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I have always wondered if a truly great offensive coach could be a truly great defensive coach too. I mean if you spend your whole career trying to beat defenses, you will learn what defenses are hard to beat. Belicheck is a great offensive coach, and does it because he was a great defensive coach and works hard on how to fool and beat those defenses. So while we have a ton of experienced defensive coaches.
I wonder what will happen with Freddie's all voices matter style will do to our defense. Will he be in those defensive meetings and throw an offense at them that beats the defense and we change up some based on that? Kind of like preparing a witness for trial with a mock testimony Q and A.
I know a bit off topic from your point, but the more I learn on how Freddie runs things, the more it makes sense how innovative you can be on both sides of the ball with that style.
The only recent example I can think of would be Juan Castillo.
He spent 16 years with the Eagles on the offensive side of the ball as an offensive assistant, tight ends coach and offensive line coach before being randomly promoted to defensive coordinator in 2011.
It didn't go well at all. Castillo was Philly's DC for just 1.5 years and ended up getting fired midway through his second season for poor performance. He subsequently went right back to being an OL coach for Baltimore and now Buffalo.