CaneHammer
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- Nov 2, 2011
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I said this in another post. In rewatching the Duke game, our LBs (other than 52) suck complete ***. 59 is garbage. Slow and zero instincts. He guesses (wrong) and usually plugs the wrong hole. He is even worse in coverage. Duke picked on 31, 59 any time they needed yardage. When it came to the read option, they were horrible. I do not think we could play man under and yield much different results.
I think the fact that a lot of our players look slow and have zero instincts is because this defensive philosophy sucks the life out of using your instincts.
The ironic thing about this complex "multiple" scheme is that these kids aren't learning how to play the game.
It's like taking a basketball team full of quick twitches black athletes from the inner city ('90 UNLV) and asking them to walk the ball up the court, run set plays, and sprint back to play a soft *** 2-3 zone coverage.
I am not a huge fan of the defense even in the pros. However, I get what it is intended to do. I think our problem is compounded by trotting garbage players out there, ****** coaching, on top of a more read and react scheme. Folks should also realize there are reads to be made by the DL, even in a single gap defense. It is not just penetrate. Problem with our DL, it sucks at penetrating consistently.
Things we suck at which are a sign of **** coaching:
-inability to get the play call in so the players can get lined up quickly.
****This compounds the problem of having a "complex" scheme. (Irony) By the looks of things we did nothing complex this year.
-Lack of significant/simply adjustments in order to stop what the opposing offense is doing.
****My favorite is continuing to play two high safety when people are pushing the ball down our throats with the run. It took us till playing Louisville to see some 8 in the box. Do our safeties suck that bad, that we need both of them 10 to 15 yards off the LOS?
-**** poor defensive play calling
****This is actually highlighted in the first bullet. We seem to be a step slow in getting the call in. I believe this is likely Coach D is having difficulty selecting a call. We seem to be a step behind, especially in the second half after the Opposing OC peels the first layer back on our Defensive Playcalls. I could go on for a while but I would just be repeating the same ol BS that has been discussed already.