Let us not kid ourselves, no one is saying that Chin is a genius defensive guru. Chin is who he is. Look at his defense ranking at UCF. It was not good at all. Over the last four years, his defenses were average at best and no matter how much time we give him, he will not become a defensive guru.
Having said that, the Iowa loss was completely the fault of Frost and Martinez. In year one, Martinez was good because of his running ability and teams respected that. This season, he has been very timid and indecisive and teams did not respect his running ability. Frost had a front seat to this show and he should have realized that Martinez was struggling. He should have gone with the hot hand of McCaffrey. If you were a coach and you had designed a package for McCaffrey and it worked and resulted in a touchdown, why take him out and put struggling Martinez in. Before the McCaffrey 39 yard pass touchdown, Martinez had done nothing but throw an interception after he was given a decade by the OL to make a good throw. Given all that, Frost still insisted on riding Martinez. That is stubbornness and ego at work. So, as far as I am concerned, this loss falls squarely on Frost. Chin’s defense held Iowa scoreless the entire second half until the last drive which should not have happened had Frost make better decisions. As long as Frost keeps blaming talent and lack of buy in, we will continue to struggle. He needs to realize that the buck stops with him and he needs to own up to his shortcomings and put together a coaching staff that can get the talent we have ready to compete. That means evaluating all three phases of the game and making staff changes that will help us progress. At this stage, our defense and unspecial teams are not good enough for the BiG, and our offense under Martinez is sluggish and inconsistent. Anything else is simply jibber jabber.
