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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4105688, member: 71"] What should have the optimists (I am one) most encouraged is his track record for finding quality assistants. His first offensive line coach (Adrien Klemm first five years) is now offensive line coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Klemm's replacement, Hank Fraley is now offensive line coach with the Detroit Lions. His first defensive coordinator, Lou Spanos left for an LB coach position with the Tennessee Titans (we all know Spanos) Spanos' replacement, Jeff Ulbrich was on JM's initial staff as a LB coach is now defensive coordinator with the New York Jets. Ulbrich's replacement, Tom Bradley (I will be surprised if he doesn't end up here) went on to coach DB's with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His running backs coach, Kennedy Palomalu is now running backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings. His WR coach, Eric Yarber is now WR coach for the Los Angeles Rams. His TE coach, Rip Scherer is now TE coach for the Los Angeles Chargers. One of the aspects that RE 1.0 excelled at (but couldn't replicate in v2.0) was finding quality assistants. As good as many of his assistants were, one ended up at similar jobs for NFL teams. We can make jokes or pass on some snide, sarcastic comments (I often do this by nature) but even if it is the Lions or Jets, it is still an NFL job. [/QUOTE]