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Of course you can change DC's during the season. Georgia Tech just did it in October. And, defenses modify their schemes during the season. We have run 4 man fronts this year. Against Navy, we ran a modified 50. It isn't like our players didn't play in other defenses growing up. So switching away from the 3-3-5 isn't impossible. 1st and most important... Caponi is reassigned to an analyst position with the intermural teams. I don't want that guy anywhere near my defense. 2nd- Evaluate offensive linemen, TE's and RB's that are not on the depth chart. Maybe one or two can contribute in the new front 7. 3rd- Teach our players how to tackle, instead of that chicken-winging crap they do on the field. These players need to learn how to wrap up.

I agree. Caponi just didn't do his job in the offseason. And, Morris didn't do his job when choose Caponi to run the defense.

Exactly. In his 22 seasons as a head coach Leach never won a conference title. Great offense. No defense.

No. Littrell needed to go back in 2020. The problem is we hired an air raid guy that doesn't understand defense. That's why we have a billon receivers and can't stop the run. Air raid coaches should be capped at the offensive coordinator position. No higher. Defense wins championships.

I will be mad until we have a real defense and actually win the games we should win, and become competitive in the game we aspire to win.

We played for the conference title last season, and brought back most of our talent. Not saying we should be in contention for the AAC title, but we were considered a bowl team before the season started. That's not unrealistic. This Morris defense couldn't get us into the C-USA title game this year. Caponi's defense is crap, and everyone knows it. Morris allows this to continue week after week. That is unrealistic.

So, you admit the department never called this season a rebuild. You admit Morris went into the Media Day and talked about us competing for the AAC title this season. Thanks. Morris actually changed us to a worse defense. That's regression, not a rebuild.

Littrell was only hanging on by a thread because the leadership at UNT and fans like you kept making excuses for his failures. No one is buying that crap anymore. No more excuses. If you can show me where the AD was calling this a rebuild and I'll shut up. But, you can't, because it was never meant to be a rebuild.

Show where the athletic department told us Morris was coming here for a rebuild. All I read was how he was going to elevate out programs as we moved to the AAC.

Defense wins championships. Littrell never learned this. Morris has yet to figure it out. I miss Skladany.

This is not what we were sold when Morris was hired. This was never supposed to be a rebuild. Morris was supposed to elevate us higher and make us more competitive. Can't be surprised that fans/people are quitting on this team. The program needs to show fans that real changes are being made. Fans are tired of the lipstick on this pig. Caponi has to go., and Morris needs to own up to that bad hire.

The season never started for Caponi. Our defense has allowed at least one 100 yard rusher in every game this season (and yes, that includes the Abilene Christian game)! Le that sink in.

I disappointed that 9 weeks into this season more hasn't been done to fix our defense. We have had the worst run defense in the country from day one, and Caponi hasn't don't enough to change that. UTSA just killed 5 minutes off the clock to kick our ass. Morris needs to answer for this. I know I've said evaluate at the end of the season, and then fire Caponi, but this is just total embarrassment. FIRE CAPONI NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't care who coaches the defense for the rest of the season. This season is lost anyway. I tired of watching this crap! And, judging by the turnout today, everyone else is tired of this crap too.

Terrible. This defense is just terrible. Everything about what Caponi is doing is terrible. And Morris is just letting Caponi run it into the ground.

:52 till halftime. UTSA with the ball. Does Caponi's defense give up the touchdown?

Due to the continued failures of Caponi's defense, I have now increased the size of my "FIRE CAPONI!!!!!!!!" banner in my sig.

Not to watch this.

Can we just try letting some of our offense players play defense? They can't do any worse.

Yes. We need points. Especially since we came up empty last time in the red zone.

Okay Adaway had a run. Wow. That looked like he was doing that to our defense.

Yes.

In about 3 hours some apologist will post on this board how we forced a field goal in the 1st, and that's proof we're improving. When everyone that was watching knows, we only stopped them on 3rd down because of a flag behind the play, and that the UTSA runner would have had the 1st. Just sad.

Between McCarney and Caponi, I don't ever want us to hire another coach from Iowa State. If fact, I don't even want Iowa State's waterboy.

That is the worst possible start to this game. I'm so tired for people making excuses for this crap. Some coaches need to be fired, and maybe a recruiter too. This is crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate it too. But, until we stomp the crap out of them every year, it is what it is. And we'll never get to that point if we're content with moral victories and a defense that gives up 600 yards a game.