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I would like to make a comment and don't care if it hurts anyones feelings. I have full faith in coach short. He is very young as head coaches go and needs to surround himself with good smart people. Defense and fundamentals have been a big problem with this program for quite a few years now. Part of the fundamentals thing goes all the way back to little league. Once a kid gets to the Varsity level after years of little league and middle school they should have things like tackling properly down pat. You build a strong program from the ground up and when I say ground I mean A team on up. I think at the end of this season coach short needs to clean house from A team all the way to his own staff like Chuke Williams did. Get coaches who know what they are doing to get hold of these kids early and teach the the proper fundamentals of this game. Show me a program who is mediocre and playing bad and Ill show you a program who has a bunch of coaches at the little leage and middle school levels who are full of themselves and not on the same page as the Varsity coaches. A strong program like a Belfry have kids on the A, B, C, D and middle school teams on the same page as the Varsity, learning the Varsity playbook and system a little at a time so when the Varsity coaches get them as freshman the already know the full base playbook. You need coaches who arent trying to impress anyone or get a name for themselves and understand that their main job is to prepare the kids for the next level. I also think coach Short needs to take a hard look at his own staff. The man needs to find someone who can coach the hell out of some defense. If what someone said is true and they have the exact staff as they did with Cecil then that explains alot. Short needs to find the best defensive coach he can, who that would be I have no idea but Im sure there are some good ones to be found if you look hard enough. Some changes need to be made and anyone who thinks otherwise is in denial. Also if its true and the weight lifting program is a problem and the kids are being lazy about it the it needs to be addressed and taken care of quickly.