Quote Originally Posted by R2Dawg View Post
The first year or two, the D stayed on the field because the O coudn't sustain a drive - among lowest TOP of any P5. D talent began to drop significantly after 19, if some Covid players had not stayed, we'd never won 9 in 22. Leach won 8 games once in 3 years.

The HC is responsible for O, D and ST last time I checked and also over recruiting, Can't blame CZA for that.
Who was in charge of recruiting the defensive side of the ball and why didn't it get better when Leach, Dudek, and Emerick all left? Only one common denominator there. You're basically criticizing Leach for not micromanaging the team.

Of course Leach's team won 9 games once in three years. He was basically following the same career trends he always had and would have continued to win 8-9 games had he lived.

TOP is the most worthless stat in the game. The job of the offense is to score. The job of the defense is to stop the other team from scoring. Period. I can think of several times in 2022 when Arnett's defense got absolutely gutted after the offense scored. If they needed the offense to sustain drives so they could rest they were a bunch of pussies like their DC turned out to be.