That's because the discussion itself is built around a false premise. The premise, if I'm understanding this correctly, is that Gilbert's "inadequacies" are in anyway near the same freaking stratosphere as Strong/Bedford's on defense and, therefore both are to blame. I'm sorry, but that's just an attempt at whitewashing (it's football's parallel to blaming the East Timorese for all the violence there from 1975-1998). You can ***** all you want about Gilbert, but it doesn't change the facts that:
1) the offense is the bright spot of the team
2) the defense is a tremendous liability (through their own suckitude, not because of how the offense plays), and
3) the kicking game has been shaky at best.
The record Texas has is exactly what you'd expect out of a team built that way. Texas Tech is no different. They're sitting over there with the nation's 2nd best scoring offense and the 1st overall yardage offense, but they rank 127th out of 128 both in scoring defense and total defense. That's precisely why they have the same ****** *** 3-4 record that Texas does. It's not because of Kingsbury's offensive play-calling, either.
When you're dissecting the reasons a team is losing, you have to discuss primary and even secondary reasons. Talk about Gilbert has absolutely no value whatsoever. Again, you're just conceding the defense sucks and therefore ask that the offense pick up the slack. That's not reasonable. What's reasonable is to demand more out of the defense, and that if they cannot deliver, demand they play people who can. If changing players does not improve the situation, then perhaps eyes must be turned to the coaching staff. What you "oh let's just talk about Gilbert since we know Bedford sucks" guys are exhibiting is apathy and acceptance; nothing more.
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