Did you see the defense last year?
Thinking about last year’s defense gives me even more reason to relax about the current direction of the defense.
What we know is that it was awful in spite of having had better athletes on it than the vastly superior Oklahoma state defense
we don’t know for sure that this year’s defense will be better, but I believe there is reason to consider that probable
we don’t know that the two 5-star linebackers that we brought in this year will be any good.
we don’t know if the linebackers we bring in after them will be any good
and we most certainly do not know if the defense would have been better with the guys that chose other schools. You can call it likely all day, but you don’t know. Just like I can say it’s likely that the defense will be good enough for the Ryan Day offense to outscore anybody.
We’re looking at the same information. Some will see it and be pessimistic; some will see it and be optimistic. The one thing either of us don’t have is enough information to react to seasons that haven’t happened yet. I don’t have enough information to paint the end zones. The pessimists don’t have enough information to burn their Buckeye gear and start following lacrosse.
The most severe pessimists quit this board a long time ago, so this is not likely to apply to many who are still here; but if losing a recruit feels like losing a game to you, you might want to reevaluate whether you have the right temperament to follow recruiting
