First Time DCs struggling across the league

[Kwyn]

Jones and Leonhard were both candidates that were mentioned at the Zone in the offseason. It looks like it’s a rough jump.

Gannon, of course, is a former HC.

 

[cowboyfan44]

It’s so funny and enlightening that none of the usual suspects who like bash Parker in clusters in other posts are conveniently absent in a post like this.

Hmmm,,,,

 

[zynlani]

Jones and Leonhard were both candidates that were mentioned at the Zone in the offseason. It looks like it’s a rough jump.

Gannon, of course, is a former HC.

Gannons nothing special either. Imagine being a Rams fan? They got 2 great cbs and Donald this year and their D is porous. Is Garret really gonna make them elite. We'll see

 

[AstroPilota]

Makes sense to me. Anyone out there that didn't think it was going to take quite a few games for the players to "gel" together were fooling themselves. Same could be said for the coaching staff. Do I, or we, like it? Of course not, but it's just reality. It was never going to be an easy curve. I do wish the Secondary was more of a man-coverage scheme though. Just let the guys play off the hips of the WR's they are assigned to.

 

[Coogiguy03]

We can only focus on our team, what about the first time coordinators that are doing well??

 

[LouBrown]

You could put all 4 of these defenses together and only have an average unit.

JPJ is the only good corner and he has played 1 game lol.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

Nice try putting lipstick on a pig... but CP has been horrendous and he's already being demoted by even Jerry, so you know it is that bad. And more likely to get worse. He evidently was not ready or even qualified to be a DC right now, if ever.

 

[lkelly]

Maybe it's telling that Jerry's screening process to pick a candidate pool could use some work.

 

[shabazz]

I originally said to give Parker until mid-season to start judgement but now that Big Mike is here I think we can expect faster results.

Something special is happening

 

[BigD5]

I originally said to give Parker until mid-season to start judgement but now that Big Mike is here I think we can expect faster results.

Something special is happening

Lol no it’s not

 

[Kwyn]

We can only focus on our team, what about the first time coordinators that are doing well??

There really aren’t any. The Chargers or Browns?

Team	Defensive Coordinator	Total Yards Rank	Total Points Rank
Chargers	Chris O'Leary	12th	23rd
Browns	Mike Rutenberg	21st	15th
Commanders	Daronte Jones	24th	30th
Bills	Jim Leonhard	30th	28th
Cowboys	Christian Parker	31st	26th

 

[Chocolate Lab]

So we're good?

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Hopefully Pettine can help Parker's development speed up.

 

[zrinkill]

How does this "defend Jerry's guys at all cost" thread make him look better?

He is still the worst.

 

[Kwyn]

I originally said to give Parker until mid-season to start judgement but now that Big Mike is here I think we can expect faster results.

Something special is happening

 

[visionary]

Jones and Leonhard were both candidates that were mentioned at the Zone in the offseason. It looks like it’s a rough jump.

Gannon, of course, is a former HC.

Good point and makes sense
The problem we have is that with Dak we have about a 2-3 year window at most and dont have time for Parker to learn and get better in 2-3 years

 

[Coogiguy03]

There really aren’t any. The Chargers or Browns?

Team	Defensive Coordinator	Total Yards Rank	Total Points Rank
Chargers	Chris O'Leary	12th	23rd
Browns	Mike Rutenberg	21st	15th
Commanders	Daronte Jones	24th	30th
Bills	Jim Leonhard	30th	28th
Cowboys	Christian Parker	31st	26th

sucks a lot of us wanted Leonard, chargers aren't doing good and they have a good d

 

[Acceptablename]

Jones and Leonhard were both candidates that were mentioned at the Zone in the offseason. It looks like it’s a rough jump.

Gannon, of course, is a former HC.

This is exactly the information I was looking for. I'm particularly interested that Jim Leonard and his difficulties. If I remember correctly he was the guy that I and others were interested in. May be it is Parker wasnt such a bad hire but needed a mentor. It's more on the job training but there you have it

 

[TheCoolFan]

Just based on how things work in the NFL, it's likely that all of these guys lose their jobs within a few years, if not sooner. The league does not have too much patience for coordinators. You are lucky to get more than 2 years if your unit is bad. They either fail directly and get fired or their HC gets fired and the new HC does not retain them

 

[Kwyn]

This is exactly the information I was looking for. I'm particularly interested that Jim Leonard and his difficulties. If I remember correctly he was the guy that I and others were interested in. May be it is Parker wasnt such a bad hire but needed a mentor. It's more on the job training but there you have it

the board hated Gannon. He interviewed

They wanted Leonhard, Parker or Flores. A few wanted Jones because he was on Flores’ staff

The News out today about Flores case shows how NFL teams view him. He’s going to make so much money on his lawsuit

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50174946/brian-flores-memo-rife-racial-stereotypes-lawyers-say