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Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)

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Zach Zaidman ‏@ZachZaidman

Multiple sources tell WSCR that Rod Marinelli will not be #Bears defensive coordinator under new head coach Marc Trestman.

 

This is a bummer. I was liking the idea of an offensive coach overhauling his side of the ball and keeping the defense more or less intact. One of the things I'm most concerned with Trestman's lack of recent NFL experience is a lack of relationships with top notch defensive talent. At this point I think they have 3 options,

 

A) Bring in some recently fired head coach with a defensive philosophy, or an available DC. A Lovie type, although obviously not Lovie. Sort of what GB did with Capers. Or a Rob Ryan/Eric Mangini type. This could help on 2 fronts, the well respected defensive mind who has his own list of contacts for assistants, and assisting the raw head coach in the broader aspects of the job.

 

B) Promote somebody else in the system to maintain continuity. The drawback of this is you obviously start watering down the quality of the staff when an assistant comes up and then has to hire people under him.

 

C) Find somebody else's up and coming defensive mind and go from there.

 

I think I'd prefer C. Like when STL took Lovie from TB's linebacker coach to their DC and turned around a dismal unit. B would be nice, but the Bears D was Lovie, and to a lesser extent Marinelli. Take away those two guys, plus their purported right hand man in Babich and I think you're diluting the quality a bit too much. Running this style of defense without using the best could be a disaster.

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when going in for a man hug with the chairman of the board, "can I get one of these?"

 

I'm going to use that quote after every touchdown.

 

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As mentioned earlier, Hoke is the obvious internal choice, if that's how they go. He's done some really good things with the secondary.
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McCaskey's mustache only made it look weirder.
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It says video no longer available. What was it?

 

Uncomfortable middle aged (or old) white men hugging and small talk on Trestman's first day.

 

Probably just checking to see if the scent of one of Marc's daughters good bye hugs were still lingering.

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With the Bears history of defense first mentality in the upper front office, you have to figure they could land someone significant.

 

But, as I eluded to in a post yesterday, the quickly aging defense probably won't get a lot of support on draft day with this new regime, which could make any hire of someone significant less likely.

 

I understand why Marinelli might have thought now was a good time to jump ship. But, the best he will find is a lateral move at best.

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Zach Zaidman ‏@ZachZaidman

Multiple sources tell WSCR that Rod Marinelli will not be #Bears defensive coordinator under new head coach Marc Trestman.

 

This is a bummer. I was liking the idea of an offensive coach overhauling his side of the ball and keeping the defense more or less intact. One of the things I'm most concerned with Trestman's lack of recent NFL experience is a lack of relationships with top notch defensive talent. At this point I think they have 3 options,

 

A) Bring in some recently fired head coach with a defensive philosophy, or an available DC. A Lovie type, although obviously not Lovie. Sort of what GB did with Capers. Or a Rob Ryan/Eric Mangini type. This could help on 2 fronts, the well respected defensive mind who has his own list of contacts for assistants, and assisting the raw head coach in the broader aspects of the job.

 

B) Promote somebody else in the system to maintain continuity. The drawback of this is you obviously start watering down the quality of the staff when an assistant comes up and then has to hire people under him.

 

C) Find somebody else's up and coming defensive mind and go from there.

 

I think I'd prefer C. Like when STL took Lovie from TB's linebacker coach to their DC and turned around a dismal unit. B would be nice, but the Bears D was Lovie, and to a lesser extent Marinelli. Take away those two guys, plus their purported right hand man in Babich and I think you're diluting the quality a bit too much. Running this style of defense without using the best could be a disaster.

 

 

I thought about that yestaurday and looking into Trestman's past, two names I found were Mike Waufle and Glenn Pires. Waufle is the D-line coach of the Rams and was with the Raiders in 2001-03, and Pires is the LB coach with the Falcons and was with the Cards in 98-00 and the Dolphins in 04, when Trestman was there. I would prefer them promoting Hoke vs. hiring on of those two.

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Emery looks less awkward in each press conference.

 

Agreed.

 

And I'm expecting Trestman to look really awkward today.

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I don't like that HC experience was so important

I disagree with valuing HC experience for the meatbally "guys won't respect a guy who hasn't led a locker room" reasons.

 

But I can understand from a more tactical standpoint. HC is a much more "Executive" type role than that of a coordinator. As a HC you have to focus on the big picture as well as being one of the faces of the organization -- in addition to day-to-day duties. A coordinator is more of an executor.

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