Defensive Scheme

I feel like this is more of a tomorrow type thread

Try a 4-3? You serious?

Abandon? No
Dumb it down? Yes

To a fault most 3-4 systems don't allow athletes to be athletes, but rather system role players. I played at SIU under Coach Kill (4-3) and left after the new coaching staff incorporated a 3-4 system that was more complex than the 4-3. I witnessed a drastic change in my and fellow teammates playing speed because we second guessed our reads and had a lot of pre-snap reads from the sideline. Now I know playing speed isn't a problem with the studs we have, but a lot of confusion happened once Vinnie went out. In the 3-4 you need a good solid NT, without a solid NT you are open to a lot of downfield pressure, which we seen this year. If anything I think an emphasis on tracking the ball with our CBs is needed and more combo blitz packages is a must especially with R. Foster, Robinson, Allen, and Hand coming up to bat. Just my 2 cents.

One of the frustrating things for me is that our linemen in our system become two gap space eaters so we bulk them up. As a result they are not as fast in getting after the quarterback. I'm tired of seeing qbs having enough time to order takeout to make their reads. Every year we hail this new recruit will be a monster pass rusher, and then seems to disappear within our scheme. I know part of that was the lack of blitzes we were able to do because of our weak corners. But I also think that a lack of pass rush exposed our weak corners. Chicken and the egg situation I guess.

As an outsider looking in. Y'all were missing a few people that were fits for Saban's scheme. I also think that he needs to either simplify or get rid of some of the pre snap reads against teams like us(hunh tempo)because it seems y'all aren't set and ready on a lot of plays when the snap occurs.