jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
10/13/2012, 11:31 PM
http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/119385-A-few-snapshots-of-how-we-stunt-ourselves-out-of-position-vs-the-run.
P does a lot of the things that I did with diagnosing our defense. One point that drew my attention was this:
We’ve done a terrible job teaching our LBs fundamentals. This isn’t just about inexperience. It’s about degradation of skill and/or schooling our linebackers on “run fits” (essentially – make sure to run here when you see this) against a myriad of offensive looks cross referenced with our defensive call instead of a focus on how to read blocks, flow, keep guys off of your legs, which shoulder to use etc. Football is dynamic. And the back isn’t required to dutifully run to the B gap.
I hate to say it, but it’s very Charlie Weis. Treating a college team as if they’re skilled, finished products, railing against their advanced calculus performance when you never taught them algebra. Diaz had a chance to consolidate last season’s gains. Instead, he pushed forward as if Acho and Robinson were still here and Adrian Phillips was a grizzled veteran. "- Scipio Tex
I just have to wonder if this wasn't the same trap we fell into on D (in both the secondary and with the linebackers). I mean it has to be tough on a coach to have 5 years worth of spread in the knowledge at a position. Based on the videos from last year, Martinez was talking way over most of the DBs heads and they played like it throughout the year. I wonder if what Mike did was bring them back down to some simple baseline and then build them up from there. Basically, making them sound fundamentally is about as good as you can expect out of a college player, anything else they learn is just gravy.
P does a lot of the things that I did with diagnosing our defense. One point that drew my attention was this:
We’ve done a terrible job teaching our LBs fundamentals. This isn’t just about inexperience. It’s about degradation of skill and/or schooling our linebackers on “run fits” (essentially – make sure to run here when you see this) against a myriad of offensive looks cross referenced with our defensive call instead of a focus on how to read blocks, flow, keep guys off of your legs, which shoulder to use etc. Football is dynamic. And the back isn’t required to dutifully run to the B gap.
I hate to say it, but it’s very Charlie Weis. Treating a college team as if they’re skilled, finished products, railing against their advanced calculus performance when you never taught them algebra. Diaz had a chance to consolidate last season’s gains. Instead, he pushed forward as if Acho and Robinson were still here and Adrian Phillips was a grizzled veteran. "- Scipio Tex
I just have to wonder if this wasn't the same trap we fell into on D (in both the secondary and with the linebackers). I mean it has to be tough on a coach to have 5 years worth of spread in the knowledge at a position. Based on the videos from last year, Martinez was talking way over most of the DBs heads and they played like it throughout the year. I wonder if what Mike did was bring them back down to some simple baseline and then build them up from there. Basically, making them sound fundamentally is about as good as you can expect out of a college player, anything else they learn is just gravy.