Critical in-depth thought like thinking I was referring to weight as opposed to being a true freshman.
I realize that you were born with excess fluid on your brain, but you did post this just a few posts prior:
....Wisconsin, who has a true freshman starting, playing at a smidge over 300 lbs, with a walkon No Star backup, playing at maybe 300 lbs too. Versus Wisconsin, we are stacked at NT.
Have you looked at the size of our DEs lately? They are no longer 4-3 DEs. They are full on 3-4 DEs now. They are all 290+.
Go ahead and continue with the spin.
LOL
I think a few players can assess OTHER players pretty well. Oh, but you of course thought that I meant players assessing their own abilities, right? Again...rampant out of control moronic stupid.
I typed as slowly as I could, but you're a cautionary tale as to why siblings shouldn't procreate. Let me slow it down a bit, as you seem to have a problem with singular and plural.
"Because
they're (the
players) going to admit
they (the
players) suck? Oh, ok."
Tre Neal came in and took a starting spot based on his experience in the system probably as much or more based on being comfortable with the system as anything. As well as his ability to make calls in the secondary.
True. But if the existing talent were as good as you insist, he wouldn't be getting all of the snaps he still is.
Yeah, Frost has always been known for his coach speak as opposed to being a straight shooter, right?
Yeah, Frost
NEVER said that he didn't want a makeup game on Dec.1 as he was expecting to be in Indy, even though the team had already lost a couple games and had no realistic shot to get there.
So you really think us giving up 380 yards rushing to Illinois is because our talent is poor and not due to our coaching not preparing them well?
Yes. It's due to talent, due to coaching, due to revolving coaches, to poor S&C, due to lack of culture, etc.
And yet again, you ignore that Davison, Moos, and a number of former players state that they need more talent. Need more quality depth. Need more "dawgs."
Unsurprisingly, you fail to understand the fact (which many former players [as heard on S&B] have alluded to) that this staff can't do what they want with the guys they have, so they've had to tweak what they do even though it's not what the defense is supposed to be.
You also seemed to gloss over the fact that there are only a couple of guys on this defense that will receive all league recognition or get a shot at the NFL.
The talent is not there. The staff wants to rotate guys like NHL line shifts. But about the only place where they have the bodies (not necessarily quality) to do so are at DL and safety. ILB, CB, OLB.....nothing behind the starters, and the starters are hit and miss.
You've got guys like Young who has never been very good, but there is no one behind him better. Jackson was horrible up until a few games ago.
Apples and oranges? Poor recruiting classes turning into great defenses is only apples and oranges because they had great DCs.
Certain teams exceed their recruiting rankings, others never live up to the hype of their rankings. That is why it's pure idiocy to use recruiting rankings in an attempt to discredit a coaching staff that has been on campus for less than a year and has 10 games under their belts.
Listen and learn:
So...since our defense being ranked in the 100s in Total and Scoring Defense is the result of our talent sucking...that means that all of the time our players spent over the last year killing it in the weight room and eating right and getting sufficient sleep has only gotten them to the 100s in defensive ranking, right? Then I suppose if they spend another year killing it to improve strength, speed, and quickness...they would only improve to maybe the 90s then, correct... since our defensive performance is due to lack of talent. There's only so much they can improve in S&C, right?
How much exactly can we improve our woeful talent if they are ranked in the 100s in Total And Scoring Defense after destroying it in the weight room?? That certainly doesn't leave a us with a very optimistic outlook, if our talent is so bad that we are in the 100s after a year under Duval's watchful eye, does it? Are we going to be relegated to being a Top 90 defense after a couple years in the system with all of this horrible talent?
Good Lord almighty, you spent a lot of time saying absolutely nothing in this line of drivel. Impressive.
I will say, I realize you're apparently not bright enough to get, but 11 months and 10 games isn't enough time to correct S&C that has been subpar to terrible for years, to correct years of coaching turnover turmoil, and to implement a defense with players that are not a fit for your scheme.
But I know for a fact that this talent isn't 100th, or even 90th best in the nation
I'll agree with you on that.
Which is why a tear down and rebuild of the program was necessary, and has been pointed out numerous times, but, for whatever reason hasn't sunk into your cro magnon melon.
#2 you are correct, but that's pretty much a given, knowing that our defense will have less rest and have to defend more offensive series from the other team.
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It doesn't really matter, because we need to give Chin another year anyway. Maybe even more.
Now you're starting to get it. Keep learning from me, kid, there's hope for you yet.
I'm not sold on him myself, but maybe we should give Chin another few years before we start all the whining and crying. Frost will.
Most of us knew that the defense for the most part hasn't been good for years and that this would be "year zero." No surprise at all.