My thoughts on Practice yesterday...NEG AWAY..LONG

[Gamineal]

LB's were running the rat drill. It's a basic drill for man free or cover-1 schemes. It's a tough drill. I know by experience. You're supposed to be play physical with the TE's, which is probably why they were running into each other.

The Sam is playing outside leverage man coverage with the TE. The other two backers (and the S$ depending on # of backs in the backfield) need to deal off the other backs in the backfield, based on the direction of their release. there is always one linebacker (or S$) free based on the releases.

Picture the S$ Will and Mike bracketing two back in the I. If the backs split, then the middle player (Will) is free in the middle. That free player needs to help on an inside release by the TE, usually by taking his head off (and maybe the Sam's head too, who is probably trailing him [due to his pre snap outside leverage]).

It's the first few days of spring ball. We didn't play much man free last year -- this must be new. Chill out. Everyone claims to be a scheme expect. Leave it to the coaches.

I appreciate it...Thats why I noted it is PRACTICE....

 

[Ukcanes1]

Nice work. I appreciate the insight.

 

[fivecent]

LB's were running the rat drill. It's a basic drill for man free or cover-1 schemes. It's a tough drill. I know by experience. You're supposed to be play physical with the TE's, which is probably why they were running into each other.

The Sam is playing outside leverage man coverage with the TE. The other two backers (and the S$ depending on # of backs in the backfield) need to deal off the other backs in the backfield, based on the direction of their release. there is always one linebacker (or S$) free based on the releases.

Picture the S$ Will and Mike bracketing two back in the I. If the backs split, then the middle player (Will) is free in the middle. That free player needs to help on an inside release by the TE, usually by taking his head off (and maybe the Sam's head too, who is probably trailing him [due to his pre snap outside leverage]).

It's the first few days of spring ball. We didn't play much man free last year -- this must be new. Chill out. Everyone claims to be a scheme expect. Leave it to the coaches.

This is the part that scares me. The kids couldn't handle what they had on their plate last year, and now they might be getting more?

 

[LuCane]

LB's were running the rat drill. It's a basic drill for man free or cover-1 schemes. It's a tough drill. I know by experience. You're supposed to be play physical with the TE's, which is probably why they were running into each other.

The Sam is playing outside leverage man coverage with the TE. The other two backers (and the S$ depending on # of backs in the backfield) need to deal off the other backs in the backfield, based on the direction of their release. there is always one linebacker (or S$) free based on the releases.

Picture the S$ Will and Mike bracketing two back in the I. If the backs split, then the middle player (Will) is free in the middle. That free player needs to help on an inside release by the TE, usually by taking his head off (and maybe the Sam's head too, who is probably trailing him [due to his pre snap outside leverage]).

It's the first few days of spring ball. We didn't play much man free last year -- this must be new. Chill out. Everyone claims to be a scheme expect. Leave it to the coaches.

This is the part that scares me. The kids couldn't handle what they had on their plate last year, and now they might be getting more?

Or, they might be simplifying. Any adjustment is a positive sign. Who knows.

 

[CaneAlmighty]

Encouraging news on Hamilton impressing when before spring practice he was left for dead. Would be a huge boost to the DL if can contribute in the rotation.

 

[WestEndZone]

LB's were running the rat drill. It's a basic drill for man free or cover-1 schemes. It's a tough drill. I know by experience. You're supposed to be play physical with the TE's, which is probably why they were running into each other.

The Sam is playing outside leverage man coverage with the TE. The other two backers (and the S$ depending on # of backs in the backfield) need to deal off the other backs in the backfield, based on the direction of their release. there is always one linebacker (or S$) free based on the releases.

Picture the S$ Will and Mike bracketing two back in the I. If the backs split, then the middle player (Will) is free in the middle. That free player needs to help on an inside release by the TE, usually by taking his head off (and maybe the Sam's head too, who is probably trailing him [due to his pre snap outside leverage]).

It's the first few days of spring ball. We didn't play much man free last year -- this must be new. Chill out. Everyone claims to be a scheme expect. Leave it to the coaches.

This is the part that scares me. The kids couldn't handle what they had on their plate last year, and now they might be getting more?

Or, they might be simplifying. Any adjustment is a positive sign. Who knows.

Man free is a very, very simple coverage. It adjusts well to motion and shifts too. Basically it's outside leverage man coverage, with help in the deep middle and in the middle hole. It's a single high shell, but it allows for easy roll downs by the S$, since he will most probably be playing off man on a detached receiver or a back in the backfield -- so it makes disguising feasible.

Single high looks, with constant rolling of a $ also works well with zone blitzing, or fire zones. The secondary and front will already be favorable three deep-three underneath pre snap alignment. The Seahawks won the Superbowl by playing man free and zone blitzing. I would love to see more man free being played, even out of a 50.

 

[AllAboutTheU]

Golden turned a top 30 defense into one of the worst in UM history over night... F**k that fat bich...

High quality porstin.

 

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Barrow, beloved Cane that he might be, should have been fired years ago. Our LBs are always lost.

The guy never coached before Randy hired him. And now he's coaching the most critical position in a scheme he never played in.

Sounds like some sort of match coverage drill they were running.

I don't think he does as much coaching as you do.

 

[Big Sky Cane]

Thanks for the recap Gam.

1st- Ryan Williams will impress this year.

2nd- I know why you're surprised by Olsen (because Pete constantly rails against the kid) but I don't think you or any fan should be. The kid has the goods, he's just at a distinct disadvantage from a maturity and knowledge standpoint compared to Williams. I expect him to have a solid career.

 

[supacane]

Its funny, the people who criticize Golden and co post more in the season, the ones who defend him get high and mighty in the offseason. You can write up all the nice things you want. They will be judged on what they put on the field. I have no time for these dudes, i come here and read, mostly recruiting. In any case, ill wait for the live bullets to start flying. They are gonna be here least another season, so need to keep *****ing about it Here's hoping something do change and we don't need to rebuild AGAIN.....i have no faith tho.

 

[Sable]

Option 1, our HQ and DC are idiots and have no business coaching at Miami
Option 2, our coaches are good but for whatever reason have blind loyalty to a scheme that doesn't work
Option 3, our HQ and DC have good football sense but aren't good teachers
Option 4, our players lack the talent to run any sort of defense
Option 5, our players lack the talent to run our current scheme but could be successful in another scheme
Option 6, our players are idiots and can't grasp very basic concepts
Option 7, our players want individual accolades instead of playing as a unit

I believe a combination of a lot of the above. Option 6 doesn't get a lot of talk around here, and when it does, people chalk it up to bad teaching. I appreciate the practice info. Always nice to be able to draw conclusions from something more than results, which can have many influencing factors.

FIFY

Is it fify or fufy

 

[LuCane]

LB's were running the rat drill. It's a basic drill for man free or cover-1 schemes. It's a tough drill. I know by experience. You're supposed to be play physical with the TE's, which is probably why they were running into each other.

The Sam is playing outside leverage man coverage with the TE. The other two backers (and the S$ depending on # of backs in the backfield) need to deal off the other backs in the backfield, based on the direction of their release. there is always one linebacker (or S$) free based on the releases.

Picture the S$ Will and Mike bracketing two back in the I. If the backs split, then the middle player (Will) is free in the middle. That free player needs to help on an inside release by the TE, usually by taking his head off (and maybe the Sam's head too, who is probably trailing him [due to his pre snap outside leverage]).

It's the first few days of spring ball. We didn't play much man free last year -- this must be new. Chill out. Everyone claims to be a scheme expect. Leave it to the coaches.

This is the part that scares me. The kids couldn't handle what they had on their plate last year, and now they might be getting more?

Or, they might be simplifying. Any adjustment is a positive sign. Who knows.

Man free is a very, very simple coverage. It adjusts well to motion and shifts too. Basically it's outside leverage man coverage, with help in the deep middle and in the middle hole. It's a single high shell, but it allows for easy roll downs by the S$, since he will most probably be playing off man on a detached receiver or a back in the backfield -- so it makes disguising feasible.

Single high looks, with constant rolling of a $ also works well with zone blitzing, or fire zones. The secondary and front will already be favorable three deep-three underneath pre snap alignment. The Seahawks won the Superbowl by playing man free and zone blitzing. I would love to see more man free being played, even out of a 50.

It's also easy to disguise Cover 3, which you alluded to in the 3over/3under and fire zones. We were not good with zone blitzing last year, though. Just poor in disguise, execution and timing (as in play call). The poster "Dynasty" and I have gone back and forth over the last couple seasons over whether or not we should use fire zones. I'm a huge fan. He's not. I've watched our guys pass receivers so horribly that I've begun to want it less and just want to see cleaner coverages. Fire zones can work when you have good players in key positions. I've mentioned how Manny Diaz executed them well with specific players and then had a train run on him when specific OLB/DE types and LBs weren't available (and he didn't adjust).

None of it matters unless the 5 you send at the QB are well-timed and working as a unit.

 

[kev13108]

Negged

Negged for negging

 

[WestEndZone]

LB's were running the rat drill. It's a basic drill for man free or cover-1 schemes. It's a tough drill. I know by experience. You're supposed to be play physical with the TE's, which is probably why they were running into each other.

The Sam is playing outside leverage man coverage with the TE. The other two backers (and the S$ depending on # of backs in the backfield) need to deal off the other backs in the backfield, based on the direction of their release. there is always one linebacker (or S$) free based on the releases.

Picture the S$ Will and Mike bracketing two back in the I. If the backs split, then the middle player (Will) is free in the middle. That free player needs to help on an inside release by the TE, usually by taking his head off (and maybe the Sam's head too, who is probably trailing him [due to his pre snap outside leverage]).

It's the first few days of spring ball. We didn't play much man free last year -- this must be new. Chill out. Everyone claims to be a scheme expect. Leave it to the coaches.

This is the part that scares me. The kids couldn't handle what they had on their plate last year, and now they might be getting more?

Or, they might be simplifying. Any adjustment is a positive sign. Who knows.

Man free is a very, very simple coverage. It adjusts well to motion and shifts too. Basically it's outside leverage man coverage, with help in the deep middle and in the middle hole. It's a single high shell, but it allows for easy roll downs by the S$, since he will most probably be playing off man on a detached receiver or a back in the backfield -- so it makes disguising feasible.

Single high looks, with constant rolling of a $ also works well with zone blitzing, or fire zones. The secondary and front will already be favorable three deep-three underneath pre snap alignment. The Seahawks won the Superbowl by playing man free and zone blitzing. I would love to see more man free being played, even out of a 50.

It's also easy to disguise Cover 3, which you alluded to in the 3over/3under and fire zones. We were not good with zone blitzing last year, though. Just poor in disguise, execution and timing (as in play call). The poster "Dynasty" and I have gone back and forth over the last couple seasons over whether or not we should use fire zones. I'm a huge fan. He's not. I've watched our guys pass receivers so horribly that I've begun to want it less and just want to see cleaner coverages. Fire zones can work when you have good players in key positions. I've mentioned how Manny Diaz executed them well with specific players and then had a train run on him when specific OLB/DE types and LBs weren't available (and he didn't adjust).

None of it matters unless the 5 you send at the QB are well-timed and working as a unit.

I'm with you on using zone blitzing. We almost need to play a ton of that since we base out of a 50 front; it just lends itself to those blitz principles -- any odd front does. The other alternative would be to send 6 and play cover 0 in the back, which I like too. If you can get good at bracketing bunched receivers and "spy and replace" techniques then you can run it against anything, on any down. Fire zones are a bit more situational, but the're significantly less risky.

You hear a lot of talk in coaching circles about focusing on the blitzer and not on the blitz. What that means is that some guys are just better at blitzing. It's something you're born with. Most of those players that we deem as "football guys" or "pure football players" are the ones that usually have those skills. The other part is the unit working -- which you mentioned. I also think that's hugely important, especially these days. Every offense today wants to get up to the line early in the play clock and check out what the defense is doing. If you do a poor job working as a unit, like you said, you're going to get gashed.

A lot of our problems last year stemmed for bad personnel. When Shayon is your rush end, then you're going to have a lot of trouble. That position should be filled by one of your best athletes on your team; someone who's a dynamic player. That's the position that usually drops into coverage in zone blitz and drop 8 situations. Everyone was up in arms watching him in coverage -- it's understandable. Once we fill that position with a stud, everyone's outlook will change. I can picture a dynamic player like D. Jackson playing that role. A kid with that size and athletic ability, coupled with his fine skills will dominate at that spot.