Messaging from coaches gets stale, especially when you don't win. Bowles has 7 years with the team. An entire career for most players on his defense.
Diaby wanted more action, less walk throughs
Hall wanted his chance outside:
"You’re not going to get stuck into the monotony,” Hall said. “I’m really grateful, coming from the scheme I was in. Similarly, you get to do a lot of things that you might not be allowed to do on other teams. The blitzes and stunts and just being dialed in that way is really rewarding and really fun to play for.”
When the message gets stale on defense the defense collapses because NFL defense is everyone doing their role well.
Hall was tired of being pushed inside.
Not sure Bowles at 60+ can overcome the "monotony" (and other things) that led to the collapse
Honestly and I know it’s easy to pile on but the Bowles hate but one of two things will happen
1) the team quit on Bowles last year and will continue to be rudderless, Bucs will miss playoffs yet again
2) the offense bounces back led by Robinson play calling and a baker bounce back and Bucs return to playoffs
you’ll notice no mention of Bowles defense in the positive scenario
Bowles should thank his lucky stars that he still has a coaching gig after last season. When you listen to the things players and others were saying about last season, it all points to a poor head coach not having control over the team and poor execution when it mattered most by the players on defense - which happens to be the same side of the ball that he is responsible for.
Of all the things that occurred last year, a good portion of them I could let roll off my back as just a poor season. The unforgivable sin for Bowles that I simply cannot overlook was the reported lack of actual man-on-man practices versus the overvalued walkthroughs. That did it for me with Bowles. You cannot simulate real life, real time football. Field drills and pads on pads matter in a league of professionals like the NFL. Bowles has been around long enough to know that. The turd can't be flushed soon enough for my liking.