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The struggle at defensive back

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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.
 
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SCarolina Ibis said:
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.
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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.
 
sdaly12 said:
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
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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.
 
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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-
 
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