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Originally Posted by papabear
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.
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Don't know how much input Franklin had in the schemes but Mario said a few weeks back that the D line's first responsibility is to stay home and read and react to what the offense is doing. I think this is a terrible scheme for Amobi, as his strength is his quickness and his weakness is trying to hold the line. If Franklin was partly responsible for implementing this scheme, it does reflect poorly on his ability to scheme to his players' strengths.
I agree as to Hoke. The limited talent he was given didn't greatly improve under his tutelage. As an aside, I'm still amazed that a team with as little secondary talent as this team has had since day 1 let both Marlon McCree and Aaron Glenn walk for nothing. While they may not have been great, we were never in a position to just let servicable players walk. If Hoke played any role in this talent evaluation, he bears some responsibility for that as well (although it would be coming 3 years too late).