Can McElwain recruit elite defense? (article)

[Swamp Donkey]

My gripe with the original article is that the author states that recruiting the defensive side of the ball is Mac's responsibility and that "great" coaches like Collins, Shannon, etc. can only do so much with mediocre talent.

It COULD be Mac's fault, for instance if he were making decisions like not giving defense enough numbers. I really doubt he told them not to sign inside linebackers or NTs though. It guess it could also be his fault for hiring the Callahan, or, I guess, not firing him quickly enough. But they fired that useless POS at the end of the first year. And we tried desperately to get a good coach, but got Vol'ed with everyone we called I guess. If Callahan had been fired earlier, the damage was still done. When you hire bottom rung coaches from geographical schools, you get Callahans, Nords, Skippers, and Dixons.

The problem IMO is really in the total amount of the coaches salaries. We were in the bottom third of the SEC as far as total staff salaries. No wonder we have one of the bottom third staffs.

Just another penny smart pound, foolish tactic.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Kai-Leon would be a huge get. I really like how the coaches are focusing on defense.

You know I like big butts, but I wonder why so many of these kids just don't look well developed in the pecs and triceps. Are they just not lifting much in HS these days? Roids being tested more or something? They just don't look as well developed for some reason.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

It's really simple, if we win, we'll be just fine recruiting. Last season would have carried over to this year if not for Treon.

Our offense sucked for the first half of the season too, except for Ole Miss. Why does everyone keep forgetting that?

 

[alcoholica]

Our offense sucked for the first half of the season too, except for Ole Miss. Why does everyone keep forgetting that?

No one forgets that, but the difference between Grier and Harris is night and day. Not to mention that the OLine was improving over the year and played better after Grier was suspended. The big difference was the winning.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

No one forgets that, but the difference between Grier and Harris is night and day. Not to mention that the OLine was improving over the year and played better after Grier was suspended. The big difference was the winning.

The o line got worse over the year as guys got banged up.

 

[MJMGator]

The o line got worse over the year as guys got banged up.

Hard to say for sure, but our rushing attack got progressively worse. I suspect some of that was due to teams scheming to stop the run and force Treon to beat us with his arm. Thanks again, Grier!

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Hard to say for sure, but our rushing attack got progressively worse. I suspect some of that was due to teams scheming to stop the run and force Treon to beat us with his arm. Thanks again, Grier!

Here's an article from right before the Vanderbilt game when the wheels really started to fall off the bus offensively:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...harpe-martez-ivey-injuries-20151102-post.html

 

[Swamp Donkey]

NO NO NO. It wasn't the OL. Groupidiotthink has spoken already!

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Hard to make it through a season in the SEC when you are barely 1 deep on the offensive line.