Sounds like we agree then. It's a teaching problem. There's no such thing as "forcing too much onto these cats" when we've seen Mikey Andrews cycle in class after class, losing studs at various positions, and still be a consistent product on defense for decades. Players not knowing assignments, being in the wrong spots, and overall just getting whooped due to technique.....that's on the coach. Look what you're asking. You're saying we can't expect a consistent product on defense unless we have "2 of the 5 best DB's in CFB the past 3 seasons 2 guaranteed top 5 picks"?
Believe me, I get what you're saying and I don't like arguing with FSU brethren, but it almost sounds like you're absolving Kelly of the bulk of the criticism. We have too many studs on defense, especially in the secondary. Kelly should be able to keep them above water when a player or two goes down. The same way with Trickett on offense. We can't boast signing the number 1 offensive line class a year ago, and still be concerned with a patchwork offensive line where we're trying out former DE's to protect the QB's blindside. At some point it has to be viewed as a teaching problem. Lawing the only one on the defensive side doing his damn job. When Nnadi got hurt, unheralded Fred Jones came right in an balled. Give him a stud in Brian Burns, he leads the nation in sacks for freshman. Bill Miller and Kelly aren't upholding their end of the bargain. Not to say they're trash....I'm just saying in order to have elite expectations, having someone get injured on defense shouldn't be all it takes to crumble a defense with elite players on the roster.
