Started By
Message
re: Defensive adjustment
Posted on 1/14/20 at 9:57 am to LovetheLord
Posted on 1/14/20 at 9:57 am to LovetheLord
quote:
Guys, I am not just talking Alabama, here. I mean defenses in general. Erybody gettin’ burned to death by the offenses right now. Clemson’s seasoned d, with what some consider a GOAT coordinator, was a mercy knee away from giving up 49 to LSU. LSU’s series before that was more junk period run off the clock stuff, and LSU missed a field goal to boot. This could have been worse.
Men! We’ve got to do something to save our phoney-baloney jobs!
Clemson is always going to be very tough to put a measuring stick on before the playoff. Coming out of the ACC with all that talent can make anyone look like fools gold.
And now for the saddest truth of them all, there is no easy defensive fix short of doing away with the constant running clock. At that point, defenses can get on the field after each snap and can now match up with offensive personnel and play to down and distance. I have a sneaky feeling though that the NCAA is in love with watching all these scoreboard explosions.
Any talented QB can throw the ball for 5 to 10 yards in these spread concepts and score in bushels. And that's about all it takes to be called the greatest these days. Ask Tom Brady?
1
Posted on 1/14/20 at 10:05 am to bamameister
quote:
And now for the saddest truth of them all, there is no easy defensive fix short of doing away with the constant running clock. At that point, defenses can get on the field after each snap and can now match up with offensive personnel and play to down and distance. I have a sneaky feeling though that the NCAA is in love with watching all these scoreboard explosions.
Truth. The game is geared toward giving the offense the advantage. There are rule changes that could reverse that a bit, but there is no interest yet in going that direction.
Which brings us to another point - you have to have defensive players who are 3 down players and versatile and not specialists. And you also need a guy at each level of the defense (DL, LB, and DB) who is the coach on the field because coaching defense from the sidelines (by calling in plays/audibles, sending in plays with substitutes, etc) is increasingly difficult and too much of that will have your defense not even ready when the ball is snapped. Alabama had this happen quite a bit this year.
Page 1 of 1
Latest Alabama News
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News