When you’re the DC at Tech under Paul Johnson or at the DC at Vanderbilt, your defensive players aren’t going to be as talented 11 v. 11 as most of the offenses you play or have the depth as those teams. When you aren’t as gifted, being aggressive and tying to force turnovers is the equalizer. He didn’t do it at Tech, and the team paid dearly for it, and unless he changes and does something new at Vanderbilt, the soft cushions and lack of aggressiveness is going to get Vandy beat into the ground. Now maybe bend but don’t break will help them not lose 65-7 in the SEC ever, but they’ll just die a much slower death and lose 42-7 while the offense stands on the sidelines watching.