The struggle at defensive back

[Gables Cane]

Mario has shown that he's very good at identifying and acquiring high school talent. Just look at some of the kids we've signed (top 7 classes the last 2 years) and those we recruited heavily and just missed out on (Colin Simmons, Anthony Hill, Dylan Stewart, Jeremiah Smith, etc.). Talent identification and talent acquisition are not problem areas for the program.

What Mario has not shown is the ability to develop talent. Talent development remains a massive TBD but will become clearer in the next 2 years.

 

[BS85]

The new player to trigger everyone for no apparent reason....Damari Brown

 

[Canes2523]

so is al golden the best recruiter we had
he just didnt use the correct scheme
imagine him with no cloud and our current NIL

That's a very good question.

 

[Astcloud11]

From 2016-2018 we finished 12th, 20th and 4th nationally in pass efficiency defense.

DB coach responsible? Mike Rumph.

From 2016-2022 (seven recruiting cycles), we signed 2 DBs out of high school who were drafted.

DB coach responsible? Mike Rumph.

Basically our choice is the can or the can opener. We can't have both for some reason.

Diaz and Banda were responsible, not Rumph. He didn't have full control over the guys he wanted for his corner room (he was the CB coach, not over all DBs on top of that). They even prevented him from going after Asante Samuel until it was too late.

 

[Canesq]

would agree the D.Backs are not great but tackling is not an issue of "talent"
also take the right pursuit angles!!!! I was at GT game and we seemed to never take the "angle" in pursuit

Totally agree. Yes we’ve recruited poorly at DB but we’ve also had poor coaching as well.

How many games were we in dogfights with a middle of the road ACC team where all of that team’s 3 star CBs turned into All Americans? There’s no busted coverages or their DBs inability to cover a drag route.

It’s embarrassing watching a team do a simple motion and there’s no awareness on the possibilities of what the play could be.

I was starting to call what plays GT was running.

The talent isn’t there and neither are instincts and awareness.

Trifecta complete.

 

[dorsey1]

The last great DT was Vince Wilfork-

DT is where it all starts-

Scott, is the highest rated DT we have recruited in years-

Will he turn out to be the goods? Time will tell-

We have not been great at that position-

We have some decent guys but, nothing like we had years ago-

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

people I trust around the program think highly of him.

Fair enough

 

[Confidence1000]

@Confidence1000

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Jesus Christ what dis man talkin bout? Talm bout he grew a few inches! Man WTH! BIG PAUSE

Ayo Scott!

Hey yo Chico! Hit the button next time

 

[E1k]

We've come a long way from DBs don't lose you games.

bruh

 

[Hurracanes]

Horrific strategy with HS prospects and ****** portal evaluations. For years, the secondary hasn’t been prioritized enough. This year, Mario finally decided to recruit this room and unfortunately for us, 2 of our commitments are dealing with serious injuries. Can’t make this up.

 

[E1k]

Mario has shown that he's very good at identifying and acquiring high school talent. Just look at some of the kids we've signed (top 7 classes the last 2 years) and those we recruited heavily and just missed out on (Colin Simmons, Anthony Hill, Dylan Stewart, Jeremiah Smith, etc.). Talent identification and talent acquisition are not problem areas for the program.

What Mario has not shown is the ability to develop talent. Talent development remains a massive TBD but will become clearer in the next 2 years.

Now im not saying i disagree but brotha you just named literally 4 of the top players in the country i think all of them were at minimum top15 in their class, 3 of them were all considered cant miss prospects by everyone. Thats not identifying talent

You could have said anez and oj, or some of the younger guys who flashed

 

[wushah]

It starts with the head coach, dc, and db coach. We need talent at those coaching spots to help get the players. Once we have alignment there, it will be easier to identify who we want and need to play in this defense. I don't get the sense that we have the talent at HC, DC, and DB coach, don't have the alignment, and therefore can't get the players we want.

In this situation, Mario, who isn't going anywhere, needs to make the call on Guidry and our DB coach. He then will need to allocate additional spend to make up for his current roster deficiencies. It's an over-rotated response, but this is how he will need to pay the piper for the sins that occurred before he get to Miami and after. If he tries to stay within a "DB budget", he'll get what he paid for, ie Jaden Harris and Jadais Richard. I'm not trying to disrespect those guys, but they obviously haven't lived up to their promise which is old news to everyone here.