Agree. And I didn't take away at all that he's leaning offense. I heard the opposite. And combine that with comments before last season about needing to get guys with swag and attitude... needing to be aggressive and physical - that to me says defense.
He also talked about Geno and his string finish. So when JS is talking about falling short of expectations, I think in his mind, it's shoring up a defense and making it a unit nobody wants to F with again.... similar to SF. The offensive side... I think he knows he needs a sharper mind than Waldron. But look at it this way... if Waldron were a notch better at playcalling, I don't think there'd be this mass rush to sell the farm for an offensive minded coach. We can get better results with exactly the guys we have by just getting a better OC.
The aggressive, swag culture... I coukd be wrong, but I think 100% John see that as something a defensive, no BS mind will bring.
That's No1 on John's list.