re: Chavis's departure will end up being a blessing

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moving forward? that's a ridiculous statement. the former staff recruited a ton of quality DL and LB in their time the foundation is already in place

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The DL recruiting wasn't an issue until this year, but consistent development, especially at DE, has been suspect.

However, to say that LB recruiting and development has been fine under Chavis is pretty ridiculous. We've had 2 big time impact LBs in 6 years. TWO. Then you have Kwon and one or two others who have been good and solid. The rest have been average to flat-out disappointing.

Now we have Beckwith, who was at least given a look at DE and may have been moved due to urgent need. He has loads of potential, but still has issues (see the ND game, when he went back to looking totally lost). Then you have Clifton Garrett, who has a great pedigree, but we haven't seen how that will translate to the field yet.

Past those two? Average to disappointing. And anyone who looks at our returning depth chart and current recruiting and says we are in great shape is fooling themselves. We are thin with Kwon leaving, and if we don't land Leo Lewis, we could be facing another average to below average year at the position.

Here's hoping that Steele can improve our performance at LB. In my opinion, our lack of consistency there was the most disappointing part of Chavis' tenure based on his reputation.