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This board is tripping on Joe. Joe is a good coach.
I never understood the anti-Joe narrative. Silvera, Ford and JHH were the main starters at DT the year prior. Silver left the team, Ford graduated and I have no clue what happened to Harrison-Hunte. Joe had to rebuild that group from the ground up with a second-year Taylor and a bunch of transfers. And while they weren't disruptive enough, IMHO they were the second most consistent squad on the defense after DEs (safeties made some big plays, especially Kinchens, but got burnt way too much).
We definitely underwhelmed in recruiting. But it's clear that wasn't just Joe, given he closed on the Poly kids and he's been known as a strong recruiter. I personally love his energy, and think he's going to build that group up to be great. Mario will help him land the big dawgs this cycle.