You girls have said something similar about UT every single offseason of my life. Whoever we lost is irreplaceable, whoever we kept won't get better, things are trending down. What's funny is that you really believe you're objective.No but your defense lost all of its impact players so at this point you can only project them to be worse and you really haven't improved your QB or OL situation unless you are counting on true freshmen to solve your issues, either way that projects downward. If I were strong i'd roll with the youth movement at QB, OL and defense and build for year 3 where there could be some promise with the young guys. JMO
Strong has clearly shown he knows how to reload a D year in and year out. That's the least of my concerns. QB and O line have to improve. That remains to be seen.