Anyone who saw his Minnesota defense, were they fundamentally sound, did they play with discipline? I only saw them against VTech and that offense the Hokies trotted out was awful, so hard to tell.
He coached with Schiano for a couple of years, which leads me to believe he knows fundamentally sound, disciplined defense
We've recruited a ton of athletic defensive players with good measurables (pause) the last few years. I don't think we need some exotic complicated scheme. Just coach the talent up and put them in the correct position, and we should be much better on defense. Our guys played really slow this year, because they had no clue what they were doing IMO. Play smart disciplined defense and they can play fast.