Sources: Kevin Greene signed as OLB Coach

[Harlan Huckleby]

Re: Sources: Kevin Greene signed as OLB Coach

Please don't ever compare 30 rock with Seinfeld, ever.

Which do you think is better? I'm not sure, I would say they are similar in quality.

[swede]

Back on topic...I am excited about the prospect of having a such a distinguished former player on the coaching staff. Who wouldn't be?

But I have a concern: physically gifted players may understand a lot about their own game, but when they become coaches can they understand and teach players who don't possess the physical skills their coach once had?

Mike Singletary seems to be doing a good job coaching, but he always was a really cerebral, really intense player more than a physical freak.

Let's hope Dom and MM have picked this guy because he's smart. inspiring, and can understand and teach schemes and techniques...to the outside linebackers...and not merely because he was awesome when he played.

I really don't get how the MM who put the first staff together can be the MM who is putting this exciting defensive coaching staff together now. Maybe it's the Dom effect.

Just a theory here, and I don't know (and I am not going to look up) the exact numbers but I think a big part of it was the fact that MM started as a rookie coach and he was kind of hand cuffed by his own salary. I am guessing he made between $1 and $2 mil per year in his first contract here. So how could he hire a coordinator that made $2 mil a year? In turn how could he then hire a position coach who made close to $1 mil when that would be more then his coordinator? Since he got his extension, the door has been opened and he can dive into pool of highly paid assistants.

edit: fixed my bold tags

That actually computes pretty well. The situation for Green Bay is much different than it was in MM's first year. We look to be a team that is only a good defense away from being a dominant force in the NFC. We could launch 2 or 3 head coaches out of that defense if it comes around quickly and they all look like geniuses.