I forgot who, but someone was arguing here that the next DC should also be in charge of the Linebackers due to seeing a historical correlation of good teams having a DC also coaching LB. And looking around the NCAA, this myth does carry some truth to it.

All I know is that this bend but don't break defense mentality is not the way to go. With the offense that we have (or are supposed to have

), our team should always expect for opponents to open up their playbook and go full steam on us. Not strategically good since we are expected to give up shortyard plays and in exchange we should theoretically prevent huge plays (see how well thats working for us at the end

). My personal belief is that a good defense is a confident defense and we can't build confidence if we allow our defense to bend.

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Posted by derSturm37

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Posted on 10/26/14 at 1:39 am to greenbastard

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All I know is that this bend but don't break defense mentality is not the way to go.

I couldn't agree more. It's like playing a Prevent Defense all the time. Right or wrong I HATE a Prevent Defense.

(And never mind that it hasn't prevented ANYTHING).

This is going to sound like the understatement of the century, but our offense isn't anything special anymore. They've figured it out. Whilst our defensive braintrust hasn't figured out ANYTHING the rest of the conference has caught up to our "offense". Half of them are running it (and all of these are running it BETTER).

I remember losing to Florida State 10-2 in the Cotton Bowl. We couldn't buy an offensive touchdown in those days. We'd have quarterbacks who couldn't run OR throw, and nary a noteworthy receiver in the program. I miss those days. Give me a DEFENSE and 11 effeminate midgets on offense and I'd be happier than I have been since Sumlin arrived. Seriously.

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