re: I don't understand why A&M's defense sucks

The thing is you can't just blame Chavis. Our defense has been shite for decades. Amazingly enough, the guy before Chavis was way worse.

Our only hope of ever having a good defense completely rests on who we hire as head coach. I don't think any single person alive can fix our defense via actual coaching, but if we get a guy like Chip Kelly every blue star in the state (aka including the ones currently going to Bama or LSU) will stay home and we will win by sheer natural talent.

Short of that lottery ticket scenario I never expect to see another goodA&M defense in my lifetime.