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It's disconcerting to have Josh Boyer (Cornerbacks coach) and Brian Flores (Safeties coach) managing the greatest vulnerability on the team.
It is not unusual to write about Dante Scarnecchia and the offensive line adjusting, adapting and improving. It is not unusual to comment on how the linebackers grow and develop as players, and as leaders, under Pepper Johnson. We gush about Josh McDaniels and his ability to put together a game plan that attacks the opponent's weaknesses. Belichick is a deity around here.
How come those coaches are accountable and the two neophytes responsible for the secondary are not?
One would think that the Patriots would have more experience in coaching a defensive secondary than either Boyer or Flores.
(Flores is in his fifth season with the Pats, his first as a Safeties coach. Flores was a LB at BC. Boyer has a background that includes "coaching as an assistant coach at King's College (Pa.). He served as a grad assistant at the University of Dayton (2001) and Kent State (2002-2003) before becoming defensive backs coach at Bryant University in 2004. In 2005, he served as defensive coordinator for the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Boyer played at Muskingum College (Ohio) from 1996-99, playing wide receiver for 3 years before switching to DB as a senior. He was All-Ohio Athletic Conference as a DB.")
It is not unusual to write about Dante Scarnecchia and the offensive line adjusting, adapting and improving. It is not unusual to comment on how the linebackers grow and develop as players, and as leaders, under Pepper Johnson. We gush about Josh McDaniels and his ability to put together a game plan that attacks the opponent's weaknesses. Belichick is a deity around here.
How come those coaches are accountable and the two neophytes responsible for the secondary are not?
One would think that the Patriots would have more experience in coaching a defensive secondary than either Boyer or Flores.
(Flores is in his fifth season with the Pats, his first as a Safeties coach. Flores was a LB at BC. Boyer has a background that includes "coaching as an assistant coach at King's College (Pa.). He served as a grad assistant at the University of Dayton (2001) and Kent State (2002-2003) before becoming defensive backs coach at Bryant University in 2004. In 2005, he served as defensive coordinator for the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Boyer played at Muskingum College (Ohio) from 1996-99, playing wide receiver for 3 years before switching to DB as a senior. He was All-Ohio Athletic Conference as a DB.")