Thoughts on the D

So seeing the recent recruiting pickup of the 3-star twins got me to thinking. This was JHam's first season as DC. We got Tapp on staff and Teerlinck who came from the NFL. The hypothetical is we replace the HC and offensive staff. I remember when JHam was announced, how many previous players came out of the woodwork in support of him and that decision. I like having previous players on staff, and I thought I remember reading that JHam was well regarded by the defensive players as a coach. I know we didn't do great on D this year, but had what seemed like the overwhelming amount of challenges on the defensive side. Also, probably didn't have the guys they wanted or needed for a new scheme. All that being said, would you guys want to keep the defensive staff intact if it was possible? If so, what changes would you like to see, either in staffing, recruiting (our highest rated recruit was on defense, and I know in general, more stars), or whatever? Just curious as to what everyone's thoughts are. I know French has had his reviews of game performance, but, like I said, some of those our defense was hit hard by COVID, didn't get a lot of chance to practice together, etc. so not sure we've really seen what the coaching staff and players are really capable of (especially if the staff wants different characteristics in players to accomplish their vision for how they want the D to operate.

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