The anonymous quotes before he was fired to the lack of positive comments after he was lead me to think the primary reason for his failure was the inability to make the best use of the skills his players had. That is, he tried too much to make the players fit his scheme than adapt his scheme to the players skills.

Patrick Robinson was drafted for his speed and man coverage skills more than anything else. He is a talented player. He looked lost in zone coverage though.

If Gregg Williams did one thing good it was his implementation of Roman Harper. He fully utilized what he does best- in the box play. Harper's coverage actually looked better to me in the Spags scheme. His in the box skills were used nowhere near enough though.

It seemed like it took much too long for Spags to recognize that our front 4 personnel did not have the skills to provide the necessary pass rush. Yes, GW went schitzo-overboard with blitzing but supplemental pass rushers were obviously necessary.

Corey White showed some promise after being thrown into the fire. Those first weeks were incredibly painful and costly though. When Elbert Mack finally stuck he showed he deserved a place. I wonder if Spags went forward with White cuz he was "his guy". If so, that sort of "I'll show you he can play" decisions that don't fully pan out can cost a team dearly.

Why oh why the frick was Fatass Sedrick Ellis in there after it was clear he had no special fire to perform in a contract year? After playoff elimination he should have been gone. Akiem Hicks raw skills were obvious to anyone watching. He could have doubled his reps to get vital experience to hone his skills.

Was shoeing Hawthorne into SLB a mistake? he publicly commented on his difficulty with a position he had not played. * for Hawthorne this year too. I suspect he played through injury and was less than 100%.

We're all getting tired of Malcolm Jenkins but he didn't look nearly as lost in GWs scheme.

We're excited about the potential for Tez Wilson & Galette in a 3-4 scheme. Still, there had to be a way to better utilize them and have more reps even in the 4-3.

I see those sort of DC personnel decisions as THE main factor of the Spags fail.