re: Saints fire Spags and announce switch to 3-4 defense

Posted by Cajun Revolution

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:38 am to WicKed WayZ

Feel better?

Can't go anywhere but up at this point

Posted by QJenk

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:48 am to wope

Im assuming he knows something we all dont know. This whole season i imagine he's been watching close attention and already has a pretty good idea of who he wants to bring in. I trust you mr payton, lets get it

Posted by WicKed WayZ

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 1:39 am to Cajun Revolution

True but I feel like SP has a plan. He wants to go to a 3-4 for a reason and I feel like we will have a DC before the draft that way he has some input on the draft.

Posted by Sophandros

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 6:21 am to Lester Earl

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Will Smith/Jordan/Hicks are pretty much ideal ends. Though i would assume Hicks would have to play nose to start.

Bunkley at nose.

Posted by Fat Bastard

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 6:25 am to WicKed WayZ

so will smith and sed ellis are probably history then right?

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Posted by Pahnew

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 6:40 am to Fat Bastard

cut vilma, the reason he was trading for was because in the jets switch to the 3-4 defense, he was terrible

Posted by Sophandros

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 6:40 am to Fat Bastard

I think this makes Smith and Vilma restructure.

Posted by Chad504boy

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 7:28 am to Sophandros

Both need to go, moving past bounty crap

Posted by jembeurt

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 7:53 am to Chad504boy

Hiring Jim Tomsula would be a good choice as well.

And I'm not trying to be troll/homer/retard here, but Ricky Jean-Francois is a free agent, and him following Tomsula would help with depth. I will be very interested on where Hicks lines up at. He has the size to play NT, but also has the athleticism to play at one of the "5 tech" spots on certain occasions.

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Posted by HeadLightBanDit

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 8:00 am to jembeurt

Saints gonna lure John Chavis away from LSU?

Posted by HeadLightBanDit

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 8:08 am to jembeurt

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Posted by TigerBait2008

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 8:08 am to HeadLightBanDit

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Saints gonna lure John Chavis away from LSU?

Posted by Breesus

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 8:25 am to TigerBait2008

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@LarryHolder: Trip caught up with Payton RT @TripTP: #Saints will take their time before hiring next defensive coordinator

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Posted by Thracken13

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 8:52 am to Breesus

I honestly did not see the firing coming, i figured he would have 1 more shot this year, but SP feels the need to go another direction, and i trust him and the Front Office to do the right thing.

2013 should be pretty interesting to see what happens.

Posted by stonedbegonias

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 9:01 am to Breesus

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@LarryHolder: Trip caught up with Payton RT @TripTP: #Saints will take their time before hiring next defensive coordinator

Boooo, I want to know now damnit!

Posted by Fun Bunch

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 9:11 am to Breesus

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@TripTP: #Saints will take their time before hiring next defensive coordinator

Translation: we want to interview someone on either SF's or Baltimore's staff.

Posted by Fat Bastard

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 9:26 am to Thracken13

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I honestly did not see the firing coming, i figured he would have 1 more shot this year,

agreed. it shocked me as well mainly because we remember how lucky SP thought he was to land Spags after the GW debacle. Sp really coveted spags. oh well. one and done! I can see his reasoning though. It appears to take too long to "grasp" his system and our window is closing and time is running out.

Posted by DelU249

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Posted on 1/25/13 at 9:31 am to Fat Bastard

We have a 5 year window. That's a big window.