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I don’t recall any players calling out coaches specifically. But, Byard was among the players who said communication was an issue. That seems to be a veiled comment directed at scheme/coaching. However, Byard certainly did not excuse himself for poor play. If pressed, I wonder how many players would say that they did not perform their best under Bowen’s guidance? In terms of releasing him, it is crazy to consider that when 3 of 4 years were quite good. If he were 34 and sliding, I might put more weight in moving on, but at his age and with the whole defense backsliding, seems naive.
He could just as easily been talking about communication between players on coverages and such. If they don’t talk it’s a huge problem. Who is the on field defensive QB of the defense? I don’t know. Usually it’s the Middle LB.
I have always thought no matter what you are doing if there isn’t a clear chain of command, no DC, then there is going to be a problem. Is Bowen going to be better now that he has the actual title. Maybe. He might continue the suck. It if we don’t get more talent on that DL it won’t matter who the DC is.