Well, my point was that I thought that with losing almost all the leading tacklers from what I considered a weak defense, it's quite a tall order to expect a new DC turn that around in less than a season.
Funny enough, it's the offensive side of the ball that took the biggest hit and guys did step up. There are, what, 8 NFL guys gone from the offense since 2020 and multiple transfer portal departures? Guys stepped up on that side of the ball - but the difference is that, even though I didn't want to complain about it and was hoping I was wrong, our recruiting on the defensive side of the ball has been subpar for years - and you can hardly blame that on a guy who wasn't doing the recruiting - he was doing the recruiting for a team that held SDSU and USD to a combined 31 points this year.
1) steig
2) pileni
3) gus
4) basically anybody who understands ndsu football better than Entz
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Would Gus do it?
Someone please say yes.
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Next year SDSU is losing 10 - 6th year starters. We have a bunch but were not going to lose them all. I'm more worried about losing young studs behind them than a player like Sam Jung, Julian Wlodarczyk or Jake Kava. They are preventing guys like Darius Givance, Crumby, Toby Anene, Kelton McCaslin, and Jaiden Pickett from developing and seeing the field. Entz doesnt have the balls like Bohl did to make changes and insert young players in the lineup
We have a ton of seniors but not all are impact players.
I would want all 5 o-lineman, Joe Stoffel, RaJa Nelson and TK. Cam of course
On defense I would pick Cole Wisniewski, Dylan Hendricks, Will & Eli, and Javier Derritt.
The rest are depth players and not impact
I may have missed a few
And maybe we need to dip into the portal? Guys like Brayden Thomas started making an impact late in his 1st year and was a stud senior
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Seems like FBS Coordinator salaries, including G5 salaries, have increased more than FCS head coaching salaries. I think this would hamper our ability to draw candidates we would have previously looked at.
Tim Polasek makes $350k at Wyoming - almost identical to Entz
Jamar Cain $800k
Scottie Hazelton, my dream coach, over $1mil at Michigan State.
Entz - $369k (from what I've read)
Makes me think we would realistically need to pull from within FCS.
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