The Official Defense Has Major Issues/Fire Jim Haslett Thread

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

lol

Sorry, just having fun reading through some of these old posts

They are funny lmao

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

lol

Sorry, just having fun reading through some of these old posts

The Green Bay gameday thread was hilarious, reading the next day.


They're always a riot. Our members are cliff-jumpers during the game. If you read those thread not knowing the final score...you'd think we lost 88-0.

[SouperMeister]

Has Haslett ever coached a top defense? I don't ever remember feeling dread going into a game against a Haslett D.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

Has Haslett ever coached a top defense? I don't ever remember feeling dread going into a game against a Haslett D.

I cant remember, but I do know for a fact he has coached a 32nd rank D

[saden1]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

Has Haslett ever coached a top defense? I don't ever remember feeling dread going into a game against a Haslett D.

Best finish was a #6 ranked D. Only two top 10 finishes with the other being #10 i believe.

[itvnetop]

D. Jax and J. Maclin are going to kill it next week. And when we do cover, Vick is going to run all over this D.

[GusFrerotte]

I agree the switch to the 3-4 was a big mistake, but we have an offense problem also. Donovan hit 7 different guys with passes, but only to 2 WRs for 7 grabs total(Moss had 6, Roydell 1). Bradford hit 9 different guys, but hit pretty much most of his Wrs. We simply do not have the overall talent to compete. Going back to the 4-3 would help the D somewhat, but we still have massive depth issues all around.

[JWsleep]

We do not have the personnel for this D, that seems pretty clear. But the die has been cast: we are going this way, come hell or high water, so it seems. We're going to have to get used to being weak on D this year, and then we'll see what the draft and offseason bring. My guess is we'll get better as players get used to the system and coaches figure out the least bad group to get out there. But we're in transition and it ain't going to be pretty for a while.

Stick with the plan and build through the draft. And don't start firing people at week 3--that's been our problem (or at least thinking that way has been). We were 4-12 last year. You can't change that overnight.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

We do not have the personnel for this D, that seems pretty clear. But the die has been cast: we are going this way, come hell or high water, so it seems. We're going to have to get used to being weak on D this year, and then we'll see what the draft and offseason bring. My guess is we'll get better as players get used to the system and coaches figure out the least bad group to get out there. But we're in transition and it ain't going to be pretty for a while.

Stick with the plan and build through the draft. And don't start firing people at week 3--that's been our problem (or at least thinking that way has been). We were 4-12 last year. You can't change that overnight.

Best post Ive read in awhile. But damn its frustrating to see a defense which has been decent/good for years just go to sh*t so quickly. But your right, our personal is not even close for the scheme.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

We do not have the personnel for this D, that seems pretty clear. But the die has been cast: we are going this way, come hell or high water, so it seems. We're going to have to get used to being weak on D this year, and then we'll see what the draft and offseason bring. My guess is we'll get better as players get used to the system and coaches figure out the least bad group to get out there. But we're in transition and it ain't going to be pretty for a while.

Stick with the plan and build through the draft. And don't start firing people at week 3--that's been our problem (or at least thinking that way has been). We were 4-12 last year. You can't change that overnight.

Well we've given away picks for McNabb, Jammal Brown, and I think Carriker. To me it seems that MS had a "win-now" attitude instead of rebuilding. I don't mind a "win-now" attitude, but I don't understand how you are going to win when you switch to a new defensive scheme that doesn't fit our personnel.

[Lotus]

It is too early to talk about firing Haslett. That said, our defense sure has taken a great step down. The dominant image of our defense this year is an informal huddle of defensive backs who are trying to sort out who should have covered whom after a play. It has happened again and again.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Well we've given away picks for McNabb, Jammal Brown, and I think Carriker. To me it seems that MS had a "win-now" attitude instead of rebuilding. I don't mind a "win-now" attitude, but I don't understand how you are going to win when you switch to a new defensive scheme that doesn't fit our personnel.

it just doesn't make sense, i have been saying the same thing for weeks, you can't claim this team is re-tooling and going with a win now attitude, when you change the enitre defesive scheme. our d has been in the top ten for years and our offense has lost us games. now we have an offense that appears at first clance to be at a minimum effective, and a defense that can't stop a rookie qb without his pro bowl rb

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

We do not have the personnel for this D, that seems pretty clear. But the die has been cast: we are going this way, come hell or high water, so it seems. We're going to have to get used to being weak on D this year, and then we'll see what the draft and offseason bring. My guess is we'll get better as players get used to the system and coaches figure out the least bad group to get out there. But we're in transition and it ain't going to be pretty for a while.

Stick with the plan and build through the draft. And don't start firing people at week 3--that's been our problem (or at least thinking that way has been). We were 4-12 last year. You can't change that overnight.

Amen brother!!!!!!! A kindred spirit!!!!!

[mlmdub130]

he has about 4 more games to turn it around, but if we keep regressing the way we are i just don't see how we can keep him here for another year. last year the d was not our biggest worry and if anything you could say we upgraded our talent level this year, i really didn't think it would be this bad.

[IrMitchell]

I think the biggest thing about Haslett has been that he's too easy to solve. This is the third week in a row now where we have been the better team heading into halftime and only to come out and get absolutely stomped on.

We have potential, but Haslett has to start adjusting his plays, rather than continue to blitz his linebackers because he feels like only he's able to do it.