I think Raymond got off to a bad start by having an almost totally new secondary in terms of guys who had played. The first few games we had a lot of blown coverages with receivers running by themselves. After about three games, we really haven't seen that (at least, not nearly like the first couple games). After that, we still gave up some big passes but had guys there, just didn't make the plays. Especially Wisconsin and Michigan: we had guys in position - sometimes two guys - but couldn't make a play.
I think the secondary really came around - helps getting Dennard back - as far as running the correct coverages. Now we just have to have guys make plays when they're there. Maybe Raymond is a step down from Sanders but Sanders also had 5 NFL draft picks to use over his last couple years which makes the job a whole lot easier. I'm sure he did a good job coaching but there's no substitue for having great players.