D-scheme: Houston, we have a real problem here

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Good grief, another defensive meltdown! So much for this year erasing memories of last years D. I'll give Bo this--he is breaking in basically new starters at SS, FS, MLB, SLB, WLB (including turning Gerry from a safety into a LB), both DTs (Randle didn't really play enough last year to be a real "returning starter"), and both DE (Ankrah is NOT the answer here).

 

That being said, Bo is quickly running out of excuses! Last year everyone was on the "not enough athleticism" excuse, especially with the lack of speed in the linebacker corps after Zaire went down early in the year, and in the D-line depth as awfully displayed in the Big 10 title game disaster. But now we have speed (Nathan Gerry, Corey Cooper, Zaire Anderson, David Santos) and athleticism (V. Valentine, Randy Gregory, Greg McMullen) to kill and still our D looks pathetic. It's time for Bo to realize that his schemes are too complex, especially for newbies. It really seems that it takes special (i.e. future NFL starters) talents pl several years of absorbing bo's D-playbook to actually get an effective defense.