In response to the tard idiocy that it's only about a lack of talent, this dude basically nails.
If VK could take the pile of horse cac of personnel that Prince left behind and could mold it into a top 40 defense, there are NO excuses for the debacle in year two with Cosh.
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Re: I have to believe w/ VK we would ....
I don't buy your argument. Cosh is a decent LB coach, but not a DC. Do you know why we went with the 4-2-5? Do you think it was because we wanted to get more speed on the field? Do you think it was intended to defend the spread? The reality is it was likely neither. The 4-2-5 was brought in because Vic and Cosh knew it pretty well. But most importantly because it's a very straight forward defense to pick up and teach. It let's athletes be athletes, which reduces the amount of thinking needed, which in turn makes the defense play faster. When Cosh/VK came in, so much work needed to be done to teach the basics again, they needed to simplify the defense to speed them back up after using a lot of the time re-teaching basics. Right now, it seems like we are losing those basics again, not to mention being out of position.
I also took some time to look up the defensive resume of Cosh versus VK prior to their time at KSU.
Cosh was the DC at MD from 2006-2008. In 2005, the defense was #43. Then in 06-08 under CC, the defense went 84, 40, and 64 - avg of 64 and inconsistent as hell. Then in 2009 after CC left MD, the defense finished #83. Kind of all over the place, but the defense got worse overall under CC at MD with his best finish being #40 - which was kind of an outlying stat IMO.
Let's look at VK at Clemson/IL. Before he arrives, Clemson finished #26 in the country in total defense. In 2005-2008 under VK, Clemson finished 20, 13, 9, and 18 (avg defense 15th in the country) with consistent improvement overall. After VK left, they were back up to #20 - not far off, but worse than what they were under VK. Right now, Clemson is #51 in total defense. Not a good trend for the Clemson defense. I'd say the Clemson defense was better under VK than before and after. Right now, IL is the #23 rated defense. The year before VK got there in 2008, they were #56. I see a trend that follows VK - and trend of defenses that consistently improve and perform well under his coaching. I don't see that with Cosh.
