I think part of the reason the D has had such great success as far as ypg and ppg has been the players on the field. We all know Venables' cover 2, soft zone, predictable blitz scheme and a good portion of us do not like it. I'm not calling for his his job nor am I saying I agree with the job he has done but at some point we have to just say he has superb athletes on that side of the ball and they have made him look good in spots. We have likely 6-8 guys on D that will play at the next level and they can make any coach look good because they are, that good.
The only game the last two years I have seen a great scheme implemented from Venables was the Tech game last year. Those guys were prepared and held them in check completely with being in the right place, right time due to design, not just athleticism. I do not think he can call a good game with play timing and adjustments at all but he obviously has talent to coach on that side of the ball and we need some good coaching to go along with it.
It kills me to see all this talent on the field and what appears to be play calling and lack of adjustments hindering what they are capable of as a unit.