LOVEMYIRISH
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and even though we arent allowed to give opinions, im going to break the rules and give another one. i think it is possible that even a great position coach can be overshadowed by a horrendous coordinator. In other words even if mattison was as great as you say, the combination of baer/minter as d-coord could have stunted the development of abiamiri.
I have no doubt that Mattison's D-Line went overlooked due to the pourous PassD.
I also have no doubt that Abiamiri could have developed into a true stud like Tuck had he been given great coaching.
Tuck's coach for 4 years? Mattison.
Abiamiri's? 2 years Mattison, 2 years not.
I think Abiamiri's growth was most likely stunted due to Mattison leaving...which is why Abiamiri was never a force like Tuck.
Remember how opposing teams were REQUIRED to double team Tuck? That was an awesome thing. Abiamiri was only double teamed by bad teams. USC, UM, Purdue, LSU...all of those teams held him in check with one guy.