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Dan Mullen has had multiple defensive coordinators during his tenure (Torbush, Diaz, Collins, Diaz again, and Sirmon). I'm probably forgetting one, but it doesn't matter at this point.
Anyway, in all of those instances, we played very similarly from a defensive standpoint. Bend, don't break. Soft two-deep zone. Limit the big play.
We've seen Collins and Diaz go elsewhere and play different styles - much more aggressive. Mullen may not be in the weeds on the defensive side of the ball, but he's definitely influencing the defensive approach and having us play a certain style. There was a lot of talk about going to the 3-4 this year and I was really optimistic that Mullen was going to let someone come in and put their stamp on things, but I'm really seeing more of the same stuff we've always seen. This isn't meant to bash Mullen, but my opinion is that you can't just limit yourself defensively like this. When you struggle in the secondary and your strength is your linebackers, we should really see a much more aggressive defense than we have. This style we play now works well if you have an all-SEC defensive line and some good cover corners. We don't have those things and that's why it's not working out. My opinion, of course.
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