Quote:Do you think if Pruitt had stayed FSU would have won the championship that last year with Winston?


Since he's left, the defensive seems to always have communication issues and guys running wide open.

I don't know if they would have won it, but I firmly believe they would not have been embarrassed in the Rose Bowl like they were if Pruitt was here. Now I know the offense imploded with turnovers, but our defense looked so confused (shocker) against Oregon.


For some reason, Charles Kelly's defense is a react defense. They don't attack. Pruitt had this defense attacking. Pruitt disguised blitzes and half the time you never knew where they were coming from. Pruitt had this defense playing physical. This defense now is so soft. Kelly's blitzes are so predictable that our guys basically hold up a sign before the play saying I'm blitzing now.


Charles Kelly is a defensive coordinator for a school like Georgia Tech (where he came from), or some PAC-12 school. He is in over his head here at FSU. We have four and five star players at every position, and they look like zero star players in games because he can't coach.

If this was one or two blown coverages here and there, that's on the players. We've been seeing this for three years now. You can't really say it's the players anymore.


I also think Jimbo needs to ditch this 4-2-5 or 3-3-5 or whatever scheme it is our defense runs. Having that many DBs on the field is just opening up running lanes for guys like Lamar Jackson like he had yesterday. I wish we'd go back to a base 4-3 or a 3-4 defense. We can't have DBs out there trying to set the edge.


Now, Kelly is not all the problem. Jimbo needs to can Rick Trickett yesterday. One of the most overrated coaches in the country.

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