That's really a uneducated and dumb statement.
I've stated this many time here but obviously you never pay attention so I'll attempt to teach you something once again and hope I help you with your football knowledge.
Switching from a 4-3 D to a 3-4 D takes normally 2 YEARS even in the NFL where they practice 10 to 12 hours per day.
Our kids are students and don't get even 5 hours per day to practice like the NFL players do.
UGA and alaBummer weren't very good their 1st year when they made the switch so it WILL take our kids time to learn everything and be able to execute it well and quickly on every play.
The 3-4 is very complicated and hard to learn it all but it's the best D going because there's so many different things you can do to confuse the O.
CSS is an excellent coach and a wise choice by CDD to make the switch with.
Day 1 that CDD got here he wanted to switch to the 3-4 D but he had 2 weeks to put a coaching staff together and to try and get a recruiting class together and the right 3=4 coaches weren't available then.
I believe we'll be a consistent top 10 D after CSS gets all the kids educated and after a couple of recruiting classes to get more SEC type 3-4 D players on our roster.
I hope this helps you understand better Gunner.
VFL...GBO!!!
Buddy, I am sure that you mean well. But, I know a lot of football coaches who will tell you that this transition isn't as difficult as you suggest. It's mostly about the personnel in the front seven on defense.
The biggest concern is having the right players to run the five man front instead of the four man. The Vols have the right players in the front seven, they may not be as good as what Bama, USC, UF, UGA or LSU have but they are good enough to be respectable.
For Instance, the Vols have a big strong run stuffer in the middle who lines head up on the center, as the nose guard (McCullars), then the tackles or ends (what ever you want to call them, I prefer tackles) Sentimore,and Couch will line head up on the offensive tackle.
The outside backers are essentially the ends in the scheme, and have a lot more responsibility as compared to the outside backers in the 4 - 3. The two inside backers are free to make the tackles.
Most of the problems on the big plays have come from mistakes or miss tackles from the safety and corners. But there have been a few times when the inside backers get blocked or line up wrong, and the outside backers have lost contain a few times too. But, overall the front seven on this team is a solid group.
So for one to say that it takes time to adjust, I agree to an extent, because the longer the players are in a system the better, but the Vols have the players in the front seven to compete on every play right now. Anyone who watched Sunseri's defense on Saturday would have a difficult time believing that the Vols were competing on every play.