I am astounded by how much hate this guy gets for our 6 game defensive collapse after a body of work that was very consistent over his first 42 games.
Does anyone who trashes him have any understanding of football? Any understanding of what happens when you field a bottom 3 LB unit?
Has anyone who trashed the guy thought about what happens to a team when the entire middle of its defense is the worst in the league? Does anyone remember we had multiple weeks of Jason Trusnik and Phillip Wheeler as starting LB's.
Does anyone remember we had guys like Jimmy Wilson and Lowell Rose as starting CB's?
Or Jimmy Wilson as a starting safety? Yeah, Jimmy Wilson was starting somewhere on our defense for a big portion of the season (coincidence that we fell off a cliff defensively when Jimmy Wilson was plugged into a starting lineup?).
Does anyone remember how much praise our defense was getting, being called the best in the NFL the first half of the season - DESPITE starting one of the worst LB unit's in the NFL.
We had injuries across the entire defense except at DL - but Randy Starks mailed it in all year and our pass rush from the DE position was non-existent down the stretch (coincidence that is when our defense fell off).
On the other hand, over his first 42 games as defensive coordinator, we have been consistently strong against the pass despite having at least one mediocre starter in the secondary, despite having major holes somewhere along the team.
Moreover, our offense has been complete **** the last two years and was barely *decent* half the time this year. During Coyle's first 42 games, the only consistent thing about our team was how inept our offense was. We've never been good offensively - even this season we've only been good half the time offensively.
We've asked Coyle to make chicken salad with chicken **** and he consistently has. So why all the hate? Because we had a meltdown (AS A TEAM) with a lack of depth? What's he supposed to do at that point? And who do you want to replace him with?
I just see too many shortsighted posts from users (what else is new?) who are all like PLEASE GET RID OF HIM and I really don't know why. Our defense has been good for 2.5 years despite having no offense to help prop it up.
Does anyone who trashes him have any understanding of football? Any understanding of what happens when you field a bottom 3 LB unit?
Has anyone who trashed the guy thought about what happens to a team when the entire middle of its defense is the worst in the league? Does anyone remember we had multiple weeks of Jason Trusnik and Phillip Wheeler as starting LB's.
Does anyone remember we had guys like Jimmy Wilson and Lowell Rose as starting CB's?
Or Jimmy Wilson as a starting safety? Yeah, Jimmy Wilson was starting somewhere on our defense for a big portion of the season (coincidence that we fell off a cliff defensively when Jimmy Wilson was plugged into a starting lineup?).
Does anyone remember how much praise our defense was getting, being called the best in the NFL the first half of the season - DESPITE starting one of the worst LB unit's in the NFL.
We had injuries across the entire defense except at DL - but Randy Starks mailed it in all year and our pass rush from the DE position was non-existent down the stretch (coincidence that is when our defense fell off).
On the other hand, over his first 42 games as defensive coordinator, we have been consistently strong against the pass despite having at least one mediocre starter in the secondary, despite having major holes somewhere along the team.
Moreover, our offense has been complete **** the last two years and was barely *decent* half the time this year. During Coyle's first 42 games, the only consistent thing about our team was how inept our offense was. We've never been good offensively - even this season we've only been good half the time offensively.
We've asked Coyle to make chicken salad with chicken **** and he consistently has. So why all the hate? Because we had a meltdown (AS A TEAM) with a lack of depth? What's he supposed to do at that point? And who do you want to replace him with?
I just see too many shortsighted posts from users (what else is new?) who are all like PLEASE GET RID OF HIM and I really don't know why. Our defense has been good for 2.5 years despite having no offense to help prop it up.
