John Chavis...

[DustinDawg]

He would be the perfect hire for Defensive Coordinator. Im not sure if we have contacted him but I believe we would be wise to do so. Tennessee has always had good defenses under him and I would love to get him before Clemson does.

 

[Frances Drebin]

...and secondly, it would be a stupid hire. Mullen talked about an attacking, eleven men to the ball defense. Chavis is much more of a conservative coach. I think we've played enough base defense in the past couple of years, and I'm all for a more aggressive style. Paul Rhoads would be a great choice.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I think Tn. had the number 4 defense in D1... despite little or no help from their offense.

Pretty impressive.
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[BewareOfMSUDawg]

Forgive me if I should know that name, but it's not ringing a bell at the moment.</p>

 

[8dog]

was at Pitt before this year I believe.

 

[beachbumdawg]

he would be a hell of a hire</p>

 

[Hildreth00]

Dreben, that's exactly what KB21 said. Great minds think alike?

 

[Frances Drebin]

...KB is over there beating the drum for Vic Koenning.

 

[Frances Drebin]

...has some great athletes on defense. Particularly at safety (Eric Berry may be the best defensive player in the country), and defensive line. But Chavis runs a pretty vanilla defense. He doesn't blitz a lot. Maybe he didn't have to because his d-line could get pressure without it. But regardless, I'd find it hard to believe that we'd go that route after Mullen's comments about what kind of defense he wanted.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

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