The Official Defense Has Major Issues/Fire Jim Haslett Thread

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Originally Posted by Defensewins

Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that Shanahan has a ton of pride and is a bit stubborn. Incorporating the 4-3 even in a small way does not seem likely, because Shanahan is too proud and to him it would imply failure or admitting he was wrong. I never understood why they scrapped the 4-3 all together. Seems drastic.

Shanahan is a really prideful man and would be really slow to admit he was wrong, or even that he has a problem setting up defenses for long term, sustainable success.

With that said, any admission of wrongdoing in this specific case would simply be foolhardy. Haslett is doing some perplexing things with his defense (there's no obvious "contain" defender on a lot of calls), but nothing inexcusable. He's certainly adapted to his defense from going from almost entirely zone defenses in the opener, to a lot of man defenses in this game. Showing great flexibility in coverages week to week is a positive.

Question I'm trying to answer from the game tape is whether we have the guys to play those coverages.