Well we can go through it all if you'd like.

1) Kerry Cooks is the safety coach and he has been average everywhere he has been. He was hired most likely because he has worked with Kelly in the past and Kelly wanted someone with familiarity around. He has been ok recruiting and awful at developing.

2) Robert Steeples is the CB coach and he was a gamble. Kelly crossed paths with him at some point and saw potential. He just hasnt worked out. Its tough cuz LSU isn't a place where you can learn on the job, he has missed on recruits and the guys he does have don't seem to be developing.

3) House is the DC and LBs coach. He had a decent resume and came from the NFL. Kelly said that he found his defense difficult to prepare for when they played in the past. He has been pretty disappointing as both the DC and LBs coach. His shceme is maybe to complicated for young guys to grasp and he failed to turn Perkins into a MLB despite working on it all offseason. That basically wasted an offseason of development and made the first half of the season a learning experience for Perkins while he figure out the Nickle Sam role.

4) DL coach - In 2022 it was Jamar Cain who was an awesome recruiter but had either personality or philosophy differences that cause us to part ways. He was our best recruiter on D but he wasn't known as a great position coach. He was replaced by Coach Linsey who was diagnosed with cancer during fall camp. The interim was Jan Jancek who has never coached DL before. This is the root of our issues if you ask me. The guys we have are not being developed because they don't have a coach and we aren't recruiting well because...well... we don't have a coach.

If I was Kelly I'd completely clean house and start over on defense.

IF he decides to keep House, I won't like it but I'm not gonna jump off a cliff so long as he fires ALL of the position coaches and replaces them with proven guys.

This post was edited on 11/28/23 at 8:47 am