[NU Sports] a thought

[Roy Lamberton]

Sorry to say this, but players learn this on their Middle School Teams....

Its why some guys are 5 star defenders and others are 2 star defenders.

In our kiddy league [13U] we run several tackle drills all the time - almost
every practice - because that's what we preach, good tackling.

But it still takes our kids 2 or 3 years to learn it - turn up the speed and its
really too late when you get to Div I. 

Hit - Wrap - Lift - Drive [to the dirt] is how you tackle, but you'd be amazed
at how many decent football players never figure it out. They're the ones who go
play only offense, usually.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: johnadeg at comcast.net [mailto:johnadeg at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:04 AM
> To: rstetson at capps-assoc.com; 'Brad Wilson'; 'nu list'
> Cc: Roy Lamberton
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] a thought
> 
> I guess what bothers me is watching the tackling or rather lack thereof.
> Fitz was a whiz at it and you would think that he could teach that.
> Watching Penn State, when they tackle someone they go down, not so with NU.
> 
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> > Even Randy Walker's early spread team ran the ball well.
> >
> > The Cats had a fairly long string of 1,000+ rushers during his tenure,
> several
> > are still running around in the NFL.
> >
> > There's some kind of a disconnect with that style of offense - maybe it's
> the
> > O-line - maybe its that our honored opponents in the Big 10 have figured
> out how
> > to stop NU's running game. I know that I'd certainly spy a back like
> Sutton but
> > I might have been distracted by Kustok and Baz in earlier years.
> >
> > My kids always want to know what play I'm going to run first in a game.
> Its
> > almost always a 31 or 32 dive - its gets the entire line hitting.
> >
> > If I was the coach, I'd sure look more closely at my game plan. NU always
> was
> > 50-50 run-pass. While Ross Lane mentioned that in a recent interview, the
> Cats
> > are nowhere near that ratio this year.
> >
> > rsl
> >
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On
> > > Behalf Of Brad Wilson
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:13 AM
> > > To: nu list
> > > Subject: [NU Sports] a thought
> > >
> > > I have been listening to WGN's archive of the great
> > > games  of the 2000-2005 era to buck myself up after
> > > the last two  debacles, and one things stands out:
> > >
> > > The great NU teams ran the ball. Ran it on Wisconsin,
> > > ran it on Michigan, ran it on Ohio State. Ran it down
> > > their throats.
> > >
> > > Sure, Zac and Brett were great QBs and they had
> > > terrific receivers when they did. But that success
> > > came from the ground game.
> > >
> > > It seems to me that McGhee has it backward: pass then
> > > run. It needs to be the reverse. I don't know about
> > > Conteh, but Roberson seems like a solid back.
> > > Obviously, Sutton's return would really help, but even
> > > without him, NU has to run the ball better.
> > >
> > > This NU team has no prayer of moving the ball in the
> > > Big Ten on those little passes into the flat. NU has
> > > to run the ball: it keeps the defense off the field
> > > (good), sets up the screens and dinky passes and sets
> > > the tempo.
> > >
> > > I really think it's just about that simple: run the
> > > damned ball. Spend this week having the OL work on the
> > > run and pound the ball at Michigan.
> > >
> > > The great wins of the past came from DA, DA2, Wright,
> > > Herron, Sutton grinding the ball out. Let's get back
> > > to that.
> > >
> > > bw
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Happy are those who see beauty in the modest spots where others see
> > > nothing." -- Camille Pissaro
> > >
> > > "Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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