Ron Cooper

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Well Cooper left us for a step up job as the DB coach for the Tampa Bay Bucs.. Well now he is the USF DB Coach. Wonder if Miles should be making a phone call.

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bridges burned

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bridges burned

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They need to build a new bridge.

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No relation?

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Thought about that after I posted this
Cooper is my first name, not my last.

Apparently offering scholarships without consulting your DC or Head Coach is frowned upon. They also don't like it when you explicitly lie about going on recruiting visits and making phone calls. Some times, coaches are given a second chance to redeem themselves and they continue to lie.

Raymond definitely isn't Cooper in terms of coaching but I'll give him another year. He's been bringing his guys in and he has a sick DB class incoming so he has no excuse next year. The younger guys should be developed too.

It's hard just say our secondary sucks when we have one of the worst fronts in getting pressure. Don't care how talented you are you can't cover forever. The problem starts up front before the secondary. If we're getting consistent pressure and they suck then you should be concerned.

You have to get the players, and develop them. You can't live on talent alone.

You mentioned Mo. Claiborne was a 3 star player. Developed into a first round DB.




With the era our program seems to be headed we have to begin to get some of these low star players and develop them. Those are the guys that replace the juniors that leave early mentality. We can't stick some 4-5 star player in and expect them to be a lock down corner from day one.

It is strange how mills and Collins we're good enough to start when they got here and they haven't improved since

That's not why. It's because we suck when we blitz in case you haven't noticed. The few times LSU blitzes everyone is timid in doing so and just sit in trash. That makes it even worse because you have WRs wide open everywhere. Chavis probably figures what the hell, why send the house when they STILL can't get pressure and they're only playing with 10 people on the field thanks to Welter anyway.

This defense is completely lacking any kind of talent. Just about all the guys who are starting on it that were 3* recruits are playing like it. Even the big recruits are playing sub-par. We just have a defense full of busts and a complete lack of talent. Should be an easy sell to a recruit they can come in and start immediately. This defense is sitting in the worst case scenario where a lot of blue chips didn't pan out and your lower tier guys who were projects didn't pan out either. I foresee a lot of attrition coming.

Chavis is definitely to blame because this is his defense and one he recruited.

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Money pays for bridges, too

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cooper isn't coming back. And, it isn't his choice.

I am at a complete loss to explain our short rotations on defense. If we are going to suck, we may as well do it with waves and waves of players and fresh legs.