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<blockquote data-quote="Sebastian GT" data-source="post: 372389" data-attributes="member: 426"><p>What I see is a defense that is poorly coached from both a fundamental/technique standpoint and strategic standpoint. We are a very poor tackling team. There are two parts to tackling. One is technique. The other part is desire. We have very little of either. Our coaching is not getting the most out of our players. Strategically it has been beaten to death on this board but in a nutshell playing way off on the outside in short yardage or two minute situations is a killer. Very few stunts. Our blitzes are poorly disguised. Our coverages are poorly disguised. Our slot corners play too far off with poor leverage usually to the inside so we give up easy slants. We give up easy throws just due to alignment. It's frustrating to watch. It's seems at times we have no concept of down and distance. When we've had success on defense it's usually when we've gotten aggressive with press coverage. Starting the game in nickel yesterday was just stupid. I could go on and on. The lack of pass rush is a killer. #42 is not a defensive end. We don't always play the best players on defense and we definitely don't substitute enough to keep people fresh. This was never more evident than the Ugag game a few years ago when we went up 20-0 and blew it primarily because the defense flat ran out of gas. Roof doesn't trust his depth at all and never has.</p><p></p><p>Offensively I see a coach who obviously knows the option and has mastered the calling of the handful of base plays we run. What kills me is Johnson is too stubborn to expand on the base concepts. This shows up most in the passing game. No short passing game. We run more chuck and duck than anything. 3rd and long and we never put our QB in the shotgun to give him a better chance to survey the field. Our QB's have typically been short and can't see over the line so why not try something different? Hell half the time we're dropping back our right handed QB facing left when his read is to the right so he turns to throw right and if his one read is not there immediately we're toast. As a former QB this is tough to do. We're not giving our QB's a fair chance to succeed in the passing game. Pass blocking over the years has been atrocious. Wide splits and 3 point stances in obvious passing downs put our lineman at a huge disadvantage. We seem to have done some 2 point stances this year on 3rd and forever and I will say at times Marshall had decent time to throw but should it take 9 years to figure this stuff out?</p><p></p><p>We could totally screw a defense if for example on 1st down we lined up in our base formation and then shifted into a 4 wide shotgun with the A-backs in the slot and the B back next to the QB. Every team we play loads the box. If they choose to stay in their base defense we force them to play linebackers and safeties covering slot receivers. I like our chances with Qua Searcy matched up on a linebacker. If we just had the threat of walking out into this formation on any given down it could change the way some teams play us. At the very least it probably forces the other team to call timeout. Paul did this years ago against UGA 1 time. Richt burned a timeout. We never did it again. That is just one example of being more creative on offense. </p><p></p><p>Compare Johnson to Ralph Friedgen. Ralph would steal any good idea and implement it in our offense. We ran so many different formations it would make your head spin. We even ran some triple option similar to what we do now because Ralph stole it from Johnson after 1996 when Navy came here and ran up and down the field on us. Go re-watch the '99 Uga game and you'll be shocked at what you see our offense doing. Ralph would do anything to win. Paul only cares to do it his way to win and if it doesn't work oh well. Maybe he's not confident enough in his abilities as a coach to venture outside his comfort zone. Who knows? Statistically big picture we've had overall success on offense but let's face it. When we play the better teams on our schedule now that they've seen what we do year after year we struggle on offense. Look at our record against the big 4. Clemson, UGA, Miami, and V-Tech. We've struggled over the years although we seem to have V Tech's number right now with their transition away from Beamer. </p><p></p><p>In summary I don't dislike Johnson. I kinda like his swagger and the fact he somewhat relishes being the underdog. Tech is seemingly a perpetual underdog so it's a good fit. However when we do decide to make a change I would like to see us get away from strict triple option and transition to more of an offense like what Oregon has had success with. I think the athletes we have on hand could easily transition to that type of offense and a QB like Lucas Johnson who is tall and athletic with a great arm could flourish in an offense like that. Opening things up will help us in recruiting as well from just a pure football perspective. Kids like a more balanced offense. I'm not getting into the debate on the academics and all the excuses there. If you don't like the academic restrictions then do something about it. The Institute needs to get serious about big time football but regardless we've won big in the past and can do it again and the idea that the only way we can compete is to run the triple option is wrong. It's a bull**** excuse and defeatist. Tech people should be better than that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sebastian GT, post: 372389, member: 426"] What I see is a defense that is poorly coached from both a fundamental/technique standpoint and strategic standpoint. We are a very poor tackling team. There are two parts to tackling. One is technique. The other part is desire. We have very little of either. Our coaching is not getting the most out of our players. Strategically it has been beaten to death on this board but in a nutshell playing way off on the outside in short yardage or two minute situations is a killer. Very few stunts. Our blitzes are poorly disguised. Our coverages are poorly disguised. Our slot corners play too far off with poor leverage usually to the inside so we give up easy slants. We give up easy throws just due to alignment. It's frustrating to watch. It's seems at times we have no concept of down and distance. When we've had success on defense it's usually when we've gotten aggressive with press coverage. Starting the game in nickel yesterday was just stupid. I could go on and on. The lack of pass rush is a killer. #42 is not a defensive end. We don't always play the best players on defense and we definitely don't substitute enough to keep people fresh. This was never more evident than the Ugag game a few years ago when we went up 20-0 and blew it primarily because the defense flat ran out of gas. Roof doesn't trust his depth at all and never has. Offensively I see a coach who obviously knows the option and has mastered the calling of the handful of base plays we run. What kills me is Johnson is too stubborn to expand on the base concepts. This shows up most in the passing game. No short passing game. We run more chuck and duck than anything. 3rd and long and we never put our QB in the shotgun to give him a better chance to survey the field. Our QB's have typically been short and can't see over the line so why not try something different? Hell half the time we're dropping back our right handed QB facing left when his read is to the right so he turns to throw right and if his one read is not there immediately we're toast. As a former QB this is tough to do. We're not giving our QB's a fair chance to succeed in the passing game. Pass blocking over the years has been atrocious. Wide splits and 3 point stances in obvious passing downs put our lineman at a huge disadvantage. We seem to have done some 2 point stances this year on 3rd and forever and I will say at times Marshall had decent time to throw but should it take 9 years to figure this stuff out? We could totally screw a defense if for example on 1st down we lined up in our base formation and then shifted into a 4 wide shotgun with the A-backs in the slot and the B back next to the QB. Every team we play loads the box. If they choose to stay in their base defense we force them to play linebackers and safeties covering slot receivers. I like our chances with Qua Searcy matched up on a linebacker. If we just had the threat of walking out into this formation on any given down it could change the way some teams play us. At the very least it probably forces the other team to call timeout. Paul did this years ago against UGA 1 time. Richt burned a timeout. We never did it again. That is just one example of being more creative on offense. Compare Johnson to Ralph Friedgen. Ralph would steal any good idea and implement it in our offense. We ran so many different formations it would make your head spin. We even ran some triple option similar to what we do now because Ralph stole it from Johnson after 1996 when Navy came here and ran up and down the field on us. Go re-watch the '99 Uga game and you'll be shocked at what you see our offense doing. Ralph would do anything to win. Paul only cares to do it his way to win and if it doesn't work oh well. Maybe he's not confident enough in his abilities as a coach to venture outside his comfort zone. Who knows? Statistically big picture we've had overall success on offense but let's face it. When we play the better teams on our schedule now that they've seen what we do year after year we struggle on offense. Look at our record against the big 4. Clemson, UGA, Miami, and V-Tech. We've struggled over the years although we seem to have V Tech's number right now with their transition away from Beamer. In summary I don't dislike Johnson. I kinda like his swagger and the fact he somewhat relishes being the underdog. Tech is seemingly a perpetual underdog so it's a good fit. However when we do decide to make a change I would like to see us get away from strict triple option and transition to more of an offense like what Oregon has had success with. I think the athletes we have on hand could easily transition to that type of offense and a QB like Lucas Johnson who is tall and athletic with a great arm could flourish in an offense like that. Opening things up will help us in recruiting as well from just a pure football perspective. Kids like a more balanced offense. I'm not getting into the debate on the academics and all the excuses there. If you don't like the academic restrictions then do something about it. The Institute needs to get serious about big time football but regardless we've won big in the past and can do it again and the idea that the only way we can compete is to run the triple option is wrong. It's a bull**** excuse and defeatist. Tech people should be better than that. [/QUOTE]
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