What's sad too is : we have fans who say we should have kept Ward as sole DC, and not hire Hoke. "Ward only had one bad season at DC." Well, yes, we had decent defenses his first two years as DC, but they steadily regressed, and the only reason it wasn't worse is we had tons of NFL talent. We should have seen the writing on the wall during Wards first game as DC. The Cap One Bowl vs Nebraska. Neb ran all over us in the 1 quarter, and during the timeout between 1st and 2nd the defensive players asked Ward to just call the basic defense. LW was trying to be cute with all these different stunts and blitzes. AND, don't get me started on his 3-4 fiasco.