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I'm still a big fan of Coach Woody.
Before the season began, I stated that my measure would be yrds/play allowed. I was perhaps overly optimistic in setting the bar at 5 yds/play, but we ended the season allowing 5.9 ypp, which is #84. So, I'm disappointed.
With that being said, as I posted, with the data, in another thread, a big difference, imo, is that we were more consistent. Last year, Roof's D was really good at times, but then would just collapse on an end of half/end of game drive or even some whole games.
Now on the size of the DL, CNW was pretty clear in his introduction talk about his attitude toward recruiting. It is not that he prefers smaller players. IIuc, it's that he prefers quickness, agility, good eye discipline and quick decision making, which means that he can develop and use guys who might be smaller, but he'd still also like them bigger.
Time will tell if that philosophy holds with regular Pwr5 competition.
As an aside, is it possible that we're looking for the same kind of athletes for Woody's DL and CPJ's OL?
Before the season began, I stated that my measure would be yrds/play allowed. I was perhaps overly optimistic in setting the bar at 5 yds/play, but we ended the season allowing 5.9 ypp, which is #84. So, I'm disappointed.
With that being said, as I posted, with the data, in another thread, a big difference, imo, is that we were more consistent. Last year, Roof's D was really good at times, but then would just collapse on an end of half/end of game drive or even some whole games.
Now on the size of the DL, CNW was pretty clear in his introduction talk about his attitude toward recruiting. It is not that he prefers smaller players. IIuc, it's that he prefers quickness, agility, good eye discipline and quick decision making, which means that he can develop and use guys who might be smaller, but he'd still also like them bigger.
Time will tell if that philosophy holds with regular Pwr5 competition.
As an aside, is it possible that we're looking for the same kind of athletes for Woody's DL and CPJ's OL?