Willie Martinez is the best DB coach we’ve ever had

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Not sure about that. The 1970 and 1971 teams were the best I have ever seen. More than 30 interceptions in a season is just not common. Bobby Majors, David Allen, Tim Preist, and I think Conrad Graham. And having Ray Nettles and Jackie Walker at LB’s helped.

I think we he DB coach may have been Robby Franklin.
 
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Starting CB and AA McCoy didnt play
Starting CB Gibson missed 2.5 quarters
McMurray replaced Boo at Nickel played great
New starter Farooq played well at Safety
Freshmen played HEAVY minutes at CB

The DBs did well considering how new the players are to playing for UT. IMO..

Not Martinez but definitely related:
We played backups heavily at LB
Including freshmen AND walkons 2 at a time in the 2nd half.
I was very impressed by how many backups and freshmen played on defense in this game at ALL 3 levels. In addition to DBs and LBs, we had 4 different DTackles go down and starter Hobbs didnt play ever.
 
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Hood looked pretty good. True freshman Redmon didn’t look bad either. McMurray also looked good. Gibson and McCoy were two of the two best young corners in the country. He’s not elite but he’s pretty damn good imo.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Hood looked pretty good. True freshman Redmon didn’t look bad either. McMurray also looked good. Gibson and McCoy were two of the two best young corners in the country. He’s not elite but he’s pretty damn good imo.
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You just described the results of an elite CB coach and then proceeded to say Willie isn't elite. I think you just don't know what elite looks like.
 
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RandomUTfan said:
You just described the results of an elite CB coach and then proceeded to say Willie isn't elite. I think you just don't know what elite looks like.
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More history to it than that. I’ve always argued for CWM but he isn’t a top five secondary coach. He’s damn good though. Was damn good at Georgia as well. We probably just have a different definition of elite.
 
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DaddyChad said:
More history to it than that. I’ve always argued for CWM but he isn’t a top five secondary coach. He’s damn good though. Was damn good at Georgia as well. We probably just have a different definition of elite.
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His results say he is. But you're welcome to your own opinion.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Starting CB and AA McCoy didnt play
Starting CB Gibson missed 2.5 quarters
McMurray replaced Boo at Nickel played great
New starter Farooq played well at Safety
Freshmen played HEAVY minutes at CB

The DBs did well considering how new the players are to playing for UT. IMO..

Not Martinez but definitely related:
We played backups heavily at LB
Including freshmen AND walkons 2 at a time in the 2nd half.
I was very impressed by how many backups and freshmen played on defense in this game at ALL 3 levels. In addition to DBs and LBs, we had 4 different DTackles go down and starter Hobbs didnt play ever.
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Buddy Bennett, granddad of Stetson was a superb db coach too. Think Robbie Franklin was not secondary coach. Martinez is fine and an excellent recruiter.
 
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onevol74 said:
Not sure about that. The 1970 and 1971 teams were the best I have ever seen. More than 30 interceptions in a season is just not common. Bobby Majors, David Allen, Tim Preist, and I think Conrad Graham. And having Ray Nettles and Jackie Walker at LB’s helped.

I think we he DB coach may have been Robby Franklin.
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That team also had 3 or 4 mid air fumbles because Teams were running the option back then they were beating the RB out. QB pitch out = interception to the house.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
That team also had 3 or 4 mid air fumbles because Teams were running the option back then they were beating the RB out. QB pitch out = interception to the house.
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That was also I think the same year Stabler threw more interceptions in the game than completions. 8 ints 7 cmpl
 
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