The Defense will get fixed!!

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by caryhorn, Sep 19, 2016.

  1. dukesteer

    dukesteer 5,000+ Posts

    I see the ND win as being significant, and something upon which we could have built. Then Cal happened. If -- and it's a big "if" -- we can show major improvement defensively next Saturday, it may bode well for the rest of the season. But that might be too much to expect.
     
  2. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    Duke 28
    Notre Dame 21
    Halftime

    Even if they come back, Notre Dame is no good this year. I really wish that victory was more significant than closing the all time win gap by a game.
     
  3. JustWin

    JustWin 250+ Posts

    Even if ND never wins another game, our win STILL counts in the "crow watch".
    :yes:
     
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  4. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!


    After losing now to Duke, Nd will just chalk the loss to us as a down year with a lot of youth.
     
  5. caryhorn

    caryhorn 5,000+ Posts

    We started a True freshman QB. We started two seniors on offense. And two seniors on defense. I guess we can chalk up our victory as a tribute to our amazingly talented YOUTH.

    Was sad to see Cal lose yesterday. They were outscored. Much like they outscored us. No one is going to really stop Cal. But their defense is so porous that they will be outscored often.

    Strangely, their loss, the way it happened being outscored, gives me hope that our defense isn't that much worse than a lot of other teams, and that with Charlie's focused attention, and our talent, it can be significantly improved.
     
  6. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Cary, not a personal attack, just a look at reality.

    They are a horrible team so expecting them to win was a stretch.

    The Texas defense was bad last season and hasn't made much, if any, improvement. The talent is there something just isn't clicking.
     
  7. caryhorn

    caryhorn 5,000+ Posts

    I agree.
    I didn't say I was expecting them to win. I said I was "sad" they lost.

    No worries. Didn't feel attacked. And I appreciate your input.
     
  8. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Cary,

    Repeat after me, "S T A N F O R D"!

    Cal is NOT a good football team. Like so many over the last five or six years, we helped make their reject QB look like a Hype$sman candidate, plus our defense made a walkon WR look like a first round pick.

    Of the best DCs I've ever seen and/or known, Leon Fuller remains the best. Mike Parker may have been in top five if Fred had picked him instead of trying to placate DKR by naming David. Second on my list would be Rick Lantz.

    "Before you can win, you gotta defend" - Rick Lantz

    If his daughter is still in the front office of the ACC, you can call her and buy a tshirt with that on it.
     
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  9. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    Dykes had lesser talent and outcoached Strong. That's what good coaches do when they have lesser talent, they outcoach the opposing coach.
     
  10. Txreds

    Txreds 250+ Posts

    You mentioned exactly what I thought. People on here during the game were saying he was a whiner and while he was and I agree. He still beat us.
     
  11. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    Dykes comes from good stock, his dad was on Royal's coaching staff. Both Sonny and Spike are damn good coaches. Sonny is a winner and Cal is much better since he took over. I suspect Cal will continue to improve under Dykes.
     
  12. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    His overall head coaching record is 38-40, 16-25 at Cal. He did go 22-15 at Louisiana Tech, so he was a winner there.
     
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  13. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    People should research the mandate given to Sonny when he arrived in Berzerkley. He was told to clean house, clean up the program, get a better calibre of student athlete. Prior to his arrival, Tedford had turned that group into a cesspool. Sonny was told winning was not the most important thing, changing the culture was. He seems to have done both.
     
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  14. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    Dykes at La Tech took over a 2009 team that went 4-8
    2010 5-7
    2011 8-5 lost to TCU 24-31 in a bowl game
    2012 9-3 Did not get a bowl bid

    Dykes at Cal took over a 2012 team that went 3-9 and as Sabre mentioned had a mess to clean up.

    2013 1-11
    2014 5-7
    2015 8-5 beat Air Force in a bowl game.
    2016 2-2

    Dykes is a damn good coach.
     
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