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What defense would YOU run at Miami as HC

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We play on slower turf now than at the OB, so our old speed advantage is lessened, but I still would like our 4-3. Whatever we play, it needs to reset LOS on other side not our side. Aggression is a must. However, we have to solve the DT problem for a 4-3 to work. Problem with the 3-4 is that it MUST have a good NT and they are even harder to fine than DTs. One thing I would do is start hitting full out at practice, regardless of injuries, to the max allowed. You play how you practice, we practice soft and play soft. Remember Al cutting practice off because it was getting too rough! JJ would start the practice OVER if it wasn't violent enough. Don't know if you can do that today, but you get my point.
 
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QoolCane said:
I think with the talent that we have in the defensive backfield, combined with the big hitters, and the spread offense, the 3-3-5 would be nice to run. The 4-3 is cool, but you can't stop the spread offense with a 4-3.
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What D did Ravens run in the Super Bowl against 49ers? I thought it was a 4-3, but I am not sure. I agree about using our hitters. Much harder to play some fancy high-tech spread with blood dripping from your face. Pain and fear of it matters a lot.
 
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I think our current system is very interesting. I'd love to see it work. It's an NFL system with a high ceiling--we just need to fill our roster correctly.

But if I had to restart, I would go with a 425. It's the perfect mix of old (for us) and new.

The Old:
When our staff took a trip to Ft. Worth to meet with Gary Patterson's staff, we got a chance to go through their base coverages. They're primarily a robber/quarters coverage team. They refer to their robber coverage as "Cover 2" and their quarters coverage as "Cover Blue". He talked a little about why they refer to their quarters look as "Cover Blue", which is a whole other conversation, but he mentioned that they shaped Blue into what "Miami of Florida" made famous under Jimmy Johnson.

The New:
The 425 is a nickel based, no huddle defense. It looks like spread/no huddle systems are here to stay; I think it's not irresponsible to base out of a nickel these days. We should be able to hang with pro style teams if we can find the right personnel at the safety position. Our team speed would be outrageous in this system.
 
https://twitter.com/CraigSagerJr/statuses/474227494523273216

Multiple fronts, multiple coverages, and subpackages for me. The base front doesn't determine the success of the defense, but good defenses are flexible and adaptable depending on personnel and opponent. The evolution of spread offense demands this, as well as down and distance, game flow, etc. NFL teams are in nickel 65% of the time now to match 4/5 receiver sets.

We run the same **** against everyone and it sucks. Replacing the current defense with a different base front is meaningless if the gameplan doesn't change week-to-week. The alignment of the front 7 is not the problem with our defense, it's the overall philosophy and specific roles/assignments that need to change, and will once Fat Al and No D are gone.
 
HighSeas said:
https://twitter.com/CraigSagerJr/statuses/474227494523273216

Multiple fronts, multiple coverages, and subpackages for me. The base front doesn't determine the success of the defense, but good defenses are flexible and adaptable depending on personnel and opponent. The evolution of spread offense demands this, as well as down and distance, game flow, etc. NFL teams are in nickel 65% of the time now to match 4/5 receiver sets.

We run the same **** against everyone and it sucks. Replacing the current defense with a different base front is meaningless if the gameplan doesn't change week-to-week. The alignment of the front 7 is not the problem with our defense, it's the overall philosophy and specific roles/assignments that need to change, and will once Fat Al and No D are gone.
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Tell that to the Seahawks......or MSU.....

You don't need to show anything except some timely well designed blitzes on third down. The rest of the time you can run one or two coverages with one or two fronts and be wildly successful. It's about teaching the players correctly, and getting them to execute flawlessly and fast.
 
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Okay im not gunna argue if the 43 or some other D is a better fit for florida talent, or if you think a D 4 down lineman is just better in general, but there is no way we can run any D with 4 lineman with the current roster. what do you think would happen in the running game if we kicked Chick inside and had AQM or McCord or Thomas trying to hold it down on the outside? anyway you construct it, your either putting big bodies in to stop the run and giving up on your pass rush, or you put the pass rushers in and sacrifice the run. Were one NT away from being a compete roster.
 
Just dont run a 3-4.Saban at the top of the food chain and Stoops looked like his DADDY in the bowl game. Lbs on a wr is a wet dream coming to life for an OC.
 
OldManCane said:
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ProjectMKUltra5 said:
Considering you gotta work with what you got, id stick with the plan and go 3-4....all things considered when you have the players for it, its the best D you can run imo
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You've gotta be a fan of some other ACC school if you think we've got anyone on our roster to hold down the middle of a 3-4 defense.
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Michael Wyche
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He's not that kind of player and from the reviews I've heard about him, I'd be surprised if he's ever anything special here. Having said that, he's a player who you can't help but pull for. Just getting his education would be a major triumph considering what he's had to go through to get here.
 
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Any DC worth a **** is MULTIPLE.

Personally I like the 3-4 for 2 reasons...

1. It's flexible. It can look like a 4-3, a 4-4, a 5-2 or a 3-4.
2. It's symmetrical. Easy to adjust. You can flip your whole defensive play with one word or two words pre-snap and nobody has to move.

If I call "Odd" then we're in a base 3-4. DE's head-up on Tackles and Nose head-up on Center.
If I call "Over" or "Under" then we're in more of a 4-3 look, especially if my rushing OLB puts his hand in the ground.
Then I drop a Safety down and now we look like a 4-4.
3rd down, I take the Sam OLB and substitute him in at DE to rush the passer then bring in a 5th DB. Now we're in a 4-2-5.

IMO, it's because of this, that you need more versatile players to run it properly. I need, or prefer, OLB's that are equal in skill. I need Safeties that are equal in skill. Reason being, I can't always blitz the same OLB, I need to be able to change things up and send the other guy. I can't always drop the same Safety down into the box, I need to have the ability to drop the other guy down sometimes. This allows me to be more versatile. If I have one Safety who's a big, slow, physical guy and another Safety who's a ball hawk then I'm pretty sure the offense will figure out who I'm more likely to drop into the box.

Up front it'll always be attacking, one gap technique. Even when we're in a base 3-4 we'll be slanting one way or another. We'll also be pinching occasionally, i.e. both DE's slanting into B-gaps.

In the back-end we'd be running a lot of split field and combo coverages. Man/zone mixed. Quarters on one side, 2-read on the other. Man here, zone there. Yada yada yada.

It's not so much WHAT defense you run, it's the concepts you use. Saban's defense isn't as complex as people think. It's relatively simply and extremely sound. He minimizes voids and weaknesses by using innovative concepts like Rip/Liz Match. (his adaptation of cover-3 that guards the seams)
 
Blitze Packages every play. Getting pressure on the QB creates plays ... nuff said ... OFFENSE - Give the ball to your play makers please!
 
WildcatDefense said:
Any DC worth a **** is MULTIPLE.

Personally I like the 3-4 for 2 reasons...

1. It's flexible. It can look like a 4-3, a 4-4, a 5-2 or a 3-4.
2. It's symmetrical. Easy to adjust. You can flip your whole defensive play with one word or two words pre-snap and nobody has to move.

If I call "Odd" then we're in a base 3-4. DE's head-up on Tackles and Nose head-up on Center.
If I call "Over" or "Under" then we're in more of a 4-3 look, especially if my rushing OLB puts his hand in the ground.
Then I drop a Safety down and now we look like a 4-4.
3rd down, I take the Sam OLB and substitute him in at DE to rush the passer then bring in a 5th DB. Now we're in a 4-2-5.

IMO, it's because of this, that you need more versatile players to run it properly. I need, or prefer, OLB's that are equal in skill. I need Safeties that are equal in skill. Reason being, I can't always blitz the same OLB, I need to be able to change things up and send the other guy. I can't always drop the same Safety down into the box, I need to have the ability to drop the other guy down sometimes. This allows me to be more versatile. If I have one Safety who's a big, slow, physical guy and another Safety who's a ball hawk then I'm pretty sure the offense will figure out who I'm more likely to drop into the box.

Up front it'll always be attacking, one gap technique. Even when we're in a base 3-4 we'll be slanting one way or another. We'll also be pinching occasionally, i.e. both DE's slanting into B-gaps.

In the back-end we'd be running a lot of split field and combo coverages. Man/zone mixed. Quarters on one side, 2-read on the other. Man here, zone there. Yada yada yada.

It's not so much WHAT defense you run, it's the concepts you use. Saban's defense isn't as complex as people think. It's relatively simply and extremely sound. He minimizes voids and weaknesses by using innovative concepts like Rip/Liz Match. (his adaptation of cover-3 that guards the seams)
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This. so many people are so blind in there hate for d'onofrio that they think anything he runs, in any capacity, must be terrible. the 3-4 is where its at, thats why so many teams run it in college and the nfl
 
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ProjectMKUltra5 said:
WildcatDefense said:
Any DC worth a **** is MULTIPLE.

Personally I like the 3-4 for 2 reasons...

1. It's flexible. It can look like a 4-3, a 4-4, a 5-2 or a 3-4.
2. It's symmetrical. Easy to adjust. You can flip your whole defensive play with one word or two words pre-snap and nobody has to move.

If I call "Odd" then we're in a base 3-4. DE's head-up on Tackles and Nose head-up on Center.
If I call "Over" or "Under" then we're in more of a 4-3 look, especially if my rushing OLB puts his hand in the ground.
Then I drop a Safety down and now we look like a 4-4.
3rd down, I take the Sam OLB and substitute him in at DE to rush the passer then bring in a 5th DB. Now we're in a 4-2-5.

IMO, it's because of this, that you need more versatile players to run it properly. I need, or prefer, OLB's that are equal in skill. I need Safeties that are equal in skill. Reason being, I can't always blitz the same OLB, I need to be able to change things up and send the other guy. I can't always drop the same Safety down into the box, I need to have the ability to drop the other guy down sometimes. This allows me to be more versatile. If I have one Safety who's a big, slow, physical guy and another Safety who's a ball hawk then I'm pretty sure the offense will figure out who I'm more likely to drop into the box.

Up front it'll always be attacking, one gap technique. Even when we're in a base 3-4 we'll be slanting one way or another. We'll also be pinching occasionally, i.e. both DE's slanting into B-gaps.

In the back-end we'd be running a lot of split field and combo coverages. Man/zone mixed. Quarters on one side, 2-read on the other. Man here, zone there. Yada yada yada.

It's not so much WHAT defense you run, it's the concepts you use. Saban's defense isn't as complex as people think. It's relatively simply and extremely sound. He minimizes voids and weaknesses by using innovative concepts like Rip/Liz Match. (his adaptation of cover-3 that guards the seams)
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This. so many people are so blind in there hate for d'onofrio that they think anything he runs, in any capacity, must be terrible. the 3-4 is where its at, thats why so many teams run it in college and the nfl
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The facts support our thinking. We have 3 years of evidence... Have you seen our D play anywhere close to what Saban puts on the field?
 
In my experience, if a team can consistently run the ball up the middle and gain 3 or 4 positive yards a pop, that team will win the ball game 90 percent of the time.

For whatever reason, we have gotten away from that in recent years. I'd like to see us be able to control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball a little better.

Get back to fundamentals.
 
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