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Chavis to A&M kind of a big deal, Grantland says
In a piece released on Grantland Tuesday morning, Matt Hinton tackled the ongoing saga of John Chavis' move from LSU to A&M, LSU's general miffed-ness about it and why it's important to the rest of the division.
Hinton outlines, among other reasons for Chavis' interest in making the move, the facts that LSU's offense couldn't score in a run-down bar after last call and that quite literally any improvement to A&M's defense in 2015 would probably be all the legendary defensive coordinator needs to reach his ultimate goal.
"From the perspective of a defensive coach, especially one like Chavis who has spent so many years trying to keep one-speed offenses out of holes they have no hope of escaping, the prospect of working with a cushion on the scoreboard must look like a refreshing opportunity," Hinton writes. "Statistically, the nature of Sumlin’s pedal-to-the-metal philosophy on offense probably ensures that Chavis’s defenses in College Station will never measure up to his best efforts at LSU. ... But it also means they will rarely be asked to."
That Myles Garrett guy and his friends, too. They help.
But most importantly, the article does well to note that with a merely average defense — something that, based on every measure of excellence over the past 26 years of Chavis' career, is pretty OK to expect — the Aggies would be capable of shifting the balance of power in the SEC West.
10/10, would conclude again.
See the entire article (a very worthy read) here:
The Secret Game Changer: How DC John Chavis's Controversial Move From LSU to Texas A&M Affects the SEC
Hinton outlines, among other reasons for Chavis' interest in making the move, the facts that LSU's offense couldn't score in a run-down bar after last call and that quite literally any improvement to A&M's defense in 2015 would probably be all the legendary defensive coordinator needs to reach his ultimate goal.
"From the perspective of a defensive coach, especially one like Chavis who has spent so many years trying to keep one-speed offenses out of holes they have no hope of escaping, the prospect of working with a cushion on the scoreboard must look like a refreshing opportunity," Hinton writes. "Statistically, the nature of Sumlin’s pedal-to-the-metal philosophy on offense probably ensures that Chavis’s defenses in College Station will never measure up to his best efforts at LSU. ... But it also means they will rarely be asked to."
That Myles Garrett guy and his friends, too. They help.
But most importantly, the article does well to note that with a merely average defense — something that, based on every measure of excellence over the past 26 years of Chavis' career, is pretty OK to expect — the Aggies would be capable of shifting the balance of power in the SEC West.
10/10, would conclude again.
See the entire article (a very worthy read) here:
The Secret Game Changer: How DC John Chavis's Controversial Move From LSU to Texas A&M Affects the SEC
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