Holy shit, our defense is terrible. I don't mean "bad," I mean terrible. This team has a lot of guys who aren't D1 football players. No speed, no toughness, poorly coached, all of the above. And soft as hell.
I have been a Best supporter... I like the guy. But it's time for the AD to have some tough conversations. The D is bad or worse than simply bad every year. We can't trot out the same defensive coaches who have no concept of how to stop the run another season and expect something different. For Best to keep his job, he needs to have a plan to restaff the defense and show marked improvement. Even though the D looked like they may take a step forward this year, the drop-off is astounding. The softness creeps in, guys aren't tough enough to gut through a season, and we just fall apart as the season goes on. Tackling is Gawd awful. And sometimes we can't even catch up to a ball carrier to miss a tackle due to being too slow.