Ok, so we all know the defense was bad last night, and that really makes two weeks on a row. You can gripe and bitch about it in other threads, but in this thread I want to discuss 2 things. 1. What do you see as chances for improvement over the season? 2. And 2 in what ways do you see this years defense being better than last years? In some ways these questions are related as the improvements we do see might be related to the possibility of future improvements.
As far as how we can improve, I would add what is the problem. Is it simply new scheme that is working out kinks? Is it failure on the part of the coaches? Or is this ultimately a talent issue, our players are not as good as we had hoped they would be. Have we just recruited poorly and misjudged talent on the defense side of the ball?
Edit: Just read on another thread about how many of the long drives came against our 2nd team defense? Is this true? Is that part of the issue? Are we rotating that much? If so, that is not a major problem in games like this, as it gets young guys experience, all be it at the expense of giving up rather meaningless yards and points. I don't know if this is truly the case or not. So anyone that knows, please respond to this possibility here as well.
As far as how we can improve, I would add what is the problem. Is it simply new scheme that is working out kinks? Is it failure on the part of the coaches? Or is this ultimately a talent issue, our players are not as good as we had hoped they would be. Have we just recruited poorly and misjudged talent on the defense side of the ball?
Edit: Just read on another thread about how many of the long drives came against our 2nd team defense? Is this true? Is that part of the issue? Are we rotating that much? If so, that is not a major problem in games like this, as it gets young guys experience, all be it at the expense of giving up rather meaningless yards and points. I don't know if this is truly the case or not. So anyone that knows, please respond to this possibility here as well.
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