Joe_5700 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Bo would come up with some really good initial schemes and then refuse to change them even when they were not working. Exhibit A Wisconsin. Every game except for the one in Lincoln. Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 IMO, Bo preferred "academics" over "athletics". If a guy got the scheme, he would play over a more athletic guy. IIRC, it was mentioned that if one player was out of place/missed a read, the whole team fell apart i.e. big plays were made by the O. Quote Link to comment
mwj98 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I think some of you may be right. It's was almost like we were trying to get in the perfect formation on defense. Time and time again, there were last second adjustments, signals, etc. almost like they were over thinking. Sometimes you gotta let the ponies run. Then it looked as if they players were afraid to make mistakes. My prediction is we are much better discipline wise next year. Plus, we play loose. If you over think and worry about getting cursed out, you play tight. Just a thought. GBR. 2 Quote Link to comment
BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Pelini turned out to be too similar to Callahan in this regard and other areas. They looked at what they had on paper and knew it should work but couldn't figure out how to get that to translate to the personnel they had. Quote Link to comment
C N Red Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 IMO, Bo preferred "academics" over "athletics". If a guy got the scheme, he would play over a more athletic guy. IIRC, it was mentioned that if one player was out of place/missed a read, the whole team fell apart i.e. big plays were made by the O. I believe this to be true also. Problem is a coach needs to make his scheme able to be learned and used in order to get the talent on the field. I mean sh#t, why try and recruit good talent if they can't make it on the field b/c the scheme is soooooooo hard to learn and run. When things are made too hard much of your talent may not get on the field therefore completely wasting any recruiting of high caliber athletes you did. Just stupid! Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Riley's Defense: 1) If its a run away from you, you do this . . . 2) If its a run toward you, you do this . . . 3) If its a pass, you do this . . . Bo's Defense: 1) If its an inside trap away, and the guard nearest to you takes a quick jab step the the right, you do this . . . 2) If its an inside trap away, and the guard nearest to you takes a quick jab step the the left, you do this . . . 3) If its an inside trap towards you, and the guard nearest to you takes a quick jab step the the right, you do this . . . . . . 234) If its a swing pass towards you and there is a trips formation on your side, you do this . . . 235) If its a swing pass towards you and there is a wide out and a slot on your side, you do this . . . unless the QB has blue eyes, then you do this . . . . 5 Quote Link to comment
skersfan Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I thought he just concentrated on being an A$$HOLE. That was the only thing he had mastered. 6 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I thought he just concentrated on being an A$$HOLE. That was the only thing he had mastered. :facepalm 2 Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 ... Hopefully there's a little more to Riley's defense than doing the same thing on every pass play. That would be easy to exploit. Quote Link to comment
skersfan Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 No way you could do that. His junk is in the way. Quote Link to comment
Abdullah the Butcher Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I thought he just concentrated on being an A$$HOLE. That was the only thing he had mastered. :facepalm Quote Link to comment
cg_8 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 ... Hopefully there's a little more to Riley's defense than doing the same thing on every pass play. That would be easy to exploit. There's always more, but if it is a similar scheme to MSU's (as Banker has said is very similar), they basically run the same coverage every play except when they blitz. Bo's did also, the difference is, that you played m2m in Bo's once you read and "match" the initial moves of each prospective eligible receiver. 1 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 No way you could do that. His junk is in the way. Personal attack? Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 No way you could do that. His junk is in the way. Personal attack? Tattletale? Quote Link to comment
southernoregonhusker Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I thought he just concentrated on being an A$$HOLE. That was the only thing he had mastered. He was excellent in that particular area. Quote Link to comment
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