Re: GB - Grazie Brett...Inizia l'era Aaron Rodgers...Speremo ben...

[multiple]

Attenti, arriva Mike:

Where might former 49ers coach Mike Nolan end up? Connect the dots and it's pretty easy to see him working as defensive coordinator under coach Mike McCarthy with the Green Bay Packers.

McCarthy fired defensive coordinator Bob Sanders over the weekend, and Nolan definitely wants to coach this year.

[matteogb4]

capitolo DC: Mike Nolan è dato sempre più probabile sulla nostra sideline e si parla anche di uno switch alla 3-4 pur non avendo il personale adatto. Nolan non lo conosco bene ma sembra abbia fatto bene anni fa come DC e i tifosi sono molto divisi.

draft: molti vogliono mays alla 9 anche se i più chiedono un DE. Ci sono anche mock dove ci danno un OL o un DT e qualcuno co dà Curry, LB da wake forest indicato come il miglior atleta del draft....come ogni anno TT stupirà

[mr.kerouac]

mi sento di quotare il mio precedente post in relazione al fatto che nolan non avesse fatto male come DC di baltimore

aveva anche un discreto materiale umano per le mani tuttavia...

[Rocky]

draft: molti vogliono mays alla 9 anche se i più chiedono un DE. Ci sono anche mock dove ci danno un OL o un DT e qualcuno co dà Curry, LB da wake forest indicato come il miglior atleta del draft....come ogni anno TT stupirà

Il vostro uomo è solo uno:



Brian Orakpo, DE from Texas.

[davelavarra]

Il vostro uomo è solo uno:

Brian Orakpo, DE from Texas.

Quoto. Farebbe una gran coppia con Kampman.

[matteogb4]

e' vero...ma ci arriva alla 9????????

[mr.kerouac]

Il vostro uomo è solo uno:

Brian Orakpo, DE from Texas.

per altro vista la taglia mi sembra possa giocare sia in un front 4 che un front 3

[nickpacker]

visti gli avversari di quest'anno c'è da mangiarsi le mani!
con un po' più di organizzazione e 3-4 infortuni in meno, ai playoff si poteva fare molto ma molto bene...

[matteogb4]

intanto nominiamo il coordiantore per gli ST: Packers promote Slocum...He takes over as special teams coach

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/37550999.html


per quanto riguarda il DC, dopo che nolan ha firmato per i broncos, rimangono in lizza williams, ma piace solo a thompson e non a MM, haslett, intervistato ieri, e il favorito secondo me dalle voci che si sentono mcdermott, coach delle secondarie di PHI, che non può essere intervistato fino a che gli eagles sono in lizza per il SB.

[matteogb4]

don capers è il nuovo DC. io non lo conosco a parte quello che si trova negli articoli. non pare male il suo curriculum. io pensavo che il DC sarebbe stato mcdermott.

....speremo ben....


Packers reach agreement with Capers
By Tom Silverstein of the Journal Sentinel
Jan. 18, 2009 10:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh -- Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy's new defensive coordinator will be Dom Capers.

A source familiar with the search process said Sunday night that McCarthy and Capers had reached an agreement on a new deal that would bring the longtime defensive coordinator and former head coach to Green Bay.

Capers made himself known with a 3-4 defense, but he has worked with other defenses as well and probably will employ a hybrid 3/4 - 4/3 defense. This past season, Capers was a special assistant with the New England Patriots, coaching mostly in the secondary.

Capers was the fourth of four prominent defensive coaches to interview with McCarthy. He visited Friday night and Saturday with McCarthy and then agreed to a new deal Sunday night.

Terms of the agreement are not known.

In Capers, McCarthy would be getting a coach who cut his teeth in the 3-4 system and used it consistently, sometimes with great success and other times with very little. During his three years as head coach of the Texans, his biggest failure was getting the defense established. Twice it ranked 31st in the league.


Capers, 58, has some experience running the 4-3, too, and undoubtedly picked up some wide-ranging concepts from Bill Belichick during his year with the Patriots. Part of the interview with McCarthy presumably will be to see how compatible their defensive philosophies are.


Capers got his start in the NFL in New Orleans under coach Jim Mora, moved on to become a very successful coordinator with the Pittsburgh Steelers, was head coach of the Carolina Panthers for three seasons, had two good years as defensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars under Tom Coughlin, was head coach of the Houston Texans for five years and spent two seasons as an assistant in Miami.

He had been rumored to be a candidate to replace New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who took the St. Louis Rams job this week.

[azazel]

don capers è il nuovo DC. io non lo conosco a parte quello che si trova negli articoli. non pare male il suo curriculum. io pensavo che il DC sarebbe stato mcdermott.

Su Capers avevo letto anche dei simil-rumors che l' avrebbero voluto da noi come DC...vabbè pazienza...

[matteogb4]

con l'arrivo di capers, soffiato ai NYG, si passa alla difesa 3-4.
questi i passaggi più importanti dell'intervista di mccarthy, per chi abbia voglia di leggerli

Packers coach Mike McCarthy spoke to the media in Lambeau Field to introduce new defensive coordinator Dom Capers. His arrival will also infuse a scheme change from the old 4-3 to the 3-4 defense.

This is an the updated version of  highlights from McCarthy:

It was difficult to let three-year defensive coordinator Bob Sanders and the other coaches go, on a personal note. "Really, what it came down to, I just didn't feel that we were headed in the right direction on the defensive side of the ball. It was really an evaluation of the last three years. I felt that a number of things that occurred in Year 1 showed up again in Year 3. Those were some of the factors that put me in that decision."

While he was still open to the 4-3 defense, he wanted to go after the 3-4. That led him to Capers, a coach he'd never worked with before.

Capers is an excellent fit, said McCarthy. He brings credibility, lots of experience. When he gets here -- should be this week -- he and McCarthy will move forward this week on filling out the rest of the defensive staff. McCarthy was not in a hurry to lock up Capers before the New York Giants could woo him. The Packers have a lot to offer Capers, too. "His vision of playing defense and my vision of how we're going to go forward in Green Bay, I'm going to say I think is why he is an outstanding fit for our organization."

The Packers are looking now at a 3-4 defense with Capers, a system McCarthy prefers. "Our starting point will be the 3-4. I'm a big believer in the 3-4 defense for a number of reasons. From an offensive standpoint it creates targeting problems. It gives you an ability to utilize your personnel. That doesn't mean we won't line up (ever) in a four man front. We'll move in and out of both four man and three man fronts." It's an excellent run defense, it creates pass rush on the quarterback.

Ends Aaron Kampman and Cullen Jenkins will probably be excited about this change, McCarthy said, though he didn't directly say those two fit in to this scheme ideally. He did say the 3-4 features the"body type that will enhance the type of football we want to play here in November and December." McCarthy said Kampman is an outside rusher, but that doesn't mean he's going to be at end all the time.

Green Bay's current linebackers could fit in to this scheme very well, McCarthy summarized. Ryan Pickett is a pure nose tackle (to anchor the 3-4). Most of the pieces are here.

Winston Moss was a part of the Packers search process and is a big part of the future with the Packers staff; he will remain with Green Bay in his typical position as assistant head coach/linebackers coach. (It doesn't look like he's headed elsewhere, in other words.)

The promotion of Shawn Slocum as special teams coordinator over other candidates as special teams coordinator was due to the fact that he is an excellent coach. "It kept going back to Shawn." He also had the support in the building from colleagues and players. Slocum was an assistant to retired coordinator Mike Stock.

The firing of strength and conditioning coach Rock Gullickson was about making progress. I did not see  growth and improvement. "And I did not see that. It was not what I was looking for. But it's a big part of our program, it's a big part of our program that needs to improve. We are a young football team. Now I don;t care if we're lifting free weights or flippin' tires or whatever we're doing, we need to do a better job in there." The environment was not ideal, but McCarthy would not pin injuries on the weight room work. "At the end of the day, are we moving forward? Is there growth? ... The attendance, the work ethic? You look at all those types of things. And it was not headed in the right direction."

Mark Lovat is one of five candidates to replace Gullickson; he assisted Gullickson before. McCarthy will take as long as it takes to fill out staff; will not rush the interview process.

Doesn't feel like this is almost starting a new system from scratch. A change was needed to bring home the next world championship. "I will do everything in my power to bring home the next championship," even if it means making these tough decisions.

These were the decisions of McCarthy; not GM Ted Thompson. He and president Mark Murphy were "very supportive" of these moves.

[napalm_it]

Vediamo, la 3-4 è il trend del momento.

Sulla linea se non ho capito male Kamp-Pickett-Jenkins mentre nei LB? ne dovremmo acquisire qualcuno no?

[matteogb4]

Vediamo, la 3-4 è il trend del momento.

Sulla linea se non ho capito male Kamp-Pickett-Jenkins mentre nei LB? ne dovremmo acquisire qualcuno no?

kampman è da verificare come DE in una 3-4..LB: ILB dovrebbeero essere hawk e barnett, OLB sarà sicuramente un draft pick, poppinga, thompson, hunter e speriamo un free agent importante

[napalm_it]

kampman è da verificare come DE in una 3-4..LB: ILB dovrebbeero essere hawk e barnett, OLB sarà sicuramente un draft pick, poppinga, thompson, hunter e speriamo un free agent importante

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