Danno

We got exactly what we wanted from Gregg Williams.

Everyone knew he was blitz happy and no one had a problem with it during our Superbowl run.

To throw him under the bus for doing EXACTLY what we expected out of him when we hired him is hindsight hypocrisy at its ugliest.

If we had sacked Smith or caused a fumble to win, every single one of us would be screaming how awesome Gregg's agressiveness was.

I'm sick and freaking tired of people whining about how Gregg Williams cost us that game. He was exactly what we asked for and he helped us win a Superbowl. I will be forever thankful.

blackangold

Maybe its just me but I have never thought GW was a good DC. Even in 09 the defense ranked 25th in total yards and 20th in points against. 2010 was his best season with us, 4th in total yards. However, this is because we played the NFC West among other weak offenses.

Put it this way, we have had the #1 offense for the entirety of GW years with us. So our success was always capped by the ability of the defense. 09 we won it because the D got the TOs not because they were good. No team has repeated large TO margins back to back, TOs involve a lot of luck.

GW is average at best. Think about how the game would have played out if we had Spags as DC for the 49ers game.

Seer1

Sorry Danno, I know I must be right at the top of your list, but I am going to explain my disillusionment. About two weeks after that fabulous 62-7 beat down of IndianapolisI started noticing some bothersome trends that became more and more obvious as the season progressed. It was obvious that the opposing OC's had GW figured out. You could watch the blocking schemes and see that not only did the linemen know a blitz was coming , but they pretty much knew where it was coming from. GW no longer had Sharper who not only had those mad interception skills, but also had that quality that mad everyone around him also play better to put enough fear in the QB to make him hold on that extra second for everything to come together. It was GW's inability to adjust to the other teams' adjustments week after week that did my warm and fuzzy feelings for him in. Smith's tip toe through the tulips prance to the end zone in the face of the Saint's eighty third all out blitz of the game was the final straw. I was already sticking pins in his likeness before the game ended. His little bountycrap admission/throwing us under the bus thing was only the turd on top of the litter for me. I'd have been yelling for his public dismemberment now even without the bounty thing. So yeah, thanks for 2009, but not so much for 2011. I love an ultra aggressive defense, but I admire a smart defense even more.

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