I like to look at things from the numbers; let’s see if Kul is as bad as we are making him out to be, and we’ll compare to guys after him.
Of Course Manny was the DC from 2016 - 2019, so what I’m going to try to do is focus strictly on the DL units and their total stats:
2016:
J. Jackson: 7.5 sacks / 10.5 TFLs / 32 Tks / 2 FF / 2 FR / 1 TD
C. Thomas: 4.5 sacks / 11 TFL / 37 Tks / 1 FF / 1 FR / 0 TD
T. Harris: 3.0 sacks / 9.5 TFL / 25 Tks / 1 FF / 1 FR / 0 TD
RJ McIntosh: 2.5 sacks / 9.5 TFL / 47 Tks
D Jax: 2.5 sacks / 6.0 TFL / 28 Tks
K. Norton: 2.0 sacks / 10 TFL / 39 Tks / 1 FF / 1 FR
G. Willis: 1.5 sacks / 6 TFL / 19 Tks
C. Jenkins: 1 sack / 4.5 TFL / 11 T
In 2016, his DL combined for:
24.5 sacks / 67 TFL / 238 Tks/ 5 FF / 5 FR / 1 TD
2017:
T. Harris: 8.5 sacks / 10.5 TFL / 37 Tks / 1 FR
J. Jackson: 6.5 sacks / 10.5 TFL / 50 Tks / 1 FF
C. Thomas: 4.5 sacks / 12.5 TFL / 41 Tks
D Jax: 3.5 sacks / 7.5 TFL / 18 Tks
RJ McIntosh: 2.5 sacks / 12.5 TFL / 52 Tks / 1 FF / 1 FR
K Norton: 2 sacks / 6.5 TFL / 26 Tks
J Garvin: 2 sacks / 3 TFL / 9 Tks / 1 FF / 2 FR
P Bethel: 1 sack / 1 TFL / 18 Tks
In 2017, his DL combined for:
30.5 sacks / 64 TFL / 251 Tks / 3 FF / 4 FR / 0 TDs
Compared to Simpson
2018:
J. Jackson: 8.5 sacks / 14.5 TFL / 47 Tks / 2 FF / 1 int / 1 TD
J. Garvin: 5.5 sacks / 17 TFL / 60 Tks / 2 FR / 1 TD
G. Willis: 4.0 sacks / 18 TFL / 59 Tks / 1 FR
P. Bethel: 2.0 sacks / 5 TFL / 22 Tks
S. Patchan: 1 sack / 2.5 TFL / 29 Tks
D Jax: .5 sack / 2.5 TFL / 7 Tks
In 2018, his DL combined for:
21.5 sacks / 59.5 TFL / 214 Tks / 2 FF / 3 FR / 1 int / 2 TDs
Compared to Coach Stroud
2019:
G. Rousseau: 15.5 sacks / 19.5 TFL / 54 Tks / 2 FF / 1 FR
J. Garvin: 5 sacks / 9 TFL / 37 Tks / 2 FF
T. Hill: 4.5 sacks / 9 TFL / 27 Tks
J. Ford: 3 sacks / 3 TFL / 18 Tks / 1 FF
S. Patchan: 2.5 / 6 TFL / 33 TKs / 1 FR
P. Bethel: 1.5/ 5.5 TFL / 24 Tks / 1 FR
N. Silvera: 1 sack / 1 TFL / 19 Tks / 1 FR
C. Nnoruka: 1 TFL / 12 Tks
In 2019, his DL combined for:
33 sacks / 54 TFL / 224 Tks / 5 FF / 4 FR
Let’s take a look at recruiting:
Kul: J. Jackson, T. Martin, DJ Johnson, J Garvin, J Ford, N. Silvera
Simpson: Blissett, Harrison-Hunte, Cam Williams, Holley
Stroud: Williams, Moise
So here’s the overall observation:
Kul wasn’t as bad as we’ve made him out. Outside of Rousseau’s monster yr, we actually took a step back in production.
On the recruiting side, all 3 left/leave a lot to be desired. While true, Kul recruited four 4 star players, the fact remains he only recruited 6 guys within 2 1/2 cycles and 2 completely washed out of here.
Simpson only recruited one fringe 4 star player. Every other player is a 3 star guy
Stroud only recruited one 4 star guy, and a 3 star guy who may get moved to OL.
Maybe our problem w Kul is he was aloof and bounced on us right when the DL was clicking v. calling him a hack of coach, b/c his DL produced.