Quote Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us View Post
Disagree on 9. 1) shoop (not Stoops) only had busted coverages because he was starting plural true Fr due to injuries. Those guys would have redshirted if they were on the team last year, where we had almost no busted coverages under the same DC. 2) even with great talent, you dont have the #1 D with mediocre coaching. Aranda and Steel and Grantham have had good talent and none of them have ever been #1. 3) Strong hasnt been a DC in literally over a decade. We have no evidence at all his current D would be adapted to modern Os and not stuck in 2009. I dont want to be the test subject that finds out when
Damn autocorrect.

I'm not saying Shoop sucks. He doesn't. You don't have a #1 in the nation D if you aren't a good DC. I just think his career says that he's a bit feast or famine. Some years he'll have an elite D, some years it'll be hot garbage. Between the blown coverages and awful tackling last season, I just think we can find someone better. Especially if we can pay in the $1.5-2M range for a DC. That's elite DC money and while I think Shoop is in the very good to great category, I wouldn't put him in the elite category.