At the beginning of the season I posted that I was concerned that we played too much man defense. Basically I was concerned that the better teams, with better athletes, could find success against our defense with crossing/rub routes, slants, and deep middle against single safety (see OSU and SC). I was hoping that we would incorporate more zone and become "more multiple" and harder to play against. @ChrisBalas responded with (to paraphrase): Don Brown will play man 90% of the time cause that's what he does. Which is fine cause Don Brown is Don Brown and whatever he chooses to do is still top 5 in the country.
Well, Don Brown is Don Brown and he decided to incorporate more zone this year. By my untrained eye we are playing it 30%+ and look at the results. Awesome. My guess is that with 10 returning starters we had the man defense downloaded so it was time to add zone this year.
Regarding the offense, what a difference a good OL coach makes. Give that man a raise and lock him up for the next 10 years.
Oh, experience for receivers does wonders too. And decent QB play. And no Amazon cameras following the coaching staff around.
We all should be very optimistic going forward. Fully weaponized defenses, experience at QB, WR, and OL. Recruiting is going really well too. Maybe it is time to start putting the RR and Hoke years behind us and start looking forward. Thank you Dave Brandon for resigning when you did.
I bet even Doug Skene is looking at the Kool-Aid pitcher and thinking "That looks pretty good!"
Well, Don Brown is Don Brown and he decided to incorporate more zone this year. By my untrained eye we are playing it 30%+ and look at the results. Awesome. My guess is that with 10 returning starters we had the man defense downloaded so it was time to add zone this year.
Regarding the offense, what a difference a good OL coach makes. Give that man a raise and lock him up for the next 10 years.
Oh, experience for receivers does wonders too. And decent QB play. And no Amazon cameras following the coaching staff around.
We all should be very optimistic going forward. Fully weaponized defenses, experience at QB, WR, and OL. Recruiting is going really well too. Maybe it is time to start putting the RR and Hoke years behind us and start looking forward. Thank you Dave Brandon for resigning when you did.
I bet even Doug Skene is looking at the Kool-Aid pitcher and thinking "That looks pretty good!"
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