Are New Orleans Saints interested in Romeo Crennel?

Danno · 01-27-2013, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by lumm0x

Crennel would be my #1 choice for DC for 3 reasons.
1) He is a good person. Players and fans will love him.
2) He has extensive experience implementing the 3-4 defense and has a very credible resume as a DC.
3) He has been through teams that changed from a 4-3 to a 3-4 which to me is key. It's one thing to run the scheme, it's quite another to teach it where it hasn't been played by most holdover players and to fast track it's effectiveness.

This made me think of something.

We have several players that have played in the 3-4 before, and played it very well

Bunkley - In Denver
Hawthorne - in Seattle
Jordan - Played in a 3-4 at Cal
Tom Johnson - I think he played in a 3-4 in Canada.

So Lofton and Wilson haven't, and I'm not sure about Galette.

lumm0x · 01-28-2013, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

This made me think of something.

We have several players that have played in the 3-4 before, and played it very well

Bunkley - In Denver
Hawthorne - in Seattle
Jordan - Played in a 3-4 at Cal
Tom Johnson - I think he played in a 3-4 in Canada.

So Lofton and Wilson haven't, and I'm not sure about Galette.

Johnson played on Calgary and they ran a 4-3, although CFL uses 12 defenders so it's a 4-3-5 scheme. I don't know for sure if he played 3-4 in college or elsewhere though. I think Will Herring played it as well and of course Vilma in a limited role.

FinSaint · 01-28-2013, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by lumm0x

Johnson played on Calgary and they ran a 4-3, although CFL uses 12 defenders so it's a 4-3-5 scheme. I don't know for sure if he played 3-4 in college or elsewhere though. I think Will Herring played it as well and of course Vilma in a limited role.

In some of the CFL footage I've seen on TJ they were lining up with a 3-man front with him as one of the DEs (or was it 3 DTs), but there were only couple of clips where I saw that, so I don't know how often they did that...?

And yeah, Herring came from that Seattle system where they had a 3-4.

01-28-2013, 12:14 AM	#2
lumm0x Resident antediluvian Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,026	Re: Are New Orleans Saints interested in Romeo Crennel? Originally Posted by Danno This made me think of something. We have several players that have played in the 3-4 before, and played it very well Bunkley - In Denver Hawthorne - in Seattle Jordan - Played in a 3-4 at Cal Tom Johnson - I think he played in a 3-4 in Canada. So Lofton and Wilson haven't, and I'm not sure about Galette. Johnson played on Calgary and they ran a 4-3, although CFL uses 12 defenders so it's a 4-3-5 scheme. I don't know for sure if he played 3-4 in college or elsewhere though. I think Will Herring played it as well and of course Vilma in a limited role.

01-28-2013, 03:39 AM	#3
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Re: Are New Orleans Saints interested in Romeo Crennel? Originally Posted by lumm0x Johnson played on Calgary and they ran a 4-3, although CFL uses 12 defenders so it's a 4-3-5 scheme. I don't know for sure if he played 3-4 in college or elsewhere though. I think Will Herring played it as well and of course Vilma in a limited role. In some of the CFL footage I've seen on TJ they were lining up with a 3-man front with him as one of the DEs (or was it 3 DTs), but there were only couple of clips where I saw that, so I don't know how often they did that...? And yeah, Herring came from that Seattle system where they had a 3-4.

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Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,751	Re: Are New Orleans Saints interested in Romeo Crennel? Originally Posted by lumm0x Crennel would be my #1 choice for DC for 3 reasons. 1) He is a good person. Players and fans will love him. 2) He has extensive experience implementing the 3-4 defense and has a very credible resume as a DC. 3) He has been through teams that changed from a 4-3 to a 3-4 which to me is key. It's one thing to run the scheme, it's quite another to teach it where it hasn't been played by most holdover players and to fast track it's effectiveness. This made me think of something. We have several players that have played in the 3-4 before, and played it very well Bunkley - In Denver Hawthorne - in Seattle Jordan - Played in a 3-4 at Cal Tom Johnson - I think he played in a 3-4 in Canada. So Lofton and Wilson haven't, and I'm not sure about Galette.