Lovie Smith said he wasn’t going to run a Tampa-2 defense, but a defense with Tampa-2 tendencies players would have to learn. We then saw that those who couldn’t play in it were gone (like Darrelle Revis).
Under Dirk Koetter, defensive coordinator Mike Smith said his system was going to be one players would have to understand so that they are in position to be successful. And on offense, Koetter constantly put blame on the players saying they were often out of position — whether it was a bad day of practice or after some games.