C- I was going to start with A, but then I realized I'd rather have a whole roster of senior 3*'s than a whole roster of true freshmen 5*'s. The true freshmen 5*'s will be the guys who all eventually go on to be great, but in a head to head matchup, as a coach, I'd rather have the roster of seniors.

B- If your players don't have the basic fundamentals down with the right balance of weight room, chalkboard, drills, scrimmage, one-on-one motivation and training, I don't care how good your overall scheme is, the players just aren't going to execute, individually.

A- Give me more 5 stars to work with. Better players from scratch, makes the above job alot easier, you can take the players further.

D- Overall scheme and game management is absolutely crucial if you are going to have a top ten or top 20 defense, especially in the SEC where you have offensive talent and scheming that is top shelf. However, I think the successful scheming by the coordinator rests on the overall success of the other above factors I ranked higher.

ETA- why are people voting down this topic? Seriously? Not enough gifs? Nobody said "In" on the first page? Actual football talk isn't welcomed around here?

Chicken should see who voted down, and ban them.

This would be a better website if that happened. There is no disputing that.

This post was edited on 8/9/13 at 8:01 pm