Chris Shula's defense struggling again.....

I tried helping him the other day with a long winded post..... he did not care.

Also I am on the fence with Shula or Flores. I like Flores for his blitzing, amoeba defense. and I also like what he did for the dolphins with rotating Tua and fitzpatrick. it was gutsy, but worked. just not good enough.

 

It's ok. You don't want Chris Shula. You're allowed that opinion. No need for anyone else to agree with you. Be comfortable with you.

 

You're right. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. None of us know who the Steelers are going to hire, and we have no idea if that hire is going to work out or not.

We all have preferences, but no matter who they hire I will be watching what they do and rooting like crazy for their success as a head coach. Hiring a head coach isn't the time to announce whether it is a win or not because nobody truly knows until the get into this a year or two.

Topics like this are fun to talk about and nobody should think that there is only one person that can get the job done. Half of the fun for me is seeing what changes will be made schematically and how those schematics will use the players that are already on the roster and what direction they go in the draft that may give some clues to those changes.

I am stoked to see what happens no matter who they hire.

 

Flores has the Vikings defensive guys calling their own plays. I'm going to guess that requires a solid understanding of the fundamentals of the defense. But...we could go with your thing.

 

It's a good thing AR II and Khan are not getting their advice from anyone on this board.

 

Dick LeBeau was a phenomenal defensive coordinator, innovative, smart, his players loved him and the league respected him.


When he was a head coach? Didn’t do to well. Head coach in the NFL is the hardest job in sports after quarterback. Very difficult to do and do well.

 

Ok. Those are different issues than "teaching the basics".

If you want to argue that Flores is not a good/ideal head coach candidate...please do so. But the facts are that Flores has his defensive roster calling their own plays based on offensive alignment and personnel. I would venture a guess that he teaches the basics pretty dang well.

 

I get the feeling any hire is going to be the wrong choice for half the fans and the correct choice for the other half. We will be comparing this coaching hire vs other coaching hires for the rest of my life. I'll be happy as long as we field a team to watch.

 

No, but you spent most of the thread crapping on him and talking about how Flores is so much better and questioning why any Steelers fan would want Shula because his defense sucks… so pretty close to that.

Our division has nothing to do with a Fangio style defense not being a fit. Most people would love it if our defense ended up like the Eagles has been the past few years.

 

Spot on!

 

PolishDave at it again.

 

He is allowed to prefer whoever he wants, but he seemed to be trashing Shula in unfair ways which seems unwarranted and is quite likely to generate some pushback.

 

Exceeds age limit
Unless the Steelers no longer abide by their own standards
3 coaches since 1969
Chances are they won’t hire a 65 yr old

 

That's precisely how it will go down. Regardless who gets hired someone will want to complain about it and agrue.

 

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