Is it top 10 or top 15??? You're kind of all over the place with this... If you could put the site you got your info from I'd appreciate it.. would love to see the info...
it wasn't even my post that was claiming top 15 defense but you are ignorant so I'm going to prove the other dude right and you wrong
so here we go
clear drop off this past year with baker calling the defense which is why Manny did at least the bare minimum required and removed baker's playcalling ability.. Also there is NO DATA to indicate that manny diaz won't succeed when taking control of the defense and playcalling.
this data only shows half the story because BEFORE this was coach No'D and our stats were trash and talent was even worse
cfbstats.com
Yards per play (defense) (most important metric imo)
2016 - 9th
2017 - 12th
2018 - 3rd
2019 - 12th
2020 - 57th
Sacks per game (top 10 3 times, manny's first year and baker the last year)
2016 - 22nd
2017 - 1st
2018 - 9th
2019 - 6th
2020 - 32nd
TFL per game (top 5 all 5 years) another very important metric
2016 - 5th
2017 - 4th
2018 - 1st
2019 - 4th
2020 - 4th
Opponent 3rd down %
2016 - 53rd
2017 - 75th
2018 - 1st
2019 - 42nd
2020 - 47th
Turnovers gained ( numbers average year to year but result in #1 in takeaways in P5 since 2016)
2016 - 67th
2017 - 3rd
2018 - 16th
2019 - 40th
2020 - 40th
so what do we have, we have a much improved and by some standards good first year under Manny in 2016 transitioning. Then 2017 and 2018 were statistically elite. Then 2019 slightly worse with baker callign plays, then the wheels came off for baker in 2020 and now manny is calling plays again
so to recap:
-4 out of 5 years we have been top 15 in yards per play (the one year being 2020 with baker, not manny, calling plays)
-#1 in turnovers in the power 5 since 2016
-top 5 EACH of the last 5 years in TFL
-3 out 5 years being top 10 in sacks, as high as #1. two outlier years were manny's first year which was night and day improvement from last staff and baker's last year
-opponent 3rd down % was an issue for manny and he fixed it his last year and we got to #1 in the nation which is impressive considering we had rumph and banda back there. the last two years baker fell off.
you mopes can b*tch and moan all you want about HC decision making but you don't have any ounce of intelligence if you try to denounce our defensive transformation and performance under Manny