BeerNutts
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tl;dr, we need to recruit better defensive players, especially D-linemen.
Everyone on here complains about our defense, and rightfully so, it stinks. Many people want to blame Roof for the issues, and there might be some merit to that, but I think it has more to do with out players than the scheme.
When CPJ started, we had Dave Wommack, and our defenses sucked. So, we fired Wommack, he resurfaces at Ole miss, and the last few years, ole miss' defense was lights out (OK, not this year, they don't have the same players).
We bring in Al Groh, who was supposed to be a Defensive Wiz, and our defenses sucked. We fired Groh, and he retired.
We bring in Roof, who did well at Penn State the year he was there (2nd in scoring defense in big Ten, 16th scoring defense nationally), and our defense sucks.
The common thread here is, no matter the Def. Coordinator, our defenses have sucked. Now, within those years, what stud defensive players have we had? I can name a few. Attaochu, Burnett, Gotsis, Michael Johnson, Derrick Morgan, DJ White. Of these under CPJ (2008 -), Johnson played 1 year at GT (probably our best defensive year), Morgan and Burnett 2, and only Attochu, Gotsis and DJ were recruited under CPJ.
So, IMO, bottom line, we need to recruit better defensive players. Our DL sucks right now. Our best DL player, Pat Gamble, wouldn't start on 3/4 of the SEC teams, maybe worse than that. The other guys probably wouldn't start on any SEC team, and most ACC teams.
IMO, Roof's a good recruiter, so we keep him, but we have to recruit better over all. Changing DC never seems to work, we just need better players, period, and that's on the whole staff, not just Roof.
Everyone on here complains about our defense, and rightfully so, it stinks. Many people want to blame Roof for the issues, and there might be some merit to that, but I think it has more to do with out players than the scheme.
When CPJ started, we had Dave Wommack, and our defenses sucked. So, we fired Wommack, he resurfaces at Ole miss, and the last few years, ole miss' defense was lights out (OK, not this year, they don't have the same players).
We bring in Al Groh, who was supposed to be a Defensive Wiz, and our defenses sucked. We fired Groh, and he retired.
We bring in Roof, who did well at Penn State the year he was there (2nd in scoring defense in big Ten, 16th scoring defense nationally), and our defense sucks.
The common thread here is, no matter the Def. Coordinator, our defenses have sucked. Now, within those years, what stud defensive players have we had? I can name a few. Attaochu, Burnett, Gotsis, Michael Johnson, Derrick Morgan, DJ White. Of these under CPJ (2008 -), Johnson played 1 year at GT (probably our best defensive year), Morgan and Burnett 2, and only Attochu, Gotsis and DJ were recruited under CPJ.
So, IMO, bottom line, we need to recruit better defensive players. Our DL sucks right now. Our best DL player, Pat Gamble, wouldn't start on 3/4 of the SEC teams, maybe worse than that. The other guys probably wouldn't start on any SEC team, and most ACC teams.
IMO, Roof's a good recruiter, so we keep him, but we have to recruit better over all. Changing DC never seems to work, we just need better players, period, and that's on the whole staff, not just Roof.