Wow, I can't see him keeping it for long. The guy is a 3-4 guru.

Might be good for us they spend a ton on Lofton then switch to the 3-4 and he becomes mediocre and overpaid.

From what I gathered from the article Smith wanted to keep the 4-3... maybe another dumb mistake from an idiot with the history for such behavior.

The article does state that he has had 4-3 as the base in 7 of the years he has been the DC and, conversely, he has had 3-4 as the base for also 7 years, so I guess it won't matter that much and he'll certainly use 3-4 a lot even if it won't be the official base for the defense.

IDK about anybody else, but when I hear "futures contracts" it sounds like they're signing 16-year old kids. :)