I think Jimmy Johns' biggest problem has been that he gets a hot head, and in the heat of the moment he reacts, instead of thinking his way through it. I seriously think that if he can learn this defense he can be a serious contributor...All-American might be stretching it, but I do think he can be a heck of a player if he can keep his head on straight, and stay focused on what he needs to do to help this team get better.
I think a lot of times people forget about how "bad" our LB situation was last year around this time. We had a converted WR (Zeke), a backup DE trying to convert to LB (Saunders), a true freshman (McClain) and a former walk on from MTSU (Mustain).
With this being said, I think that our coaching staff did a GREAT job of molding them in to a unit, and I think we are in better shape as of right now, than we were at this time last year. Especially when you think about the freshman that we are about to bring in.