re: Fans knowledge of Coaches. Updated

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This wasn't the purpose of the post but do you see any trends here?

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That's a gross oversimplification of Aranda to say the least. Not to mention total defense isn't necessarily the best stat measurement for a DC.

Take a look at many other factors such as:

1) changing of head coaches
2) impact to recruiting based on #1
3) how shitty was the offense through most of those years.
4) who do we play on a regular basis vs other teams ranked ahead of us.

Not going to say Aranda was a God of Defense but he was well in to the great/elite level of DCs in the country.

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This wasn't the purpose of the post but do you see any trends here?

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Yes. The defense got worse when LSU fired Miles.

Ball control is a DC's best friend.

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LSU Total Defense Rankings:
2016. 5th
2017. 14th
2018. 26th
2019. 33rd

This wasn't the purpose of the post but do you see any trends here?

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Nope. Because I don't see the rankings for the offenses we played in each year. Did we, as we did this year, play several of the top offenses in the nation? Did we have big half time leads and then let off the gas or play backups? Were there big time injuries (Chaisson 2018)? Did the offense fail to control the ball, leading to more opponent possessions?

A DC has one job. Allow less points than the offense scores. Aranda was excellent at this, especially this year.