That makes sense to me, but you gotta remember Mike Nolan had nothing to do with the offense this last season. Mike Martz had complete control and Nolan didn't exactly do a good job controlling the entire team. He seemed to only focus on defense anyway.
The problem is his defensive philosophies are (or have been) absolutely horrible. He didn't utilize the strengths of his men. He had Nate Clements playing 8-10 yards off his man when everyone knows his strength is in bump and run coverage. He's a physical DB, but Nolan has him playing way back in prevent-mode.
His use of personnel is also suspect to say the least. The year before last he started Tully Banta-Cain even though it became very clear to everyone that TBC was not able to do what was asked of him. Roderick Green has performed very well in the minimal amount of playing time he has received as a pass rusher, yet Nolan continually had him riding the pine. Our FS Mark Roman hasn't had an INT or forced fumble in over two years and clearly does not have the range to be a starting FS, yet he continued to start. Mike Singletary has already expressed interest in a FS for those very reasons. Nolan hates on young players, as is evidence of Mark Roman starting when Dashaun Goldson should have received an opportunity when it became clear Roman was not a playmaker. On the other hand, Nolan favors certain players as was clearly the case with Derek Smith's cyclopse looking ass starting over Brandon Moore last season.
The play calling was also terrible and Nolan dictated every play, and even changed the plays, on our "DC" Manusky. He never blitzes when he should and pressure on the QB never seemed to be a concern with Nolan. He's always playing "not to lose" as opposed to "playing to win."
It's just all bad with Nolan unless he changes his ways.
