Fwd: [Husker] Defensive Scheme and Speed

[Mike Jaixen]

When I look at the changes this year, I see
similarities to learning a foreign language. Some
people advocate a gradual introduction, where you
learn the fundamentals and gradually introduce the
language.  Others advocate total immersion, where you
speak nothing about the new language.  The immersion
approach gets you adjusted quicker, but until some
level of adjustment sets in, you are an incoherent
babbling idiot.

One of my biggest complaints with Callahan and
Cosgrove is that they swore in preseason that they
were totally dedicated towards success this season (I
believe the exact quote was that they wanted to
compete this season for a championship), implying a
more gradual transition.  However, that's hardly what
they did. (In a business sense, it was a classic "bait
and switch"...)
 
--- Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com> wrote:

> So Bohl & Darlington made the switch to a zone. 
> Zone takes time to learn to play together properly.
> Anyone who remembers the PSU game, WRs ran across
> the zones and pulled guys out of position. 
> Underneath guys were open and they marched down the
> field. 
> 
> After a year of bad D,  (whether it was Pelini or
> just experience I do not know) the secondary settled
> into the zone coverage an played it very well last
> year. 
> 
> This year the secondary played the M-M poorly. 
> There were a number of times when a WR was uncovered
> when the O came to the line.  That is an automatic
> 10 yards.  Sometimes DBs lined up 10 yards off the
> WR (not wanting to give up the long ball),  that is
> an audible for a quick pass (usually a 1 step drop),
> 5 yard gain and longer when a tackle is broken.
> 
> 
> I tried above to set the facts down as unbiasedly as
> I could.  Now will come my biases opinion. This is
> also why I have been very down on the coaches (D). 
> They made the switch from zone to man quickly and
> that takes time. Even with the ability we have in
> the secondary it was a mistake. The coaches were
> likely thinking that they were going to change
> regardless and best to make that change with
> experienced players. While that is a reasonable
> approach,  when a team is depending on the D to
> cover from an O in flux,  changes like that cause a
> 5-6 season. 


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Mike Jaixen


	
		
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