re: Realistic Chances Our Defense Is Better Than 11 Endzone Pylons This Year

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I've got fricking nothing. Tmc talk us off the ledge

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I wrote a long post on this here and nothing has really changed my opinion

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Are we even sure that Snyder has the ability to coach these 4 and 5 starts to their potential?

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Snyder being a bad DC is the worst meme going. There is a reason he's very highly regarded in coaching circles.

Everyone focuses on our raw statistics. But that will never be great because we will always face more plays. To understand what is going on, you really need to move on from such a poor measure that has almost no correlation to winning.

Instead, take a look at efficiency ratings. And the best efficiency rating going is F/+ imo. F/+ controls for tempo as well as things like quality of opposition.

Snyder's years as a DC with F/+
2004 (Ohio State) - predates F/+ rankings Raw #s, 20th in Points Against/Gm and that team was led by their defense (offense ranked 73rd in PS/G)
2010 (South Florida) - 21st
2011 (South Florida) - 14th
2012 (Texas A&M) - 20th
2013 (Texas A&M) - 87th

So which is the outlier? The one year he had 10 true freshmen in the 2-deep or the 4 years he fielded very good defenses?

I get that it's en vogue to hate on Snyder. But the job he did in '12 alone should buy him time with A&M faithful. We'll still be incredibly green this year so maybe 20th is too much to ask, but his history suggests that when he's not fielding a defense comprised almost entirely of spare parts and true freshmen, he's really really good