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Message: <blockquote data-quote="weeds" data-source="post: 840735" data-attributes="member: 39">...but...but...but.... I didn't characterize Gutes. Didn't even bring up his name - mainly because I can't spell it right and truthfully am AFRAID to mispronounce it. He has one year under his belt...and so far, his first year + kind of mirrors Ted Thompson's first year. Anyone that isn't predisposed to hate Thompson and is willing to give Gute a chance will see (or at least discover) the similarities. With the exception of drafting a QB ... it's like it's deja vu all over again.Same with Pettine ... those who wanted Dom Capers gone (that's me too) seem to be looking for vast and pronounced improvements from Dom's final to Mike's first season. Well...those vast and pronounced improvements weren't there - not really. Mind you, I flipped handsprings and shat nickels (I had to rent a coin roller - those damned nickels all over are a safety hazard) when Capers was "retired" - but when all is said and done, the drum beating on Pettine's defense has been done by those who were proponents of "anyone but Dom". I'm not built that way. I thought Dom's defensive schemes were too complex for the "minds" the Pack on the field...and Capers just refused to simplify (or, dumb it down, if you will) for the talent he had.As for talent on the field ... I don't know. I'm not an NFL talent evaluator but I am not one of those who thought that the 2010 defense was all that. Granted, they did what was needed in the second half of the season right through the Super Bowl to put up some dandy stats and I'm glad they did...BUT...throughout that 2010 season right through the SB, I was scared that the defense from the first half of the season was going to reappear at any time. Fortunately, that defense didn't return until the 2011 season.</blockquote>

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