I am not a coach so I can only express my impressions.
The defensive backs are good athletes but I don’t like the techniques being taught. The usually don’t play the ball- normally hands on, grabbing jersies, and eyes into the receiver. They should be playing the ball more with eyes back to the ball especially when the receiver is going deep. Marvin Sanders taught receivers to play the ball and be aggressive.
The defensive line doesn’t push enough pressure on passer in many games. They miss many tackles- I think it’s because they are too fat. They can’t move quickly, find it hard to disengage blocks, often taken deep by the blockers and thereby creating running and throwing lanes. They find it hard to bend over to make tackles at the thigh level so there is no YAC.
The OC and the LBs have trouble with schemes. The CBS go deep with the wide outs (looking into the receiver instead where the play is going) and LBs are frozen in the with pass-run thoughts while a back or end slips out in the wide open flat. Any blitzes are seldom disguised or timed. The OC seems to be out guessed frequently on going with zone or man. The offensive line does not seem to penetrate gaps to stop runs for no gain. The ends don’t play like rush ends of old to seal the edges at the offensive tackles outside butt location.
The offensive lines is seldom effective at interior power running but the OC wastes many downs trying. The line is not fast enough to seal the edges to get wide runs going especially since we don’t feature fullbacks often. But when we do, it signals we are going to run.
When are having trouble running, especially inside, we should go to a straight passing game until the defense is forced move men out of the box to defend against the pass. Then mix it up.
Oversll, the Huskers are not aggressively playing the ball and are not thinking and playing smart. The only connection the defense of this has to the BLACKSHIRTS of old is the color of the practice Jersey.
A coach once told me that offense is manned by smart, tough, fast and agile players who rehearse plays until they make no mistakes- everything they do is practiced orderly discipline execution. A great defense is a bunch angry aggressive players who detest good order and discilpine. Today’s Huskers don’t seem to reflect anything the coach believed.
A famous coach said give 11 guys who want win and I’ll give you a winner, Give men 11 who hate to lose and I’ll give you a championship. It’s been some time since we had a team who hated losing.
The defensive backs are good athletes but I don’t like the techniques being taught. The usually don’t play the ball- normally hands on, grabbing jersies, and eyes into the receiver. They should be playing the ball more with eyes back to the ball especially when the receiver is going deep. Marvin Sanders taught receivers to play the ball and be aggressive.
The defensive line doesn’t push enough pressure on passer in many games. They miss many tackles- I think it’s because they are too fat. They can’t move quickly, find it hard to disengage blocks, often taken deep by the blockers and thereby creating running and throwing lanes. They find it hard to bend over to make tackles at the thigh level so there is no YAC.
The OC and the LBs have trouble with schemes. The CBS go deep with the wide outs (looking into the receiver instead where the play is going) and LBs are frozen in the with pass-run thoughts while a back or end slips out in the wide open flat. Any blitzes are seldom disguised or timed. The OC seems to be out guessed frequently on going with zone or man. The offensive line does not seem to penetrate gaps to stop runs for no gain. The ends don’t play like rush ends of old to seal the edges at the offensive tackles outside butt location.
The offensive lines is seldom effective at interior power running but the OC wastes many downs trying. The line is not fast enough to seal the edges to get wide runs going especially since we don’t feature fullbacks often. But when we do, it signals we are going to run.
When are having trouble running, especially inside, we should go to a straight passing game until the defense is forced move men out of the box to defend against the pass. Then mix it up.
Oversll, the Huskers are not aggressively playing the ball and are not thinking and playing smart. The only connection the defense of this has to the BLACKSHIRTS of old is the color of the practice Jersey.
A coach once told me that offense is manned by smart, tough, fast and agile players who rehearse plays until they make no mistakes- everything they do is practiced orderly discipline execution. A great defense is a bunch angry aggressive players who detest good order and discilpine. Today’s Huskers don’t seem to reflect anything the coach believed.
A famous coach said give 11 guys who want win and I’ll give you a winner, Give men 11 who hate to lose and I’ll give you a championship. It’s been some time since we had a team who hated losing.
