defensive scheme is easy

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

if we have the best secondary in the country or top 5 even.
line them up in man...press and lets pressure qb ahd have 7 in box.
make a qb beat you when you are not playing 15 yards off the ball in the mustang..
man up and play some ball.

 

[LivingLegend]

Our defense is not the problem.

 

[Ohio Vol]

I love what I refer to as the 425 Maim defense. Basically it's a standard 425 scheme, only the DBs walk up and mash the living crap out of the receivers.

But there are a few problems:
1) Without a lot of depth in the secondary, you simply cannot run this scheme even 20% of the time. It's too physically taxing unless you can roll in a new secondary every two or three plays.

2) Most DBs have never had to actually learn how to be physical, and to jump into a scheme that requires precision technique is extremely difficult.

3) I wouldn't be a very good offensive mind if I didn't have roughly 1,600 ways to counter a particular defensive alignment and scheme, let alone an entire defense predicated on a couple of very basic tenets.

Were I coaching against a team that ran this type of defense even under optimal conditions for them, it would take me roughly two offensive series to make the adjustments that would either run the defense out of the scheme or else get scorched for 70 points.

The toughest defense to go against is one that is extremely physical, extremely fast, extremely tenacious, and extremely deep. But even with a completely average defensive personnel group, a multiple look is much more difficult to counter from an offensive standpoint because setting up for a home run play is that much tougher. When the best that could reasonably be expected on a given play is maybe seven yards, the tendency is to scale back the offense into what would be a guaranteed 3-4 yard pickup a pop.

The problem with putting together such a defense is that the more time is needed in meetings and the film room, the less time can be spent on the practice field. This costs both reps against a live offense and also time spent reinforcing the techniques that make a defense successful.

 

[herkyvol]

I love what I refer to as the 425 Maim defense. Basically it's a standard 425 scheme, only the DBs walk up and mash the living crap out of the receivers.

But there are a few problems:
1) Without a lot of depth in the secondary, you simply cannot run this scheme even 20% of the time. It's too physically taxing unless you can roll in a new secondary every two or three plays.

2) Most DBs have never had to actually learn how to be physical, and to jump into a scheme that requires precision technique is extremely difficult.

3) I wouldn't be a very good offensive mind if I didn't have roughly 1,600 ways to counter a particular defensive alignment and scheme, let alone an entire defense predicated on a couple of very basic tenets.

Were I coaching against a team that ran this type of defense even under optimal conditions for them, it would take me roughly two offensive series to make the adjustments that would either run the defense out of the scheme or else get scorched for 70 points.

The toughest defense to go against is one that is extremely physical, extremely fast, extremely tenacious, and extremely deep. But even with a completely average defensive personnel group, a multiple look is much more difficult to counter from an offensive standpoint because setting up for a home run play is that much tougher. When the best that could reasonably be expected on a given play is maybe seven yards, the tendency is to scale back the offense into what would be a guaranteed 3-4 yard pickup a pop.

The problem with putting together such a defense is that the more time is needed in meetings and the film room, the less time can be spent on the practice field. This costs both reps against a live offense and also time spent reinforcing the techniques that make a defense successful.

What he said!

 

[TrueOrange]

youve got to get pressure on these sec qbs though too, and right now are front 4 really arent that good at doing that...

 

[Ohio Vol]

And more to the point of the thread title, there's no such thing as an "easy scheme". Before anything sees the practice field (let alone a game), it has to be precisely crafted on paper and set up against a nearly infinite number of scenarios. That's to say nothing of determining whether or not the personnel are even remotely suited to the scheme or the single play that is expected to be run.

I'll give you an example. Under prime conditions, namely nothing going on except me having a whole lot of free time and no distractions, I can churn out a playbook in 72 hours. What it will involve is every bit of the following.
-- A coherent formation group nomenclature
-- A solid and consistent play numbering system
-- A series of minor variations to every single play
-- How the play looks on paper drawn up against 7 common defensive alignments (actual defensive movement not included) and 8 more obscure ones
-- An overall analysis of each play's strength and weakness based on personnel skill

And we're not talking about just recycling the same stuff over and over. We're talking an entire playbook built around a particular formation and then a few of its variants. It would look like something where, if a coach ordered it from me (I don't sell these, nor will I), he would be able to read it twice and get everything put in without worrying about inconsistencies.

I'll give you an example. Last night I was laying in bed next to my exhausted wife (poor thing; she's been tired with a headache since the day we were married. It clears up if she ever goes away for a day, then returns when she comes back home). Anyway, while laying there, I thought of a basic play. I got out of bed at 1:30 in the morning, picked up the football that's on the floor next to my side of the bed, and started using pairs of socks to indicate line splits. Then, simulating the QB taking a snap, I walked through the footwork and ball movement in slow motion to see if it would ever reach the paper stage.

Needless to say, she wasn't in the mood to trade off a few minutes of sleep even for me inventing a new play.

 

[OWB]

Pressure on the QB should start up front. If we had a great defensive line, that secondary would be a very dangerous thing.