One thing that always bothered me under Slocum was what did the players think? A lot of special teamers have a tenuous hold on the team and I would think some of the ambitious ones would do lots of independent film study to either improve or try to line up a post career coaching gig. Would they not have noticed the problems with scheme? When they inevitably were picked up by the Vikings would some not have pulled a Jennings?
I guess what I'm driving at is did Slocum disapprove of independent initiative and my fear is will Zook follow his footsteps?
Lots of conjecture here, but how can a unit suck so long with very little internal criticism?