re: A&M defense

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First, let me preface this with Aranda >>>>>> Chavis.

That said, Chavis wasn't a bad DC here at all. Sub-standard recruiter (and that's being nice), but a pretty good DC.

I don't think the game has passed him by. We led the SEC in D in '14 (largely because tRant pressured him to replace DJ with Beckwith after the AU debacle). In fact, I think he's ahead of the curve in dealing with all the exotic offenses of today's game. He's understood longer than Saban that you need to get more speed on the field to deal with the spread O's.

If the Aggies are struggling on D then that tells me they don't have the players. The game hasn't changed that much since '14.

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Chavis has 3 problems IMO. 1) He's a lazy arse recruiter. 2) He plays the wrong athletes. Who the frick would play Welter over Beckwith? Jacob Cutrera? Just No. 3) He plays to not lose rather than win. Some of that could be the head coach putting pressure on him, but 3rd and Chavis is real...and it's awful.

I personally don't think he's a "bad" DC, just not a top one when you take these problems into account.

Agreed w/ your #'s 1 and 2. With respect to #3, he has a philosophy which IMO went really well with Fulmer and Les. Odd mix with Sumlin.

I love to see TAMU lose at everything.

AlwysATger,

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First, let me preface this with Aranda >>>>>> Chavis.

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You make some good points. I think the main problems w/ his defense at A&M are two:
1. He never was a good recruiter during his time at LSU and it's apparently worse at A&M.
2. For whatever reason (declining energy level, changing personalities of he and/or his recruits, etc., he's reaching the end of his career; his career now appears to have gone into a death spiral. I expect him to retire or move to a lower profile program in no more than a few years.

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I can't help but chuckle when we I think many felt jilted when Chavis left us. He has proven to be a drag on their program, not a difference maker. Let's hope he is there for many years to come.

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After he and Brick squandered guys like Debo and D. Hunter I couldn't be happier he left. Wasted talent in his scheme.

Recuiting aside, the man can coach a defense. He has some very frustrating qualities, but he did make a&m MUCH better on opp pts/G.

2014: 78th
2015: 30th
2016: 37th


I'm not saying he is goat, but definitely in the top 10 of NCAAF DCs. As others have mentioned lack of talent and injuries hurt the team. I don't understand why some people think he sucks or made the aggies worse.

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Recuiting aside, the man can coach a defense. He has some very frustrating qualities, but he did make a&m MUCH better on opp pts/G. 2014: 78th 2015: 30th 2016: 37th I'm not saying he is goat, but definitely in the top 10 of NCAAF DCs.

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correct my memory, but aren't there 118 division 1
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and if so, those are good numbers?

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Here's some more revisionism for you Chavis-lovers. He had to completely change the scheme to conservative read and react because he barely had enough bodies to field a defense in 2014. This a year after having to start 2 true freshmen in the secondary the year before. He didn't give a shite about recruiting, and Raymond couldn't be expected to do it all.

We are STILL re-stocking the front 7 cupboard thanks to his and Brick's bullshite, lazy-arse recruiting. People keep forgetting this. He lost his edge before he left, and didn't hold his D Line coach accountable.

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Yep. I can't quite wrap my head around saying he sucks/lazy/poor at recruiting and in the same breath saying he's a great coach. One of the key job roles for a coach in CFB is recruiting. It's like saying someone is the greatest ditch digger in the world except they don't like getting dirty. The two do not reconcile; it IS the job. Want players to run your system? Go convince the player.

With NCAA rules on practice limits, limits on # of coaches, and time+contact limits in recruiting a top CFB team has to have all coaches (and admin staff, e.g. Sharon Lewis & Austin Thomas) going full speed in recruiting. A staff literally can not keep up with one person not on the same page, much less sitting at his home in TN making demands and not lifting a finger. At least can't keep up with the competition. Again, it is part of the job. Not a side issue. Not a perk. A responsibility. Not fulfilling your responsibility to do your job as a coach, means you are by definition not a good coach. Just a fact of life as a college coach.

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correct my memory, but aren't there 118 division 1
school?

and if so, those are good numbers?

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I think the numbers were intended to show how much they improved when he got there, from 78th the year before he arrived to 30th and 37th in his first two years.

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correct my memory, but aren't there 118 division 1
school?

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I think it's up to 128 but who's counting...