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This is a big issue, IMO. Yes, there are personnel issues. But we've always had those (Hello Earthwind Moreland, Hank Poteat and Randall Gay), and overcome them. Now, there has been so much brain drain, losing RAC and Mangini on defense, and probably the top 4 offensive minds on the staff, that I'm not confident BB can do enough with smoke and mirrors to mask the personnel issues.
When Bill was asked about the potential fallout from losing RAC and Charlie back in 2004, his response was as long as we still have Ernie we'll be fine. RAC and Charlie weren't the guys concocting the smoke and mirrors, just the guys implementing it. The had some pretty adept students of the game to work with. As those guys aged out on defense and defected or broke down on offense a new core had to be developed. That is what Josh and BOB and Pees have been asked to implement with. Apples and oranges comparisons in all cases. We also never had the target on our backs that emerged over the course of three championships in four seasons and an undefeated regular season on the heels of not one but two gleefully anticipated falls from glory... Believe me, RAC and Charlie never dealt with anything like the elevated level of expectations or the focused attention this team has endured from without and within over the last three or four seasons.
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