I’m going with a Buy. Arkansas may be the worst team in the West, but they’ve scored north of 20 on everybody this season (including LSU and Bama) until today.
Buy/Sell - Arnett took a heavier hand in the Defense
- Thread starter Dawgg
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Huge buy. We’ve looked lost on D since halftime of the Aridzona game.
Arizona is pretty arid, but we played at home.
It was funny when I thought it wasn't intentional, now not so much.
Maybe he will take the defense back over and ask someone else to head coach?????
I’m buying that whatever amount of “hand” Arnett had in the defense, it was the complete opposite today.
I’m not sure if that means he was hands off today but was over Brock’s shoulder before, or vice versa. But, it’s no small task what happened with our defense today, and whatever it is needs to continue. We were probably the worst unit in the entire Power 5 for the first half of the season, and yet today we pull out our best defensive effort in an SEC game since the 2013 Egg Bowl. Did exactly what we needed to do, too, with the 2-high / shell coverage most of the game to make them march down the field, and very few blitzes. We broke a lot of tendencies today.
If you could guarantee that Arnett could keep the D at / near that level over the long haul, and eliminate the horrendous in game decision making he’s had, many people would get back on board with him. The effort and discipline still seem to be there at least.
The first thing Pittman said when he met Zach at midfield was “Well, you took back over the defense.” Followed by Smiles and a “congratulations, Coach”
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