Posted by Ross - a.k.a. The Fat Man in : Good, Packershow ,
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Now that I have seen Dom Capers press conference and read the transcript and done some thinking about the change, I thought I’d begin the discussion of my thoughts and feelings about some of what was covered.
Let me begin by saying I am ecstatic with this hire. Capers has said all of the things I have ranted about all season: change scheme to fit personnel and allow them to be successful. If our defense falls apart this year, it will be the players’ fault and not coaching. We will have one of the most dominant defenses in the NFL next year!!!
Now on to the more controversial stuff!
(There’s some thought this isn’t the ideal defense for Aaron Kampman. Do you envision him as another Tony Brackens, or how do you envision him?)
As I mentioned, I think you made a big mistake. I know Aaron Kampman has been a very good football player and has had a lot of production. I think the number one thing you do is you try to adapt what you are doing to your good football players. If a guy is a good football player we’re going to find a way to use him. You take and you say, hey, if these are our 11 best football players, let’s adapt what we are doing to get those 11 best football players out there because they give you the best chance of winning. It’s about players and scheme, but it’s probably more important players than it is any scheme. You put good players out there in any scheme they are probably going to be successful. Now, if you can get a combination of good players and the scheme matches up and guys are into it and they understand their responsibilities and the other guys around them, now you’ve really got something.
I can’t agree more with his assertion that great players give you a good chance at winning and that Aaron Kampman is a a great player. I think it will be hard to justify keeping Kampman on the roster when you could trade him for someone who is a great player but fits better in the 3-4 scheme. Kampman is probably my favorite Packer (next to Justin Harrell 
) so I would hate to see him go, but a trade for someone of equal caliber who fits the new scheme seems to make sense. A trade for someone like….oh, let’s see… Julius Peppers would make sense with the change in scheme.
(When you look at the linebackers, are they good players? Do they match the scheme well? Do you see that in A.J. Hawk and Nick Barnett and those guys?)
Those guys, again, I think both of those guys have been good football players and there is a reason why. Just what I know about those guys, and again, I am really in the preliminary stages of going through and looking at the guys that we have. But that’s the fun part about this business. I think there are some possibilities with what I see and I’ll certainly know more about it every step I go through. You start to get a clearer picture of what their strengths and weaknesses are, and quite frankly that will be a big determining factor in terms of how much we do of one thing or another because I think we’ve got to try to maximize what people can do.
I have to review some game film from last year to watch our linebackers play before I give a better answer. I can see taking away constant gap responsibility and allowing more freedom will do wonders for our LB corp. A great acquisition like … Oh, say Terrell Suggs…would allow more flexibility and depth and help out as that hybrid OLB/DE.
(What’s the importance of the nose tackle position in your scheme?)
It’s very important. There are different style nose tackles. Again, some nose tackles can sit in there and play head up on the center in quote what people call ‘two-gap.’ Others you put maybe on the edge of the center and they play more of a one-gap scheme. But I think probably the classic nose tackle, you look at the people in the league that have the big, physical nose tackle like a Hampton at Pittsburgh or Wilfork at New England, which are big, physical guys that are hard to knock off the ball. A lot of times they use up a couple of blocks.
I know there are a lot of people who think Pickett is the perfect answer here. I can’t agree. Last year Pickett was being blown off the ball, turning sideways and being handled by one lineman. This was all on Ryan Pickett. We need to move for someone big….say Albert Haynesworth to fill this role.
So, what do I expect/hope to see happen:
1. Aaron Kampman for Julius Peppers
2. Acquire Albert Haynesworth by trade with Al Harris & Brian Brohm or by $$$$$
3. Acquire Terrell Suggs
We have some draft picks we can use to help with a trade. Tennessee could use another good corner and a backup QB. We could trade Justin Harrell as part of a deal with Baltimore but 10 footballs is a high price to pay.
More to come………
This is posted over at the forums if there is more discussion than you want to post here.
Posted by PCastleberg in : Uncategorized ,
Confirmed by multiple sources including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal and Green Bay Press Gazette
Dom Capers is certainly an experienced candidate has has experience in the 3/4 and 4/3 schemes though it seems he prefers the 3/4. Likely the Packers will be running a hybrid D next season and likely you will see front seven defensive players drafted and signed in FA (Julius Peppers anyone? Hat tip to Cheesehead tv) who will fit the 3/4 scheme.
I like the hire. He has plenty of experience and has had a good amount of success. I am looking forward to seeing who is hired to round out the defensive staff and how our new D will look next season.
From the Patriots “Coaches Bio”
Dom Capers was hired in 2008 by Bill Belichick as Special Assistant – Secondary. He is a veteran of 37 years as a coach, including 22 years in the NFL, 16 of which have been as a defensive coordinator or head coach. He spent four seasons as head coach of the Carolina Panthers (1995- 98) and five years as head coach of the Houston Texans (2001-05). He has also held defensive coordinator duties for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1992-94), Jacksonville Jaguars (1999-2000) and Miami Dolphins (2006-07).
Capers most recently completed a two-year stint during which he had defensive coordinator responsibilities with the Miami Dolphins, holding the titles of special assistant to the head coach (2006) and defensive coordinator (2007). Last season, the Dolphins’ pass defense was the highestranked unit on the team, finishing the season ranked fourth in the NFL. In 2006, Dolphins defensive lineman Jason Taylor won NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors under Capers’ tutelage as the team finished fourth in the league in overall defense.
Prior to joining the Dolphins, Capers served as the Texans’ head coach for the first five years of the franchise’s history. He was hired in January of 2001, more than a year before the team’s inaugural season in 2002.
Capers was also the first head coach of the Carolina Panthers, and in the team’s inaugural season of 1995 set the NFL record for most victories by an expansion team (7) as Capers was selected as the Pro Football Weekly/PFWA Coach of the Year. In 1996, the Panthers finished 12-4, won the NFC West title and advanced to the NFC Championship Game, with Capers sweeping all major Coach of the Year awards that season.
Capers began his pro football coaching career in 1984 as the defensive backs coach for the USFL’s Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars. The Stars won league titles in each of Capers’ two seasons with the team (1984-85). He entered the NFL in 1986, and served a six-year tenure as the New Orleans Saints’ defensive backs coach (1986-91), a period during which the team made three playoff appearances. In 1992, he became the Steelers’ defensive coordinator and served there for three seasons, with Pittsburgh qualifying for the playoffs each year. In 1994 Capers was named the Pro Football Weekly/PFWA Assistant Coach of the Year as the Steelers led the NFL in rush defense. He also earned Pro Football Weekly/PFWA Assistant Coach of the Year honors as the Jaguars’ defensive coordinator in 1999, as Jacksonville led the NFL in scoring defense (13.9 points per game).
Capers began his coaching career by spending 12 seasons in the college ranks, beginning with a three-year stint as a graduate assistant at Kent State (1972-74). He went on to serve as a defensive backs coach for Hawaii (1975-76), San Jose State (1977), California (1978-79), Tennessee (1980-81) and Ohio State (1982-83).
Posted by Ross - a.k.a. The Fat Man in : Commentary ,
All right…this is a test. Above you will see a link to the Forum. I have a forum set up but have never run one. So I figure this is a good time since the traffic on the site tends to dip until the draft. I enjoy the discussions on the website and would like it to continue. Please offer any suggestions/improvements.
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Posted by PCastleberg in : Uncategorized ,
The obvious Favorite is Gregg Williams, he’s already interviewed. Has HC experience, has run a 4/3 and 3/4 and has been very successful in the league.
Others options include but are certianly not limited to:
- Peter Giunta
- Sean Mcdermott
- Winston Moss
- Dom Capers
Comment with your favorites and why you like them.
I certainly have admitted I am partial to Peter Giunta. The man has coached a Super Bowl winning team as a DC. Coached as a DB coach on another SB winning team. He’s coached under Bud Carson, architect of the “steel curtain”. He’s coached under Spagnolu, Jim Johnson disciple. He’s been exposed to a lot and had a lot of success. I’d like to see him given a good long look and the guy is available.
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Packershow Season 3 Episode 17
Lots of stuff. Potential needs.
Packershow Season 3 Episode 17:
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The Evidence keeps piling up…..OR NOT!
UPDATE: MIKE NOLAN HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE BRONCO’S NEW DC
Sources: Nolan Heading To Denver
The National Football Post has just been informed that former San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Nolan has officially been hired as the defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos.
The Broncos continue their coaching overhaul as the Nolan hiring comes just one day after Denver hired former New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to be their new head coach.
Nolan went 18-37 as the head coach of the 49ers.
More on this story as it develops.
First we had reports yesterday from Pro Football Talk that “Rumors fly of Nolan to the Pack”
Second Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press Gazette added that Nolan was the likely choice:
Mike Nolan has emerged as the clear front-runner to become the Green Bay Packers’ next defensive coordinator.
Two NFL sources said Tuesday that coach Mike McCarthy appears likely to bring in Nolan to replace Bob Sanders, whose firing was announced Monday. One source said word at the Cactus Bowl, the all-star game for Division II seniors in Kingsville, Texas, is the move is all but done. Another said there appeared to be at least a 90 percent chance Nolan will join the Packers.
Third we now have this From Mike Lombardi of the National Football Post:
FIVE THINGS I KNOW:
4. I know that Bill Johnson, the Broncos’ defensive line coach, is scheduled to meet with the Saints, Seahawks and Packers this week. And his meeting with the Packers will center on the 3-4. Going back and forth between the 3-4 and the 4-3 is not hard to do if you have someone who can play over center, and the Packers do in Ryan Pickett.
FIVE THINGS I HEAR:
2. I hear the Packers are committed to becoming a 3-4 defense. This must mean Mike Nolan is coming on board very soon.
All in all it adds up to indicating that very shortly there will be a press conference at 1265 Lombardi Avenue announcing the hiring of Mike Nolan as the new defensive coordinator. It would also appear that his addition will, at the very least include the Packers playing some 3/4 defense and more likely will include the Packers switching to the 3/4 as their base.
The biggest problem I have with that move is that to me it accentuates our biggest weakness which is the front 7 on D. We already have issues on the DL and now we are going to add to that (despite Lombardi’s assertion about Pickett) by having no true 3/4 NT on the roster.
Also, many speculate that our best DL, Aaron Kampman, will not fit well in a 3/4 D. Also we do not have the prototypical 3/4 LBs that most teams running a 3/4 D have. All in all to me it is taking what was already a weakness for us and making it worse.
One thing is for sure, its going to put more pressure on Thompson to really go out and get involved in FA this season, because if we truly are going to run the 3/4 then we are going to have to add some Veterans that know how to run it. Like Ray Lewis, Terrel Suggs, Chris Canty etc….
Posted by PCastleberg in : Uncategorized ,
Well according to The National Football Post Sanders is out…if true (I have no idea of the reliability of NFP) we should see more information shortly on JSO or GBPG. NFP is the site of former Packers director of Finance Andrew Brandt.
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2009/01/breaking-news-packers-fire-sanders
By National Football Post
Posted January 4, 2009
Breaking News: Packers Fire Sanders
The National Football Post has just been informed that Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Bob Sanders has been fired. More on this story as it develops.
Well that’s both Stock and Sanders gone. I would suspect that depending on the choice for DC (I am hoping for someone from outside) that the new DC will have some say over who the assistant coaches are on D.
I am hoping for Peter Giunta from the NY Giants. You can find his information here: http://firebobsanders.berserkerproductions.com/?p=18
EDIT: This is now being reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal as well
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/37069879.html
