{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

[Benton]

(11-06-2017, 12:17 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Easy, Dalton has had more complete teams with better defenses. 

I went back and looked, and the defense is way betterer. The offense is slightly betterer too. At least as far as overall points for/against.

CP: PF/PA
04- 374 (10th)/372 (22nd)
05- 421 (4th)/350 (22nd)
06- 373 (8th)/331 (17th)
07- 380 (11th)/385 (24th)
09- 305 (22nd)/291 (6th)
10- 322 (22nd)/396 (24th)
Avg offense rank: 13th
Avg. defense rank: 19th

AD: PF/PA
11- 344 (8th)/322 (9th)
12- 391 (12th)/320 (8th)
13- 430 (6th)/305 (5th)
14- 365 (15th)/344 (12th)
15- 419 (7th)/279 (2nd)
16- 325 (24th)/ 315 (8th)
Avg offense rank: 12th
Avg. defense rank: 8th

Of course, there's lots more to it than just averages. My personal opinion is our defense got a lot better in 08 when Zimmer came and — outside of 2010 — stayed in the top 10 during his run. That was the difference maker. Overall, though, I think on offense, Carson had better players around him than AD has had.