I'll say this. I was never that impressed with his scheme but I admired how he got these guys to play for him. These guys gave it their all. But that's a quality Marinelli has. Players willing to die for Marinelli. That's a great coach. I'm sure if he had more talent his scheme would be a lot more productive. But he did his job. He turned the worse defense in the league into a average/good defense that gave up yards but shaved points by about 7 with no big spending in free agency.
Marinelli never got a chance to see how productive a Demarcus Ware, Spencer, Ratliff and Hatcher defensive line could've been for him.
I'm sort of excited to give a young guy a shot at being a DC that hasn't been given a shot. Someone new.