My eyes tell me we have a bad defense...and yes that's on Mullen to make a change....it's not a coincidence that all Urban's national title teams had good defenses to go along with Mullen's high scoring offenses.....it's scheme, it's technique, it's out of position...Grantham is good at one thing...blitzing on 3rd down
Why do you think Spurrier went out and got Stoops to be his DC? Because he knew he needed a good defense to win it all and look what happened....his first year there they were a top 20 defense and won the natty
Yes we have a bad defense and that is Cousin Eddie's fault. But where we disagree is we see two completely different things. You are a surface guy, a scoreboard watcher and stat sheet person. I am an entire process person, each play, each tick of the clock type. You believe that a shutdown defense means Cousin Eddie's teams will be champs. I have 10+ years of watching cousin Eddie as a head coach and as I said earlier to you, no matter the teams or circumstances, Cousin Eddie will always Cousin Eddie. This week it was the defense and a complete disdain to run the ball. At UK it was great defense, but it was a horrendous offensive game plan and a thousand penalties. Against Bama it was good defense, and some terrible game management. One year it was playing Lerch over Trash. Other games it is guys show up uninterested or not motivated. The HC is in total charge.
The bottom line is that history does not repeat itself but it rhymes. And Cousin Eddie will always Cousin Eddie enough over an entire season to prevent the success that we all wish for.
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@Gator87 post in the presser thread #68. That is Cousin Eddie. He will always find a way, on the field during a game or off the field being the smartest guy in the room or the laziest guy on the trail.