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I think its 3 up front due to depth. Shoop was supposed to be a blitz guy, but he relied a lot on sending his LB’s. He didnt send cb’s or safties in as much. Then moving to the middle of the season he pulled away from that and went to bend but dont break- they taught the defense the bend part, but utterly failed on the not breaking… Im not saying that we will see a huge turnaround or to expect a bowl game, but at least for once we have someone like patrick out saying how his guys are going to be nasty and get after it. I think that motivates the players more than the nice guy silent approach cjs and his d staff has taken. Also there has to be some back to basics taught- for 4+ years this defense has given up on 3rd and 8,9,12. Need to teach these guys to use the field to their advantage when defending.

The DC at least fits what AG wants to do. AG looked at the tape and saw the areas where he had holes on D and decided that instead of getting burned and being reactive, he would hire a guy with a history of being aggressive and attacking. So at least next year when we are playing these shootout type games like Tulsa, Houston, UCF, ECU last year we have a coach who recognizes that the way for this defense to help win is to attack and force turnovers. Shoop and Spencer both tried to shut teams down- instead of constant pressure they tried to make their defense play for stops when they were clearly outmatched. I see orlando coming in and doing what a NFL DC like Wink Martindale did for Baltimore and NYG- creating lots of pressure with different blitzes and looks, hopefully leading to more turnovers. Worst case is a more aggressive terrible defense, best case is having a defense with an actual identity that can do its job 20-35% of the time as opposed to the 5% we saw last year. But again, at least there is an identity that is being established. Pressure and aggressiveness. What was the identity the last two guys were pushing? Totally understand being skeptical, but this coach has come in and done things pretty closely to what members of this board have been asking for: 1- not talking about what worked at past Jobs. 2- focused on winning football and not throwing out catchy slogans. 3- brought in some coaches with past connections to USF. 4- has yet to make one excuse/prepared people for losing games next year. 5- reviewed tape and has a grasp of what the returning guys can do Now I know we have to account for the fact that USF may be cursed, but if the past month is any indication, this is the type of guy that this school should have hired to run the program back in 2010.

I still think if CJS brought him in last year instead of Schoop he still has his job. Rowe was a finalist for the job last year. I am 100% in favor of AG choosing all these early to mid career guys and not relying on retreads with questionable pasts.

To put this in perspective, if we were told prior to this season that: We lose the top three qb’s, and finish out the year with Brown as the starter. Mangham would play one snap. Joiner would play one game and be extremely rusty. Weaver would be injured off and on and miss the last 3 games. Jimmy Horn would have 550 recieving yards. What would the consensus be on how the season played out on the offensive side of the ball? All things considered, the last 3 games were probably the best the team looked on offense all season. Its pretty crazy that we are going into next year with almost no concern on being able to score points AND also will have a fierce QB competition. One thing that CJS should get credit for is that he inherited zero offense, and put together a pretty good group before he left.

He can do that in Jan or Feb. He has to go out and find 2 wr’s who can catch, 1-2 LB, 2 DT’s, and 1 CB. He can placate these premadonna coaches after he gets the most important part of the job done. (and what his predecessor did NOT do when he started) I want to see more bay area HS involvement, but he isnt going to find a starting DT or LB who is a sr at spoto or riverview right now.

Im not surprised, but he will be a 24 year old LB trying to get drafted. Best case is he sticks on a practice squad. Later in his career he may want a GA job or something that USF could have easily made happen if he stuck around. but he gave that up for one year with c. That is an interesting decision.

He is acting like a guy who wouldn't have got benched in favor of Gordon this year. Boyles was the guy carrying the LB group. He took this sites money, played three games and used the sympathy card on the fan base when his father passed- then posts this? Helps me understand where some of these D guys heads were at the past 3-4 years. Best of luck to him, but there are two ways to do things, this exit was the wrong way.

Quick question, how familiar are you with the day to day operations and logistics of the football team? I've been on field for preseason practices and regular season games multiple times and there was never anything amateur about it. Its great we get an experienced person in place, but the previous person did a good job.

Albert Boone was the guy I believe, and if this means he is no longer on staff it saddens me because he was a good USF guy. He was here before Scott and Strong and loves the school. He is also a really great person. I hope he stays on in some capacity.

Maybe they use this line of thinking when it comes to athlete admissions requirements. Get a few exceptions for partial qualifiers to bump up the talent level.

Break ground late next year gives a target complete date of end of 2025 season. That gives them an 8+ month cushion for overrun to open for 2026. more interesting is that he said funds were marked for the stadium. Sounds like for once USF is going to do something and not worry about any perceived roadblocks.

The approach to this year is different. There is no expectation for 4+ wins BUT if they win 5-6 would you be surprised with this new conference configuration? I would say we should be ok with 2-3 wins, as long as the losses do not look like they did for the past 3 years. Getting your doors blown off by Temple, then playing Cinci, UCF, UF close screamed unprepared and unmotivated. That was on the staff. My main expectation would be consistency, cant lose to bad teams by a lot then get up for tough games and win/almost win them. On top of that there should be accountability, if we have guys getting beat on D or constantly dropping passes, they should be watching from the sidelines until they prove they can be relied on. I feel like in the past some guys got away with poor effort because the staff liked them.

The talent that matters is BB or GB and Battie. An elite rb and accurate mobile qb will help whatever WR’s remain get open and put up numbers. The only way the offense is bad is if the OL guys totally crap the bed, most of them have had to fill in this year and looked serviceable. On defense, it can not get worse. Teams were scoring on 60%+ of their possessions, so it really does not matter who is gone from that group. Add in the weak schedule, and literally anything is possible next year. Dont get me wrong, 4-5 wins would be great, but with this schedule there is a whole lot of upside.

Yes. This team could win the conference with a top 85-90 defense.

It is like the polar opposite of the last two years schedule where there were 4-6 games that all were lumped in the hardest category. Now there are 7-8 in the weakest, Its pretty hilarious.