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Originally Posted by RobertWeathers
Honest question:
Is Sutton the problem or the personnel?
My take: Personnel.
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I think it's Sutton, because good coaches adapt to the skills of their personnel.
Yet, Sutton calls his defense, his plays and concepts with no regard to the strengths and weaknesses of his players. If he needs a LB to drop in coverage or zone, and Speaks is in the game instead of DOD, it doesn't matter.
A good, competent Defensive Coordinator considers his his personnel when designing game plans and choosing defensive packages during a game. Sutton does not.
One of the things that Reid says that pisses me off the most is when he compliments Sutton for making adjustments, because he rarely makes adjustments that actually effect the outcome of the game.
If Ford, Houston, and Jones were not outstanding individual performers, we would have lost more than 4 games.
So, maybe we don't have many defensive players that are on the same level with those 3 guys, but it's the Defensive Coordinator's job to coach them up and to put them into positions designed to help them succeed.
Sutton routinely puts his players in positions that can only result in failure, unless the opposing team is just as bad as our defense.
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