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It looked to me that Chryst was very effective at isolating the inexperienced spots on our defense. For instance, the touchdown Stafford let by looked to be designed at exactly that: make Stafford choose between several options, knowing that he will more than likely choose wrong.

Not every good defense needs lock down corners and safeties. Is it me, or are the Pelini's being stubborn by playing a defensive style that doesn't give the inexperienced players any support. Leaving them on an island, per se? Wouldn't most defensive coordinators attempt to steer most plays to the experienced players by giving the inexp. players some support? Lastly, why the Evans matched up against Toon at all? Is that all opposing teams have to do to get their star reciever uncovered... put them on the opposite side of our all american?

 
Yes, I think the Pelinis are being stubborn, but with good reason. Bo has a defensive philosophy with a very successful track record, and he plans on sticking to it. There might be some growing pains, but it is in the long term best interests of those specific players and of the defense in general for them to learn what is expected from them in this scheme. You dumb it down and maybe you get guys executing better, but what they're executing is a mediocre defense. I'd rather they take some lumps now if it will pay dividends for these young guys down the road.

 
Yeah, when we face a QB like Wilson who can scramble around and throw with poise, well, our defense crumbles. We either need to get more pressure on the QB, or figure out how pass coverage works.

 
It will be interesting to see how Evans turns out. If he does have the talent and it is just an experience issue, well.. it is now an experience and confidence issues. I don't recall ever seeing any player continually singled out and beaten down like he has. I hope he gets a short memory when it comes to getting burned.

 
Not the first OC this year to do so, either. This has to be frustrating. "Feels like year one again"...looks like the pieces on defense just aren't there. Which is a little silly, given that we have all-Americans at all three levels of the defense. Is it liability from the other guys on the field? Or just Fonz not returning yet?

Bo is a magician, so this is a bump in the road. That happens...not all reloads go perfectly. Put it on the recruiting but put some of it on bad luck as well.

 
It's really starting to put the calmness of Pelini in perspective. It seems to me that either he found a Zen center in Lincoln, or he realizes there are going to be a lot of growing pains this year and has partially written it off.

 
Pelini's made some good play calls on defense. The players just didn't execute. There were times that even Crick had Wilson dead to rights for a six yard sack and Wilson eluded him. Russel Wilson just has that ability to make something out of nothing. Our players were in position to make it happen, but failed to do so.

 
Bo said himself that the learning curve is steep for his philosophy and that he wasn't doing to dumb things down to make it easier for his young players. There was a ton of experience in the secondary in 09 & 10, so I was overly cautious abt this year. If those kids can steadily grasp his scheme our D will be much better come December and they'll be a problem for B1G next season. JMO

 
Rarely is a game plan at this level flawed (except if your name is Cosgrove). Most failings are always because the game plan didn't work due to lack of execution. A good coach realizes what his players can execute and ensures the game plan unfairly exceed this limit. I think Bo has been excellent at this in the last several years, but this year he seems to continually ask his players to do more than their talent/experience can actually cover.

Maybe he's thinking towards next year, maybe not, but this year (our inaugural B1G season) is a bad time to look towards next year.

 
There's a reason Texas wnated Chryst to be their OC. He knows what the hell he's doing, he exploited our young secondary all night.

 
The problem is that everybody is exploiting our secondary. Wisconsin, Fresno St, Washington...it's just not pretty.

 
bshirt said:
The problem is that everybody is exploiting our secondary. Wisconsin, Fresno St, Washington...it's just not pretty.
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On the surface, I really thought the Pelini bros. were setting a trap. Playing a defensive style all season that specifically put pressure on the inexp. db's to get them battle ready and then bring out the real defensive game plan for Wisky. But deep down.. I should of known that type of diabolical behaviour only happens in a movie :(

 
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