JoeDaSchmoe
12-22-2003, 04:51 PM
Go read Peter King's latest MMQB (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/writers/peter_king/12/22/mmqb/index.html), specifically the "Three Questions" section, and try and tell me that just by those few paragraphs Romeo Crennel isn't already more qualified to be a head coach than Steve Spurrier.
MMQB: What's your defensive philosophy?
Crennel: Not to sound too general, but you need to be fundamentally sound whatever you do, and you've got to coach to the strength of your players, especially these days, when your roster changes so much every year. You can play the 3-4, 4-3, the 46, then you need to look at what your opponent does, and what your abilities are. In 2001, we were a 4-3 team, even though we had the 3-4 in our back pocket. Now we're 3-4 with the 4-3 in our back pocket. Sometimes you get a feel for how the game is going when you're calling the defense. You might play zone, zone, zone, and you just get a feeling, you anticipate, and then you call man.
MMQB: What's your defensive philosophy?
Crennel: Not to sound too general, but you need to be fundamentally sound whatever you do, and you've got to coach to the strength of your players, especially these days, when your roster changes so much every year. You can play the 3-4, 4-3, the 46, then you need to look at what your opponent does, and what your abilities are. In 2001, we were a 4-3 team, even though we had the 3-4 in our back pocket. Now we're 3-4 with the 4-3 in our back pocket. Sometimes you get a feel for how the game is going when you're calling the defense. You might play zone, zone, zone, and you just get a feeling, you anticipate, and then you call man.