Beyond The Visor: New Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo
by Hans Petersen on Jan 23, 2012 6:00 AM CST
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Well, in another sign of the sadly commencing 2012 Saints offseason, I bring you this installment of Beyond The Visor, the ongoing series that educates, informs, and entertains you with historical, biographical, and geographical information about the coaching, training, and administrative staff of your New Orleans Saints.
Today we focus on what is definitely the most significant "new hire" of the year for the Saints, that of defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who comes to New Orleans fresh off a poop-canning following a three-year stint as head coach of the St. Louis Rams, in which the team won only 10 games.
Make the jump to learn more about Our Man Spags, or Spag-NOLA as he's been fondly monikered by some.
Stephen Christopher Spagnuolo was born in Northbridge, MA, on December 21, 1959, and is married to Maria (here's a 2011 story about her volunteer work in St. Louis). He graduated from Grafton High and was a wide receiver for the Pride of Springfield College, which is the school known as the Birthplace of Basketball.
Spagnuolo was a graduate assistant with the football team at UMass from 1981-82 while getting his graduate degree, and interned with the Washington Redskins in 1983, working in the player personnel department.
Following a three-year gig as Lafayette College's defensive line and special teams coach, he then spent 1987-91 with the Huskies of UConn, as defensive backs coach and also defensive coordinator.
Spagnuolo took it across the pond to Spain in 1992, coaching the D-line and special teams for the Barcelona Dragons of the short-lived World League of American Football, before returning to the states to be a Black Bear coach for the University of Maine from 1993-94. In these two seasons, he was in charge of the defensive backs and then coordinated the entire D while also running the LB corps.
From 1994-97, he coached defensive backs for Rutgers and Bowling Green Universities and then spent another year in the WLAF, this time coordinating the defense and coaching the linebackers for the Frankfurt Galaxy. (Join the WLAF: See The World!!!)
The wandering Spagnuolo then settled down in Philly for the next eight years, first as a defensive assistant, then as defensive backs, and finally linebackers coach for the Eagles.
The New York Football Giants snatched him up to be their defensive coordinator from 2007-08, where he won a Super Bowl over the undefeated New England Patriots with a masterful defensive plan and excellent player execution (although he had next to nothing to do with Tyree's catch).
From 2009-11, Spagnuolo head coached the St. Louis Rams, taking them to the brink of an NFC West title in 2010, before suffering a 2-14 2011 season filled with injuries, from which he could not ultimately recover.
He learned under DC Jim Johnson of the Eagles in his eight years there, and his scheme has been described as an aggressive and blitz-heavy base 4-3, with the use of corner and safety blitzes (sound familiar?).
Here's hoping he does more then GW was able to do with the chicken s*** salad that is the Saints defense. Time will tell.
And here's something I'm wondering: will he coordinate from the sidelines, or the booth? And will it matter?
(This story was sourced mightily from the Steve Spagnuolo wikipedia page.)
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glad you wrote this about him
because everyone has been saying how Spags doesn’t blitz and the truth is he was an asst to Johnson in Philly where they lived and died by the blitz (mostly successful in those days). Then he went to NY and that team didn’t blitz quite as much to my knowledege, but they still did blitz a fair amount. But, they had Michael Strahan and when he was with the Eagles they also has the personnel to blitz. I am pretty sure he is going to start from that premise, obtain someone somehow who is anything like Strahan and work from there. I don’t seeing him trying to create a Strahan from within- that guy is not on our roster yet (unless it’s Greg Romeus- that’s a big IF). I think he won’t take that chance that Romeus will be that guy, they will somehow someway get a pass rusher.
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
"Some say the glass is half empty;
Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
Even if they get a guy who can only do it for one more year (ala D#) or maybe two, that would give the internal guys (plus new draftees) time to learn and be coached up. That would be better than nothing, PLUS give Romeus a chance to tell us if he was really a steal, just a guy, or a total waste. (Hopefully the first, of course!)
yep!
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
"Some say the glass is half empty;
Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
To blitz or not to blitz
that is the question. Unfortunately, Williams had no clue when he should have kept his swanson in his pants.
here's something that concerns me a little teeny tiny bit
Since the story of his coming to the Saints leaked on Thursday night, there has been no official word from the team about this at all. No press conference, no interviews, no statements, no nothing.
What does that mean? Could this thing still fall apart over details?
"We live by the blitz, and we die by the blitz.'' - Roman Harper
"So I guess the blitz died.'' - Alex Smith
Could it? Maybe. But on the other hand, I have a pretty strong feeling that as soon as he was fired in Tampa, Sean was talking to him about “hey, I’m about 95% sure I’m losing my DC after the season, if you want to come here I’ll take you”. (Or maybe 100% if he gave GW a “leave or be fired” ultimatum.)
Considering how many other teams were clamoring for him, and the way he seems to have sat around (without even interviewing anywhere else so far as we know) and waited for our position to become open… naw, I think they’re just playing their typical silent routine.
I wouldn't be surprised if thewre is a handshake agreement and they ust need to sign on the dotted line
after the settle on some minor things (like which defensive player will be the 1st draft pick !!! ) and who they can lure away from St L.
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
"Some say the glass is half empty;
Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
The Saints still need to focus on improving the defense
Many of the problems with the team’s defense went beyond the defensive coordinator.
RIP Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010) and Ron Santo (February 25, 1940-December 2, 2010).
If you disagree with me in any way, you are wrong.
Oh there’s absolutely no doubt about it. Hey, look, I really like Mickey, but he needs to either find some better scouts or find some more luck or something because he hasn’t hit any grand slams in the 4th-6th rounds recently. Part of that is a limited number of picks in those rounds, of course, but part is not.
We need at least one DT, one DE, one LB, and at least one more guy (preferably two) in the secondary.
If we find a really good SS somewhere and move Harper to LB (that’s practically what he does anyway) that MIGHT help reduce the difficulty of dealing with his albatross of a contract. Alternately if we find a really good FS who can actually catch the ball maybe Jenkins would move back to CB. Or maybe it really is scheme an Jenkins will finally thrive when he’s no longer having to worry about Harper blowing four coverages a game. Don’t know. Either way, both safety positions MUST improve, whether that’s through better coaching, better playing, or just better players matters little.
LB we have some young guys that may help. I think we need to put Dunbar in at MLB and move Vilma outside. Granted injury history is catching up with Vilma but I think he could still do the job for a bit longer on the outside. I’m not sure he can in the middle. But again, they either all need to improve or we need to replace at least one, maybe two. And while I’ve never been a Shanle hater the way many others have been, his time has clearly come and gone. He was always at least semi-decent and still is, but he’s never going to be great and isn’t going to remain decent much longer at his age. Bye bye. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.
I’m not a huge fan of Rogers but I don’t think he’s a total waste, nor was Franklin. In a pinch, especially with better play from the DEs, I think they could still do OK for about one more year. Not much (if any) more, however. Part of why they haven’t seemed good enough is that they are getting no help from the 3-tech beside them. Sed, oh Sed, where has all your promise gone? We used to think you were a good player, now you just don’t seem to do anything at all. And we need to figure out how to get a pass rush from our other DE. Maybe Jordan can improve. Maybe Junior can do the job and Jordan becomes a 3-technique (especially on passing downs, but possibly even permanently, he’s clearly good at stopping the run and can at least get SOME penetration if not as much as we’d prefer). But we also need to draft potential replacements for at least one of the DTs mentioned (and maybe all three) and one or more DEs as well (especially with Smith on his last legs).
Add in that Spags likes rotating in fresh bodies to rush the passer, and we almost need four new guys on the line.
Yeah, there is a lot of improvement needed on the defensive side. I hope that Spags can find a way to use at least some of what we already have at least a little bit better than we did before. But I’m not going to expect it at this point.
I didn't really feel like reading the whole thing but...
Firing a scout because he hasn’t hit a grand slam in the later rounds is ridiculous. Grand slams in the later rounds are rare.
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
Who said anything about firing anybody? I just said he needs to find SOMETHING — whether a better scout (which does NOT necessarily have to REPLACE an existing one) or more luck or anything else that gets the job done — to make some magic.
I don't mean to nitpick...
But normally, when you “find someone else”, you don’t need the old people. When you don’t need someone, you fire them.
You think they’ll keep the old, less-good scout out of loyalty?
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
My phrasing was obviously misunderstood quite badly, but all I meant to say was they need to figure out a way to maximize those late-round picks. During the 2006 and 2007 draft they did exceptionally well, since then they’ve been less fortunate. And that needs to change because we have WAY too many holes on defense right now.
I did not in any way intend to say the current scouts were putrid and needed to go. Nor did I even intend that they were merely “OK but not good enough”. I simply meant that they need to find a way. There are a TON of small schools out there that have only a very few talented players. We’ve found some pretty decent guys from some of these places (like Hofstra, Tiffin, etc). But it’s very hard to find all these guys, and it’s also obvious we haven’t getting the job done well enough on the defensive side yet. That, however, does not mean replacement is the key. Supplementation might actually be far better. A scout who has to cover less ground is sometimes actually more productive and you get more value for your dollar despite spending more raw cash.
Or maybe the solution is just to have the scouts adjust some of their evaluation methods. Their performance (or more accurately the team’s draft results) may well improve with just giving them different instructions on what to look for. That would still provide “better scouts” without replacing or even adding a single person.
We need to find some more steals in the 4th-7th rounds if we’re going to turn this defense around, and that probably means either better scouting or better luck. But that still doesn’t require firing anybody.
Firing a scout because he hasn’t hit a grand slam in the later rounds is ridiculous.
How about grand slams in the first round? sedrick ellis, jenkins, cam jordan all look to be decent players with potential. we needed the likes of jj watts, pierre-paul, etc. and they were mid-first round.
by forrestgump52 on Jan 23, 2012 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
Dont think its the scouts
I think the fault was more on coaching and “scheme”
by forrestgump52 on Jan 23, 2012 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
Again, where did I say fire a scout? I didn’t.
We need some sort of improvement in the drafting, but there are a ton of potential ways that could occur, and I didn’t specify any particular one as “the solution”. And the many other options could very easily include just simply adding a good scout while not removing any existing one.
Now I did suggest that “some better scouts” might be a potential solution… but I also suggested at least one other specific option, left open-ended the fact that there are many others, and I’m completely open to any solution that works. But I never said fire anybody on the management side, much less any particular scout, and even less because of not hitting any grand slams on late rounders recently.
Dude...
leave out the italics, bold and uppercase. We can read and understand your points just fine without them.
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
Just some advice for the future...
Finding somebody ELSE usually means FIRING the person IN charge now.
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
And if you can point to some location in the first paragraph of my original statement where I used the word “else” (much less “somebody else”, you might have the point.
For that matter, if you could even point out any of the words “firing”, “in charge”, “now” or even “person”, you’d have a bit of one.
Oh, and if you really think I used that much bold, you have a SERIOUS problem with your eyes. You should see an eye doctor about that.
Sick burns.
but he needs to find some better scouts
How you CAN interpret that TO mean he SHOULDN’T fire the ONES he has NOW is beyond ME.
But you’re probably right. Just give yourself a W.
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
Oh, and by the way…there aren’t any words in all caps in Friar Bob’s write-up. Once again, kudos to you!
by BlackandGold4ever on Jan 24, 2012 6:58 AM CST up reply actions
Thanks man!!!
Try this: Control/Command F, type in friarbob. This is how you find more comments from the same individual. If you follow these steps, you’ll see what I’m talking about.
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
You display here the difference between a person who knows how to use bold and italics for emphasis and somebody who hasn’t a clue about how to use either. Kudos to you!
by BlackandGold4ever on Jan 24, 2012 6:57 AM CST up reply actions
I'm obviously kidding with my use of emphasis and bold.
The fact you didn’t pick up on that is alarming.
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
I can think of several excellent late round picks for the Saints.
Although they were offensive picks.
He's Greg Williams guy
I just had to ask one thing and a million people are wondering the same thing.First off all respect due.I need to ask this because I seen this maybe once before.Why do you think Roman Harper can be a linebacker?First thing we don’t know if he’s gonna be on the team.Second thing he likes to leg tackle a lot and he isn’t even good at that.(one example Brandon Jacobs youtube it.)Third of all Steve Spagnola empasizes speed(last year he got ran down by a QB- oxygen).Fourth of all he made six sacks only because the defensive line couldn’t.I guess somebody gotta make the sacks.Fifth of all he needs more size(In his defense I guess he could get bigger but who wants to go through all of that).We need change because that wasn’t fair to the offense what happened out there.Team sport but its not fair.once again all respect due Who Dat to Who Dat.
by mr_davis on Jan 24, 2012 7:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Slow linebackers, bad tackling, inability to catch ints
But the worst, weak pressure with the front four. Which means you have to blitz or the QB will have all day to throw, thus leading to even worse catastrophes when you do send a safety in there.
He should coach from wherever he feels the most comfortable doing it
that’s pretty much a no-brainer. There are plenty of coordinators that have big success from the sidelines or the booth.
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
And the Valley Shook
One or two impact players are needed on defense
… particularly at D-Line and LB. Spags can do wonders with just a few improvements. As I have said before, the D doesn’t need to be great, it just has to be better than the train wreck it was too often this year (Remember the end of the Atlanta game and all the completions to the slot receiver)
One last note…yesterday during the Patriots game, Phil Simms noted that Belichick always doubles the inside or slot receivers late in the game and he makes the QB throw the out routes. Sound familiar? Hmmm..
"I've seen George Foreman shadow box, and the shadow won." Muhammad Ali
As a unit our D wasn't really that bad...
It was the shabby schemes that doomed our team. They played good in the last game but unfortunately the TOs doomed us in the end along with the schemes GW called in the 2nd half. The guys were out of position most of the season and GW’s inept playcalling was killing us. I know Spags can disguise a blitz better and only hope we can get a couple of SEC guys on our defensive roster. KC is loving LSU and they DID beat the Packers….
lot of talk about moving Harper to LB
first of all he’s entirely too small. He’s not LB big, nowhere near. He’s not long, and he probably isn’t quick enough to be a LB. How can he be fast enough for SS and not quick enough for LB? First of all , he gets by (mostly) because he knows the SS position. LB uses speed and quickness in reacting. Harper won’t be able to have that quickness and reaction to plays in the middle of traffic. LB is all foreign to him. His strength is not shedding huge blocking OLine. That’s the kind of LB we need. We need a Suggs type, not a Chris Gocong type. Do we really want to have this next season, with our very strong chances of making the playoffs again involving schooling Harper on a new position after he was a pro-bowler last year at SS? I remember when I played football and I payed CB and when they moved me to LB for a scrimmage, it was like- Holy S***- people are hitting me from everywhere!
And if we moved Harper and had some success early, what would happen is eventually film would reveal where he is vulnerable at LB and just when we think he’s arrived he’ll get eaten up.
I think Harper has enough positives that Spags can devise a system that will work with him at SS. I think the chance of Spags moving Harper is low. Plus, I am optimistic that out of Casillas, Humber, Wilson, Dunbar, and maybe even Herring- all young guys and then ad in a draft pick or possibly a free agent of some sort, we can get at least one starter, maybe two. And they would play LB better than Harper would.
It is a huge transition to be at the LB position and in the middle of stuff. That’s alot different than what he does even though it looks somewhat similar.
If you want one more reason, Spags will want to lure a good LB- even if it’s not this season, and it won’tbe worth it top convert Harper and then replace him with a REAL LB.
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
"Some say the glass is half empty;
Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
OK I’m just spitballing on the idea of Harper as an LB. But he sucks right now at SS, so unless he improves or they find a way to trade him (maybe that pro bowl berth will make somebody else think they can get more out of him — hey, they might even be right) we’re stuck in neutral on an area that is critical to preventing another craptastic ending (or middle) to the season like this one.
Whatever happens, the LB corp and the safeties must improve. If moving or trading or replacing people gets the job done, I’m OK with that. If scheme or playcalling is enough, great. If it’s just that the front four is a disaster and needs help (and gets it) that’s fine too. But something has to change.
i'm thinking spag likes to press-cover man-to-man outside..
& mix it up with zone by the linebackers (usually 2, on passing downs) to cover the TE.. the safeties must be about of equal skill set.. adequate against the run.. good in read-react to pass.. must be able to double the deep routes to help each manned up corner..
i’ll take a while to get it to work with our present roster..
one thing i see coming, is the need for linebackers that can cover in passing situations..
also the safeties must be able to play the ball alot better..
if you get all that coverage in place & executed well.. you’d be surprised how good any ol’ pass rush can be.. cause the QB will have to work the progression of passes, ergo hold on to the ball longer..
part of the problem that the GW defense had was that the opposing offenses would scout it as a blitz defense.. so the ball has to be out quick..
by the 9th plague on Jan 24, 2012 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
True… on the other hand, sometimes a blitz can be effective. You really have to be able to cover AND blitz to really be an effective defense. And you have to do both at the right time, in the right way.
GW seemed to do that in 2009. And to some degree even in 2010. But by 2011, it was too predictable.
Know who GW reminds me of? Bratsuckski (Bob Bratkowski) from Cincinnati. That guy was actually a good position coach for the WR before he became the OC for the Bungles (and they were at that point in time). Then in 2005-2007 he had a great QB who was still (mostly) healthy and a bunch of great receivers who still cared enough to give their best, and he had a “great” offense… but after injuries began to take their toll, he became predictable and began to suck again. He was finally fired (officially simply not rehired after his contract expired) about three years late (after the 2010 season).
Look at it with GW. He comes in and initially has great players (TP still (mostly) healthy, D# still healthy, Will Smith having a career year, etc.) and does a great job. 2010 and D# is hurt and can’t play, TP gets hurt again, Smith gets hurt again, etc… but they still do OK for most of the year (until the very end when they bombed). And 2011 he’s got still lots of talent but injuries have taken their toll and he got predictable, and opposing offenses knew what to do to take advantage of it. At least in this case he left before he could be officially fired, but otherwise, he’s apparently the Bratsuckski of the defense.
Spags hasn’t had this problem in his previous stops as a defensive coach. His offenses kinda followed this pattern, but that can at least partly be blamed on the OC. His defenses were pretty decent most years, and last year with NO offensive help at all they were still decent at defending the pass (though part of that was many never bothered to pass when they could run on them all day). So I won’t be surprised to see GW have some initial success in St. Louis. There clearly is at least some talent there. But I also won’t be surprised if Spags makes our defense much better as well.
One of the most insightful things I've seen on Spag yet. Thanks.
I’m thinking, though, that the existing players may be able (e.g. the Linebackers) to do what is needed if they are trained and targeted at the need.
Hope you signed up for Dave’s new writer. True insight is just so rare.
Either way, both safety positions MUST improve, whether that’s through better coaching, better playing, or just better players matters little.
How about through better pass rush with front four? Can’t think of a better way to improve your secondary. It works for NYG.
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
"Some say the glass is half empty;
Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
How about through better pass rush with front four?
easier said then done. ppl say that spags didnt blitz that much in ny and thats because he would have about 5 above average pass rushers rotating in the game, which isnt going to be the case in NO (unless he can coach them up). in ny he had strahan, tuck, osi. u, kiwanuka, and a couple other guys
by forrestgump52 on Jan 23, 2012 3:16 PM CST up reply actions
he needs to coach from the sidelines
only a sideline coach can call in plays to the mlb’s helmet… i assume he will be calling the plays, which means he should be on the sidelines, instead of having passing the plays through somebody else.
"As a Saint fan I watch ‘Gone with the Wind’ just to watch Atlanta burn" -Ralph Malbrough
by DrewBreesManCrush on Jan 23, 2012 9:28 AM CST reply actions
Is it possible to be even more upset today about our lost to the 49ers last week, and then seeing the way they lost yesterday. It makes me hate this defense more. I know we have some talent on defense, I just hope the Spag’s can get something out them.
if you feel like you hate our defense, think about the fact
that they kept us in the game after 5 turnovers. Very rarely will a team win with 5 turnovers. They played a great game until the last few minutes. They had Alex Smith stifles for the most part until the end. And I would have to agree that GW blew it by blitzing on the long pass to Vernon Davis when SF had the ball deep in their own territory. So, if you want to hate the defense, I would try to look at it that way. A lot of those same guys won a SB too, even GW.
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
"Some say the glass is half empty;
Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
I don’t really hate them. Just still a little emotional over the loss. I just don’t understand what happened to them in those finally minutes. Everything they did up to that point was wiped out because of those two final 49ers drives.
IMO what happened is that Alex Smith knew that if he won that game, he gets a 1 million bonus. It's in his contract
he just said “the heck with it,” and went for it. He doesn’t usually do that as seen last night. Coupled with that was a tired defense that had it’s confidence shaken by GW who called a blitz and put Harper in single coverage vs Davis for a 47 yard completion. Once that completion occurred, the stage was set.
Look at how easy our offense scored twice in the last fw minutes also and SF has a have a high ranked defense. The stage was set and our defense,which is lacking 1 or 2 big play guys (maybe a pass rusher and a LB) just came incredibly close. Don’t you think most receivers would have dropped that pass at the goaline when Harper hit him?
"We've established the run; we've established the pass. Now all we have to establish is another championship!"
"Some say the glass is half empty;
Some say the glass is half full.
I say- 'are you going to finish that beer'?"
It was M.Jenkins on the Deep Sideline before the Smith TD run
and Jenkins on the crossing pattern, neither could stay with Davis on that type of pattern. Did u see the Giants, late in the game drop down a second guy on Davis? The entire D-line sacked A.Smith on that play. That was the difference, between our game last week, and NY/SF.
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Not overly impressed with that fact, actually.
Only 2 of those turnovers happened in the redzone, yet they gave up 17 points off the 3 first half turnovers… to Alex Smith! The same Alex Smith that only had 16 completions (and only one of those to a WR) in greater than 70 minutes against the Giants one week later. If our D had held them to field goals, say 9 points, I might be impressed, and better yet we’d be in the Super Bowl. Instead, we let Smith look like Joe Montana and will be forever haunted by a wasted season.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Jan 24, 2012 5:30 PM CST up reply actions
programmerman got this one as a fanshot....
but its worth repeating here. from Peter King’s monday morning quarterback.
Quote of the Week IV
“Let’s go win a Super Bowl.”
— Steve Spagnuolo’s first words to New Orleans coach Sean Payton, before "Hello’’ or "Hi Sean, this is Steve,’’ when Spagnuolo called Payton Thursday afternoon to tell him he was taking the Saints defensive coordinator position.
If this is true
Then it’s awesome
by SarahT on Jan 23, 2012 12:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
If it was me...
I’d have to coach from the sidelines. My 12" foot just can quite reach to kick a no-playing Defensive Backs A** from the booth!
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 23, 2012 10:04 AM CST reply actions
Possible draft pick.
Would love to see the Saints draft Cordarro Law from Southern Miss. I’m not claiming to be any kind of talent scout. I just enjoyed watching him play here in Hattiesburg.
The Saints must repeat so I can watch the Saints win the Superbowl LIVE... Not on vhs two months later....
by Dan39465 on Jan 23, 2012 11:40 AM CST via mobile reply actions
I'd say...
Coach from the sidelines, you can interact with players a lot easier that way…. though, if we don’t get more talent or better production on D, he might as well coach from the showers.
by The Irish Assassin on Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM CST reply actions
why?
is he from penn state?
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by maybetoday on Jan 23, 2012 1:03 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm anxious to see what he does as far as FA's
I’m not sure if he’s going to leave his team, but Calais Campbell played against Spags twice a season and he is a beast for Arizona. I’d be targeting him for sure…he’s only 25!
by BlackandGold4ever on Jan 23, 2012 3:08 PM CST reply actions
Personal
personally i think they have the personal some of them just in the wrong position. Id like to see Roman Harper playing outside linebacker and maybe porter (if they bring him back) playing safety.
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