re: this criticism of chavis is absolutely absurd (long)

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like i said, see many diaz's defense at texas

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Thats great, Many Diaz sucks worse than Chavis. Doesn't change the fact that Chavis' scheme has always been average. Great D-Coordinators take average defenses and make them above average. Chavis doesn't do that. His blitz schemes are so predictable. If the average fan like myself can tell you which guys are blitzing, then you wont get to the QB unless you win a 1-on-1 matchup somewhere and we aren't doing that. UGA got pressure on us alot of the time because they were running stunts, faking blitzes, but mainly just bringing more than we could block. Why not take a chance on that when you are losing every 3rd down anyway. How many times did Ole Miss beat us on deep passes? Not many if at all, but I'm glad we continued to play 2 safeties way off the ball, they really helped while we were getting torched in the run and getting beat on quick pass routes? Do you really think Bo Wallace is a good QB? Cause he is not, and even A&M did a better job against him than we did. PP7, Mathieu, Claiborne, Reid, Brooks. Those guys are all NFL guys, and they could cover anyone in the college game when they were at LSU. This defense will never be as good as those defenses, but they should be alot better than they are right now.

I'll be the first to say that the fire Chavis talk is bullshite. The guy is a great coach, we just don't have the experience. Our D is actually playing a lot better then it was against UGA and even the first half of MSU. We did collapse at the end of the Ole Miss game, but we are thin on D so it isn't a surprise for that to happen at the end like that. We will give Alabama a tough game.....don' t know if we win but we will fight. I think we beat A & M and Arky. Another 10 win season, which I think most of us would have taken after the NFL draft last year.

Nick Saban and Average AJ studied (and exposed) our two minute defense last year and picked us apart to end the 2nd quarter and 4th quarter.
It didn't start (or end) in November 2012. We've been doing it for a while, these are just some games I remember teams passing all over us for quick TDs. Posted before but everyone said no, it's the offense that sucks and can't get a first so the D spends too much time on the field.


UNC 2010
bama 2010 - 1 minute TD drive
Ole Miss 2010
South Carolina 2012 - 1 minute TD drive
A&M 2012 - 1 minute TD drive
bama 2012 - two 1 minute TD drives, they won
Ole Miss 2012 - followed bama's gameplan
Clemson 2012 - followed bama's gameplan, they won
Georgia 2013 - ended each half with TDs, they won
Ole Miss 2013 - Mett was awful, but we couldn't stop em

Yes, 2012 had inexperienced corners. I do not know the game of football like players or coaches, but I know Chief should've sent Nick a Little Debbie for letting him know what needs to be changed....then made that change. But unfortunately, he has not made a change.

It's about hunger and complacency. Chief plays the odds. The hungry coaches love the opportunity to play those odds. First year SEC coach Malzahn isn't going to say "game over" when he is down 21-0 on the road in the first half. 2nd year SEC coach Freeze didn't say "they are too talented, healthy, and well coached with an NFL quarterback so let's go at it how we normally would." Not everyone is John L. Les is acting like this is the 2011 team which it is not.

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uh, so exactly what players should chavis be scheming around? The secondary is the weakest unit, and the dline cant get pressure, so whats the game plan against a quality passing team there coach? send six guys on every other down, leaving every corner manned up and one or no safeties deep? Pretty solid. You should write chavis a strongly worded letter

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So when you have a weak secondary and a DL that can't rush the passer we should just sit back and give them all day to throw? Look I'm not asking him to blitz every down dipshit, but some aggressive calls in critical situations would probably help. You know that DL isn't getting there, so give your secondary some help.

Also part of the reason you can't trust your secondary is your insistence on playing guys like Loston who can't cover shite, can't get his assignments right, and just roams around looking for a highlight reel hit. That's on you for keeping him out there.

When Chavis brings pressure, it's typically a positive thing for Lsu.

When he
Let's his guys sit back in coverage with a poor pass rush bringing 4, it sucks.

So our DB play regressing last year was because those guys had too much experience?

Our LB play without Minter last year was horrific, again because of lack of experience?

Our DL last year underperformed, yet still was 1,000,000 times better than this year.

Fact is Chavis is only as good as his talent and assistant coaches, much like Miles. His scheme is uncreative and has been figured out.

Saban's defenses haven't even taken this much of a step back and have had as much departures in a single season if not more. Hell, Ole Miss was down to 4 or 5 starters on defense and their 4th and 5th DEs and even down to their 5th and 6th by the end of the LSU game and still seemed to have little issue getting pressure.

Dude is what he is. He's not as good as some of you would like to believe, simply put. His LBer coaching is extremely overrated, and always has been.

Does that mean he sucks? No. It just means he's past his prime and is on his way down and in a hurry because he simply can't out scheme opponents anymore. In fact, he's so easy to out scheme in 2-minute drills, I am trying to remember the last time in a 10 point or less game his teams have gotten a stop without giving up a quick TD to make games a lot closer than they needed to be.

IMO, Chavis is an above average coach. We could do much worse, but Chavis could do much better if he was just a tad bit more aggressive.

I give Chavis a pass this year due to the amount of departures. The defense has improved as the season has progressed.

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It is HISTORY..that was what got him fired at TN.

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Typing this once proves you don't know what you are talking about. Twice means you're an idiot.

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It is HISTORY..that was what got him fired at TN.

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He was not fired by Tennessee. Fulmer was. If anything, his defense in 2008 (the year Fulmer was fired) was #3 in the nation int total yards allowed and #10 in points allowed.

That said, I think Chavis was a great DC, but just is declining now and is a little above average, especially with the fundamental shifts in how offenses are being run and his position coaching is a bit overrated.

Without freakish talent and very strongly coached DBs, his defenses suffer and he has huge issues coaching tied or with a lead in the closing minutes. Heck, multiple teams including Bama have said they knew exactly what to expect on their last minute drives from Chavis and that's why they succeeded.