NEW DB coach= return to physical
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I am I
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You obviously have never played college ball. You obviously have never been in film rooms hours at a time. You obviously have never been on a team and had your position coach change a couple times, maybe 3 in a 3yr span.
You realize the NCAA only allows a certain (20 I think) amount of hours per WEEK to practice/films/lift/train?
Bo may "run his team like NFL" but that's different than teaching advance techniques to players who are the best of the best to a bunch of 18-20 yr olds...say like SJB and other position switchers.
How about this: our secondary ROCKED about 3-4 yrs in a row and last yr they, uh, struggled. Maybe it was the technique they were playing?
zoogs
Assistant Coach
Bo's defensive schemes are some of the most advanced and complex in the nation.
The "No, it's college, stuff needs to be dumbed down" is an overused argument. Considering you and I both obviously have no idea exactly how advanced the techniques Raymond taught were, I find it silly to assume that they were too much to handle.
To begin with the distinction between Raymond and Sanders was always about what they emphasized, not that Raymond was teaching 'more advanced' stuff. Sanders was a bit looser while Raymond was a technician. I am probably not the person to get into more detail than that but I remember da skers describing more about Sanders' coaching a couple times in the past. Raymond, probably as a function of getting a lot of inexperienced young players who weren't the athletic specimens of the guys who had just left, went back and drilled in the fundamentals of playing the position.
For an example of a guy who didn't really care about technique to the extreme, how about Barney Cotton, who spoke a lot about how he wasn't going to emphasize OL technique and just wanted his guys to play aggressive. That worked out so well that all kinds of outside help was brought in to reinforce the schemes.
And regarding the bold, I assume you are talking about 2010, 2009, 2008, and maybe 2007 when our secondary rocked?
The "No, it's college, stuff needs to be dumbed down" is an overused argument. Considering you and I both obviously have no idea exactly how advanced the techniques Raymond taught were, I find it silly to assume that they were too much to handle.
To begin with the distinction between Raymond and Sanders was always about what they emphasized, not that Raymond was teaching 'more advanced' stuff. Sanders was a bit looser while Raymond was a technician. I am probably not the person to get into more detail than that but I remember da skers describing more about Sanders' coaching a couple times in the past. Raymond, probably as a function of getting a lot of inexperienced young players who weren't the athletic specimens of the guys who had just left, went back and drilled in the fundamentals of playing the position.
For an example of a guy who didn't really care about technique to the extreme, how about Barney Cotton, who spoke a lot about how he wasn't going to emphasize OL technique and just wanted his guys to play aggressive. That worked out so well that all kinds of outside help was brought in to reinforce the schemes.
OR, maybe, we lost Prince, Hagg, Gomes, Osborne, and were without a full-speed Dennard for a good part of the year, while breaking in a bunch of very green players? Maybe that was why we struggled?
And regarding the bold, I assume you are talking about 2010, 2009, 2008, and maybe 2007 when our secondary rocked?
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scarletNcream
Special Teams Player
Mierin
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scarletNcream
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Sorry, at my age I assume too much. Asking for a key directed me to think of education, then I realized it could be sarcasim. No harm intended.
huskerfan92
All-Conference
Good to hear! The Northwestern game drove me crazy when our defensive backs on 3rd down would stand five yards behind the first down marker, and they would continue to complete those short little passes.
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chamrocck
All-American
Great news to hear the physicality back with our DB's. Last year was an awful combination. A DL that could not pressure the QB and CB's who didn't knock WR's off routes...easy pickens for the opposition...and it showed...a lot. I hope coach Kaz is bringing physicality back to the DL also. We are suited to play an aggressive, fast, attacking defense...it will draw the right recruits also...this is Blackshirt football...I missed it last year.
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druski_2k5
Five-Star Recruit
I agree with the physical style. There are times where technique and finesse is needed, but I like more of a physical bump-and-run style defense. It showed during 2009 and 2010 how effective it could be. And even against normal sets where a 4-3 is utilized, I still am in favor of keeping those receivers jammed to disrupt timing routes.
I like more aggression from our defesive line and linebackers. I hope we see more blitzing from linebackers, although not too much. I wouldn't want to be in Cover 0 all the time, but I figured we would see more blitzing from Bo like we did in 2003. Maybe some zone blitizing too.
We will see though, it's a step in the right direction. I love hearing "they play physical" and "they play more man to man defense than any other team in the country".
It's all about pride and it makes me glad to have such a tradition on defense as we do.
I like more aggression from our defesive line and linebackers. I hope we see more blitzing from linebackers, although not too much. I wouldn't want to be in Cover 0 all the time, but I figured we would see more blitzing from Bo like we did in 2003. Maybe some zone blitizing too.
We will see though, it's a step in the right direction. I love hearing "they play physical" and "they play more man to man defense than any other team in the country".
It's all about pride and it makes me glad to have such a tradition on defense as we do.
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