DC Watch: Greg Robinson

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  1. JohnLSU

    JohnLSU Tigers

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    Look, you've admitted to being a Chiefs fan that hates Robinson because you weren't happy about the Chiefs when he was your DC. Yet:

    Robinson joins the Longhorns after spending the past three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, where he helped turn around a team that was 7-9 in 2000, the year before he arrived, into a unit that posted the second-best record in the NFL last season (13-3). (LINK)

    During Robinson's last year as your DC, you were #6 in the AFC in sacks, #5 in the NFL in forced turnovers, #3 in the NFL in interceptions, and #1 in the NFL in turnover margin (with an outstanding +19 advantage). LINK

    Robinson talks about having a D that "gets the ball back for the offense as fast as he can," and he did a good job doing that with the Chiefs.
     
  2. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    John has provided overwhelming proof that Robinson would not be a terrible choice for LSU.
     
  3. Nutriaitch

    Nutriaitch Fear the Buoy

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    I know where we finished.
    I was meaning whatever school Pelini was coaching before coming to LSU.
    I know he was a Co-DC at OU the year before coming here, but where was he and how did he do before that?
     
  4. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    contained chaos is going to be pissed if he has to look this up on his own.


    here's all you have to do:

    /retrieve pelini stats johnbot


     
  5. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    2003 - #11 (Nebraska)
    2004 - #13 (OU)

    USC put up 93 points on his defense in the NC in 04.
     
  6. CajunPunk

    CajunPunk TF's Resident Realist

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    Nebraska was ranked #11 in '03, #56 in '04, and #26 in '05.
     
  7. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    that would be incorrect. i did so last night.
     
  8. CajunPunk

    CajunPunk TF's Resident Realist

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    Dang it.
     
  9. JohnLSU

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    Monte Kiffen compared Robinson to Saban. Like Robinson, Saban is a former NFL DC. Like Robinson, Saban runs complex schemes. Honestly, I got kinda jealous watching a Bama game this year and listening to the color commentator rave about how advanced and complex Bama's D was under Saban.

     
  10. CajunPunk

    CajunPunk TF's Resident Realist

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    John... please bro, please.

    Before getting to KC, Shanahan fired Robinson because the Denver defense was falling apart, especially in the secondary, and this trend carried over to KC.

    This is the same guy who quit mid-season at KC and was replaced by Gunther Cunningham, the previous head coach of the Chiefs who underachieved big time. Robinson was so bad, that he was replaced by a guy they fired - another loser! You must not remember all the points the Chiefs put up during Vermeil's time. They outscored just about everyone that year. Remember Preist Holmes breaking TD records?

    So, he improved KC defense from something like 29th to 25th to 22nd to 20th? Hey, maybe if they would have given him 15 years or so, he could have gotten them down to 5th.

    Geez. Stats don't tell the whole story. If they did, JP Wilson would be the greatest QB to ever play for Alabama.
     
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