Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
Todd, you and I could have called plays for that 18 defense. His 19 defense SUCKED. He was on par, and honestly probably a little worse, than Arnett. Everyone has this weird idea that Shoop was the architect of this incredible defense. He was not. Jeffrey Simmons and Montez Sweat on the same D Line would have made Coleman Hutzler look like a great D coordinator.
For reference, we went from #2 in 18 in defense to #73 in 19. Now, I do not think Shoop was this elite DC and regressed 71 spots in one year. The more obvious answer is that he fielded top 75 defenses most years and he had an outlier year where he was gifted 3 first round picks. His TN defense were not very good either. Neither of them were inside the top 70. Now he was really good at Penn State. So that tends to tell me that he is pretty good when he has elite talent, but when he does not, he is below average.
Now, if you know me, you know, I do not like Zach Arnett. I do not think he is an elite D coordinator. But I do know that his teams are gonna be aggressive and that can cause turnovers. I also know that he can make bad defenses look respectable and good defenses look pretty damn good.
