mjf150

Does anyone else find it ironic that the guy that we hired to be our new DC is the same guy the handed us our @$$ midway through the season, which essentially cost us a home divisional game against the 49ers last week and most likely a win and possibly a second trip to the Super Bowl?

neugey

Yes it's strange. Also keep in mind in our 2009 Super Bowl run Spags and the Rams gave the Saints all they could handle and we barely won.

With this hire our offense will have one less problem going forward!

SaintsBro

Hey, if you can't beat them, you can always invite them to join you! I look at it more like -- this is the guy who is gonna help keep us from stumbling so often against those NFC West teams, when they come around on the schedule again... 49ers... Seahawks... Cardinals... these teams always give us problems, and this guy knows all their tendencies, way better than Payton ever will. It's gonna be a game changer come playoff time, when we start talking about low seeds versus high seeds, believe me. Somebody from out West is gonna be a low seed somewhere in this playoff thing, next year, and THIS TIME who ever it is, we will own them!

mikesaintfan

he had the rams playing hard whistle to whistle...I dont know why coaches are given SOOO little time to win bigtime...to install a defense(or a whole team philosophy) and get players used to it takes time...

if the team is not playing hard or the locker room is in chaos then the coach is totally to blame but i think the rams just had a lack of talent...they were improving and playing HARD...i think he should have been kept as coach..

that being said i think our team was guilty of taking many plays off on D...they always had the safety net of Drew outscoring the opponent..plus there was GW...If spags can light a fire under the collective arse of the D it will go a long way to improvemet...

IF YOU DONT WANNA PLAY HARD THEN GET OUT!!!

perception IS reality

QBREES9

Yes sir. If you beat them join them.

FinSaint

No, he simply was the best overall DC (and the best fit for what the Saints want to do on the defensive side of the ball) out there to replace GW.

I know about the initial recap stating that Spags uses DBs quite often on the blitz packages, because I have a different understanding of it, but it just might be that in the games I've seen with his defense they've for some reason not done it as much as they normally must have done.

That is the main reason why I think Harper won't have as much success in Spags' schemes - because he is forced to play coverage more than pursue the ball carrier. But, I'm sure Spags will find the best way to utilize him if he thinks he is worth keeping around.

Also, Danno or someone else have posted those pretty good stats on Harper's coverage against TEs in the past, so it might just be our collective perspective swayed by some of the big plays (i.e. SEA game) that has skewed our understanding of his coverage skills.

What I don't understand is why so many on these boards are so belittling of Jenkins' skills and ability going forward?! I mean, he had a disappointing season, but he clearly has potential to be a real star on the Saints' backfield - more so than any other DB on the current roster (PR included).

As stated before, both the starting safeties would benefit a lot from more pressure created by the D-Line, and that has been Spags calling card in the past, so I'm not worried about the secondary going forward - as long as the D-Line and LBs get upgraded in some form or another.

"I'm not bashing people, I'm bashing their opinions because in my opinion their opinion is wrong" - Danno