Some love for the assistants

I'm conflicted. I'd like Heacock back, but I really want to be done with the 3-3-5. Maybe it was just a necessity with all the injuries.
It worked really, really well for a lot of years. It was starting to feel like maybe it was time for a new innovative idea, but it might have just been the injuries, like you say.

Hopefully the new coaching staff is really flexible. It's not about finding the one scheme and forcing it. It's about finding the right scheme for the team you build. That might not be what was successful at SDSU. It might not be what was successful to Heacock.
 
And whatever Terry Smith ends up being. He was the CB coach with Franklin, but I imagine he will be elevated to DC.

If I were a Cincy fan, I would be pretty concerned about losing my DC right now.