Speed, hitters and size

[lo country]

The three things McBride looked for when recruiting. If a guy didn't have speed, he didn't get recruited. McBride says they lived by the sword and died by the sword. Mentioned 2 LB's running sub 11 sec 100 meters. Size was the last thing they looked at. More here.

http://hailvarsity.com/2012/09/mcbride-talks-defense/

 

[Chaddyboxer]

Sounds like a great 1, 2, 3 combo if you ask me. Speed first, hitters second, and size third.

 

[kozzman555]

Sounds like a great 1, 2, 3 combo if you ask me. Speed first, hitters second, and size third.

Hmm...sounds exactly like a certain Nebraska linebacker we had recently....I think his name was Lavonte Steve or something like that...

 

[True2tRA]

McBride was the greatest of all time. I wander if Bo is too stubborn to take some tips from Charlie and actually utilize them on gameday. Any of you ever heard and Bo and Charlie putting their minds together on things?

Of course, Bo and Charlie's schemes couldn't be more different.

 

[HuskerShark]

Sounds like a great 1, 2, 3 combo if you ask me. Speed first, hitters second, and size third.

I would say size second and hitters third, but I'm just bein a pest now. The point of this thread is that Bo might put too much stock into intangibles and not quite enough into measurables.

 

[krc1995]

what if players that possess 1,2, and 3 don't want to play for Bo?

 

[FriendlyLurker2007]

i would like to add the ancient art of tackling, i dont know why this is not mentioned

>.>

<.<

 

[HuskerShark]

i would like to add the ancient art of tackling, i dont know why this is not mentioned

>.>

<.<

Tackling can be taught on 99.99% of football players. Yes, it's important, but not as important as ability.

 

[Husker71]

Interesting article. Agree tackling is teachable and fixable. Couple things interesting to me. Coach McBride didn't seem like it was time to be drastic. He also seemed to say in his defense the players were very "live" with the tackling in practice. Makes me wonder if our defense has enough opportunity in practice to realistically tackle and finish plays.