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<blockquote data-quote="CINCYMETJACKET" data-source="post: 912528" data-attributes="member: 4003"><p>I'm a baseball guy, so no knowledge of complicated football schemes. However, baseball is a simple game. Pitch the ball, hit the ball, field the ball. The team that executes those three elements best usually wins the game. Clearly there are a lot of intricacies within each component, and talent differential definitely plays a huge role, but pretty simple.</p><p></p><p>I look at football in a similar manner. You have 11 players on offense, 11 players on defense. Within every scheme, each defensive player should have an offensive player as his assignment. Talent level being the same, keep your assignment and do your job, defense succeeds. Lose track of the offensive player you're assigned to, or just don't have the talent to keep up, and you could give up a big play. I believe this is where the Triple Option offense succeeds and fails. If you have a defense that is disciplined and of an equivalent talent level, that defense will stop the offense by keeping their assignments and beating, or matching, them. If you have even one player on defense whose eyes wander to a player that they're not assigned to, or are of inferior talent level, you have the opportunity to exploit that matchup and execute a big play.</p><p></p><p>So as a short answer to your question, I don't think that there's any particular defensive scheme that is the holy grail. I think that it's a matter of talent and disciplined, assignment football. When a coaching staff realizes that there is a significant lack of talent versus a certain offense or offensive players, then perhaps a change in defensive philosophy to account for that is necessary. But the same analogy as baseball really applies. Know who has the ball and tackle the guy who has the ball.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CINCYMETJACKET, post: 912528, member: 4003"] I'm a baseball guy, so no knowledge of complicated football schemes. However, baseball is a simple game. Pitch the ball, hit the ball, field the ball. The team that executes those three elements best usually wins the game. Clearly there are a lot of intricacies within each component, and talent differential definitely plays a huge role, but pretty simple. I look at football in a similar manner. You have 11 players on offense, 11 players on defense. Within every scheme, each defensive player should have an offensive player as his assignment. Talent level being the same, keep your assignment and do your job, defense succeeds. Lose track of the offensive player you're assigned to, or just don't have the talent to keep up, and you could give up a big play. I believe this is where the Triple Option offense succeeds and fails. If you have a defense that is disciplined and of an equivalent talent level, that defense will stop the offense by keeping their assignments and beating, or matching, them. If you have even one player on defense whose eyes wander to a player that they're not assigned to, or are of inferior talent level, you have the opportunity to exploit that matchup and execute a big play. So as a short answer to your question, I don't think that there's any particular defensive scheme that is the holy grail. I think that it's a matter of talent and disciplined, assignment football. When a coaching staff realizes that there is a significant lack of talent versus a certain offense or offensive players, then perhaps a change in defensive philosophy to account for that is necessary. But the same analogy as baseball really applies. Know who has the ball and tackle the guy who has the ball. [/QUOTE]
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