Dallas' Gibbs Reportedly Interviews

GoldenTomb · 01-21-2006, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by wheelman

you can't use LSU's points given up per game during those years as an accurate measure of how good a defensive coordinator gibbs is... that is ridiculous. you are comparing the college level to the pro level and it doesn't match up...

That is all we have to go by at this point. If the guy's defense is that bad in college, what do you think he is going to do in the NFL?

for starters, that LSU defense had guys who never will play a down in the league who were starter, so yeah, they're going to give up a lot of yds/points...

The 2003 defense had players like that too. Do the names Jack Hunt, Lionnel Turner (our best linebacker that year), Randal Gay (who is a dime-back in the NFL at best despite his rookie year), and Eric Alexander ring a bell? They all started on that defense. Gay was the only one to lose his starting job because he broke his hand in the beginning of that season.

The college game is more about coaching than physical ability, I don't care what anyone says. Besides, it's not like LSU had bad recruiting classes. Even when the team had back-to-back losing seasons under Dinardo their recruiting was still good enough to build a solid defense, which Gibbs didn't give them.

Dude Gibbs didn't even get to LSU until 2001. He took the Cowboys job soon after that. So he should be a magician and change the defense overnight???? It takes a lot longer to build a consistent unit in college than it does in the NFL. He couldn't realistically be expected to turn the LSU D into the stifling unit that they are today in a year. What we are seeing now with LSU's D is the result of work such as his. Apparently Dallas was impressed with him if they hired him a year later.

01-21-2006, 08:05 PM	#20
GoldenTomb 500th Post Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 591	Originally Posted by wheelman you can't use LSU's points given up per game during those years as an accurate measure of how good a defensive coordinator gibbs is... that is ridiculous. you are comparing the college level to the pro level and it doesn't match up... That is all we have to go by at this point. If the guy's defense is that bad in college, what do you think he is going to do in the NFL? for starters, that LSU defense had guys who never will play a down in the league who were starter, so yeah, they're going to give up a lot of yds/points... The 2003 defense had players like that too. Do the names Jack Hunt, Lionnel Turner (our best linebacker that year), Randal Gay (who is a dime-back in the NFL at best despite his rookie year), and Eric Alexander ring a bell? They all started on that defense. Gay was the only one to lose his starting job because he broke his hand in the beginning of that season. The college game is more about coaching than physical ability, I don't care what anyone says. Besides, it's not like LSU had bad recruiting classes. Even when the team had back-to-back losing seasons under Dinardo their recruiting was still good enough to build a solid defense, which Gibbs didn't give them. Dude Gibbs didn't even get to LSU until 2001. He took the Cowboys job soon after that. So he should be a magician and change the defense overnight???? It takes a lot longer to build a consistent unit in college than it does in the NFL. He couldn't realistically be expected to turn the LSU D into the stifling unit that they are today in a year. What we are seeing now with LSU's D is the result of work such as his. Apparently Dallas was impressed with him if they hired him a year later.
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