re: I keep hearing about about the roster that the current coaching staff inherited

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.the math aint mathin'

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Then let me help you:
22D
Gaye, Roy, BJ, Baskerville, Ward- O’s guys that are now gone
Burns, Penn O guys that remained
Bernard-Converse, Garner BK’s guys that are gone
Perkins, Mingo (injured), Brooks(ill) all remained

Out of our primary 12 defensive players, 7 were O’s recruits. BK got five new guys, but two left and only one (Perkins) is healthy and is now playing.

Against Ga. State we started these guys:
Penn, Burns, Smith, Jones and Ryan that were O’s recruits.
Speights, Jefferson, Oghoufo, Sam were BK guys who transferred in.
Perkins, Stamps were BK recruits who signed out of HS

We started 5 O guys and 6 BK guys.

It’s obvious that Orgeron left the defense short on talent and numbers. The 20 and 21 classes provided BK with little defensive help.

Now it’s also obvious that BK’s evaluation of transfers was better in 22 than in 23. It also seems as if his 22 class didn’t bring in many HS bluechippers on defense because Perkins is the only one playing on D.

We are forced to play too many transfers, the older Orgeron guys are not difference makers at their positions, and BK’s recruiting hasn’t been all that good.

There’s no question that the new staff hadn’t done a good job rebuilding our D, but it is s true rebuild. That’s obvious. We need to coach up what we have, but we must recruit better and until we do we will flounder.