Beerball Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Just weeks after Gray returned to UT as DB Coach/Asst. HC Can't blame him if he makes the jump though.
Hplarrm Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 In retrospect (which is always 20/20) letting LeBeau go to Pitts in favor of Gray being the DC here sent an SB winning DC to his SB win. This being said, Gray actually made this faux pas possible by doing a surprisingly good job as DC here. It was interesting to see the Bills bring LeBeau in as it looked like Gray was really the DC in name only. However, Gray did a good job at game day play calling of the D he and LeBeau designed each week. When LeBeau left apparently because he wanted to do game day play calling, it looked like the team had lost its ability to do strategic planning. However, the D did not miss a step under Gray as they not only demonstrated an ability to do good game planning for what the opponent had to offer, but also showed an ability to make in game adjustments at half time which diagnosed what an opponent did well in the first half and designed, installed, and implemented adjustments which worked well in the second half of games. This was demonstrated in the results where if I remember correctly the Bills D actually scored a top 5 finish in overall D measures (understanding that while game stats are not conclusive they often are indicative of the truth) under Gray/LeBeau and then improved on that ranking under Gray alone. In the end, Gray lost his job here because changes needed to be made, but he escaped unscathed to a job he wanted and its nice to see him still in demand to come back to the NFL.
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