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Posted on 12/13/17 at 11:55 pm to redeye
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As the 11th-ranked Cougars (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) face Oregon (4-1) this Saturday at Autzen Stadium, WSU ranks second in the Pac-12 behind UW in total defense, allowing only 275.2 yards per game. The Cougars also boast the conference’s top passing defense, and its fifth-ranked rush defense, and are second in the Pac-12 only to Oregon, with 17 defensive sacks.
Those numbers even hold up nationally. WSU has the country’s 11th-ranked overall defense and the Cougars are seventh nationally in passing yards allowed (146.6 yards per game).
The 20.2 points per game the Cougars have allowed this season is three scores under the 38.6 points opponents averaged against WSU in 2014, the year before Grinch arrived. WSU has forced 12 turnovers so far, and is on pace to surpass the 24 turnovers the defense tallied in 2015, the most it’s had under Grinch.
rinch’s brand of defensive football is predicated on an aggressive, ball-hawking style of play that emphasizes speed, duplicity and the forcing of turnovers.
Grinch’s scheme is rooted in the style of defense he learned under his uncle, Gary Pinkel, at Missouri, and former Missouri defensive coordinator Dave Steckel, who’s now head coach at Missouri State. But he’s customized it to duel the spread, high-scoring offenses of the Pac-12, and to the kind of kid he’d be able to recruit to Pullman.
As the 11th-ranked Cougars (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) face Oregon (4-1) this Saturday at Autzen Stadium, WSU ranks second in the Pac-12 behind UW in total defense, allowing only 275.2 yards per game. The Cougars also boast the conference’s top passing defense, and its fifth-ranked rush defense, and are second in the Pac-12 only to Oregon, with 17 defensive sacks.
Those numbers even hold up nationally. WSU has the country’s 11th-ranked overall defense and the Cougars are seventh nationally in passing yards allowed (146.6 yards per game).
The 20.2 points per game the Cougars have allowed this season is three scores under the 38.6 points opponents averaged against WSU in 2014, the year before Grinch arrived. WSU has forced 12 turnovers so far, and is on pace to surpass the 24 turnovers the defense tallied in 2015, the most it’s had under Grinch.
rinch’s brand of defensive football is predicated on an aggressive, ball-hawking style of play that emphasizes speed, duplicity and the forcing of turnovers.
Grinch’s scheme is rooted in the style of defense he learned under his uncle, Gary Pinkel, at Missouri, and former Missouri defensive coordinator Dave Steckel, who’s now head coach at Missouri State. But he’s customized it to duel the spread, high-scoring offenses of the Pac-12, and to the kind of kid he’d be able to recruit to Pullman.
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Posted on 12/14/17 at 12:02 am to Razorback Reverend
If you will, read the whole article... again, this dude is for real.
Taking lesser talented players, simplifying the terminology, focusing on speed, varying fronts, and movement with the emphasis on stripping the ball as well. I am sold!
Taking lesser talented players, simplifying the terminology, focusing on speed, varying fronts, and movement with the emphasis on stripping the ball as well. I am sold!
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:18 am to Razorback Reverend
Yep. This is guy is what we need. We need someone with an identity. Our head coach wants speed. This D coordinator wants speed. They will go hand in hand together. Fast score offenses need turnovers. He is exactly what Morris wants. Multiple, check. Values speed above all else, check. Aggressive, check. High energy, check. Has a simple, yet complex scheme just like our offense, check. Has an identity on defense, check. Does more with less, check. Dude would be a home run hire for us.
This post was edited on 12/14/17 at 2:21 am
Posted on 12/14/17 at 7:46 am to russellvillehog
And he likes to wear visors like Coach Morris. it's meant to be
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:19 am to Razorback Reverend
Great article, you got me praying it comes to fruition and he’s on his way to Fayetteville. These quotes describe what I’d like to see word for word.
“We all want them big, fast and ready, but if you’re not able to get those, you have to be willing to compromise something,” Grinch says. “The decision was made that we will not make an athletic compromise.”
“They have to have a nose for the football,” Grinch said. “And we don’t just want them to be able to run. They have to run and hit.”
“It’s really what offenses do to us. They shift and motion all the time and they do it to make us get less help from the sideline and have less time to process the picture in front of us. It’s commonplace on the offensive side of the ball,” Grinch said. “The idea simply being, to make offenses make decisions late in the cadence and try to eliminate some of the help from the coaching box – there’s a play called, now (we move) and it has to be changed. Which just increases thinking on offense.
“If you can get guys thinking pre-snap, it can give you some semblance of an advantage post-snap.”
“We all want them big, fast and ready, but if you’re not able to get those, you have to be willing to compromise something,” Grinch says. “The decision was made that we will not make an athletic compromise.”
“They have to have a nose for the football,” Grinch said. “And we don’t just want them to be able to run. They have to run and hit.”
“It’s really what offenses do to us. They shift and motion all the time and they do it to make us get less help from the sideline and have less time to process the picture in front of us. It’s commonplace on the offensive side of the ball,” Grinch said. “The idea simply being, to make offenses make decisions late in the cadence and try to eliminate some of the help from the coaching box – there’s a play called, now (we move) and it has to be changed. Which just increases thinking on offense.
“If you can get guys thinking pre-snap, it can give you some semblance of an advantage post-snap.”
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:28 am to RZRBK5
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“It’s really what offenses do to us. They shift and motion all the time and they do it to make us get less help from the sideline and have less time to process the picture in front of us. It’s commonplace on the offensive side of the ball,” Grinch said. “The idea simply being, to make offenses make decisions late in the cadence and try to eliminate some of the help from the coaching box – there’s a play called, now (we move) and it has to be changed. Which just increases thinking on offense.
That would be a welcome change to our "stand around and try to grab the guy running past you" defensive scheme.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:41 am to HogX
let's take grinch or venables and call it a day
the longer we wait to announce a DC the more it makes me think we're waiting till after clemson finishes in the playoffs
the longer we wait to announce a DC the more it makes me think we're waiting till after clemson finishes in the playoffs
Posted on 12/14/17 at 10:50 am to hawgfaninc
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the longer we wait to announce a DC the more it makes me think we're waiting till after clemson finishes in the playoffs
If the wait means there's a legitimate chance of having Venables, it will be worth it. If we wait, and don't get him, it will be the suck.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 1:25 pm to Pygthagorean Theorem
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And he likes to wear visors like Coach Morris. it's meant to be
If he's smart, he might consider dabbing a bit of SPF on that noggin'.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 1:29 pm to Porky
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If he's smart, he might consider dabbing a bit of SPF on that noggin'.
When he gets to Arkansas. In the Pacific northwest, all it gets is wet. He gets here, and his scalp will become jerky.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 1:32 pm to troyt37
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When he gets to Arkansas. In the Pacific northwest, all it gets is wet. He gets here, and his scalp will become jerky.
You're not lying.
I do like Grinch's innovative style of defense. It's hard to predict how successful he might be at Arkansas but I'm glad he's being considered.
This post was edited on 12/14/17 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 12/14/17 at 6:34 pm to DC RaiseHerBack
Grinch has the best fit to pair with a spread. And the best DC name in football.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 7:23 pm to Slackaveli
I think Venables would be a better fit since they've already won a title together, but yeah, Grinch would work too.
ETA: Or, well, built the title winning system together anyways.
ETA: Or, well, built the title winning system together anyways.
This post was edited on 12/14/17 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 12/15/17 at 9:04 am to DC RaiseHerBack
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Please give me this for Christmas
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:31 pm to BoarEd
Either Grinch or Venables would elevate our defense to a level we haven’t seen for sometime or possibly ever I think. I really love Grinch’s outlook from that article though, everything I hope for.
Posted on 12/15/17 at 1:49 pm to RZRBK5
I'm on board for Grinch. Chadillac Granch
I'll take Venables too.
I'll take Venables too.
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