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Brady Hoke's unhappy with Ducks defense -- is he blowing smoke or is there fire?

EUGENE, Ore. -- Oregon Ducks defensive coordinator Brady Hoke hasn’t exactly been chipper this summer when discussing his defense and its transition from a 3-4 under Don Pellum to a 4-3 now.

And last Thursday, following the Ducks’ final scrimmage of camp, it was more of the same.

“I think as a whole we weren’t very good,” he said about the scrimmage.

“We’ve got a long way to go to be a defense that’s going to be effective in this league,” he said about his defense’s chances in the Pac-12.

Hoke explained that there were breakdowns in every level of the defense, breakdowns he thought the coaching staff had fixed going into that day.