With how much our D has improved in the last two years, I'm curious why Dykes teams were so bad.
Did Dykes just never spend time in practice on defense? No practice on basic fundamentals like tackling, or how to guard a guy and not commit PI? It coudn't have just been recruiting. Most of the players that we have starting on D right now were recruited by Dykes right?
Also, for those who are arguing that a coach can only coach one side, I think our staff is doing an adequate (average?) job on offense, which is obviously a big drop off from our success with Goff and Webb as our QBs.
I know a lot of people on this board aren't happy with Baldwin's offense, but I think it has the potential to significantly improve, especially as Garbers (and McIlwain) continue to make their expected improvements with experience.
I'm hoping we'll have the best of both worlds by the end of the season. The top D in the pac12, and a consistent, better than average offense, and that's with a redshirt freshman as our main qb.
Did Dykes just never spend time in practice on defense? No practice on basic fundamentals like tackling, or how to guard a guy and not commit PI? It coudn't have just been recruiting. Most of the players that we have starting on D right now were recruited by Dykes right?
Also, for those who are arguing that a coach can only coach one side, I think our staff is doing an adequate (average?) job on offense, which is obviously a big drop off from our success with Goff and Webb as our QBs.
I know a lot of people on this board aren't happy with Baldwin's offense, but I think it has the potential to significantly improve, especially as Garbers (and McIlwain) continue to make their expected improvements with experience.
I'm hoping we'll have the best of both worlds by the end of the season. The top D in the pac12, and a consistent, better than average offense, and that's with a redshirt freshman as our main qb.