Thread: Welcome Mike Singletary!

Lets hope he keeps his pants on

Originally Posted by "jargomcfargo" #1087880

Originally Posted by "i_bleed_purple" #1087879

Originally Posted by "jargomcfargo" #1087878

I like the hire. When is Patrick Willis' contract up ?

never ever

Sorry, I was having fantasies again. A little research shows you are right. Oh well!

haha. Too bad we couldn't get in on the USC LB's when they were draftable. One of them, Chad and Willis would be a dirty LB corps.

Looking forward to see what he has the LBs doing, hopefully they will be a little more aggressive and get after the QB some more. Putting him, Frazier and Pagac together for planning the D will be interesting.

Originally Posted by "NodakPaul" #1087876

Originally Posted by "DiehardVikesFan" #1087870

Love it. He ran the 34 in San Fran and Baltimore and obviously ran the 46 defense with the Bears. Baltimore also used the 46 some when he and Rex where there so I'd like to see if maybe he can help get a little creative with the defense.

That is what I was thinking. I wouldn't mind moving into a 34, although I don't know if Kevin Williams would be all that thrilled to switch.

EDIT - To add to that... even though he is the LB coach, I honestly see this as the first step in moving into a 34, as they are key to the scheme. I wonder if we would take one of our good pass rushers like Robison and move him into a LB position to fit the 34.

A 3-technique DT and a 3-4 DE aren't all that different honestly. I don't think Williams would have a problem with switching.

Originally Posted by "Mr Anderson" #1087887

Originally Posted by "NodakPaul" #1087876

Originally Posted by "DiehardVikesFan" #1087870

Love it. He ran the 34 in San Fran and Baltimore and obviously ran the 46 defense with the Bears. Baltimore also used the 46 some when he and Rex where there so I'd like to see if maybe he can help get a little creative with the defense.

That is what I was thinking. I wouldn't mind moving into a 34, although I don't know if Kevin Williams would be all that thrilled to switch.

EDIT - To add to that... even though he is the LB coach, I honestly see this as the first step in moving into a 34, as they are key to the scheme. I wonder if we would take one of our good pass rushers like Robison and move him into a LB position to fit the 34.

A 3-technique DT and a 3-4 DE aren't all that different honestly. I don't think Williams would have a problem with switching.

We played some 3-4 in either his rookie or 2nd season, and he said he hated it and never wanted to do it again, he was a DE in the scheme.

Having said that, it was quite a few years ago, and maybe his mind will change with time.

Originally Posted by "i_bleed_purple" #1087888

Originally Posted by "Mr Anderson" #1087887

Originally Posted by "NodakPaul" #1087876

Originally Posted by "DiehardVikesFan" #1087870

Love it. He ran the 34 in San Fran and Baltimore and obviously ran the 46 defense with the Bears. Baltimore also used the 46 some when he and Rex where there so I'd like to see if maybe he can help get a little creative with the defense.

That is what I was thinking. I wouldn't mind moving into a 34, although I don't know if Kevin Williams would be all that thrilled to switch.

EDIT - To add to that... even though he is the LB coach, I honestly see this as the first step in moving into a 34, as they are key to the scheme. I wonder if we would take one of our good pass rushers like Robison and move him into a LB position to fit the 34.

A 3-technique DT and a 3-4 DE aren't all that different honestly. I don't think Williams would have a problem with switching.

We played some 3-4 in either his rookie or 2nd season, and he said he hated it and never wanted to do it again, he was a DE in the scheme.

Having said that, it was quite a few years ago, and maybe his mind will change with time.

I don't remember that. Thanks.

I can't see why he hated it so much. Richard Seymour seemed to have no issue going from 3-4 DE to 4-3 DT this year. Could be the way we were playing 3-4, if we were always bringing 3 I could see him hating it. Maybe it's a personal preference. Or maybe it's just a lot deeper than I understand. But from my knowledge, they're pretty similar positions and I think he certainly has the skillset to play both.

Originally Posted by "jmcdon00" #1087864

Nice, assistant head coach. Not sure what it means other than the Wilfs are still willing to spend money(I assume assistant head coaches make more than linebacker coaches).

My take on assistant head coach label is mostly to justify paying him similar to a higher position coach like defensive coordinator.

I think it's a good hire, like his intensity and love for the game. I was surprised that he is being brought in as LB coach under Pagac. Leslie should have a loyal defensive coaching staff nonetheless.

Originally Posted by "tastywaves" #1087891

Originally Posted by "jmcdon00" #1087864

Nice, assistant head coach. Not sure what it means other than the Wilfs are still willing to spend money(I assume assistant head coaches make more than linebacker coaches).

My take on assistant head coach label is mostly to justify paying him similar to a higher position coach like defensive coordinator.

I think it's a good hire, like his intensity and love for the game. I was surprised that he is being brought in as LB coach under Pagac. Leslie should have a loyal defensive coaching staff nonetheless.

I love what our defense could be next season.

I think the last few of the games Frazier started doing a lot of things different to feel out what he has. It seemed clear that he would prefer to bring more pressure than Childress ok'd in the past.

I think between all the different schemes and systems that these guys have run, there should be a lot of creativity and we could see something special on the defensive side of the ball.

On a side note ... I didn't realize that Frazier was an elite CB until his career was shortened by injury. I would hope he can offer something to our CBs to make them perform a little better in whatever scheme we end up in.

"I Like this kinda Party!"

I think that this is a good hire and we will see an improvement in the defense next year.

:cheer: I agree, a great hire. Now we just need to keep Greenway!!