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re: John's Betrayal - The Real 3rd and Chavis?
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:42 am to cardboardboxer
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:42 am to cardboardboxer
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In a way I am sad I will never get to understand what they are talking about, because if A&M's defense ever gets so good I get pissed we are blowing random third downs I will remind myself of how bad it was before John came.
That's the thing... LSU hasn't had a bad defense in a long time. We had great defense's before Chavis came, and they've been mostly great since (except for 2013, which was pretty terrible). When Miles has had great teams, people have basically said that he was just living off of Saban's legacy of winning. When Chavis had great defense's, he got the credit, but - let's face it - he inherited a culture of great defense and a ton of amazing talent.
Is that what he's inheriting at aTm? Can he build a defense from scratch? He's a great coach, and I'm betting you'll see some improvement. I'm sad he's gone, but I'm pretty sure LSU will continue its culture of great defense.
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:14 pm to tenacious
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I'm sad he's gone, but I'm pretty sure LSU will continue its culture of great defense.
I feel you, I hope you make a good hire for the position and I think LSU will.
With that said, a "culture of a great defense" is basically another way of saying "a period of great defensive recruiting."
Go back to A&M in 1999 and we thought we had a culture of defense- RC Slocum, Wrecking Crew, etc. When the top defensive talent in the state started going to Texas/OU our Wrecking Crew went to being a wrecked crew quickly. Nothing is a glass ceiling in football faster than defensive recruiting- especially defensive line recruiting. Just ask Oregon. Makes sense too- unlike some other positions where you can find a diamond in the rough with the DL it is obvious in junior high if a guy has the talent/numbers to play the position at a high level. Unless you are Gary Pinkel you are competing for the same guys.
I don't have any delusions that A&M's defense will be transformed into this elite D because I have followed our recruiting and I know at best we are one deep. What I am hoping to see, more than anything, is that the new higher rated talent we are bringing in get developed quickly so that within two or three years we have some depth.
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