I'm just like most VT fans in that I've always loved watching Bud Fosters defenses. They play football the way it's supposed to be played. And I obviously know that they always seem to be great, but I was just surfing the web today and found their defensive rankings over the last 13 years. I guess I never realized how good our scoring defense was statistically.
I know some people probably already have seen these numbers, but just looking at them again is mind-blowing. I don't know who's going to be the next OC for us, but if we do manage to hit a home run with it and win a title then Foster deserves a statue outside of Lane and the field should be changed to Worsham and Foster Field.
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With all the talk about Kirby Smart and other younger and trendier DC's, I think these stats officially prove that Bud Foster is the best defensive coordinator in the country.
Just look at this year- we had two young and some would say over-matched players in the secondary in Bonner and Cole, two linebackers that were seen as liabilities in coverage in Taylor and Tyler, no proven Whip linebacker, and yet by the end of the year, Bud's unit was back to dominating offenses like it was 2006.
Bud Foster: American for Badass
Ah!
I see what you did there
yep
It just makes it more mind boggling that he is so good yet stinespring is so bad, how he doesn't lose his mind in frustration at the offense is beyond me.