[NU Sports] Defense

[DPENDERG at aol.com]

But a head coach signaling defensive plays?  Actually, I have since  had 
another source confirm that Fitz is more actively involved in the defensive  calls 
(even if Colby still does most of them).  Whatever you may wish  to call it, 
Colby is gone after the season.  "Hired away" to a I-AA  school or something.  
Guaranteed.  And, Bates probably  promoted.  
 
 
In a message dated 11/5/2006 5:13:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rstetson at capps-assoc.com writes:

A better  answer would be that Fitz used to be one of the guys who signaled  
the
defenses in when RW was the head coach.

As I recall the talk  about how the phones work at NU, the guys upstairs would
call the play, and  RW would have the option of overriding the call. With 
McGee
down talking  with Johns up stairs, I'm sure Johns is relating what he sees 
and
McGee and  Fitz are talking back and forth on the field, even though they're  
in
different parts of the sidelines.

If you noticed the Hawks, with  their coordinators both down  on the field, 
had a
lot of space between  Ferentz, the OC and the DC, at least that's how it 
looked
on  TV.

Anyway, I wouldn't put too much stock in one or two shots of Fitz  holding up
fingers towards the defense and reading grand  changes.

While most of the fans in a few folk's circles hope for  coaching changes at 
the
end of the season, I personally will be surprised  at ANY, unless someone is
hired  away.

rsl

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>  
> I wonder then why  the head coach (and not another defensive 
> coach)  would be  
> assigned the sideline duty of simply transmitting the  
>  coordinator's calls 
> from the press box.