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Bakers in the deep end, that much has been obvious to anyone not blindly ignoring the glaring issues on D all year. If King doesn't have a career game Friday night, we lose. For my money, if we're going to take the next step I feel like we need to abandon Manny's whole system.
Yes, we had highly ranked D's in both 2017 and 2018, but that was largely a product of padding stats against mediocre ACC competition. If our goal is to occasionally win the Coastal and be a warm-up game for Clemson in the ACCCG every few years, Manny's defense is for you. But look what happened when we played any respectable or marquee programs during that stretch:
2017: Clemson - 38 points
2017: Wisconsin - 34 points
2018: LSU - 33 points
2018 Wisconsin- 35 points
If you want to point out the 8 points we held ND to in 2017, fair enough. That was at the pinnacle of our run and is the outlier, but its worth mentioning.
For most of us the goal is to be back in the national title picture every year. That means better recruits, better coaching and IMO a better defensive system. Manny recognized that he ****ed up hiring Enos, ****canned him after 1 year and got the University to open up the wallet and pay Lashlee. He needs to do the same for the defense.
Yes, we had highly ranked D's in both 2017 and 2018, but that was largely a product of padding stats against mediocre ACC competition. If our goal is to occasionally win the Coastal and be a warm-up game for Clemson in the ACCCG every few years, Manny's defense is for you. But look what happened when we played any respectable or marquee programs during that stretch:
2017: Clemson - 38 points
2017: Wisconsin - 34 points
2018: LSU - 33 points
2018 Wisconsin- 35 points
If you want to point out the 8 points we held ND to in 2017, fair enough. That was at the pinnacle of our run and is the outlier, but its worth mentioning.
For most of us the goal is to be back in the national title picture every year. That means better recruits, better coaching and IMO a better defensive system. Manny recognized that he ****ed up hiring Enos, ****canned him after 1 year and got the University to open up the wallet and pay Lashlee. He needs to do the same for the defense.