I found myself in agreement with
this comment posted after the interview/article:
Quote:
Richie November 12, 2012 at 7:52 pm
I love that Wade Phillips’ twitter handle is @sonofbum.
I am not following the Houston situation closely, but I see one particular relevant trend: when Wade Phillips takes over as HC/DC, the teams’ defense improves every time – many times by a significant amount.
Here are the Defensive SRS improvements between year 1 of Wade Phillips and the year before he arrived:
Houston – 6.9 points (took a negative DSRS and made it positive)
Dallas – 3.0 points (neg to pos)
San Diego – 9.2 points (neg to pos)
Atlanta – 3.5 (neg to pos)
Buffalo – 1.4 (took a negative DSRS, and improved it, but it was still negative)
Denver – 9.1 (neg to pos)
Philadelphia – 0.1 (the only time he took over a positive DSRS team, and it improved by a tiny bit)
New Orleans – 7.1 (neg to pos)
I don’t see any reason to think that Gary Kubiak suddenly became a better coach. I think he added one of the best defensive coordinators of all time. I’m not saying that Kubiak is a bad coach, I’m just saying he probably hasn’t changed much.
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Wade is certainly one of the best defensive coordinators of
our time. What he has done in Houston is nothing short of phenomenal.