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Originally Posted by octothorp
but part of the blame for the crappy defense has to go to the personnel decisions that Barker and Higgins made that basically gutted one of the best d-line/linebacker cores in the league.
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I wonder how many behind the scenes battles there were with Crehan.
There has to be reasons why John Grace, Sheldon Napastuk, George White, Coby Rhinehart, etc were let go over the last couple of years... and although $s play a part, I'm sure there's more to it.
There has to be reasons why Brian Clark was put in a position to lose his job and be a spare part during training camp.
There has to be reasons why Wes Lysack is relegated to special teams duties (even though Trey Young appears to be very serviceable).
There had to be reasons why Chatman was kept on for so long, even though he was continuously burned.
I think Crehan - former Defensive Coordinator and Associate Head Coach - had a big part in personnel decisions.... and definitely not for the better.