Elko was a drastic change, Lea took it a step further, Freeman unwound it, and Golden picked back up where Elko/Lea trended.
So, if MF was the outlier and MF hired Ash, who's to say if there was a bigger sample set of MF as DC we wouldn't all have been up in arms?
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Year DC Total Defense Rank
2017 Mike Elko 46.
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2018 Clark Lea 30.
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2019 Clark Lea 18.
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2020 Clark Lea 25.
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2021 Marcus Freeman 43.
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2022 Al Golden 21 (t-21).
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2023 Al Golden 5.
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2024 Al Golden 11.
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Replies to: "Defense Rank from Elko to Golden. Surprise, MF D was 3 points short of the worst."
- This was the year that nd needed to make another good run - beefy78 - 8:31pm 9/16/25 (8) [View All]
- Defense Rank from Elko to Golden. Surprise, MF D was 3 points short of the worst. - oldirish - 8:31pm 9/16/25
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- Total defense is a garbage stat. They were 11th in scoring D in 2021 - Turkish - 7:57am 9/17/25
- See 11:30 or 11:40 min mark... [LINK] - oldirish - 10:40pm 9/17/25
- Kind of tells a simple story. [NT] - oldirish - 4:52pm 9/17/25
- * [NT] - Clem - 5:33am 9/17/25
- Ultimately, Freeman is a great front man. I have concerns he has a solid plan of - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:28pm 9/16/25
- I think Freeman was the 4th…i rank them Golden, Lea, Elko, Freeman. I thought Lea was the best at - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:21pm 9/16/25
- agreed. [NT] - oldirish - 4:51pm 9/17/25
- They pretty much hit on 4 straight d coordinators..Ash - beefy78 - 8:35pm 9/16/25
- Total defense is a garbage stat. They were 11th in scoring D in 2021 - Turkish - 7:57am 9/17/25