The coaching staff thought highly of their players last year too. Shit, now that I think of it most coaching staffs would think highly of their players if they value their jobs at all. And once and for all, yes, the defense sucked last year, just like the offense and special teams sucked. The whole fucking team sucked period. If the defense was very very good they would have stopped some of the comebacks that we lost last year. But they didn't do their job and lost those games by giving up those points. Last I saw was that this was a "TEAM" sport. The "TEAM" is either good or bad. And they were fucking bad as a "TEAM". The only number that matters is wins and losses.
Without all the cursing, I disagree! This is a NEW coaching staff with no ties to these guys. They could have pushed to clean house some if they wanted on defense like they did on offense. They didn't. That says something.
Blanket statements like"the whole team sucked" is just ignoring to many things. Football isn't that black and white. This team was solid on special teams last year in their coverage units. Carpenter was very good as was Fields.
The special teams did not suck. That is just an incorrect statement. Where they all world or outstanding, no. Did they suck, oh hell no! Rizzi did such a good job the NEW staff kept him. Once again, that speaks volumes. Rizzi had no ties to Philbin but Rizzi's results speak for themselves. Defense, you can claim they suck but only 5 teams gave up fewer points. You might not think they were "very good" as I do, but suck? No. Incorrect.
I dont want to go in circles for days on this. With you, I will just agree to disagree! And let's move on.
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