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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Did you expect him to tell the media that Sirmon is an idiot?
He probably wouldn't say anything if he didn't mean what he said.
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Originally Posted by
Coach
.... Passing defense is another story. But we lost 2 starters to the draft and graduation. Then their replacements for the year.
I think there is even more to it. We seem to play a lot of straight drop zone instead of matchup zone. Therefore, our DBs are sitting on their heels in the middle of their zones when a guy curls 5yds in front of and to the left of them and we don't budge until the pass is in the air. We then get there just in time to get juked and miss a tackle. I wish we'd play more man or matchup zone. At least we'd be close enough to instantly make a tackle when they caught the ball. I think we did play a lot more of this on Saturday.
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Originally Posted by
Mjoelner34
I think there is even more to it. We seem to play a lot of straight drop zone instead of matchup zone. Therefore, our DBs are sitting on their heels in the middle of their zones when a guy curls 5yds in front of and to the left of them and we don't budge until the pass is in the air. We then get there just in time to get juked and miss a tackle. I wish we'd play more man or matchup zone. At least we'd be close enough to instantly make a tackle when they caught the ball. I think we did play a lot more of this on Saturday.
Personally I would like to see a hybrid 4-3/3-4 with a lot of pressure but if I was Dan I think he needs a guy that is a Tampa 2 guy based on how we usually play defense.
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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Personally I would like to see a hybrid 4-3/3-4 with a lot of pressure .....
Me too! I remember one of things that made me high on Sirmon after his hire was him saying he would adjust his style of defense to fit the opponent rather than the usual "We're going to put the best 11 on the field and build a defense around them" you usually hear from every coach. Included in that was him saying he'd switch back and forth between 3-4 and 4-3. I don't recall ever seeing us in a 4-3 this year. Calvin with his hand on the ground outside doesn't make it a 4-3.
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Aranda reportedly agreeing to a 3 year deal and associate HC title to stay at LSU
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Originally Posted by
Homedawg
But we didn't tackle and didn't all year. That's sorta important. Now can the coaches tackle for em? No.
Right - that's my point. Our guys couldn't tackle worth a damn. And that's a problem that's been ongoing for at least 3 years now. Until that gets cleaned up it won't matter what scheme we run.
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Originally Posted by
QuadrupleOption
Right - that's my point. Our guys couldn't tackle worth a damn. And that's a problem that's been ongoing for at least 3 years now. Until that gets cleaned up it won't matter what scheme we run.
Oh Lord yes! If just Ritchie had made half the tackles he missed this year we would've beaten BYU and USA.
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