Agreed. I think Allen needs to be the HC of the whole team and not just the Defense.My take is that many teams have somewhat "figured out" our recent version of the 4-2-5 and he's looking to put a new spin on the attack... Even our hero at S. Alabama got waxed in their Bowl game... If you stand pat on D these days you get run over...
I like the concept of having a new guy call it with a different slant on things...
And I think we all saw how even 1 great player can impact a Defense when McFadden went down vs Cincinnati. We lost our way on Defense after that and haven't really found it since.
Coaching can make up for some player deficiencies, but in the end, it's about the players.