02-05-2023, 12:43 AM
Good for him. I hope he gets it.
I wonder what the succession plan is for us, though. I haven't heard much about that. I assume it would be an internal promotion (Hobby? Livingston? Someone else?) but I don't know that for sure. With Bates also leaving, that would create even more of a hole.
I've always seen Bates as the de facto Captain of this defense- like an extension of Lou on the field- even if he never got recognized as such. I wonder how it would all work. Might want to change our defensive philosophy altogether (yikes!). I mean, for a team with a notoriously under-resourced scouting staff, you gotta figure our coordinators are even more important than normal. Hill, Apple... these are Lou's guys. Signing Hendrickson, Reader, Bell, Awuzie and Ogunjobi last year, drafting Wilson... all presumably hand-picked by Lou.
Couple that with losing one of your "on-field coordinators" and... man... you're losing leadership and structure from all sides. Tricky situation.
I wonder what the succession plan is for us, though. I haven't heard much about that. I assume it would be an internal promotion (Hobby? Livingston? Someone else?) but I don't know that for sure. With Bates also leaving, that would create even more of a hole.
I've always seen Bates as the de facto Captain of this defense- like an extension of Lou on the field- even if he never got recognized as such. I wonder how it would all work. Might want to change our defensive philosophy altogether (yikes!). I mean, for a team with a notoriously under-resourced scouting staff, you gotta figure our coordinators are even more important than normal. Hill, Apple... these are Lou's guys. Signing Hendrickson, Reader, Bell, Awuzie and Ogunjobi last year, drafting Wilson... all presumably hand-picked by Lou.
Couple that with losing one of your "on-field coordinators" and... man... you're losing leadership and structure from all sides. Tricky situation.
