The King
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And the very next segment is:
"At the end of the day, we've just got to be more consistent in what we're doing. A lot of times when we got hurt [defensively], it wasn't something the offense did to us; a lot of it was self-imposed, and that's easily fixable."
Pelini said there were "common themes" in the poor defensive performances but doesn't want to identify those publicly. He does second-guess himself on whether he should have played some of his younger, more athletic defenders last year, especially down the stretch when several starters were dealing with injuries. This year, he doesn't have a choice in that regard.
He believes what the errors are are fixable, which obviously requires a change. Also, he says that he second guesses not playing faster players because once again, that is part of the issue and would be a "change".
I'm willing to wager that he says "that's asinine" to people wanting systematic changes, an alteration in his entire defensive scheme. He's said as much in the past. I believe he even said he was going to simplify the D this off season to help them pick it up faster.
"At the end of the day, we've just got to be more consistent in what we're doing. A lot of times when we got hurt [defensively], it wasn't something the offense did to us; a lot of it was self-imposed, and that's easily fixable."
Pelini said there were "common themes" in the poor defensive performances but doesn't want to identify those publicly. He does second-guess himself on whether he should have played some of his younger, more athletic defenders last year, especially down the stretch when several starters were dealing with injuries. This year, he doesn't have a choice in that regard.
He believes what the errors are are fixable, which obviously requires a change. Also, he says that he second guesses not playing faster players because once again, that is part of the issue and would be a "change".
I'm willing to wager that he says "that's asinine" to people wanting systematic changes, an alteration in his entire defensive scheme. He's said as much in the past. I believe he even said he was going to simplify the D this off season to help them pick it up faster.