He is a pretty darn good Defensive Coordinator. Mississippi State’s defense turned it around completely after he replaced Sermons.
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Don’t confuse Kerry with facts - lol.He is a pretty darn good Defensive Coordinator. Mississippi State’s defense turned it around completely after he replaced Sermons.
Don’t confuse Kerry with facts - lol.
I said “lol”.See you're drinking early.
For the millionth time Grantham SuCked at Georgia
SuCked last year at UofL. See Clemson, UH, SuCkS, LSU games.
Ran his mouth and was fired.
And you think Zipp is obsessed.
Carry on with your Grantham slurping...........
I said “lol”.
Lighten up Francis.
Not a good call in that situation I agree. That said, the “kamikaze” blitz kept them in the game - particularly when the MSU offense couldn’t move the ball.By the way, Grantham once again calls a kamikaze blitz that Bama converts to set up the game winning TD.
He'll never learn. SMH.
Lol - just how many “key stops” are there a game kerry?The key to defenses is getting that 'key stop'.
Also holding the other team scoreless when your offense sputters.
Knowing when to blitz is also key.
Being the best DC here won the Cards diddly squat.
I keep reading these posts about our players collectively. And I go back and look at our recruiting rankings the last few years. Something doesn't square up......Everyone is blaming Petrino for recruiting the reality is Grantham was paid to handle the entire defense. After 4 years under his watch they have no depth. That lack of depth showed last year. You can't scheme your way out of no depth...
Definitely losing T-Buck hurt recruiting. He figured out rather early he’d rather not work for petrino.If you re-ranked classes, which is only true indicator of a class, the last four years the defensive recruits actual production would not be top 30. That was the great thing about Strong's classes. They were all very productive, rarely missed and initially under ranked. All these NFL guys were 3 stars, Pyror, Gaines, Brown, Rankins, Mauldin, and Smith. Then he had Kelsey who was a really good college player. Then he had 4 stars Burgess, Brown, Hearns, and Holliman. I am sure I am missing others.
You don't see that kind of talent on this defensive unit. Alexander and Thomas are pro's. Hearns and Young maybe pro's. I believe Thomas, Young and Hearns were Strong recruits. Most of Grantham's really good players were transfers. They had some coaching turnover, Buckley and Brown that could have impacted recruiting to. He didn't recruit to his system.
Offensively, the recruits the last 4 years would still be ranked pretty high maybe top 20. That isn't surprising when your head coach is an offensive guy.
Definitely losing T-Buck hurt recruiting. He figured out rather early he’d rather not work for petrino.
Total defense stats the last four years (YTD for 2017):
YEAR....RANK.....YPG....D-COORDINATOR
2014.........6........308.5.........Grantham
2015........18.......332.8.........Grantham
2016........14.......322.2.........Grantham
2017........82.......410.1...........Sirmon
Sorry, there's a one-year "trend" in that data. And it it has little to do with who was on the roster...
Total defense stats the last four years (YTD for 2017):
YEAR....RANK.....YPG....D-COORDINATOR
2014.........6........308.5.........Grantham
2015........18.......332.8.........Grantham
2016........14.......322.2.........Grantham
2017........82.......410.1...........Sirmon
Sorry, there's a one-year "trend" in that data. And it it has little to do with who was on the roster...
Total defense stats the last four years (YTD for 2017):
YEAR....RANK.....YPG....D-COORDINATOR
2014.........6........308.5.........Grantham
2015........18.......332.8.........Grantham
2016........14.......322.2.........Grantham
2017........82.......410.1...........Sirmon
Sorry, there's a one-year "trend" in that data. And it it has little to do with who was on the roster...
I like Petrino and hope he stays here the rest of his career. But he wouldn't recognize good D coordinator potential if the person came up and slapped him.I felt good about the Sirmon hire but not now. I wasn't happy with Grantham either. Generally, I think Bobby makes good hires. When Bobby said he wasn't going to make any in season coaching moves that told me he knows a change is needed.
Grantham’s defenses have been statistically better, and numbers don’t lie. You have everyone on that. However, a lot of the game of football isn’t based on numbers. Who returns, injuries, player development, etc. as all have cited above. They key argument for firing Grantham and retaining Sirmon, other than wakeyleaks, is the fact that Grantham did not develop his players well.Total defense stats the last four years (YTD for 2017):
YEAR....RANK.....YPG....D-COORDINATOR
2014.........6........308.5.........Grantham
2015........18.......332.8.........Grantham
2016........14.......322.2.........Grantham
2017........82.......410.1...........Sirmon
Sorry, there's a one-year "trend" in that data. And it it has little to do with who was on the roster...
An explanation I've often heard for that was Wakeyleaks. And in all honesty, that's the only one that makes sense at this point.I don't think anyone is happy with the defensive product up until last week. That is on the coaches. There is no denying it. Keep in mind Granthams defense fell apart at the end of the year. UK and LSU, both average offenses last year, torched the defense 14th ranked defense...
Your responses on this topic are getting weaker and more petty. I am, or need to be an msu fan because I think that losing Terrell Buckley’s coaching and recruiting ability was detrimental to Louisville’s football program?Here you go
Your responses on this topic are getting weaker and more petty. I am, or need to be an msu fan because I think that losing Terrell Buckley’s coaching and recruiting ability was detrimental to Louisville’s football program?
You seem to be all in on Brohm. Should I send you a picture of an engineering student?
Lol - clearly you care enough to respond to every post - even those that you have to interject yourself into. If there’s any slurping going on - it’s you attempting to slurp yourself.Louisville just had their best defensive game of the season, yet you're slurping on the failed Grantham in TWO different threads.
Maybe the clown Sirmon is turning things around which would kill your contrived narrative that Grantham shouldn't have been fired. Giving up 41 to SuCkS ON SENIOR DAY , surely gets you rode out on the rails.
Either you're Toddie, a relative, a friend, groupie whatever, no one cares.
Grantham was fired and Im estatic he'll never fail here again.
Go ring your cowbell........
He is a pretty darn good Defensive Coordinator. Mississippi State’s defense turned it around completely after he replaced Sermons.
Uh-oh, I see a cowbell in your future.I agree. Grantham ran an aggressive, high-risk, high-reward scheme that gave up big plays but that was masked by making big plays and getting turnovers. I'm not saying he was perfect. It was frustrating sometimes, but the stats are the stats and with Grantham I'd say we are at 1 or 2 losses right now. That said, the D got some great pressure this past week against UVA, haven't seen that level of effort & pressure since well when Grantham was the DC.