re: Hypothetical: Blake Baker leaves to become a head coach after the season.

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I think Aranda would suffer the same problems he did in 2019. He really struggled to adjust to our offense scoring so frequently and so quickly. He made adjustments and they were much improved by the end of the season, but I do worry that'd be an issue under Kiffin.

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I think to much is made of this. Yes that defense did struggle at times. But they never failed to come through or cause a threat to lose a game. Honestly all defenses struggle when their own offense scores so fast. But I think coaches are figuring that out also to a degree. The simple fact is in this age with so many explosive fast paced offense, expectations should be adjusted. The days of the 2011 level LSU defense or Top notch bama defenses are gone at least not at the shutdown level they performed at.