02-05-2023, 05:35 PM
(02-05-2023, 04:10 PM)Nepa Wrote: I'm not too old to remember when posters in the Jungle Noise wanted Lou gone. How Zac got stuck with him because none of his first choices would come and those that took Dunlap's side in the dispute, etc. What a difference these last two years have made. I don't know if he changed or we did or he just needed the right players for his system, but it has been a glorious two years.
I am actually surprised that Lou is getting this much of an opportunity. Last year's defense was good, at the end of the season and this year is the first really good one, but still not Top 5. The previous ones were not good whatsoever. Lou didn't have that great a reputation as a fantastic defensive mind prior to coming here and wasn't one of our top choices.
He is also older, white, kind of non-charismatic... not saying he hasn't become a very good D Coordinator, but there seems to be several others with a better history, younger, and in some cases a minority. That said Zac had even less experience so....who knows? But I'm not sure I would be excited about Lou being the new HC if I am a Cards fan... assuming they don't have an awesome offensive coordinator already in the works.
