I don't know what I'd do about the D.

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Lexvol said:
From what I've heard Sunseri is a lot better at yelling and berating than he is teaching. It is pretty damn obvious that there isn't a lot of teaching going on.
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Being the LB coach at Bama you can get away with that.
 
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#27
Vol4life25 said:
I call better plays on my xbox 360 by just choosing the first thing that "pops up"

then Sal does geting paid millions on the side lines.
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because you're playing "fast"...your thumbs aren't thinking, they're just reacting and playing ball.
 
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#28
I have noticed the defense does not move around (unlike start of year) to disguise the look I guess to try to simplify it. However in doing so we are showing the offense exactly were each player "should" be.
 
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#29
a lack of overall speed seems to be a big problem and the secondary just looks lost,i think one coach in the secondly and a better coach is what is needed for the secondary
 
#30
#30
Talent is there. Coaching is not. By that...I mean that we have enough talent to hold Troy to under 500 yards of total offense.
 
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dimera23 said:
I've coached football. I played at the collegiate level. Granted it was nowhere near the SEC or even anything to be considered big time football but I've got some understanding of the game and how it works. That said, I have absolutely no idea what I'd do with our defense ; specifically our secondary.
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Is there any way to install blitz packages a la Capers or Dick LeBeau? We've given 5 QBs career days this season. But I believe as TNBV pointed out the secondary is too thin and not good enought to play man cover.

If we are committed to the 3-4, why not load up with JUCO DBs next year and switch to the 3-3-5 package. I'm putting this link for reference because it involves a certain coach familiar to this site's discussions, and god knows i didn't come up with that idea myself.

An excerpt from 'The Essential Smart Football' about the birth of the 3-3-5 defense - Grantland
 
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#32
#32
It's coaching .... I beleive the right coach takes over this team would easily be two wins better then we are now
 
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Jackson_Harris said:
We added bulk, but got slow.
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Bingo Jackson!

I have coached as well and we really struggle getting matched up right. Also, and this drives me crazy, we get the offense in third and long rush 3 and drop back into zone leaving LBs matched against WRs. Watch bama and LSU if they get you in third and long they drop their corners 5 to 7 yards off and blitz forcing a quick throw make the tackle get off the field. Done the same thing when I coached and the percentages are in your favor.
 
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Vegas_Ferguson said:
Is there any way to install blitz packages a la Capers or Dick LeBeau? We've given 5 QBs career days this season. But I believe as TNBV pointed out the secondary is too thin and not good enought to play man cover.

If we are committed to the 3-4, why not load up with JUCO DBs next year and switch to the 3-3-5 package. I'm putting this link for reference because it involves a certain coach familiar to this site's discussions, and god knows i didn't come up with that idea myself.

An excerpt from 'The Essential Smart Football' about the birth of the 3-3-5 defense - Grantland
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I'm in favor of the 3-3-5 but were going to need some monsters on the Dline for this.
 
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Catbone said:
Sal was proven to be a good coach at Bama though wasn't he?
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I dunno, Catbone. He coached LBs. He had Upshaw and Hightower among others.

I don't necessarily believe in genius by association because he was on staff of a defense where Smart and Saban are clearly the architects.

My friend Jack's dad is a heart surgeon. Very good one. Jack worked at his practice doing medical transcription while he was going to college. He got into medical school and dropped out after one year. I can assure you with 100% confidence you don't want Jack doing your triple bypass. But if you want to drink beer and throw darts...
 
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Just my thought, we have real issues with the shakes when we play 1stand2nd down so good the players are saying oooooo we can't let them do Tito us, it's kinda like anything elas you no what I'm saying!!
 
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#38
Watching this boring ass Bama-LSU game, it is striking that there is always two or more defenders in position to make a play. It's like they have 15 men on D.
 
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Vegas_Ferguson said:
Is there any way to install blitz packages a la Capers or Dick LeBeau? We've given 5 QBs career days this season. But I believe as TNBV pointed out the secondary is too thin and not good enought to play man cover.

If we are committed to the 3-4, why not load up with JUCO DBs next year and switch to the 3-3-5 package. I'm putting this link for reference because it involves a certain coach familiar to this site's discussions, and god knows i didn't come up with that idea myself.

An excerpt from 'The Essential Smart Football' about the birth of the 3-3-5 defense - Grantland
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We could implement such a pass rush but we'd need bigger stronger DEs and DBs capable of handling coverage better. The pass rush comes from the LBs and is only possible if they don't have to drop back into coverage and the D-line can control the gaps.

Right now our DBs look lost. They're out of position too often and we're not giving our opponents too many one on one match ups.

Looking forward to reading the linked article.
 
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Catbone said:
Sal was proven to be a good coach at Bama though wasn't he?
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Sal coached outside linebackers at Alabama that's it. It's a huge difference from being the coordinator. Another problem is that Dooley has never coached on the defensive side of the ball so he can't help.
 
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I am no expert by any measure, but I do watch several college games every week, and have for 40 some years. To me, the most glaring problems seem to be no pass rush, slow safeties who don't know they are slow because they take too short of a pursuit angle, and never are able to get to the receiver to help the corner. I don't think that the corners are that bad, but with no help and no pass rush, they are made to look bad. The linebackers seem lost AND slow.

I have been watching Pitt/Notre Dame, Oregon/ So. Cal and Alabama/LSU tonight, and there seems to be a significant difference in speed, quickness, and reaction/recognition/pursuit to the ball between our linebackers and safeties and their's. I will say that Montie's defense against Oregon looks like ours, but it is Oregon. Pitt's corners look about the best of what I have seen today, but with Notre Dame's scrambling QB, they have to cover all over the field for several seconds. I guess that if U.T. had a safety playing half the field like some have mentioned, instead of having to choose which sideline to double on might help. If you are either slow, or slow to react, it helps not to have to run as far.

In summary, better coaching couldn't hurt, but I believe we need better players too. Also, the hurry up offense may help put points on the board quickly, but the other team gets more time of possession during the game. This probably wears the defense out more. I guess that is why you see a lot of games with both teams scoring a lot in some conferences.
 
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Vegas_Ferguson said:
I dunno, Catbone. He coached LBs. He had Upshaw and Hightower among others.

I don't necessarily believe in genius by association because he was on staff of a defense where Smart and Saban are clearly the architects.

My friend Jack's dad is a heart surgeon. Very good one. Jack worked at his practice doing medical transcription while he was going to college. He got into medical school and dropped out after one year. I can assure you with 100% confidence you don't want Jack doing your triple bypass. But if you want to drink beer and throw darts...
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Question is would Jack be a better DC then Sal? btw, still remember Hubert Simpson and the Vols beating Vegas and Notre Dame's axx. About three hours after the game I saw Hubert and Margie Ison of all people sharing a few lines. Ahhhh those were the days
 
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1972 Grad said:
I am no expert by any measure, but I do watch several college games every week, and have for 40 some years. To me, the most glaring problems seem to be no pass rush, slow safeties who don't know they are slow because they take too short of a pursuit angle, and never are able to get to the receiver to help the corner. I don't think that the corners are that bad, but with no help and no pass rush, they are made to look bad. The linebackers seem lost AND slow.

I have been watching Pitt/Notre Dame, Oregon/ So. Cal and Alabama/LSU tonight, and there seems to be a significant difference in speed, quickness, and reaction/recognition/pursuit to the ball between our linebackers and safeties and their's. I will say that Montie's defense against Oregon looks like ours, but it is Oregon. Pitt's corners look about the best of what I have seen today, but with Notre Dame's scrambling QB, they have to cover all over the field for several seconds. I guess that if U.T. had a safety playing half the field like some have mentioned, instead of having to choose which sideline to double on might help. If you are either slow, or slow to react, it helps not to have to run as far.

In summary, better coaching couldn't hurt, but I believe we need better players too. Also, the hurry up offense may help put points on the board quickly, but the other team gets more time of possession during the game. This probably wears the defense out more. I guess that is why you see a lot of games with both teams scoring a lot in some conferences.
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In addition to better players I think a huge part of the problem is coaching. I just think our secondary players have no clue what their supposed to do or who their supposed to cover from one play to the next causing them to play scared and slow. On a related note repeatedly blitzing AJ is beyond stupid.
 
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GLDunlap said:
Question is would Jack be a better DC then Sal? btw, still remember Hubert Simpson and the Vols beating Vegas and Notre Dame's axx. About three hours after the game I saw Hubert and Margie Ison of all people sharing a few lines. Ahhhh those were the days
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Those were isobars, not lines.
 
#49
#49
I really think it is confidence in the scheme. I really don't think the player "get it." They play slow. They don't fly to the ball. They don't have confidence. They are out of position. Maybe it is too complicated for them. Maybe it is a bad scheme. All I know is that after watching other SEC defenses today, UT does not fly to the ball like them. None of this is an excuse for the third and long atrocities of the past few weeks. No excuse for that. Line up in a base F'ing zone or prevent for Neyland's sake.
 
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