Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

I don't see how bringing in yet another defensive coaching staff will change anything considering the poor talent we have at many positions on our defense.

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

maybe we could at least play with some emotion, cause our lack of effort pissed me off

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

doesn't seem like we are doing ****

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

Keep Ryan and let the rest go.

These position coaches have consistently been awful, and you could say that 2014 was the most talent we had on defense since the Dome Patrol days. We were the paper champs before the season and did nothing but upgrade positions from 2013 to 2014. Injuries hurt but this coaching staff failed to get these guys ready to play which is why we saw no energy every week.

You'll ask, "why were we successful other years with this staff?". If you look back at every successful year defensively we have had vets here coaching up the players and motivating them. 2014 was the first year without the veteran leadership and it showed because we don't actually have coaches that teach and motivate. Look at the awful situation with SJB and Corey White; both of these players have said no communication is occurring about their future and don't have a clue what they should be working on other than "getting better".

Lastly, when is the last time this staff has developed any players?

We have had 5 different defensive coordinators but kept the same positional coaching staff for the last 10 years, how does that make sense?

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

You're right, it doesn't make sense. We don't develop players because our defense is a band-aid patchwork year after year. Always seems to be a last minute emergency to plug leaky holes in a porous defense so we grab free agents and veterans to stop them up.

You are correct in that we keep the same position coaches and switch the DC. I don't know how that happens and how we expect change if we continue to do that as an organization. Usually a DC comes in and cleans house if they wish and bring in their own coaches.

Unfortunately we've become an AFC team 80's and 90's - all offense and sketchy defense.

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

^ Well even the offense is struggling now.

The thing is if we don't hire a veteran defensive leader or get position coaches this offseason then I'll know if our offene is good or not. Though because of this past season the defense will probably play better next year anyway to redeem themelves only to falter in 2016.

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

This defensive staff does develop players. Jordan, Galette, Bush, Greer, Harper, Shanle, Fujita, Casillas, Dunbar, McCray, Hicks have all developed or improved here.

Can anyone point to a player that we couldn't develop that went somewhere else and actually did develop?

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

You're right.

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

And it points the finger right at our drafting of defensive players.

We kinda suck at it.:(

Re: After ‘little things’ went wrong this season for Saints, Sean Payton again vows changes will come
 

Ninkovich, we were trying to make a long snapper out of him before we cut him. He's playing pretty well in New England