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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1883494, member: 40"] Honestly, I think you're splitting hairs. Right now, we are deficient at the following positional units, for any of a variety of reasons: OL, TE, DE, LB, CB, and S I completely understand that the kids on the current roster were recruited for another system, that required them to do different things. Well, that's in the rear view mirror--and for the current system, many of the incumbents aren't great fits. You're right, many of us were worried that we were going to struggle massively on defense for a second consecutive year. And that in large part that was attributable to growing pains for the new system, but also a lack of talent on that side of the ball, save for at DT. Need proof? Consider the players we have, and then consider that it wouldn't matter WHAT system we played with the personnel on hand this year--the defense wouldn't be able to overcome having 4 of the 6 DEs on the roster never having played a snap and being true frosh, both of our safeties being undersized, the horrendous depth at CB, and having players that are much smaller than their counterparts at LB, CB, and S. That clearly demonstrates that the issue comes down to the personnel [i.e., talent] is the main problem on that side of the ball. I don't know where you're interpreting "aren't smart enough to pick up the Tampa 2" from me--I think they're doing the best they can, with limited capabilities at several positional units. And being undersized doesn't help matters. But there is no way this defense is comparable to what it would take to field at top 25 caliber team--sorry, but that isn't even remotely close to being true. And when we're a top 25 team in two years, everyone will look back and see the noticeable difference. Doesn't mean that they can't be more competitive against teams that suck offensively like UConn, bc, wake, etc. But top 25 with the personnel on hand defensively? C'mon--you can't honestly believe that. [/QUOTE]

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