Walt Harris to the Pro Bowl

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Originally Posted by 12thMan

Well, we can't say Harris wasn't really that solid can we? The reason I say that is because our secondary has played the same exact way without Harris, while Harris himself has gone on and redeemed himself with another team.

I maintain, we have coaching issues and until we realize that, Nate Clements or Ronnie Lott, for that matter, 'aint going to make that much of a difference.

I'm sure I cursed Harris' name a few times in '05, but he did have the 4th down stop in Dallas that preserved the "Ring of Shame" game.

But what Marius said earlier is exactly right: Call it bad luck, hindsight, crystal ball, whatever -- the bottom line is that this front office made the call and it was the wrong one. One of many, as we've seen.

But I disagree that the problem is coaching. Defensive coaching in '04 was fantastic with the #3 overall ranking. But players like Daniels, Griffin, Salave'a, get a year or two older, lose a step and no one is groomed to replace them. You lose Antonio Pierce and get guys like Mike Barrow and Warrick Holdman. Those aren't bad coaching moves - they're bad personnel decisions. Granted, the system apparently allows the coaches to make many if not most of those choices, but it's not a "coaching problem" in general.