(11-15-2021, 11:25 AM)Red80 Wrote:(11-15-2021, 06:52 AM)winflop Wrote: Troy, always love your depth and insights, but the "missed tackles" are far less due to the TreeFense being banged up than it is to just poor coaching. It's not a new issue in the last couple games. It's been an issue all season, and arguably an issue in prior seasons too.
This is first and foremost a coaching issue, not a player issue.
I'd say it's 80% a talent issue. I don't care who would be coaching this group, there's really no one who jumps out as an impact player, especially on the front seven. Booker, the best of the DL, is a little above average. There's no force among the LBs, except for an occasional play by #90.
#17 can play, but his stock has fallen dramatically since his high rating early in the year.
Anderson had some good defenses when he had some players. This is the weakest collection of defensive players that I've seen at Stanford in years.
And whose fault is it that there is a talent issue????
(11-15-2021, 11:39 AM)troyc Wrote: Winflop beat me to it...
For once :) :) :)
I would love for you or one the other members of the media to ask Shaw "What are you going to do differently to fix this/get the program back on an upward trend?" This is not a one-year anomaly, it's a multi-year downward trend.