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Originally Posted by Jaxbuck
I would defend him by saying he doesn't set recruiting philosophy standards. The HC still recruits defensive players that are good at stopping the type of offense he runs, not what other teams run.
I couldn't defend him based on the poor angles and tackling his defense has consistently shown over the past few years. Watch it closely and you always see a tsun Safety come flashing by at a terrible angle, whiff and the other teams offensive highlight reel begins.
Its not Englishes fault he doesn't have great raw materials but it is his fault what he does have is poorly coached.
All that said, ultimately its the HC's responsibility if he has a dud on his staff. No bad privates, only bad seargents as the saying goes.
Also, wasn't there a big to-do about getting RE back after he was leaving a few years back? I thought I recalled a rumor of the administartion applying pressure on carr to take RE back and name him DC so they wouldn't lose his recruiting prowress?
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Well yeah. The man is a great, great recruiter (and I don't use the word great too often) and he's a pretty good DC. Unfortunately, when the corners you've given schollies too are Morgan [censored]ing Trent and Johnny "OH look I just got burnt again" Sears, English is at quite the disadvantage, much like Lloyd vs. any other coach.
The thing I admire about
OSU is they know where the priorities are. It's easier to find some LBs and D-linemen when you play in a 3 yards and a cloud of dust conference such as the Big 10.
OSU knows it needs to offer some corners and safeties to compete with everyone else. TAKE A [censored]ING HINT GUYS! Warren and Cissoko are nice starts, but it seems like
OSU finds stud DBs every year.