Michael Rose-Ivy is supposed to save us @ LB, right? If not, we're in trouble--again.
Banderas. Banderas is going to explode onto the Big Ten scene this year. You heard it here first.
I think he's kinda soft, slowish, and prone to being out of position. Maybe I'm wrong.
Nah. You could very well be right. But one thing youre wrong about is the slowish part. Bando is not slow. But that's also part of the out of position part. And we all know about the simpler faster defense that's gonna be played. So compared to what we've been doing, and what Bando's been having to learn, what would you say his new probability of being out of position is going to be? This also fall in the soft category. Tentativeness. And it goes all across our linebacking core. Tentativeness. Too much thinking. And a requirement of having to be far too technically sound in fits and gap control becuase of a heavy dline technique and the non desire to drop a safety down against the run. These guys, esp Bando, have been under a lot of stress. I expect to see a faster, free-er style of football. And that's why I happen to think Bando is going to blossom under these new coaches.
