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Originally Posted by nunusguy
Dunno why the assistants, especially Franklin, had to be sent packing to, but Smith was clearly a scapegoat.
I think Franklin did an outstanding job. OK Amobie hasn't panned out but the Texans don't have the kinda guy playing next to him that can let him play his game, as TJs not the guy to compliment Okoye.
But Franklin has got to be given a lot of credit for Marios developement and that's very important to the organization because after David Carr there's been no player whos success was as important to the team as Mario because of the controversy in drafting him, not to mention the monetary investment. And Franklin found some real diamonds-in-the-rough (3 of them), in Bullman & Cochran & DeLJuan.
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I can kind of see your point, but there are 3 young first round picks on the line and only one of them has really developed. Not that that is totally Franklins fault, but couple that with the lack of consistent pressure from the front four and I see why he's gone.
Hoke has been given a lot of pub for being a good young coach, but I commented a hile back that players seem to regress the longer they are with him. Faggins, Robinson, and Bennett all regressed to some extent after their rookie years (or first significant playing time). The secondary has been an issue for just about the whole time the Texans have been in the league....and Hoke has been the man in charge there the whole time. He's not always had the best talent (Matt Stevens) to be fair. Either way I guessed he was on the way out.
A new D-coordinator, assuming it's not Bush, will want to bring in some of his own people too. This gives them some room to do that.