re: Addressing the "attacking style" Chavis defense claims - Gulf War Edition

Chavis had a great run at LSU, but it was time for him to go. His D couldn't make the stops when it counted most, and we saw it over and over again. I was a huge Chavis fan. After the last drive loss to Clemson in the bowl game, I started paying closer attention. Then I saw it happen over and over again. No need to keep going on over that, it's well documented.

He was a good hire for A&M and they will see marginal improvement on D. What I don't get is Aggies expecting to have a similar D that LSU has had.

A&M doesn't have the athletes and depth that LSU has on D. That coupled with their fun and gun O is a terrible combination. I don't see any defensive coordinator having huge success there as long as Sumlin keeps trying to score in 2 plays. Also add in that Chavis doesn't recruit. He's not going to pull in a bunch of big time recruits for you guys. Do you really think it was him pulling in all the talent at LSU? You don't hear any LSU players talking about their relationship with Chavis.

In all honesty, I believe hiring Chavis was just the last effort by Sumlin to keep the heat off of him. If they see a vast improvement, he will look like a genius. If there's no real improvement and A&M continues to underachieve, the seat is going to get real hot for Sumlin at the end of the season.