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There will be nothing new here, just trying sum-up what some smart people have been saying in multiple single point threads over the past 6 months.
The problems we have on defense are unfortunately systemic. There is no quick fix to our defense. After GW left, every year our defense is either near or historically bad. imvho, Here's what I strongly believe are the systemic problems.
1) SP does not know how to draft defensive players. As the best offensive mind in the past decade, he is clueless at defense and kickers. This is not a criticism. I want to keep him for years. All of us have our strengths and weaknesses. That's just being human. My mom was the only perfect one when she was with us - God bless her soul
2) It all starts at the top. For the Saints, we have no real GM. Loomis is a money and contract master, but he knows nothing about player personnel. The opposite is an Ozzie Newsome. On NFL teams, the GM is above the head coach. Effectively with the Saints, SP is HC and GM. So he has no one to watch over his back and help him see and fix his weaknesses = Defense and FG Kicker. SP cannot reach his full potential greatness without a strong player personnel GM who knows how to build strong defenses. In fact, not having a strong GM with defensive expertise is doing SP a disservice.
3) Too many of our defensive position and special team coaches are just not very good. They don't know how to select and definitely not develop and coach-up players. I don't need to names again. Here's where a really good GM would also step-in. He would not care about SP's long-term loyalty, which is very admirable, to his coaching buddies. 10-years is an extremely long body of work for these 3 coaches and it is self-evident these are not quality NFL coaches. They seem like great guys and good people and good community people. But are we totally going to waste a Top 5 HOF QBs last few year(s)?
These are my opinions. These are is no way intended to represent facts. And to the Smarties, "No these are not Pete's ideas." Personally I love the attitude of this defense and the heart with which they play. But we will likely set new records in historical badness once again.
Systemic fixes are almost always quite painful. But for the Saints team, fans and even SP, Benson needs to address the root causes, however painful that may be. Is there anybody left in the Seahawks FO who would make a good GM? Who else would be good candidates?
The problems we have on defense are unfortunately systemic. There is no quick fix to our defense. After GW left, every year our defense is either near or historically bad. imvho, Here's what I strongly believe are the systemic problems.
1) SP does not know how to draft defensive players. As the best offensive mind in the past decade, he is clueless at defense and kickers. This is not a criticism. I want to keep him for years. All of us have our strengths and weaknesses. That's just being human. My mom was the only perfect one when she was with us - God bless her soul
2) It all starts at the top. For the Saints, we have no real GM. Loomis is a money and contract master, but he knows nothing about player personnel. The opposite is an Ozzie Newsome. On NFL teams, the GM is above the head coach. Effectively with the Saints, SP is HC and GM. So he has no one to watch over his back and help him see and fix his weaknesses = Defense and FG Kicker. SP cannot reach his full potential greatness without a strong player personnel GM who knows how to build strong defenses. In fact, not having a strong GM with defensive expertise is doing SP a disservice.
3) Too many of our defensive position and special team coaches are just not very good. They don't know how to select and definitely not develop and coach-up players. I don't need to names again. Here's where a really good GM would also step-in. He would not care about SP's long-term loyalty, which is very admirable, to his coaching buddies. 10-years is an extremely long body of work for these 3 coaches and it is self-evident these are not quality NFL coaches. They seem like great guys and good people and good community people. But are we totally going to waste a Top 5 HOF QBs last few year(s)?
These are my opinions. These are is no way intended to represent facts. And to the Smarties, "No these are not Pete's ideas." Personally I love the attitude of this defense and the heart with which they play. But we will likely set new records in historical badness once again.
Systemic fixes are almost always quite painful. But for the Saints team, fans and even SP, Benson needs to address the root causes, however painful that may be. Is there anybody left in the Seahawks FO who would make a good GM? Who else would be good candidates?