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re: Ken Trahan says Chavis is staying put

Posted on 12/31/09 at 12:51 pm to
Posted by LSUMafia
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 12/31/09 at 12:51 pm to
I think its quite odd that a defenses stats are at their best when the offenses are at their worst. If anything it should be the other way around.
Posted by deuce985
Member since Feb 2008
27660 posts
Posted on 12/31/09 at 1:06 pm to
One major hole in his scheme is his blitz schemes. I notice that so called Mustang package he uses he likes to rely on his d-line for the pressure. That is great when you have players like Dorsey sitting there...not whenever you have a DE without a sack on the year.

He needs to apply pressure from blitzes but when they've done that...they weren't that successful. Its mostly his blitz schemes, especially if you watch how Alabama blitzes. He did a pretty good job in the first half of Arkansas and in typical Chavis MO, completely blew it in the second half because he doesn't "adjust".
Posted by LSUMafia
Member since May 2005
9862 posts
Posted on 12/31/09 at 1:08 pm to
His DLine schemes suck. His adjustments Suck. If all your DL every does is run bull rushes, its not that hard to stop. He sucks at disguising blitzes, and I wonder why it is that when he's defense has been its best the past 8 years, the team's offense has been horrible. It makes more logical sense to say he brings the offense down than bad offense brings out the best in him.
Posted by Tiger_n_ATL
Ft. Lauderdale
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 12/31/09 at 2:12 pm to
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If they gave him more than a $50k/year raise, I will be extremely pissed. He's not worth $550k+
I'll bet they matched UGA's $600K. You can start now.
Posted by Tiger_n_ATL
Ft. Lauderdale
Member since Jul 2005
33373 posts
Posted on 12/31/09 at 2:13 pm to
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one of our "best" posters
He's in the hall of fame, I believe.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 12/31/09 at 2:14 pm to
The jury is still out on Chavis in my book. I need to see the results when he's playing with a full deck. Our LBs and DBs were decent this year but our d-line was the worst one that we've had in a decade from a talent perspective. The only lineman we had that's decent is Nevis.

Let's see how some of the young guys like Davenport do next year.
Posted by LSUMafia
Member since May 2005
9862 posts
Posted on 12/31/09 at 2:25 pm to
So you give the guy a 25%+ raise with the jury still out? frick Les Miles. Either we gave him $650 k for the last two years OR we gave him an extra year at $600k+ meaning we are now likely on the hook for $500 and $1.2M in buyouts just for the freaking coordinators if we suck next year. That is $1.7M in buyouts on top of Miles' $7.5M or $11.25M buyout if it comes to that.

I am sorry, not worth it for an "organized coach" that won't kill you but won't win you games.
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 12/31/09 at 6:08 pm to
Chavis has gone ten straight years now of never allowing more than 20 points per game IIRC.

I think the fact that a coach on the hotseat like Richt would go after the Chief tells you how much other coaches respect his body of work.

Ten years of top four in the SEC defenses will do that for you.

Basically, we had to keep Chavis. There's too much competition out there right now for too little quality hires.

Right now, UGA, UF, and TAMU are all looking for top flight DC's. The raise we gave Chavis will look cheap as opposed to whatever we'd have had to spend to win the bidding war for another quality DC.

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