Who is Kevin Coyle?

I want Tom Olivadotti back.

 

What's interesting to me is Sean Smith saying he expects this defense to be much simpler.

I recall much being made of Mike Nolan simplifying the defense last season (or was it 2010?), with both players and coaches validating as much.

So are we going to be drawing coverages up in the sand for 2012?

 

Seam Smith better step his *** up..audition time baby.

 

I'm just happy that Sean is ok with our new defensive coordinate giving his " two cents"..dudes all talk

 

Sorry but I don't like these sorts of articles, no player is going to come out and doubt their boss in the media.

 

You should burn in hellfire for even joking about that

 

Oh no you didn't!!!!!! Oh hell no!!! I haven't posted on this forum in a while but I was compelled to reply.

 

As much as he is the brunt of jokes these days, the team has had at least 2 DCs who were worse. The first was Vince Costello, who took over for Bill Arnsparger the year after the 2nd Super Bowl win. The defensive players hated him for his plain vanilla predictable schemes and failure to make adjustments. Most of the defense blame him for the melt down in the Sea of Hands game and he resigned on the plane ride back to Miami and never coached another day in the NFL. He had a very talented unit and still couldn't get it done in crunch time.
Another one who was worse IMO was Chuck Studley who was the DC during the mid 80s on the tail end of the Killer Bs era, when the defense was giving up more yardage and points than most any Olivadotti defense did. Remember some of those shootouts Marino had with Ken O'Brien and the Jets? Put up 400+ yards and multiple TD passes only to have Studley's defenses give up more.

Olivadotti at least proved in 1990 that if you give him a little talent to work with, he can produce a competent unit.
The defense's lack of success through most of the Olivadotti era IMO was due to lack of talent, or like in 1993, when four key defenders, Offerdahl, Grimsley, Vincent, and Oliver, missed multiple games with injuries. The depth was awful on those early 90s units, and that wasn't Olivadotti who ran player personnel.

 

Studley made Olivadotti look good. His units could NOT tackle: arm tackles and whiffs were the norm.