Now that the hopes and dreams that former St. Louis Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo would return to the Philadelphia Eagles as their new defensive coordinator have been crushed, the debate as to why he chose the Saints and who is to blame, if anyone, in the Eagles organization is to blame has begun.
First let me state that going to the Saints wouldn’t, or shouldn’t, be a hard decision to make. They are a successful team who will likely see much more success under head coach Sean Payton and now Spagnuolo controlling the defense. But there was the argument that Spagnuolo and Philadelphia’s defensive line coach Jim Washburn would be incapable of co-existing due to a conflict of scheme.
According to SI.com’s Peter King’s “Fine Fifteen“ (per Philly.com’s Sheil Kapadia), that difference in Washburn’s wide-9 and Spagnuolo’s style of defense did ultimately play a factor in his (Spagnuolo) choice to choose New Orleans over the Eagle...
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