I know the lynch mob was out for him back in early October, but I think outside of perhaps the game against UVA, his unit has played pretty well and gotten better. Id love to see his units with better cornerbacks in the future. But if you look at some of the young parts like Chick, Perryman, Grimble, etc, I think there is some promise
I know Spence's loss is huge, but I think there is strength in numbers and experience.
Also, having Porter ready to go next season is a plus.( But I hope Ryan McNeil and Phil Buchanan are walking through that door)
A couple of things:
1) Yes there were people questioning him that need to praise him now
2) There were also people saying that he couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken isht that need to acknowledge that maybe the critical posters weren't as far off as they thought.
LOL. They have improved as a unit as the season has gone on... that is the mark of good coaching. They havent exactly become a championship level defense... The personnel issues havent gone away, moreover, they arent solely a question of players "sucking", much of it has to do with total lack of experience and depth. People started bashing Donofrio after the UMD game, when he was without Spence, Ray Ray, Forston, Ojomo, Vernon, Porter, and L. Robinson. As the season has gone on, weve gotten some of those guys back, and some of the young inexperienced guys have started to improve a bit.
So what seems more likely, that Coach D was a moron who suddenly learned how to coach, or that he was dealt a load of **** to start the season, and his unit is now improving and starting to come together as Freshmen and first year players like Chick, Perryman, Gaines, McGee, Smith, Williams, Pierre, Grimble, Cain, etc have started to learn the defense and execute it better?
Remember, this was the same defense from a 7-6 team last year, WITHOUT the two corners who are now in the NFL.... Allen Bailey, Josh Holmes, Colin McCarthy, Jamal Reid, and and a lot of the depth we had last year like Ryan Hill.