sitting his huge ass on Grinch's bench last season to help out when his undersized D line was getting RUN OVER.
Imagine having someone with that size, center of gravity, and REAL NFL talent. Imagine.
Would SC have given up over 200 yards rushing to utla?
Cause with the grinch it's all about scheme. Need those fast guys up front and OVER-complicated coverages to force those picks. Got to gamble to strip the ball instead of wrap up and contain, that's what boring less cerebral defenses do, cause it's all about turnovers baby!
It's not like MIGHTY TULANE actually ran through SC's run defense like a hot knife through butter. I mean, aren't they traditionally one of the greatest run offenses in college football history? 340 yards rushing in a new year's day bowl game? damn. Who could stop that? So what if Tulane's O line were all over 300 lbs. It's SMARTER to be small and fast. Duh.
Maybe Pili was injured? Oh Pili wasn't hurt? He saw the field in all 14 of SC's games, pretty much in garbage time? He just wasn't fast enough for the Grinch. 335 pounds and couldn't drop into coverage. What good is he? Totally screws up the genius scheme.
Maybe Pili was bit by a hippo that had been exposed to nuclear waste or hit by a lightning some time after the bowl game, and that is why the defensive savant Grinch had never had seen his potential? It is possible. Unlikely sure. But impossible. hardly.
Maybe the rah rah's are right and the GRinch deserved a second chance. CLR is quoted as saying that he liked what he saw in The Grinch's defense against the Spartans just a few days ago. Cause CLR knows defenses. He beats them all the time.
What in the hell do the Miami Dolphins know about defense? They were only ranked 13th in yard per play given up last season. There are only like 15 NFL teams, right? Not sure. thought there were more, have to look it up.
So not just good, but awesone to be Brandon Pili. Fought off injuries. Went through an achilles tendon surgery. Sat on the bench watching the defense get prison raped over and over again. Did what he could in garbage time. Didn't bitch about it. Didn't get drafted. Little tape on him. Signed a free agent contract with the Dolphins who are predicted to make the playoffs, and against all those odds makes the freaking team. WOW. Makes me smile.
To remind the rah rahs, THIS was why I was not doing flips over the CLR hire. Dude has a blind spot for defense. Won't admit it. Always has. His mentor, THE PIRATE, had the same problem. Amd like CLR kept him from ever really winning anything.
What would make my day is if CLR called The Grinch into his office and said, what the FAWK MAN? Either you simplify this defense and play the best players or take a freaking hike! Don't ge the answer he wants? Fire his pathetic loser ass. Maybe he will wind up at Georgia Southern with fat boy Clay Helton? Now that's is a coaching tandem!
Enough smart ass bitching and complaining. Fight ON Brandon.
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