re: Who would you rather for the Saints D-coord

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He also probably has the worse personnel in the league. I say he deserves one more year to get the players he wants and to rebuild the defense with those players

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Not only this but no one seems to talk about the massive amounts of injuries on the defensive side of the ball this year.

Greer missed just about all of training camp & the first 3 games of the season with sports hernia as well several games later in the season. Truly doubt Jabri was ever really healthy at all this season. Greer's early season injury forced the team to have to start a 5th round pick out of SAMFORD at CB, in Corey White. White was completely lost at times in coverage & seriously doubt anyone in the FO or on the coaching staff thought they would have to start White opening day at corner. White should have spent his rookie year on the practice squad & doing special teams. But even when he finally begins to play well, he gets lost for the season due to injury.

The preseason game against the Jags decimated the linebacking corp for several weeks. The team lost Lofton, Chamberlain & Hawthorne that game. Chamberlain was lost for the season after looking solid in the first two preseason games. Hawthorne tore his menicus which forced him to miss the final two preseason games & first two regular season games. Lofton missed the last two preseason but didn't miss a regular season because of an high ankle sprain. Still in all, high ankle sprains take 5-6 weeks to recover from & Lofton was down for only three. It was obvious early on though that his ankle was hindering his ability to move.

Once the regular season did finally start, the team got Hawthorne back in game three but only to have both he & Casillas go down against KC. That forced Spags to have to start & play the two worst OLB's in the league in Shanle & Herring.

It's been hell for Spags this season. He was trying to implement a new scheme but dealt with players constantly dropping like flies. Its hard to get players adapted to a new system when A) the personnel is not all that great to begin with and B) there is no continuity due to injuries. You can also throw in a C) the inconsistent offense did not compliment defense by sustaining drives this season & what you saw this season is what we got.