What 3-4 DCs are available for hire?

[VA Cowboy]

I like Al Groh hes done a good job at GT.

Groh's at UVA, and he hasn't done much

 

[TwoSteppinJJ]

Groh's at UVA, and he hasn't done much

Yeah my mistake I got him mixed up with Chan Gailey for some reason lol.

 

[marchetta]

As soon as we hire a new HC, he'll want to bring in his own staff. Consequently, we'll be promoting from within if BP returns. No DC is going to come over, or sign a 1 year contract, when he knows BP is only going to be here 1 more year.

 

[dallasfaniac]

Therein lies the rub, unless a coordinater comes over knowing that Bill will only be here one year and they could possibly be promoted after 1 year.

 

[TobiasEagle77]

I believe that Tim Lewis used the 3-4 when he was with the Steelers. Apparently the Giants just let him go.

 

[dallasfaniac]

I believe that Tim Lewis used the 3-4 when he was with the Steelers. Apparently the Giants just let him go.

You'd like that wouldn't you. I would prefer a coordinator that did better than our last one.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Or we could allow a young D some continuity rather than a complete shift.

The problem isn't the scheme -- it is execution. Payton exposed us because he isolated a couple of guys he saw as the weak links in the D.

The people who learned this defense from older coaches are all employed.

Dom capers
Dick lebeau
Mike nolan
romeo crennel
Eric mangini
wade phillips
al groh


that is most of the nfl coordinators and groh who run this system. It is a difficult position to fill for us because it has to be someone who has history with the scheme, most of those types of guys are already employed.

You see more coaches running a 4-3 because they are part of the generation of assitants who came up when Dallas, Tampa, Denver, green bay were winning and that is what the coaches learned and copied.

Its kind of ironic that most of this board wants a 4-3 brought back, and they want coaches like pete carroll, jim bates, lovie smith etc....those are zone defensive coordinators. Cover 2 or in bates case he comes from Dallas days of cover 4 looks.

We play this defense because parcells wants one on one matchups and the ability to drop 8 men into coverage at anytime. With a solid pass rush it would work very well. Better play up front is needed for us to succeed in this.

However all the no more cover 2 or zone defense talk is flawed because any of todays 4-3 coordinators are cover 2 decendents. The ryan bros mix their fronts and are aggressive. that would be 100 percent shift in philosophy and would be fun to watch, but wont happen with parcells here.

IF things stay the same we need two more pass rushers and then ellis to be healthy. Time is the ultimate back breaker to zone schemes, and seeing that we were dropping 8 guys alot, time needs to be taken away from the quarterback.

It is an extremely difficult hire for us, because the coaching pool is small to pick from and most of them are proven guys like capers who said no right away, by the way capers defense wasnt all that great in houston and all his players complained about hating his defense.

Going to be a long offseason. I still havent come to grips that it is the offseason. Watching seattle play chicago is going to be very difficult. If seattle wins, Well I may be sick for 6 months.

 

[sbuscha]

Isn't Joe Bugel available

 

[big dog cowboy]

SO what accomplished 3-4 defensive coordinators are available for hire from the college and pro ranks?

If BP is staying, tell him to roll up his sleeves and get busy. He needs to do something to prove he is worth all those millions of dollars JJ is throwing at him.

 

[dallasfaniac]

If BP is staying, tell him to roll up his sleeves and get busy. He needs to do something to prove he is worth all those millions of dollars JJ is throwing at him.

Lol, that's right. Of course wasn't he calling the defense down the stretch?