[NU Sports] Defense

[John A. DeGroat]

Dennis Bandt has it right.  By the way, Michigan does graduate players, 
they aren't the Spartans.   Did anyone catch the interview with Alvarez 
after thier win today and his reasons for picking his replacement?  
Among other things he wanted someone who in additon to being a smart 
coach could also relate to the players,  the alumni and generate 
enthusiasm for Wisconsin's football program. 

John DeGroat

Dennis W. Brandt wrote:

> <I'd really like to see some  "adjustments" in the D coaching staff.
>
> I'd really like to see some TALENT on defense, especially the 
> defensive line, a typically weak part of the team, Luis Castillo 
> notwithstanding. What we need is a ROW of guys who are quick, 
> athletic, can bench 450 lbs or more (all of Utah's starting 
> linebackers did last season), have a motor, and can pull a 3.0+ 
> gradepoint.  You know, the kind Michigan and Ohio State get year in 
> and year out minus the gradepoint.  Look at our currently listed crop 
> of recruits.  Last I looked, there was nary a four or five-star among 
> them and not that many threes.  Yes, the highly touted sometimes don't 
> work out, and lesser rated guys occasionally spring from nowhere 
> (thank you, Pat Fitzgerald), but until we can recruit one or two top 
> athletes every season, we're a .500 team, sometimes a bit better, 
> sometimes a bit worse - maybe a lot worse with injuries.  Penn State 
> is now getting four and five-star guys in droves, and you DO pass your 
> classes for JoePa or it's see ya.
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