I think there might also be a bit of scapegoating of Baker as a LB coach, which I'm separating from his being a bad DC (no doubt about that). Diaz's LB recruiting in 2017 & 2018 was awful. Not a single quality/productive LB in those 2 years. All the players have been injured and/or not Miami caliber (doubtful P5 caliber at all) I don't think Brooks has particularly good LB instincts but maybe I'm wrong there. If I'm not mistaken, he wasn't even a LB in HS; he played DE. Also as an OLB, I believe he's coached by Patke. Huff has the athletic potential but I believe he is also coached by Patke at OLB. I didn't see TAC on field so I don't know if he's an ILB or OLB (so coached by Patke) and his SPARQ score is average so I don't know how much upside he's got. Seems to be a bit slow for an OLB. The strange thing is that our least athletic LB, Flagg, is also the best LB by leaps and bounds. You could tell that just by watching the games and the stats bear that out (didn't miss a single tackle all season). So if your slowest, least athletic LB is also the best LB, it's not unreasonable to think that he's received decent coaching. LB talent just isn't there. Diaz makes Rumph look like T-Rob when it comes to recruiting their respective positions. This isn't a defense of Baker, I'm just saying I find it hard to really judge how good or bad he is at LB coach because I don't think we have LB talent. If you switched him out with a more well-regarded LB coach, would we see a big improvement at LB with the same talent? I'm not so sure we would.