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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 900657" data-attributes="member: 12283"><p>Ok, Joe Barry. Here are my thoughts as succinctly as possible:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The fact that he wasn't very successful in his first stops as a DC is a strike against him.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rod Marinelli went on from those Dolphins days to be a strong DC.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Barry made a pretty decent improvement in Washington compared to what was going on before him.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">His coaching pedigree, especially recently, is strong-- Monte Kiffin, Rod Marinelli, Wade Phillips, and Brandon Staley.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are some good marks of success as a position coach (e.g. Cory Littleton, Alec Ogletree)</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seems fairly plain to me that the Packers wanted someone to install and teach that defense that worked so well in LA last year.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm not surprised that they believe Barry can do that job, given that Staley was going to bring him along to LA. </li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sometimes past failure at coordinator or head coach positions turns out to be a sign that a guy can't do the job.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sometimes past failure at coordinator or head coach positions precedes success (look up Vic Fangio's run in Houston, or his early days in Chicago).</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He reminds me a lot of the LaFleur hire-- good coaching pedigree, underwhelming results as a coordinator, hired to install the system that's working well in the league at the moment. </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>

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