A 10-2 record is pretty darn good. Even though the Irish finished the 2015 regular season with exactly that record, it feels as though this year could have been even better. One of the primary reasons for this feeling is a defense that showed incredible potential and frustrating inconsistency.
In this post we will focus on the role the defensive scheme played in this inconsistency. Although I don't necessarily subscribe to the theory that the scheme is too complex, there is no doubt at times player were put in positions where it would be difficult to succeed. Let's take a look at the film and I'll show you what I mean.