Some of you might be fooled by the jumps in improvement of players on your ncaa football for xbox or playstation. I am not defending the defense schemes, they arent aggressive but its due to the level of talent we have. Look at the units
DL- AQM and Kamalu will be very productive next year. I think our expectations for Chickillo are too high. Shayon green is a converted linebacker who wasnt highly touted. The man considered to be our most talented DT is olsen pierre, a prep school kid no one knew of until golden came here. Renfrow couldnt start at VA. Curtis Porter is a 2/3 star from NC who has never been healthy. Luther is a former 3/4 star who's daddy has to get involved because his son couldnt figure out how to get on field. Earl Moore is a back up who hasn't had a chance to develop because he had to play as a true fresh instead of redshirt. Jelani our 4 star, cant stay healthy. other than that we picked up grimble, a nevada 5 star, who was a bust and Dequan Ivery, who we stole from l-ville but apparently like Jacoby Briscoe, he preferred video games or weed. Corey King was a late signee with few options. There is not a dt on this team more talented than the kids we are hopefully bringing.
LB- Right now our starters should be Eddie Johnson, Gionni Paul, and Denzel. Gabe Terry would be a back up keeping ty off the field and allowing us to redshirt Grace.
Instead, we are forced to start Gaines and Ty, who suck. (i think coaches have been too loyal to seniors) Ty like Amrbrister is a converted safety. (Armbrister was a late signee who had few offers). Figs is currently injured.Figs, Kirby, and Grace along with the kids coming in are Miami caliber athletes. I think Kirby and Figs will make a big jump next year. Lets be real, if ej, gionni, and denzel were starting with gabe terry getting alot of minutes, we are much better. all those kids play hard. i guess mccord falls into a lb. he is a playmaker but not used to play standing up so while in position to make a play, he is still learning how to tackle in the open field.
Secondary- Tracy, Crawford, Gunter, Artie, and Jenkins have all improved. Tracy is all conference in my opinion. Deon will bounce back, he just never recovered and needs an offseason to get back in shape. Jamal Carter in my opinion with a good offseason will be much better than Kacey and AJ. Kacy and Aj are afraid of contact. bush, Jenkins, and Carter arent. The problem is this secondary needs a good pass rush.
I think our talent is very limited, thus, coaches have been overly cautious. I think we are brining in a ton of talent who "belong" here. the coaches kind of **** me off when they say "the seniors stuck with us" because reality is most of these kids wouldnt be taken by another major conference team if they did want to transfer.
Main thing is to get some of these defensive guys in as early enrollees. The future is brighter but lets be real, Saban isnt fixing these scrubs.
