Here’s the Elephant in the room.... Texas and UF were LOADED on the defensive side of the ball during his tenures . 5 Stars at every position and the NFL is full of former Texas and UF Defensive players he coached . When he went to Auburn after UF , the talent level at that time was not where it normally is at Auburn and any Auburn fan will tell you the defense struggled that year . I’ll give him credit for recruiting great players but Texas and UF bring in 5 Stars in their sleep . Just being honest , he’s not gonna get those type of guys here . The only legitimate one he had a shot at is wrecking Havok at Clemson this year . Guys like Clowney and XT are “only come around every 10 years” guys . So to make a long story short .... is he an Elite Defensive coach if he doesn’t have elite defensive players ??? Maybe . Maybe not . I would like to say it’s just a talent gap but you will never convince me that Kentucky and Mizzou are head and shoulders more talented than us on the OL and DL . And yes we did win Sat but ... we all know they beat us like a drum on both sides of the ball and pretty much gift wrapped a win and handed to us . Will be interesting to see .