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I thought the following story and quotes from Manny Diaz were very interesting:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/college/how-georgia-tech-running-game-sputtered/N4k9zRriwOgTltYyW5cG0I/
“It was a new wrinkle they had for us this year,” Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said.
What the Jackets did was use their offensive tackles rather than guards to seal off the play-side linebacker on toss plays to the A-backs, according to Miami linebacker Shaquille Quarterman said. It was something Miami had not prepared for, and it was working.
“I think for the most part we took away the dive,” Diaz said. “We took away the play right up the middle of the football field. And the University of Miami, we should be able to run sideline to sideline. If we get the thing going east and west, once we kind of got our support better, I felt better about our chances.”
Tech often had trouble blocking on the perimeter, failing to put defensive backs and linebackers to the ground to give the A-backs room to run.
“The lane was getting closed,” coach Paul Johnson said. “We weren’t getting a linebacker sealed.
More from the Miami Herald
That put a lot of pressure on the Miami Hurricanes defense. Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz’s unit once again answered the call in the second half. Diaz spoke to reporters after the game about defending the Georgia Tech run and how well the defense played in the second half.
On defending the run throughout the game
“When you play them, they stress you across the field and you’re usually happier with them
running sideways. But the first drive they kind of had one of their pieces out-leveraging one of
our pieces. It took us two drives to adjust to it, which is kind of disappointing on my part; we
really should have fixed it after the first drive.
But those guys over there know what they’re doing. All you can do all offseason is anticipate what new things they’re going to get you with. To the players’ credit once we fixed it and they understood what was happening, they had the ability to make the necessary adjustments and take that away from them.”
The Miami Hurricanes defense has played much stronger in the second half this season. The biggest exception was last week’s win over Florida State.
On how well the defense played in the second half.
“What we told them was ‘if we stop that play, then we felt pretty good about everything else.’
They do an unbelievable job running the football and stress you from sideline-to-sideline. But
football is football, you get them running sideways and normally that’s a good thing for the
defense. For the most part, we took away dive and we took away the play right up the middle
of the football field. And being the University of Miami we should be able to run sideline-to sideline.”
http://www.ajc.com/sports/college/how-georgia-tech-running-game-sputtered/N4k9zRriwOgTltYyW5cG0I/
“It was a new wrinkle they had for us this year,” Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said.
What the Jackets did was use their offensive tackles rather than guards to seal off the play-side linebacker on toss plays to the A-backs, according to Miami linebacker Shaquille Quarterman said. It was something Miami had not prepared for, and it was working.
“I think for the most part we took away the dive,” Diaz said. “We took away the play right up the middle of the football field. And the University of Miami, we should be able to run sideline to sideline. If we get the thing going east and west, once we kind of got our support better, I felt better about our chances.”
Tech often had trouble blocking on the perimeter, failing to put defensive backs and linebackers to the ground to give the A-backs room to run.
“The lane was getting closed,” coach Paul Johnson said. “We weren’t getting a linebacker sealed.
More from the Miami Herald
That put a lot of pressure on the Miami Hurricanes defense. Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz’s unit once again answered the call in the second half. Diaz spoke to reporters after the game about defending the Georgia Tech run and how well the defense played in the second half.
On defending the run throughout the game
“When you play them, they stress you across the field and you’re usually happier with them
running sideways. But the first drive they kind of had one of their pieces out-leveraging one of
our pieces. It took us two drives to adjust to it, which is kind of disappointing on my part; we
really should have fixed it after the first drive.
But those guys over there know what they’re doing. All you can do all offseason is anticipate what new things they’re going to get you with. To the players’ credit once we fixed it and they understood what was happening, they had the ability to make the necessary adjustments and take that away from them.”
The Miami Hurricanes defense has played much stronger in the second half this season. The biggest exception was last week’s win over Florida State.
On how well the defense played in the second half.
“What we told them was ‘if we stop that play, then we felt pretty good about everything else.’
They do an unbelievable job running the football and stress you from sideline-to-sideline. But
football is football, you get them running sideways and normally that’s a good thing for the
defense. For the most part, we took away dive and we took away the play right up the middle
of the football field. And being the University of Miami we should be able to run sideline-to sideline.”
