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ut755 said...

That is a variation of the stat he used when he was in Houston to speak. Effectively he said that the defense was good for 55 snaps, it was the five where there was a blown assignment that accounted for a large percentage of the opponents total yards. While he was right in what he said, the questions remain. Why isn't the defense maintaining gap control. Why do DBs put a shoulder into receivers instead of wrapping them up. How many of the big plays were because we gambled on defense and lost?

I personally think that more of the on field results rest with the players, having said that it is his responsibility to eliminate explosive plays by the opponents. For a bunch of different reasons, it has been a challenge all year for the Texas defense.

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close to jumping said...

Meh.

He is a salesman skilled in sound bytes and coachspeak, in other words, he's an excellent liar and bullshitter like his boss. Nothing about that stat says anything about the players or the scheme. It merely says "oh, shit, if we could just stop big plays, we'd be alright. " Well, no shit, dumbass. It's the kind of "logic" that leads to nothing other some smiling know-nothings who want to believe that he has some sort of clue.

One of things Manny also said in Houston when he visited is that the only thing the players really needed to work on was their angles and that if they could lick that, they'd be great. Right. This was the worst defense in Texas' modern history, including some coached by the likes of Bobby Jack Wright and Gary Darnell. This asshole doesn't have a frigging clue and attempting to paint any of it on the players is absurd. They looked like were doing what was laughably asked.

He also talked about how they don't focus on the bad stuff and spend most of their time lauding guys who were unsung on certain plays. It is hard not to imagine him and Mack Brown regularly sobbing in each other's arms after each loss in which the defense shit itself and these two dipshits had no idea how to solve it, because they kept handing out trophies and yet the defense kept failing to make an appearance.