we'd had more passrush there we maybe could have won it, so we drafted Davenport the following year...only for DA to continue w/ more 3 man calls and simulated pressures.

DA was just a think tank...he liked to show things to make the QB guess wrong. The philosophy works to a degree, i mean look at how our turnovers fell off a cliff once we fired him. That was a direct correlation to losing him as the playcaller.

I think the irony in it, is that techincally DA is a branch off the buddy ryan system since he cut his chops under Gregg Williams. You'd think he'd have been a more aggressive playcaller.