[NU Sports] on the defensive backs

[Roy Lamberton]

Brown is coaching the corners, Hankwitz is coaching the safeties.

Twice as much coaching effort against 4 field positions.

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: Sunday, November 16, 2008 7:00 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] on the defensive backs

As a Jerry Brown basher of the past I am not especially willing to back down
on that. 

I agree the pass rush helps hugely. As does better players - Smith, McManis,
Phillips and Mabin are the best secondary I can remember since '96. Phillips
is really more of a linebacker playiing safety but with two very good cover
corners, NU can afford that

But it seems to me there has been a significant change in the defensive back
philosophy. In the past, I was infuriated by the
stand-there-and-watch-the-receiver catch-the-ball of the past. Or
the 10-yard cushion of the past, which I concede still exists a little under
Hankwitz.

Now, though, the d-backs seem to me to be much more aggressive, finding the
ball and breaking to the ball, and the emphasis has switched to NOT letting
the receiver catch the ball. 

I suggest that under Hankwitz Penn State would not have won that awful 2005
game -- the coverage would have stopped those last 2 big passes. 

Since the common thread under the let-them-catch-it regime was Brown, I
conclude the difference this year is Hankwitz, not a shift in the Brown
philosophy. 

I agree with Eric: Hankwitz for God! (Well, behind Fitz).

Brad Wilson

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