skinsscalper
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sago1 said:
I disagree 100%. If Zimmer wasan't one of Parcell's guys, Zimmer would have been gone last year and Bill would have brought in a coach who was already well-versed in the 3-4 scheme as opposed to baby-walking Zim through the process. Parcells makes no qualms about eliminating components of a team that he no longer thinks are useful. The assistant coaching staff has been turned completely upsidedown since Parcells came around. To the point that we actually have to start paying a kicker because Parcells didn't like Hoffman coddling his kickers and didn't like having a buffer between himself and ANY other player (despite Hoffman's reputation for finding low-priced nobodys to come in and, more often than not, get the job done).
Zimmer IS a Parcells' guy or he would have been out the door a long time ago. I know that a lot of people are down on Zim because they believe he runs a vanilla scheme that doesn't take chances and rack up sacks and turnovers. To be fair to Zim you have to look at what the guy has had to work with since becoming DC. First off, until last year, the secondary was a mess. It's tough to blitz when you have to protect a suspect CB or safety from giving up the big play. As far as the front seven goes, in that time, tell me ONE playmaker tha we had that could have the effect of say a Dwight Freeney, or Michael Strahan. Don't get me wrong, I love Greg Ellis and his contribution to the team, but a game changer he is not. The guy has never even recorded a double digit sack season. On the other side? well, just plug in any Joe and his complimentary five sacks and there you have it. Linebackers? Dat and Dex. That's it. That was our "heart and soul". Now, once again I absolutely loved these guys and their contributions, but neither was perrennial Pro Bowler. Solid no doubt, but offenses did not game plan around Dat OR Dex. We are finally seeing a transformation of this defense which has a chance to be VERY, VERY good. And for the first time in his tenure as a DC Zimmer will not have a glaring weakness that he has to protect with scheme. I have a feeling we will see much more of an aggressive scheme this season than in others. I'm not going to predict 60% blitz packages, but you can bet that with another year under his belt in this scheme that Zim's fiery personality is going to be translated to the calls on the field. Before, Zim was asked to keep us close and not make many BIG mistakes. This year, I believe that Parcells is going to let ZIM turn things loose a bit and give the D a chance to change games. It's no secret that this team is being built around the defense. I think this is the year that we turn the beast loose. If so, Zim should deserve the same amount of credit as blame that he has gotten over the years for fielding decent defenses with few true "stars".
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Also someone like Jack Del Rio seems like a better of happening then Weis.
