It's long, but read it anyway...

It's not all about the defense coordinators. Some of you guys astound me with your extensive football knowledge. Yes, our defense has issues, but who didn't know that would be the case before the year started? Our secondary is young and quite frenquently out of position. And when they are in position, they miss the tackles. But there is a host of other issues, IMO related to inexperience and age. This is not to let the Co-DC's of the hook, but none of you have any idea what was called defensively...maybe an audible was called on the field. There are so many variables.

FYI:
When you run a blitz when a running play has been called, if the runner gets through the defensive line, the safety has to make the tackle, he is the last line of defense(hence the name safety). That's why Moreno scored on the long run, and why he had the other long run. The same thing happened in the 2003 when Justin Vincent broke through the line on the first play from scrimmage against OK.

When we gave up the long passing TD, the safety was way out of position, and let the receiver get behind him. We were blitzing on that play, and when you blitz it is absolutely crucial that the safety keep the play in front of him. If the WR gets beyond the safety, it's a TD.

Also, it looks to me like, when we are blitzing, the blitzers are trying to go around the offensive line, and make the play, instead of occupying blocks to allow others to make the play.

Does anybody take into consideration the amount of additional time the defense is on the field because of turnovers and offensive inefficiency. What about the position a turnover puts the defense in? How about how much your defensive strategy has to change because the score gets out of hand. What about the long punt returns UF had against us.

It's easy to sit at home with your Tevo, and hit rewind during commercials to see what went wrong, but the players and coaches don't have that. The coaches have 40 seconds to make a call based on down and distance, and teams tendencies. The players have seconds, and sometimes less, to make a decision. The coaches can make the play calls, but they can't execute them.

Last year many of the things that could have went wrong didn't, and went in LSU's favor, this year they aren't. It's the law of averages.

This is still my football team, and I get as frustrated as anyone about inconsistancy and mistakes, but all of this player and coach bashing isn't helping a damn thing. If ya'll think the players don't read this stuff, your wrong.

Take a step back, and let the coaches and players do their jobs.