Two posts?
Whoa. I'm worthy of two posts, everyone.
BB has made changes in defensive style during his stay as HC of NE, unless you want to argue that the way the secondary played with Poole and Law is the same way it has been played with Samuel and Hobbs. Belichick is willing to make changes to his defensive philosophy, I don't know why you aren't.
It all comes down to this one, undeniable fact: Capers was hired by Belichick to coach the DBs. Now, I don't think Belichick would have fired his old coach and proceeded to hire an assistant with experience at the highest of levels if he didn't want a change in the way things were done.
As for the rest, it is your prediction against mine and I'm not going to continue to argue this with you. It's foolish to argue the future with any level of vehemence.
Is there a reason you are being a wisea$$?
BB has played the exact same defensive philosophy ever since he has come here.
That philosophy includes every possible variation of defensive football anyone is capable of concocting.
Yes, he will use SCHEME to accent or compensate for his personell. He plays man, zone, he blitzes, he plays 2 gap, 1 gap, he runs zone blitzes, he plays cover 2, he plays cover 3, he blitzes safeties, he blitzes corners, he will align the defense with zero down lineman.
That is SCHEME. And he uses everything possible. But his PHILOSOPHY is, at its most basic TEAM DEFENSE within a CONSERVATIVE approach. He will gamble, but he will do it sparingly, and at the right time.
BB ABSOLULTEY prefers to make teams go the length of the field in small chunks than to risk allowing big plays to get big plays. BB DOES NOT AGREE that playing a more aggressive defense that creates more big plays is worth the big plays it allows. THAT IS FACT. It is backed up by the evidence of his coaching career.
Dom Capers was hired to coach defensive backs. Dom Capers was not hired to make strategic decisions about the PHILOSOPHY of the Patriot defense. BB is not going to change his philosophy. Will Capers make us better in the situations where we are aggressive? Sure. But CAPERS MUST ADAPT TO BBs PHILOSOPHY not the other way around.
To suggest that BB hired Capers to 'change the way things are done' is exactly what I am saying is ridiculous. You honestly cannot think that BB hired Capers to teach him how to a better defensive mind.
BB hired Capers TO COACH THE DBS. His job is to COACH THE DBs.
I have no doubt that Capers has a lot to add, but teaching the DBs techniques, reads, and potential give them a mental edge. Capers was not hired to come in and tell BB how to run a defense. Its just ignorant to think that.
Your argument says BB saw Dom Capers was UNEMPLOYED after failing twice as a HC, and he said to himself, wow, Dom Capers, he can come in here and rewrite our defense. I think I've been wrong all these years, and I'm going to bring him in and let him decide if its smarter to play a lot of man defense, because, you know, he is better equipped to make that decision than me.