Would you be ok replacing Lebby and keeping Arnett as next year’s DC?
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Nope. Defense almost as bad as the post-Taylor offense.
Nope. We need a clean break from everyone involved. Arnett has always been overrated by state fans. He had an average defense when leach kept the ball for the majority of the game.
you don't hire a new HC and tell him "here's your DC. live with it"
Arnett's defense this year
PPG: 15th of 16 teams
Yds/Gm: 15th of 16 teams
Turnovers: 14th of 16 teams
Passing: 15th of 16 teams
In other words, don't trick yourself into thinking that the defense is actually good simply because they don't quite suck donkey nuts like Lebby's offense. They're pretty awful in their own right
PPG: 15th of 16 teams
Yds/Gm: 15th of 16 teams
Turnovers: 14th of 16 teams
Passing: 15th of 16 teams
In other words, don't trick yourself into thinking that the defense is actually good simply because they don't quite suck donkey nuts like Lebby's offense. They're pretty awful in their own right
I'd prefer not to, but if that could lock in firing Lebby, I'd agree to it.
Considering I was against bringing him back in the first place, hell no. I don't know why some on our fan base get attached to mediocre coaches
Now rerank that for only the games Taylor played in.
Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope. I want a new coach to bring in HIS staff and some of this team...everyone except starting QB. We gotta quit this small-think
Go get Mullen from unlv then shoop from vandy. Judge move him to coach specialists. Go find Grantham to coach something on defense. Bring back Bumphis to coach wr. Wyatt as an analyst since he likes the video aspect. Cox isn't doing anything these days. Throw him a bone. Hevesy can get the OL. Hudspeth somewhere. Top it off with T Hughes as assistant HC
Good god. This is why we can’t have nice things.
“Just bring back a bunch of old disgraced assistants so we can keep doing what we’ve always done”.
My opinion of Arnett changed over this season. He has two mid-season All American corners and on paper one of the stronger Safety groups in the SEC and our pass protection has been atrocious.
I was very skeptical of the Arnett hire initially. In the four games with Kamario, I thought the D lacked talent but was playing really hard. Players flying to the ball, tackling well, and keeping teams out of the endzone. I was Team Arnett.
But, now that the offense can't make a first down, we have the defense I feared we would have.
So, I'm not in favor of keeping Arnett.
But in response to the people saying you cannot tell a new HC who his DC will be....of COURSE you can if you have a good one. The coach candidate just has to decide if he's good with it. But I wouldn't miss out on a good HC just because he doesn't want to keep the current DC.
But, now that the offense can't make a first down, we have the defense I feared we would have.
So, I'm not in favor of keeping Arnett.
But in response to the people saying you cannot tell a new HC who his DC will be....of COURSE you can if you have a good one. The coach candidate just has to decide if he's good with it. But I wouldn't miss out on a good HC just because he doesn't want to keep the current DC.
To be fair, what we did then worked. It’d be a solid upgrade, and one of the few Sappy Salmun might could pull off and maybe keep Taylor.
Taylor’s family and agents know exactly what Mullen has done with QBs.
I'm not going to pretend it's good by any measure, but it hasn't helped them that our offense can barely get a first down.
We 100% should retain Arnett as DC but solely so we can have an absurd topic for commentators to talk about endlessly: “Zach Arnett is the first coach in history to be defensive coordinator under three different head coaches and also a head coach himself”
No. But that 18- play 10 minute 88 yard drive was a backbreaker. As was letting Vandy drive the field for a fg when we cut the lead to 5.
Like I said, I'm not pretending it's been good all season and not arguing to keep him. Hell they only scored 1 TD the entire game. I recognize Vandy sucks, but there's no way teams should be losing games when they only give up 1 TD. No way.
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