re: Is it really Chavis's fault that all of the ArmTackleU players are soft?

Exactly. Then you take all those developed players and suddenly a high school coach can run a sophisticated offense instead of what high schools usually run.

These sophisticated offenses then attract a lot of attention, which leads to talented players wanting to play on offense instead of defense. Rinse and repeat for years and eventually the colleges in the state lack the raw materials we need.

I think our most consistent defensive player was a three star from Louisiana. He had to work to get where he is which put him ahead of the Texas boys.

Some day someone is going to figure it out. Either by recruiting underdeveloped players from poverty programs in the state (Gary Pinkel at Mizzou used to do this) and developing them properly, or by taking talented two star high school QBs and converting them to defensive players at the college level.