Mike Tanier’s Combine Notebook, Day 1: New Coaches in the Crosshairs

February 24, 2016   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

INDIANAPOLIS — The first day of the NFL Scouting Combine is drudgery for veteran coaches but a debutant's ball for new coaches. The newbies arrive for their national debut fresh-faced, easygoing and actually willing to engage with the media.
Coaches only melt into mumbling, evasive, Bill Belichick-clone trolls after they have been ground down by repetitive questions and exhausting controversies—in other words, by their second combine.
New Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter took Podium A on Wednesday with a bright smile and a relaxed demeanor. Hardball questions are rare for coaches during that honeymoon period before they have even signed a player, let alone lost a game. Koetter's first question was about the Buccaneers kickers. It wasn't exactly an episode of Crossfire.
Koetter said the Buccaneers would be "multiple" on defense under new coordinator Mike Smith. Most coaches claim to strive to be "multiple" on defense—it's third on the cliche list after...

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