and the defense was his. Those that want to jettison Lamb, yet have no issue with Clune, Hadley, Gilford and Kalani are just targeting a scapegoat.

None of us knows whether Lamb was the architect of the platoon system, and it seems silly to say that the DC, HC, and other defensive position coaches had no ability to say “no” to that. Just a silly criticism with little verified basis. Those that lay it all on Lamb slight the roles and collaboration of all of the other defensive coaches. It is not realistic to think that Lamb just steam rolls over Clune, Gilford and Hadley (and Kalani) in such decisions. The staff collaborates and Kalani has a big role in those collaborations and big decisions.

The primary special teams issue was with field goals. Did we give Lamb any credit when Oldroyd was “Jake the make?” When he hit the game winner against Arizona as a freshman? Did we give him credit for developing Rekhow? Not really. Jake’s unpredicted mental issues this year are hard to pin Lamb.

I was disappointed in every position group on defense this year. But I don’t think they are as bad as we think, EXCEPT for the D-Line. The horrendous D-Line play just exposed us and made everyone on D look bad. I don’t think we notice the safety talent and issues as much, but for the QB having all day to thrown and running backs routinely hitting the second level untouched. I thought our linebackers were more disappointing after the D-Line. Though safety tackling and lack of INTs was also not good.

I don’t understand the recruiting criticism of Lamb. Seems his approach to bringing in great athletes and developing them has given us a pretty good DB room. He was key in getting Freeland, by the way. The valid recruiting criticism in my mind is with the lack of big time D-linemen for Kalani’s entire tenure. That was what many of us looked forward to with his hiring.

Lamb has been a successful head coach and has experience outside of BYU and Utah coaching, with some big names. He is not a member of the church, which we need on the staff.

The Lamb criticism to the exclusion of Clune, Hadley, Gilford and Kalani is really strange. He may get fired, and he may be the problem, but the truth is we really don’t know, and the criticisms thrown around on here are just based on rumor, and for the most part on overall dissatisfaction with a poor defense as a whole.

Frankly, the staff with Gilford, Clune and Hadley as the primary coaches is pretty scary. I feel a lot better having Lamb.