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[QUOTE="kingottoiii, post: 187319"]
I don't like what he said about the D one bit. I thought last year we did not blitz enough. Waaaaay too many times we rushed 3 guys on 3rd and long sitting in a zone and allowed a drive to be extended. As a fan IMO there is nothing worse than watching that happen time and again. Expecting to get a good pass rush with 4 DLs IMO isn't reasonable unless you have a good DL or a stud pass rusher. We have neither. If we really are expecting that to happen, it will be a long year on D. That is such an NFL mentality. Shafer runs a college D. And a pretty exciting one. But his D is only effective when it is constantly attacking. When his D doesn't attack it sucks ass. We should either be looking to attack more or get a DC whose system works without attacking. I prefer we keep Shafer. I sometimes wonder if Marrone is handcuffing him. 
 
Last year the big plays on D had NOTHING to do with youth. It was almost always a blown coverage. Our DBs last year had a ton of experience going into the season. That group was a lot more experienced than this 2012 group will be. So either our players didn't "get it" or Shafer did a bad job teaching the DBs. I find it interesting that Marrone brought in a new DB coach (whom he has coached with before), that fits the NFL mold for a D (which doesn't fit Shafer's system). Also we already had two guys on staff who could coach DBs, meaning we did not need another.  I hope that this won't cause any friction this year. I think Marrone might have brought in one of his guys to take over should the D struggle again.
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