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Miles seems to have zeroed in on his top choice as LSU's new defensive coordinator, and it's UCLA's DeWayne Walker. The key thing with Walker has been his pursuit of a head coaching position, but with the San Diego State job going to Ball State's Brady Hoke, which broke yesterday, it looks like Walker is getting shut out of the jobs he was pursuing.
The problem Walker had this year is he was the defensive coordinator on a bad UCLA team. The Bruins were just plain horrible on offense, and because of that their defensive numbers suffered. Prior to this year, though, Walker had been putting together a reputation for UCLA's defense as the best unit on the West Coast not named USC.
Walker is a no-nonsense, hard-edged guy as a defensive coordinator, perhaps
even harder-edged than Bo Pelini was, and
he demands accountability and performance from his people. That would make him a terrific fit for LSU's defense, which was rudderless this year and definitely did not play as a team.
A strong leader like Walker, who also happens to be well-regarded as an X's and O's man, who's known for aggressive, hard-hitting defenses and who has worked with some true masters of the game in Joe Gibbs, Bill Belichick, LaVell Edwards and Pete Carroll during his time as a coach, is a sensational fit.
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