Still think Gregory is the right fit as defensive coordinator?
by Rocky63215 on Nov 7, 2009 6:03 PM PST
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I really don't understand how California Golden Bear fans can defend the inability of Bob Gregory to have a consistent defense game in and game out. I realize the offense hasn't helped out a lot this year and the defense has been on the field a lot, but still the lack of consitency is embarrassing.
Tonight's game is a perfect example of why Gregory has to go. On almost every completion the Oregon State Beavers receiver has been wide open. Sean Canfield has not been pressure much at all by the Bears defense, in fact the only pressure that I can remember in the game came by Cameron Jordan who was held on the play and still managed to hit Canfield, but not until after he completed the pass downfield.
Gregory's defense has done a great job in stopping Jacquizz Rodgers, but when you have Shane Vereen and Jahvid Best to practice against, it's really not hard to understand why the Bears can clamp down on Rodgers. It's been the receivers and tight ends that have been completely destroying the Bears soft defense.
But, the same issues have plagued California all year. It's not going to fix itself over night. Yet, when is it time for Bears fans and Jeff Tedford to hold Gregory accountable for the soft defenses he has out there.
I mean on the James Rodgers touchdown catch there was no Bear safety or corner back in sight of Rodgers. Do you think it would be a good idea to have someone covering the best receiver the Beavers have to offer? It makes sense right?
How about the long pass play on a second down and long pass by Canfield. Sean Cattouse wasn't even close to the Beaver receiver until he had caught the ball and came down with him. Cattouse's only hope was that the receiver would drop the ball, if he had been in better position he could have knocked the ball out while making the hit on the Beavers receiver.
It's the little things that Cal doesn't do right defensively. Such has being out of position. I don't know what has happened to Marcus Ezeff he was supposed to be one of the key leaders in the secondary as a senior and he's been flat out terrible, it seems like he gets burned on every play that involves him.
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Shut up
Please, just shut up
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Put it better then I did it
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Take this guy's fanposting rights away
all he posts is shit
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STFU
Interception
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Amazing isn't it?
how when the defenders execute and do their jobs, things work out?
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What?
Because I tell it like it is? Hahahahahaha.
Whoa. Pls Steve, this sort of mocking isn’t necessary. Just stick to your analysis. Plus, pls just start posting as yourself. Posting as Rocky-whatever makes you appear to be a troll. Avi posts here too, no need to do this Rocking-thing. You’re a smart guy, just present your analysis.
Yeah, it’s fine to post critical articles. I just don’t think it’s a good time to take this tone. It was a tough loss. We all love our Bears here and just want to see them improve. Everyone’s a little testy. But I appreciate your qualms with Gregory. I sort of feel it would be good to get a new 3-4 LeBeau disciple DC to halt some of the negativity around the program, but I think the main issue here is the talent level of the defense: It really just isn’t there
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He posted it at halftime
right after the Best injury, and he should have known better then to expect anything less then the reaction
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Do us all a favor...
Learn to click reply when responding to individuals, you arrogant asshat.
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Or the fact that
how many times did Cal have Oregon State in second and long and how many conversions? How many times where there a 30 plus yard play on a second and long?
How much time did Canfield have to throw? He could have had a text message conversation with his mother with the time he had to throw. So, yeah is it time for Gregory to go bye bye? Yes it is!
Your ideas are retarded
Is Gregory getting to the quarterback? Is Gregory covering the receivers? Is Gregory blowing the coverages?
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Is Gregory
Teaching the defensive schemes? Is Gregory teaching these players how to tackle? Is Gregory doing anything to create a pass rush?
Wow...
You expect Gregory to teach how to tackle? I thought you learned that in high school.
And Gregory dials up blitzes all the time only to have the blitzers knocked at the line.
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I expected Gregory to teach the players how to love.
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I feel like you’re seeing the problems with our defense – which anyone can do because they are quite obvious. But you’re failing to see the correct solutions.
Should we try and pressure Canfield? Yes. Should we pressure him via sending more pass rushers? No. I don’t think that’s the right answer. As counter intuitive as it may seem, if you’ve watched some film on Canfield and how OSU’s offense operates, it’s pretty obvious why that’s not the answer.
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The evidence is right there in the game too. Multiple times Gregory sent extra pass rushers only to see them stood up while Canfield set his feet and burned Cal.
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Yes, OSU’s OL was pass blocking very well, and our pass rushers weren’t really getting through any blocks. When you’re out-talented, and getting out-performed, it makes for a long day.
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Of course none of this will do anything to sway Rockyrandomselectionofnumbers, because the reasons why the defense wasn’t working are irrelevant to him; that the defense didn’t work is in and of itself reason that Gregory should be burned for a witch. Which itself brings up the question of why RockyRaccoon isn’t calling for Tedford’s head, considering how poor on average Cal’s offense has been for the past 3 seasons.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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Honestly,
if we had the same personnel as last year’s D, I feel we’d be in a much better position.
The scheme did a great job of containing Jacquizz Rodgers, but we just don’t have the LBs who can cover (9 and 10 in particular were just pantsed — I just don’t feel like naming names because they’re trying their hardest, just not that capable) and the DL to create pressure with smaller fronts. The secondary has some growing to do and may have the ability to get to a better-than-middling level. But that’s where we are right now: Middling.
I think Gregory’s 3-4 can work well in the Pac-10, but I think it’s going to require more talent. Plain and simple. That’s why this year’s recruits are crucial because I can see a number of the LBs and DEs playing as true freshmen. This also speaks to what the treesitter fiasco did to recruiting: We did not recruit the upper-level talent needed to overcome the parity in the conference at the moment. Maybe I’ll write a fanpost to discuss this, but right now, I feel the talent isn’t there at all. We’ll need to be recruiting athletic players who can come in and play as next year and improve
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play as true frosh* and improve in the system. Right now, we have some middling Pac-10 players who are hitting their ceiling.
It’s tough for me to write a post like this because I feel the players are trying their hardest and not giving up. It’s just a matter of the athletic talent that isn’t there.
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Best summarization of the situation yet
I feel nearly the same way
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I agree with Tbred here. I don’t think its our schemes our coaching that is necessarily lacking right now; I think it’s just that we’re lacking in talent. Zack Follett is playing in the NFL. Worrell Williams and Anthony Felder, aside from Desmond Bishop, were some of the highest rated linebacker recruits we’ve ever gotten. I think they both were more highly rated than any of linebackers we currently have on roster. Now that those guys are gone, we’ve seriously taken a big step down in talent at the LB position.
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“Gregory’s defense has done a great job in stopping Jacquizz Rodgers, but when you have Shane Vereen and Jahvid Best to practice against, it’s really not hard to understand why the Bears can clamp down on Rodgers.”
Wow. That totally explains nothing.
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Wow. That totally explains nothing
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I don’t know what has happened to Marcus Ezeff he was supposed to be one of the key leaders in the secondary as a senior and he’s been flat out terrible, it seems like he gets burned on every play that involves him.
For someone who talks so much shit you sure don’t pay attention to the news coming out of the program.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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Hey, Steven Resnick
Just because you post for Bleacher Report doesn’t mean you have any idea what you’re talking about.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 7, 2009 11:49 PM PST reply actions
With a simple google search, the person who posts under Rocky123456 looks to be the same guy on this profile page over on bleacher report . You might remember Rocky123456 as the person who has posted such irresponsible, ill-researched “journalistic” hack jobs such as "California’s Offensive Playcalling is Exactly That, Offensive! " which showed up on CGB a few weeks back and is currently tied to a real name and the above linked bleacher report profile. I cannot imagine somebody claiming responsibility for someone else’s crap like Rocky654321’s last 2 “fanposts”, so I think it’s safe to say that Rocky654321 is the guy in the profile linked above.
You all can be the judge, but after spending 5 mins of my life which I will never get back reading some of the stories under Resneck’s profile, I recommend not wasting your time. He writes stuff that points out the obvious and makes no reasonable suggestions as solutions because he’s doesn’t know jack. He thrives off the attention and probably gets off in his parent’s basement from the reaction he is getting. Seen it a million times before with these types of writers. Just another massive tool that overrates their own importance in this world.
Did you even watch the game?
I mean on the James Rodgers touchdown catch there was no Bear safety or corner back in sight of Rodgers. Do you think it would be a good idea to have someone covering the best receiver the Beavers have to offer? It makes sense right?
There are two linebackers within 5 yards of Rodgers. There is a cornerback over the top of Rodgers. Rodgers splits the zones and Canfield makes a great quick pass to Rodgers. I know he scores, but you make it sound like he just waltzed into the endzone without anyone within 20 yards of him. Clearly, you would like to see Gregory get fired, but grossly over-exaggerating what happens on the field to prove your point doesn’t help your credibility.
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Look
I know you know more about football than I do. I not going to argue x’s and o’s, or how the scheme should have worked but we need better players (as you inplied above talking about the loss of Follett et al).
But is it so wrong as a Cal fan to just be tired of the defensive philisophy we have? I’m officially sick of the BBDB. Period. I’m tired of watching the opposing offenses march up and down the field every year. I’m tired of every QB looking like they’re all-world (yes, Canfield is good…but is Tuel from WSU? Arizona almost shut him out tonight. What about UCLA’s QB? ASUs? We barely win that game). I’m tired of the same zone coverages which get picked apart. I’m tired of inexplicable 8-10 yard cushions by our DBs. I’m really tired about opposing teams giving Riley no time to throw, while we maybe touch Canfield tonight (yes, touch. Not sack, not hit…touch) 3-5 times.
Isn’t it just time for a change? It’s totally demoralizing and deflating to go and watch our defense week-in and week out get shredded. People talk about the crowd not being into it…or leaving early, etc. Well, when you are brow beaten as a fan into having no faith in your team…and the coaches…whats left? How can you keep momentum when the d is resigned to allow the opposing O to dink and dunk. It totally takes the sir and excitement out of the stadium. I have no faith left in Bob Gregory. Throw whatever stats you want at me, We come into this year with the D-Line and Secondary touted as being strengths…now we can stuff the run, but not much else (and even then, we been burned by a big run in almost all games). But the pass rush has been almost non-existant and the pass D is ABYSMAL. Tonight….Even as we’re down 3 scores hes running BS zones as OSU goes on what seemed like an 8 minute drive. How about some agressiveness?
And thats not even addressing the O.
But is it so wrong as a Cal fan to just be tired of the defensive philisophy we have?
You don’t even know what Cal’s defensive philosophy is.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Ok, what is it then?
This is why I dont post here more often. Smug people like you. Since you’re obviously a former player or coach, please enlighten me. And explain how it is that a) we consistently sit back in soft zones, b) get no pass rush, c) make every opposing QB look all-world, d) rank 155+ is pass D even though we returned nearly everyone in the secondary.
You misunderstand me, I’m 100% sure I know fuck all about the workings of Gregory’s schemes. My point is that you don’t either.
If you want to say you’re tired of the other team scoring points, say that. Otherwise you’re just bloviating on a topic you admit to not fully understanding.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
You're not 100 percent sure
The defensive philosophy of the Bears is a 3-4 defense, it’s not hard to figure out.
No, that’s a scheme. Try again son.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 8, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
True, our philosophy is more like
“If a TE gets open in space, will anyone be around to cover him?”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 8, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I thought the defensive philosophy of the Bears was 1/3rd Kant, 2/3rds Rosseau, with a delightful dash of Ayn Rand thrown in.
Mike Mohamed really needs to stop going galt out there!
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OK, that just plain makes me happy.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Sure you can be tired of what we’re doing now. I think you’re suffering from a “grass is greener on the other side” effect. What we’re doing now isn’t working that well so you’re willing to do anything to change up our luck. However, there is no guarantee that playing 90% man coverage, and sending 5-6 pass rushers per down is going to work either.
A lot of people want change with the expectations that change will work, but that’s not guaranteed at all.
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However, there is no guarantee that playing 90% man coverage, and sending 5-6 pass rushers per down is going to work either.
Actually, there is a guarantee. I can pretty much guarantee you it’s going to fail. I even have evidence. Check out 1:40 in this video to see what happens when we rush 5 with man coverage. That’s against WSU, folks, and it ain’t pretty.
by Missing Barry on Nov 8, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
so, what you're saying is
I’m not allowed to have some legitimate gripes if I’m not a football coach or don’t fully undertand the schemes? Why can’t I point out some obvious issues like lack of a pass rush or pass d ranked 115+?
Maybe you should have taken the time to actually read something if you were going to repond to it . If you did, you would pretty easily see that my beef is not the olther team scoring points, but rather the passive mentality and how it completely deflates the team and me as a fan of the team
I’m being snowed by buzzwords. Soft zones, passive, 8-10 yard cushion. Keep it up, you’ll hit Defensive Football Criticism Bingo.
You know what really deflates a team? Getting burned deep over and over because your blitz gets stood up at the line. Which is what happened nearly every time Gregory sent extra pass rushers. Shock and awe! The answers to Cal’s defensive struggles don’t lie in fortune cookies!
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
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Hey man, you could be earning your sports management degree at Mitchell College. Isn’t that better than high school?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 8, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
A very hostile conversation. I’m going to try to alleviate some of this. Basically, the points you’re making is that our defense is failing. We aren’t pressuring the QB enough. We aren’t doing a good enough job covering. Our results are not as good as we want them to be. These are all valid points and completely correct. The question is….why are we failing and what can we do to improve upon it? This is where you need to give evidence or examples of why your suggestions may work.
A lot of posters think we need to “be more aggressive”….whatever that means. If it means blitz more often…well, will that be more effective? It’s different, sure, but we haven’t done a good job getting to the QB when we blitz, either, and that just leaves less players in coverage. Blitzing has been ineffective for us, from what I’ve seen. See: WSU. One of their TD’s was on a blitz, we didn’t get close to the QB, and the result was the receiver was as wide open as a receiver can possibly be for a TD.
Second, a lot of people seem to think we play “soft zones”. Have you watched us any time we’ve played man? Our safeties and linebackers, in particular, have struggled with man coverage (and zone coverage!). Going back to that same WSU TD – our safety was in 1 on 1 man coverage with the slot receiver, gave the WR a big cushion, and still got burned on a simple post move. Wasn’t even in the vicinity to make a play. How will “tight zones” or man coverage change this? It probably won’t.
The bottom line is our execution has not been where it needs to be. We aren’t getting pressure on the QB because we haven’t been effective rushing the passer. I think we probably rush 3 a little too often, but whether we’re rushing 3 or 4 or 5, we’ve been ineffective getting pressure. We’ve been ineffective in coverage, whether it’s man or zone. The defense just hasn’t executed, and that’s not a scheme issue. That’s why there’s so much backlash at people who just point at Gregory and says his scheme sucks or it doesn’t work (especially since most people who do that use key words like “soft zones” and “bend but don’t break” that either aren’t correct or aren’t meaningful). Also, these people have yet to provide one single piece of evidence that the scheme, rather than the execution, is the problem.
by Missing Barry on Nov 8, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, our guys keep getting burned one on one. It feels like other teams have more players then we do at times.
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by rollonubears on Nov 8, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, I think our biggest problem is our lack of rush LB’s. It’s essential to have either one good rush LB (Demarcus Ware, Shawn Merriman) or a variety of LB’s that can get to the QB so the defense doesn’t know which one’s coming. Follett was that guy last year. The 3-4 doesn’t work without that. We haven’t seen that at all from this team so far, which surprises me, because I expected with guys like Price/Davis and guys we already had like Kendricks/Bishop we’d be able to find either one good rush LB or a couple of decent ones, but that clearly hasn’t been the case. Maybe a couple of our LB’s are capable but aren’t good enough all around LB’s yet to be viable options (thinking someone like Ryan Davis who I imagine is still learning LB)…
by Missing Barry on Nov 8, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
I even think some of our guys are decent athletes, not USC level but still pretty good (especially Kendricks)…but for whatever reason, none of our guys have the combo of athleticism and pass rushing ability while doing other things LB’s need to do…
by Missing Barry on Nov 8, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Personally I wonder how we can be so good at rush defense and so poor at passing defense. Aside from those big runs in the USC and UCLA runs that could be attributed to inexperience (and the entire Oregon game) we’ve been the exact opposite defending runs that we have defending the pass.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
My take for some of that is the dline, which is the strongest part of our defense, is better against the run. By running the 3-4 we’ve acquired guys like Alualu that are bigger and stronger but less explosive – he’s very effective against the run, less so against the pass. This was fine last year with Follett to help with the rush, but again, we just don’t have LB’s that have been effective getting to the QB…
by Missing Barry on Nov 8, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
I heard the same type of BS defenses of Braun. Give it up already. Get rid of Gregory.
The fact that we have this conversation year in and year out says it all.
It’s just plain disgusting to see you guys defend this hack of a coach. Longshore, Braun, and now Gregory. Two are gone, let’s go for the trifecta.
by Sandy axed Braun. Sandy, axe Gregory. on Nov 8, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Do you want to actually contribute anything substantial to the conversation, or is that all you have to say? Braun was a bad coach. Our defenses at Cal have been successful (see: last season). Gregory = Braun isn’t an argument.
by Missing Barry on Nov 8, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
Remember when I was the biggest annoyance here? Those were the good old days…
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by rollonubears on Nov 8, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Don't you have a Youtube video to leave a comment on?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 8, 2009 11:36 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Defending Bob Gregroy is like Defending Ben Braun - Just stop it.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 8, 2009 12:11 PM PST reply actions
33SS DOES NOT BEND OR BREAK. 33SS IS A BRICK WALL OF MUSCLE.
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by rollonubears on Nov 8, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Bend but don't break is such horseshit. Not gonna win with that type of defense.
How many times did Steve Physioc point out that Canfield had all sorts of time to pass the ball.? Every f’n play. Why is Gregory so blind to this fact?
by Sandy axed Braun. Sandy, axe Gregory. on Nov 8, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
I sometimes think about alternate universes
Like the alternate universe where Gregory sent extra pass rushers on every play.
People screaming about how Gregory is too aggressive and he needs to drop more players into coverage.
So basically the same as this universe, only with different buzzwords and cliches.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Nobody runs “bend but don’t break”. Just stop. That’s made up terminology by fans/sportswriters that those who don’t want to think deeper about the issue take and run (looking at you). I think everyone knows we didn’t effectively rush the passer. The real question (this one takes some actual thinking) is what to do to solve that problem effectively?
by Missing Barry on Nov 8, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, MB, not said often enough
Platitudes or clichés don"t appear to accomplish much.
This might appear backwards at first, but I only have two points I’ve noticed so far that can affect QB pressure. One is linebackers apparently need to be coached-up for short slants and outlet passes and two, secondary backs appear to need coaching support on proper pursuit angles when they’re supporting those 10 yd passes. Man coverage on deep patterns might also need assistance, but this is a different point than how backs are overloaded in the 10 yd range and aren’t supporting each other. If these hot-reads and short passes are shut-down, then I think we might see more coverage sacks. As it is, opposing QB’s see they can dink and dunk and therefore, although blitzes get through, they more or less only cause a screen type situation. Receivers need to be properly covered in the short game. Angles, turning to run to pass positions, knowing secondary support when one’s neighbor is overloaded with two receivers, this is where the coaching apparently needs to tighten-up. Seen it all season.
by crackpipe on Nov 9, 2009 8:35 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
It seems strange to me how effective our secondary was last year – they seemed more capable last year of doing some of the things you talked about and let us get more coverage sacks/pressure in general. It’s the same group, but not as effective this year. Do you think a lot of the problem is the linebackers not doing their job on the short stuff (so if we get pressure, QB can dump it off, if not QB can wait until there’s a breakdown in our secondary), or maybe we were just better at getting pressure last year so offenses didn’t have a chance to expose our DB’s…?
by Missing Barry on Nov 9, 2009 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
I HAVE THE ANSWER
Lower our academic standards.
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Dennis Erickson is clearly the answer to our troubles.
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It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Let’s just hire his flavor-saver and slap it on Marshall’s face. That oughta get us an extra game’s worth of moxie!
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Need the torrent...
….if a torrent comes out so I can get a closer look, but I noted at least two blown plays from B. Johnson (25) from my cheap seat in section J (Southwest corner) . Third yr of varsity and supposed to know what’s what, along with Ezeff. Definitely talented, so I’m left to consider DB coaching again.
One was a roughly 50 yard reception in the the first Q by Halhuni, and a second one to Adeniji in the 3rd for another 15 or so. How are DB’s being coached, that’s my question. If they move in on the pass as if they’re linebackers when they are the over the top protection, they are going to continue to be too late or to be blocked. In the TE pass (Halhuni) the missed tackle appeared to be an astonishingly bad angle for a safety and led to about 35 yards after the catch. That kind of thing, when it comes up more than once in a game, is likely coaching. I wonder if Simmons is doing a very good job, and then I’ve had doubts about the linebackers too, though I’ve noted at least middling pass protection improvement in the linebackers.
the group hug attitude is disturbing
If you look at how our defense performs, our best years tend to rely on experience of players rather than identifying schemes to pressure the opposing QB.
Gregory is below avg, period. If he is such a great defensive coordinator I am surprised no team has tried to pry him away from Tedford.
Being out of position is as much a coach’s fault as the player’s. When the opposing coordinator knows how to dissect your schemes well that’s when receivers become wide open, and it’s the coach’s responsibility to address the issue. Gregory has not done that until the game was already out of reach by the 3rd quarter.
Gregory is below avg, period. If he is such a great defensive coordinator I am surprised no team has tried to pry him away from Tedford.
He was a candidate for the head coaching position at Wazzu when it was open. I believe he turned it down.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
It was my understanding that he just didn’t make it to the final cut?
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Maybe we can bring in the soccer player from New Mexico
Looks like she has some toughness to her, maybe she could teach the young men on the defensive line how to play aggressively and get to the quarterback.
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