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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
Right now, it's the "hot" trend.
5 years ago, you could count the teams that run it on one hand.
Now, close to half the league runs it.
Meanwhile, Belichick is smart enough to see all these organizations chasing the trend, knowing players are going to harder to come by, so what does he do?
He's switching back to the 43. Lead the trend. Never follow it.
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The thing is that the more the system is successful, like it has been, you are gonna get coaches/office guys that receive promotions for their efforts in coaching and supporting the system. This is gonna undoubtedly spread the use of said system more than it being a "fad".
If Pioli knows ton of 3-4 coaches, scouts and other football guys that have been in a certain system for a long while and been very successful in it and he takes over a team with a terrible defense, I dont fault him throwing out all the other stuff he can put in place to stick with a system that is historically bad.
After 2-14, the team needed a complete overhaul and even though we did have Dorsey, a major change was needed.
From a fans "instant gratification" persprective, it sucks that we threw out some young talent for a scheme change, but I can see why it was done and not because the person that did it was a fool.