Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Man, I'm really surprised by some of my posts in that thread. My recollection was that I was sour on hiring a retread coach but quite the opposite.
I know he failed miserably as a HC, but he loved the aggressive, attacking, 4-3 fronts in NYG. He was a good LBs coach in Philly. He learned Jim Johnson's schemes and incorporated them well in NY. Then he went to STL and failed pretty badly. And as an interim HC, he still failed pretty badly. But when he went back to DC in NO, they recovered nicely and finished the year much better.
Yeah, he got ripped by a NOLA player recently, but players are idiots and someone's always bitching.
I think Spags would be a really nice fit as a DC here.
If you want the next Jim Johnson, Spags is as close as they come.
Yet by the time we actually hired him, I'd talked myself off him in a pretty big way.
We're just gonna pretend like this was my opinion from start to finish... [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
A good majority of this board HATED that Spags hire.
BleedingRed was adamant about hiring Rex Ryan and bled all over the board for weeks.
I don't think I was at Todd Haley levels of blind rage, but I know I wasn't pleased.
I looked past the schematic approach conversation that I had in 2013 and just looked at his results. And honestly, I still think that's a defensible approach, but ultimately I was far closer to right in 2013 than I was in 2018. He just has the right sort of mind-set for a defense that can complement our offense and excel in the post-season. [Reply]
At some point, we're going to have to discuss the brilliance of the run game in the Super Bowl. It was absolutely incredible across the board. Props to the staff for putting together a master plan for this game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
At some point, we're going to have to discuss the brilliance of the run game in the Super Bowl. It was absolutely incredible across the board. Props to the staff for putting together a master plan for this game.
