Gruden fires defensive coordinator Joe Barry

What do you guys think of Jeff Fisher as DC?

What do you guys think of Jeff Fisher as DC?

Nah. Was he even a good coordinator? I can't remember. He's been a head coach for over 20 years I think...some success there, but overall pretty average I think.

What do you guys think of Jeff Fisher as DC?

He's a douche bag.
He can go eat a bowl of dicks.

He's a douche bag.

He can go eat a bowl of dicks.



In my humble opinion, this is one of the top three posts I have ever read on here. At least for the 5 years I have been here.

Barry shouldn't have been hired in the first place. It was a country club hire. He never had the talent to make it work anyway. But his inability to be aggressive and stay passive with below average talent was what did it for me. If you have scrubs you have to be able to scheme things up and he seemed to never be able to do that. The 3rd and longs that were always converted also were probably his downfall.

I hope Gruden hires the best person that's out there, and not one of his Tampa or Cincy buddies.

Even more than his play calling, some personnel decisions by this defensive staff drove me crazy.

Starting with sticking with Cravens at LB.

Among other things, Cooley gave some good reasons for a defensive staff change in his "what went wrong this year?" segment:

ESPN 980 Audio Vault - Play Now (http://stationcaster.com/player_skinned.php?s=65&c=21773&f=5800343)

In my humble opinion, this is one of the top three posts I have ever read on here. At least for the 5 years I have been here.

Here here. LOL

I go bag of smashed assholes, but I think I like bowl of dicks better.

I'd put my money on the original head hunter. he has ties to the Richie Petitbone tree and my opinion is a good fiery DC who hasn't had the talent in the past but has done a pretty good job.

Indianapolis Colts: Greg Manusky (http://www.colts.com/team/coaches/Greg-Manusky/6dd78169-300c-4a8f-a414-6e50fdf67126?qwr=fullsite_temporary)

I saw the Barry firing coming, but was also quite pleased to hear that Fewell won't be the DC...horrible job coaching the secondary IMO. Safety play never got better under him.

They really cleaned house...even throwing out the strength guy!

If I was Gruden, you damn well bet I would hire someone that I knew I could work with. There is no way I'd ever want that Ditka/Buddy Ryan drama going on in my club. I'd opt for the Joe Gibbs approach...one team pulling for each other.

But we're all different types & we'll see how it plays out.

At least it's a change that had to be made.

I'd put my money on the original head hunter. he has ties to the Richie Petitbone tree and my opinion is a good fiery DC who hasn't had the talent in the past but has done a pretty good job.

Indianapolis Colts: Greg Manusky (http://www.colts.com/team/coaches/Greg-Manusky/6dd78169-300c-4a8f-a414-6e50fdf67126?qwr=fullsite_temporary)

we need a little bit more of this....

In 2014, under Manusky....

The Colts also finished second in the league in third down percentage allowed (33.3%), which was the lowest single-season percentage allowed in team history since 1972. From Weeks 4 through 7, the Colts only allowed one third down conversion in four straight games, marking the longest such streak by an NFL team since 1970.

A live look at Gruden's meeting this morning with the defensive staff:



http://i.imgur.com/edtbi2r.gif



All of these clowns should have been fired. They deserve it.

Th is Gold. No pun intended.