Our D was pretty awful at times in 14. With our lack of depth, especially on the Dline...they over performed like mad IMO. Granted...that was in large part due to big plays / turnovers. Were those not due in part to play calls? We may have had a top 70 D in 14 but I think the coaching job in 14 was probably a top 20 performance.
Our d in 2014 was like 100th wasnt it? If turnovers were a product of good coaching then where did they go last year on a more senior d? For me turnovers on d are not an indicator of good coaching; alot of that is luck and player skill and will more than pure coaching. So i personally dont look at that. And says not much to me about us.
Consistency, good 3rd down percentage, yards per play much better indicators and we have been bad there.....We havent grown as a d under his tenure and that is a huge indicator for me. We are stuck. Like with other good DC or OC you can watch a unit grow and gel and start getting it. We are like helter skelter with no go to. One game we look ok. The next lost. One season ranked like 90. The next 60. The next back to like 70 or 80. Or whatever you get what i am saying. There has been and is no progression or trend in a good direction.
turnovers for us was more or less good individual efforts and a bit of luck than anything. That 2014 d was horrendous. In fact i think it was the worst d in 20 years iirc in most stats.
I think @ae87 had those stats at one point?