This thread was supposed to be about Knowles, lol. But running with the current discussion, the real issue is that Manny won't let go of the defense and bring in a DC who can run that side of the ball. It was Richt's fatal flaw as a HC, and we're seeing a repeat. Because any qualified DC (Baker isn't qualified) would step in and replace Patke instantaneously, and then look at replacing one or more of Stroud, Banda and Rumph to install his defense.
Regarding Rumph specifically, he seems to be a decent developmental coach, but I agree with Geta that he's a mediocre recruiter. What's his game plan when he puts his board together? Young was landed because of Richt, Bandy and Blades were coming regardless. He did a little work with Couch, I suppose. But he had to pull Williams and Dunson out of his *** last minute. That's lucky, not good. And now we're back to holding out for Marshall while Kevin Knowles and Omarion Cooper slip away. So Rumph's not the worst problem to fix, IMO, but I'm sure there are 20 better DB coaches out there.
Banda gets a lot of **** for being a bartender and not deserving the position coach job when he came here. Rightfully so. But he seems to have put in the work with landing Tae, and that position group should be stout this year. So it's hard not to like what he's got right now. Maybe he's finally growing into the role? I wanted him replaced in 2018. Now I want to get some ROI out of our investment.