yet shanahan still fired his ass due to inconsistency against the run. he also blitzed too much and gave up huge plays constantly predicated on his linebackers. And that was an all-pro linebacking corps in romanowski, al wilson and john mobley. just think what he could do with ours. :lol:
But you have to be able to stop the run first. when that fails, you don't dictate the game. and big plays soon follow when you do blitz.
LSU blog "And The Valley Shock" has this to say about Robinson today: His tenure as head man at Syracuse could be fairly characterized as disastrous, but his resume as a defensive coach is pretty solid. He's spent a lot of years in football, at both the college and NFL levels. While he's not exactly a fresh face on the scene, he knows football. Personally, I know a lot of people point to the Syracuse story as a strike against him, but I am generally inclined to forgive a failed stint as head coach. Some people are great position coaches but don't have it in them to be coordinators. Some people are great coordinators but don't have it in them to be head coaches. The doesn't mean that failed coordinators are bad position coaches, and it doesn't mean the failed head coaches are bad coordinators. In fact, if they were bad coordinators, they probably never would have been hired as head coaches. They took a shot at the top, they failed, and now they're going back to what they did best. Robinson's last job as a coordinator was at the University of Texas, where he was in 2004 after being fired by the Kansas City Chiefs. He spent only one year at Texas before taking the head coaching job at Syracuse. That year, Texas went 11-1 and went to the Rose Bowl and beat Michigan. The only loss that season was a 12-0 loss to Oklahoma, which went on to the BCSNCG. That was, of course, a very talented team led by an emerging Vince Young. As for the defense, they gave up 37 points to Michigan and 35 points to Oklahoma State, but otherwise did not give up more than 23 points to any opponent on the season. That's pretty solid, even for a pretty talented group. I don't know much about Robinson, but as long as he still has a passion for the game, I can't see getting upset if he is ultimately hired. http://www.andthevalleyshook.com/2008/12/11/689370/the-coaching-search
