Romeo Crennel expected to be new defensive coordinator for the Texans

How about the vastly superior incumbent DC.....

 

Seems like Phillips career has exhibited early success followed by mediocrity if not worse at each stop. I like the change... largely because I didn't like watching out defense last season.

 

You mean the guy that can't even get an interview. Nice job and nice candidate, you really thought this through!!!

 

Regressing defense after three years to one that just set a record for lack of turnovers forced. Totally inept RZ performance. Team looked undisciplined and unprepared in the interim coaching stint.

Every team has injuries. Every playoff team has injuries. Yes, Cushing was a big loss but if the defensive outcome between good and terrible rests solely on him, you have the wrong game plan implemented.

Wade deserved to get fired. He does well with talent, but his schemes are beatable and he's shown little ability to adjust once it's been figured out.

 

There's nothing to suggest Phillips was "vastly superior."

I wanted to keep Wade too, but Crennel is a quality replacement. Both have been around the game for decades, and experience assistant coaching is essential when you have an inexperienced head coach. Both were mediocre-poor head coaches. While Wade has more NFL experience, year 3 w/ the Texans seemed to be continuing his trend of leading quick turnarounds before seeing production tail off.

 

For his first year. Then a decline every year after that.

 

video interview with Crennel

 

Neither Bill Parcels nor Bill Belichick have won a ring without Romeo on their staff...

And if we're not talking about winning rings _ what's the point...???

 

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Brilliant.

 

I have always liked him; he just seems like a "father" figure. Like everyones' "daddy."

 

like it.

 

People worried about Watt:

“Adaptation, or the fear that it won’t happen, is what has some Texans fans worried about the hiring of Crennel. The 66-year-old coach is known for running his two-gap 3-4 defense.

But Crennel was a part of the Patriots’ teams that didn’t care what system they were supposed to run. They ran what they thought was going to work that week. If that meant changing from a 3-4 to a 4-3 in a week, they’d do it. If that meant moving a player to a different position, they’d do it.

“We game-planned according to the teams that we played against and what was most effective and finding their weak points,” McGinest said. “We would do whatever we needed to do that’s going to give their offense trouble. That’s the good thing about Romeo. It’s a week-to-week game plan. He just doesn’t throw a skeleton defense on the field. He changes things each week to give his guys favorable matchups.”

What really has some Texans fans worried is the role All-Pro defensive end J.J. Watt will have in Crennel’s defense, a defense that’s not known for getting pass rush out of its defensive ends.

But Klecko thinks Watt will actually enjoy playing for Crennel because of how much things are switched up from week to week. He pointed to the role Richard Seymour had with the Patriots. Klecko said Crennel will definitely put Watt in situations where he can get a chance to work one-on-one. And for a defensive end of Watt’s caliber, it doesn’t get much better than that.

“Those guys are going to love Romeo,” McGinest said. “He likes to move guys around. It’s going to be fun. I’m excited to see the turnaround. He walked into a gold mine. He walked into a lot of talent. I can’t wait to see what he does.”

http://www.csnhouston.com/football-houston-texans/talk/likeable-crennel-connects-his-players