Zimmer v. Anarumo

[Joelist]

Zim did a lot of good things especially coming on the heels of a TERRIBLE DC in Chuck Bresnahan. Remember when one of his first acts was flat out telling the front office the team was physically too small up front? Zim was the one who started looking for bigger and stronger D linemen. He also valued football IQ as evidenced by his always trying to have someone smart at MLB and also as one of the safeties; in both cases to set the defense correctly.

Lou also came in on the heels of a disaster of a DC stint (Marvin trying to do double duty) and he also needed to change the players up. Also like Zim Lou relies on football IQ and a smart player to set the defense - in this case it was Vonn Bell. While Bates was the flasher and more athletic safety you could tell it was Bell that Lou was counting on keeping. Losing Bell effectively lobotomized the secondary. I have to think Lou was behind the Geno Stone signing and also getting Bell back - his defense needs high Football IQ and got exactly that.