Glaring issue on defense

[gogeta4]

Everybody caught up in the blame game.

I'm more concerned with the roster LOL

whos in charge of the roster? blame him....it aint hard

 

[gogeta4]

A whole field goal per game. Murray State, Buffalo, and UMass tend to help a stat like that. But maybe you missed them letting South Carolina’s freshman march downfield at will in under a minute to lose the game.

I didnt miss sitting in person and watch ga tech beat us running 4 plays all game though.

 

[bdcane4eva]

whos in charge of the roster? blame him....it aint hard

Free Pass U!

 

[nycane]

Agreed. It was part of the Mark Denofrio philosophy for defensive failure. And yes, I know the kids will make mistakes, but get them out of the way and build for next year, when Cam will be gone and the schedule will be tougher.

Why play upperclassmen who make the same mistakes? It’s illogical

 

[AllAboutTheU]

Yes, it is. Check this out. Missouri #25 scoring defense, and Miami (Fla) #57

cfbstats.com - 2024 National Team Leaders

Pointing to scoring defense as why the defense is good is not convincing

 

[TaylorWalls]

I didnt miss sitting in person and watch ga tech beat us running 4 plays all game though.

Good for you. That has nothing to do with Missouri.

 

[TaylorWalls]

whos in charge of the roster? blame him....it aint hard

Because there are coaches in America that just fix all their weaknesses every year.

 

[mr.h]

Our man to man coverage needs big improvement or we will have problems.

 

[305_separatist]

Glaring issues? This is news to me someone call the NYT.

 

[mcnaire2004]

This is such a lazy take. But predictable.

Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

If it’s always “on the coaches”, the best coaches would never, ever have weaknesses anywhere on their team. But that doesn’t happen.

It's on the coaches because coaches are responsible for the talents on the roster. I would say historically bad seasons on D tend to go to the coaches.

No one takes mediocre talent and just fixes it like we’re playing a video game.

D'Onofro 15 and Manny 16 is the easiest rebuttal. Or CMR vs Golden. However you want to formulate the blame. Same players, radically different outcomes on D.

 

[OptimusCreampie]

I like Moten the most of that group and he plays by far the least

Had his best game against tech. Not including the big hit.

 

[TaylorWalls]

Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

It's on the coaches because coaches are responsible for the talents on the roster. I would say historically bad seasons on D tend to go to the coaches.



D'Onofro 15 and Manny 16 is the easiest rebuttal. Or CMR vs Golden. However you want to formulate the blame. Same players, radically different outcomes on D.

It's never the "same players". Not even from last year to this year.

 

[OptimusCreampie]

Still salty about that targeting

It was one of those unfortunate circumstances ones like even if a dude that big tries to hit him from the side his head is still gonna hit him high

Popping that dudes bonnet off was amazing

I also feel like the refs played too much into the crowd they were begging for numerous targeting calls.

 

[JHallCanes]

I also feel like the refs played too much into the crowd they were begging for numerous targeting calls.

Absolutely agreed. It was one of those that just looked so bad they called it kind of things

Annoying but that **** does happen quite a bit

 

[Squid Bumciorek]

The cupboard was bare when he got here, which was the broader point.

There were cups in the cupboard that transferred out and cups that Cristobal could have bought cheap on the TJ Maxx clearance rack, but he deliberately chose to use those cone shaped paper cups that use for water while waiting for your cafecito at the window of La Carreta.

Chris Graves was on the roster when Cristobal arrived, but transferred to Ole Miss. May not be an all star, but he’s a solid depth piece at CB, backing up standout CB Trey Amos. Oh, and speaking of Amos- he was a transfer from Bama to Ole Miss in the offseason. Was there some mystical barrier that prevented Cristobal from going after Amos? Instead of Ole Miss having Amos with Graves as his backup, UM could have had that same combo. Think that might have helped the defense?

I know- there has to be a way to somehow blame Diaz for this. But fact is Kiffin saw his DB recruiting wasn’t panning out- and then aggressively fixed it with two transfers. Cristobal didn’t.

 

[GOCANES05]

Glaring issues? This is news to me someone call the NYT.

Yes , there are glaring issues but you can’t say a word who are the issues, tender feelings in play very sensitive here I’m told .

Just keep it generic

 

[OptimusCreampie]

Absolutely agreed. It was one of those that just looked so bad they called it kind of things

Annoying but that **** does happen quite a bit

I think after the third time for targeting stoppage they were like **** it. Out of the 3 that looked the least like targeting (going of their arbitrary rule of it).

 

[Memnon]

#1 issue on Defense:

Francisco Mauigoa

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

No one takes mediocre talent and just fixes it like we’re playing a video game.

I honestly believe about half the comments and takes on this board are from dudes who only really know football from videos games and are literally expecting EA Sports results.

 

[HamburgerSV]

This is such a lazy take. But predictable.

If it’s always “on the coaches”, the best coaches would never, ever have weaknesses anywhere on their team. But that doesn’t happen. No one takes mediocre talent and just fixes it like we’re playing a video game.

Saying that a coach who is getting paid 10 mil a year and is in year 3 already is not at fault for the defense being booty juice is a very lazy take.