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Is it really betting on yourself when you fail to close on DC’s?
Yea, a tarhill ramming his ***Baker must have photos of Manny with farm animals.
...he can't keep the "Hire a DC" card in his pocket for next year. He has to get it done. Hopefully, that's been made clear to him.
I'm surprised by the move. I always viewed Manny as a political/media type. This is a decision with bad optics. We all remember the Coach D fiasco. The political move would have been to fire Baker, hire a DC and shift the blame. He's putting it on himself.
The good news is that Manny's defenses were strong. His last defense as DC finished 3rd in yards per play, 1st in third down defense and 1st in pass defense. His recent resume is objectively better than any DC available. The bad news is that Blake was running Manny's defense last year. Is Manny that much better as a playcaller, or are there deeper issues?
I like the Jess Simpson hire. He was the DL coach on the '18 defense, which finished 1st in P5 in sack rate and was our best in a decade. Everything I've heard internally is that he was a superstar. DVD is fine as long as TRob is the man. I suspect he is and that he's on board with this plan.
The LBs are going to be the key. That position doomed us last year with Manny's recruits. We didn't get a fresh set of eyes there. What is going to change?
All told, this is a pivotal year for Manny. Will he go down like Golden or save his own career? He just cranked the pressure to 11.
And to add to your point, Ohio Taint gave up over 600 to Baga in the NC game.Back to back years the National Champion had a defense ranked in the 30's.
We need to become elite on offense. It's the game that is now played. We need to start scoring 40 plus PPG.
Brent Venables with his talent and scheme, has given up over 600 yards in back to back playoff games. Alabama gave up 647 yards to Ole Miss this year, and won the NC!
Listen, you need to recruit the best you can on defense, but what really matters now is being elite on offense.
...he can't keep the "Hire a DC" card in his pocket for next year. He has to get it done. Hopefully, that's been made clear to him.
I'm surprised by the move. I always viewed Manny as a political/media type. This is a decision with bad optics. We all remember the Coach D fiasco. The political move would have been to fire Baker, hire a DC and shift the blame. He's putting it on himself.
The good news is that Manny's defenses were strong. His last defense as DC finished 3rd in yards per play, 1st in third down defense and 1st in pass defense. His recent resume is objectively better than any DC available. The bad news is that Blake was running Manny's defense last year. Is Manny that much better as a playcaller, or are there deeper issues?
I like the Jess Simpson hire. He was the DL coach on the '18 defense, which finished 1st in P5 in sack rate and was our best in a decade. Everything I've heard internally is that he was a superstar. DVD is fine as long as TRob is the man. I suspect he is and that he's on board with this plan.
The LBs are going to be the key. That position doomed us last year with Manny's recruits. We didn't get a fresh set of eyes there. What is going to change?
All told, this is a pivotal year for Manny. Will he go down like Golden or save his own career? He just cranked the pressure to 11.
tell us more. people dont listen to you because it doesnt fit their narrative. but if they actually sit and think about it, most of what you say is very spot onThe amusing part is the move him and blake did by not hiring alonzo and bringing in ed is about to seriously backfire on him... Lets just say he picked the wrong scapegoat and ****ed around and ****ed EVERYONE off.
Of course he does. But, he may not have another gig lined up yet. So for the time being he has to accept that, whether he likes it or not.Why would blake do that when the ONLY THING THAT CHANGED IS MANNY CAME OUT AND SAID ILL BE CALLING PLAYS ALSO... U think blake doesn't know he was already doing that?
From your mouth to god's ears brother. Hope you are doing well.The amusing part is the move him and blake did by not hiring alonzo and bringing in ed is about to seriously backfire on him... Lets just say he picked the wrong scapegoat and ****ed around and ****ed EVERYONE off.
That's my point. For blake the only thing that changed is public perception. He's still co dc still has the same pay,responsibilities etc that he had from the first day he got here. So he isn't even looking for anything else cause he has zero reason to.Of course he does. But, he may not have another gig lined up yet. So for the time being he has to accept that, whether he likes it or not.
First person I thought about was you when I heard the news
We finished first in sacks per game in 2017. In 2018 we weren't top 10 in sacks with a weaker schedule. We finished top 5 in sacks and tfls in 2017.