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Smart Football translates Saban's BCS game breakdown
Posted on 7/22/13 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 7/22/13 at 10:27 pm
I think Saban would be a much happier person if all interviews went the way of today's College Football Live segment. They highlighted three plays from the championship game and Saban provided a quick breakdown of each. Smart Football then went and further broke down the coach jargon; it's a very interesting read, also a little lengthy, but worth your time.
It is awesome to see Saban's passion for coaching come out when he is provided an opportunity to actually discuss x's and o's opposed to the usual media crap he has to deal with. He is a true master of his trade and we are so fortunate to be along for the ride.
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It is awesome to see Saban's passion for coaching come out when he is provided an opportunity to actually discuss x's and o's opposed to the usual media crap he has to deal with. He is a true master of his trade and we are so fortunate to be along for the ride.
Smart Football Breakdown
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Posted on 7/22/13 at 11:53 pm to MDBsax
That was great. And I somehow missed that Kausler interview with Vlachos about our blocking scheme. That was also great.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:01 am to DocEllis
That was an excellent read. Thank you. 
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:08 am to UAFanFromNOLA
No problem. I love this type stuff and I wish we had more actual football x's and o's talk on tSECR.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:12 am to MDBsax
Typical NFL zone blitz right here. 3 back zones consisting of Clinton-Dix giving safety help over the top behind the man call with Milliner. You can see Robert Lester dropping back over the middle and the opposite CB is dropping back into a zone on the back side. Depriest and Mosley doing of a cross blitz to get immediate pressure on the QB.
Alabama runs this play numerous times a game.
Here is the actual play shown:
This post was edited on 7/23/13 at 12:14 am
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:27 am to mwlewis
Great read indeed.
Perfect example of why this year's secondary should be fun to watch. Everyone who will play this year other than LC played meaningful time last year, which means everyone should almost always get their assignment right and it'll just be beautiful.
It won't be long now. 39 days?
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Typical NFL zone blitz right here
Perfect example of why this year's secondary should be fun to watch. Everyone who will play this year other than LC played meaningful time last year, which means everyone should almost always get their assignment right and it'll just be beautiful.
It won't be long now. 39 days?
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:46 am to MDBsax
Makes me want to dig into my LSU and Bama playbook .pdfs again.
Thanks for the link!
Thanks for the link!
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:46 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
Wish someone at Smartfootball would do an article about the nuances of our passing game. I've heard we have 17 different variations of the Smash concept in our passing game
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:48 am to MDBsax
What I love about the guy is he doesn't bullshite about how he thinks guys are progressing. He mentioned Cooper 100 times it seemed before last year and we saw what he can do. He's done the same with other guys like Black and I'm pumped about that too. You know damn well if he's saying the offensive line is looking good(and he's said it a few times) they're gonna be really good. He just doesn't throw around complements like that if they aren't true. Holy shite I'm pumped.
Off topic but I just watched the Georgia game again. How do y'all think Geno will do this year. He pretty much dominated in that game. Is he gonna be a starting corner this year?
Off topic but I just watched the Georgia game again. How do y'all think Geno will do this year. He pretty much dominated in that game. Is he gonna be a starting corner this year?
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:52 am to MagillaGuerilla
Can you link that Bama playbook? One of my friends roomed with Kareem Jackson in 09 and when he moved out he left his playbook. Thing was massive and was awesome to look through. We took it to the athletic dept so it didnt fall into the wrong hands one day 
Posted on 7/23/13 at 1:02 am to MagillaGuerilla
Good man
I dont imagine our defense has changed much since then. Ive noticed that we done disguise blitzes as much anymore and disguise coverage more.
I dont imagine our defense has changed much since then. Ive noticed that we done disguise blitzes as much anymore and disguise coverage more.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 1:08 am to ReauxlTide222
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Off topic but I just watched the Georgia game again. How do y'all think Geno will do this year. He pretty much dominated in that game. Is he gonna be a starting corner this year?
Tough to say exactly if it'll be Belue/Geno or Belue/Fulton in base, but that said we will rarely be in base. So Geno will spend most of the year at Star, and maybe stay in the game in blowouts and play outside. Both Deion and John will move on after this season, so Geno will have to be ready to play outside, which leads me to believe that when we are in 34 Geno will be outside, he needs the experience.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 1:10 am to MagillaGuerilla
I've never seen that before, thanks for posting.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 1:15 am to mwlewis
Gives the QB a harder job of discerning the coverage by tricking him with false tells from both types.
I think the shuffle technique fits in well with that, it not overly playing to a singular style. You can go zone just as easy as man in it.
I think the shuffle technique fits in well with that, it not overly playing to a singular style. You can go zone just as easy as man in it.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 1:22 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
And regarding Geno, BOL is making my head hurt with their nuggets on the team.
A few months ago they are assured Smith will be starter opposite Belue. Now they say Fulton will start and Geno will stay inside for STAR. Then they go on to say Cyrus Jones is pushing Fulton for the job across from Belue and it's only a matter of time before he passes him. AND THEN they say Maurice Smith has shown enough to potentially push Geno at nickel this season.
Someone make up their mind!
Posted on 7/23/13 at 1:33 am to MagillaGuerilla
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Cyrus Jones is pushing Fulton for the job across from Belu
This is the one thing I still have trouble believing. Fulton did pretty well for himself when he played last year, and he'll be a Senior who has been in the system and has experience on the field with it. I think throwing Cyrus out there would give us a direct hit, he couldn't have near as much knowledge of the scheme as Fulton. Saban will do what he thinks is best, I just personally don't see a win in putting Cyrus out there.
Right now, the Safety depth look something like
HaHa/Sunseri
Perry/LC
Jai/Jarrick
I'm assuming. I personally expect LC to move past Vinnie by mid season, but that's a rather deep group of Safeties. Now granted the last two aren't as proven, but nonetheless, should be interesting.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 2:08 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
I don't think it will happen, nor should it be risked if Jones isn't 100% ready for it. You can get by on athletic ability, but only so many times before it catches up to you. I do agree with the sentiment of Geno Smith getting base reps outside(if not starting), for the sake of the future. Fulton is a Senior so there isn't much for him to work to past this season, and base 3-4 reps aren't exactly overly abundant anyway.
2014 looks scary on paper, will likely only be Smith and Jones with major reps as #2/#3 and #4 CBs respectively. No telling who will round out that trio at this point, may not even be on campus yet.
A lot of people like the safety depth, they mesh better with each other better than 2012. HCD has emerged as a rangy center fielder, so there is less stress on a rotation. Better depth, albeit not great depth, at CB will limit the times they place 4 safeties on the field to when they want to instead of having to.
Sunseri will take his verbal lumps from everyone, but getting out of man in the slot to more of his natural zone will help a lot. Very rarely can a safety cover a slot WR, so it wasn't something mutually exclusive to Vinnie. I don't think he gave up as many plays as people think he did, just that he was dead center of a few very crucial plays for the opposition(like the zone blitz with him stuck in man on a WR against LSU or the TE who drug him along for 10 yards in the final UGA drive).
Collins just needs the light to come on for him schematically. As I said above on Jones above, athleticism can only get you so far. Gotta know it, just look at the responsibilities they have in the playbook. Rashad Johnson was so good because he knew it above and beyond, and was given more responsibilities pre snap.
As long as Belue steps up as a #1 and HCD plays as expected, I think the rest will fill in well. Belue '13 has to be superior to Belue '12, playing well as a #2 isn't good enough as the guy at CB...
ETA: Damn, I'm long-winded as hell.
"**I move away from the mic to breathe in"
2014 looks scary on paper, will likely only be Smith and Jones with major reps as #2/#3 and #4 CBs respectively. No telling who will round out that trio at this point, may not even be on campus yet.
A lot of people like the safety depth, they mesh better with each other better than 2012. HCD has emerged as a rangy center fielder, so there is less stress on a rotation. Better depth, albeit not great depth, at CB will limit the times they place 4 safeties on the field to when they want to instead of having to.
Sunseri will take his verbal lumps from everyone, but getting out of man in the slot to more of his natural zone will help a lot. Very rarely can a safety cover a slot WR, so it wasn't something mutually exclusive to Vinnie. I don't think he gave up as many plays as people think he did, just that he was dead center of a few very crucial plays for the opposition(like the zone blitz with him stuck in man on a WR against LSU or the TE who drug him along for 10 yards in the final UGA drive).
Collins just needs the light to come on for him schematically. As I said above on Jones above, athleticism can only get you so far. Gotta know it, just look at the responsibilities they have in the playbook. Rashad Johnson was so good because he knew it above and beyond, and was given more responsibilities pre snap.
As long as Belue steps up as a #1 and HCD plays as expected, I think the rest will fill in well. Belue '13 has to be superior to Belue '12, playing well as a #2 isn't good enough as the guy at CB...
ETA: Damn, I'm long-winded as hell.
"**I move away from the mic to breathe in"
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Posted on 7/23/13 at 2:23 am to MagillaGuerilla
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I don't think it will happen, nor should it be risked if Jones isn't 100% ready for it. You can get by on athletic ability, but only so many times before it catches up to you. I do agree with the sentiment of Geno Smith getting base reps outside(if not starting), for the sake of the future. Fulton is a Senior so there isn't much for him to work to past this season, and base 3-4 reps aren't exactly overly abundant anyway.
I'm with ya on all of this.
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2014 looks scary on paper, will likely only be Smith and Jones with major reps as #2/#3 and #4 CBs respectively. No telling who will round out that trio at this point, may not even be on campus yet.
Not even just that. Mosley will be gone. A-Hubb is likely gone. If Trey shows out he could be gone too. That'd be the first time under Saban that we won't return a starting ILB that has started in his system. That's crucial, the LBs, especially the ILBs, is the heart of the defense. Plus Stinson/Ivory are gone and Pagan very well could be gone as well. Then HaHa could be gone at Safety. The defense will be interesting as a whole. Granted, the OL should return 3/5, though if CyKo gets hit on the head and picks his brother over the money, maybe 4/5. All the RBs (except maybe Fowler) and all of the WRs other than Bell/Norwood.
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A lot of people like the safety depth, they mesh better with each other better than 2012. HCD has emerged as a rangy center fielder, so there is less stress on a rotation. Better depth, albeit not great depth, at CB will limit the times they place 4 safeties on the field to when they want to instead of having to.
I do think HCD/Vinnie play well off of each other, but HCD/LC26 has the potential to completely shut down two halves of the field.
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Sunseri will take his verbal lumps from everyone, but getting out of man in the slot to more of his natural zone will help a lot. Very rarely can a safety cover a slot WR, so it wasn't something mutually exclusive to Vinnie. I don't think he gave up as many plays as people think he did, just that he was dead center of a few very crucial plays for the opposition(like the zone blitz with him stuck in man on a WR against LSU or the TE who drug him along for 10 yards in the final UGA drive).
That's true, at SS/Money he'll perform well.
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Collins just needs the light to come on for him schematically. As I said above on Jones above, athleticism can only get you so far. Gotta know it, just look at the responsibilities they have in the playbook. Rashad Johnson was so good because he knew it above and beyond, and was given more responsibilities pre snap.
Exactly, if Collins turns it on and he and HaHa are together deep, I'm not gonna lie, I'll whip it out in the middle of Bryant Denny and go to town.
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As long as Belue steps up as a #1 and HCD plays as expected, I think the rest will fill in well. Belue '13 has to be superior to Belue '12, playing well as a #2 isn't good enough as the guy at CB
I think he will. He won't be as good as Milliner or Dre, but I think he has the potential, key word potential, to be the third best CB we've had under Saban on the outside. He did pack on a little muscle this Spring, so that'll help him out, but he's got the tools.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 12:34 pm to AllBamaDoesIsWin
Are there any other good places that have Bama plays broken down? I'd like to learn more about our offense especially since it has changed so much over the past year. If I'm not mistaken our base offense is a Blue personnel 3WR, 1 back, 1 TE.
Posted on 7/23/13 at 11:02 pm to mwlewis
I don't know any off of the top of my head. A google search MIGHT yield some results, but I don't know what would be the best wording.
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