Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[KptVFL]

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[Glitch]

Thanks! I feel better.

 

[GiggerVol]

Don’t know if this is the spot for this, but Kevin Mawae will be the new coach at Lipscomb. I hope we continue the great relationship with Lipscomb and hoping Kevin doesn’t point kids toward LSU

Was/is he the ex NFL OL that played years for the Jets and then the Titans? Has he been coaching hs ball somewhere?

 

[Weezer]

And I mix mayo and ketchup together to dip my french fried potaters in. Yum!

You are a monster.

 

[Glitch]

I just gave it a like for him doing all the work!

 

[BigOrange15]

Play with good fundamentals. Look for the ball. Break on the ball. Good form tackling. I get that some posters on here hate to read any criticism of our team, but in a lot of games our secondary played with poor fundamentals. They didn't turn their heads to find the ball. They broke late on the ball. And they focused more on trying to strip the ball than making the tackle, often giving the receiver extra yardage.

Seriously, it's not a crime to want to see good execution. I can understand bend, don't break, but at least do it with good defensive fundamentals. But they kept making the same mistakes over and over again, especially when it came to not finding the ball and tackling.

This one I at least sort of understand. A major part of this defense is trying to create turnovers to give the offense back the ball. So, giving up a few extra yards after failing to create a turnover is a gamble I think they are okay with.
What is strange though is that with that mindset, they should be more aggressive going after the ball in the air too and they just...arent.

 

[Weezer]

I hope Saban doesn't go out and hire a good OC.

 

[Weezer]

This one I at least sort of understand. A major part of this defense is trying to create turnovers to give the offense back the ball. So, giving up a few extra yards after failing to create a turnover is a gamble I think they are okay with.
What is strange though is that with that mindset, they should be more aggressive going after the ball in the air too and they just...arent.

There's a time to go for the strip and a time to make the stop.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Ever lived in Mississippi? Now imagine being from Jersey and Mississippi was the first place you moved to.

I’ve been to Jersey and Mississippi and would much rather be in Mississippi. But I prefer country. Jersey made me feel claustrophobic like those videos.

 

[KptVFL]

On 52 redzone trips our defense gave up only 39 scores (27 TDs). That's a 75% scoring rate, 52% TD rate. Only allowed 10 TDs outside of the redzone.

We allowed 3rd down conversions at a 34% rate. 4th down at 42%. Those are not bad numbers.

Opponent QBs completed 62.5% of their passes for an average of 289yds per game.

Defense forced 11INTs, 18 fumbles (recovered 11), 27 sacks.

Edit to add: Our defense does it's job. We aren't designed to have a Bama/Georgia lockdown defense. We are designed to force offenses to sustain long drives without turning it over, sputtering, or making their own mistake. Then we turn up the heat in the second half to force more mistakes and exploit weaknesses that pop up during the course of the game.

Just who do you think you are coming up in here with logic and actual data to back up your point?

 

[bignewt]

I’ve been to Jersey and Mississippi and would much rather be in Mississippi. But I prefer country. Jersey made me feel claustrophobic like those videos.

Ive been to New Jersey, get away from the cities and its actually beautiful, looks a lot like East TN. Mississippi, well that place just sucks.

 

[TheRain]

New Zealand

 

[Jackcrevol]

Anderson Cooper interviewing the guy who took gun away from the LA shooter.

'How are you feeling?' is his first hard hitting question.

Guy's reply 'well, a lot better than the other night.' LOL, as if to say, 'what stupid question.'

 

[peaygolf]

Anderson Cooper interviewing the guy who took gun away from the LA shooter.

'How are you feeling?' is his first hard hitting question.

Guy's reply 'well, a lot better than the other night.' LOL, as if to say, 'what stupid question.'

There are no stupid questions....................







Only stupid people who ask questions..........................

 

[Ashevolle]

Anderson Cooper interviewing the guy who took gun away from the LA shooter.

'How are you feeling?' is his first hard hitting question.

Guy's reply 'well, a lot better than the other night.' LOL, as if to say, 'what stupid question.'

What makes you think a hard hitting question was needed?

 

[Jackcrevol]

What makes you think a hard hitting question was needed?

It was sarcasm. Never implied a hard hitting question was necessary.

Cooper couldve eased into that question, maybe talk a little bit about how the guy saved lives.

 

[volbeast33]

This one I at least sort of understand. A major part of this defense is trying to create turnovers to give the offense back the ball. So, giving up a few extra yards after failing to create a turnover is a gamble I think they are okay with.
What is strange though is that with that mindset, they should be more aggressive going after the ball in the air too and they just...arent.

It seemed like we were more aggressive when Burrell was playing(Pittsburgh)… they trusted him more than the other guys especially when they had to miss so many practices…. We had to make some major adjustments with so many fluid parts last year due to injury…. Hopefully we have a very healthy year.

 

[mrmax86]

We are everywhere.

 

[volinexile17]

Well, if our DBs are being taught to look for the ball, they're obviously failing a lot. You can watch our games and see they don't look back for the ball. It factors into some of our PI calls this year. It's a basic skill of the position. Yet we fail to do it quite often. Is it talent? Is it coaching? Who the hell really knows? But if we continue to do it season after season, that leans toward coaching, So we'll see if that gets fixed this year.

As far as the 10 yd cushions, maybe it's a limited scheme based on the players we have? Again, I don't know, but you can't leave those huge cushions. It's 3rd and Chavis all over again. Scheme has to get better. Even in zone, you can't play with such huge cushions on the WRs.

I can't speak for everyone else but fix those two things specifically and I'll stop bitching about our secondary.

On the large cushions, imagine that defensive coaches were concerned about inexperienced corners playing with athletically limited safeties. Hopefully as the depth and talent improves in the secondary, so will the play/scheme.

It was pretty obvious our secondary was a tremendous liability. We know the coaches know that too. All you have to do is look at the number of DB signees.

Not looking for the ball was hugely frustrating, but that’s gotta be on the players. DBs are hearing that for years before they get to UT and there’s no way Martinez is not coaching that. I’m not a big CWM fan, but not willing to put that on him.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Devil's Advocate: if our defense's goal is to bend but dont break, and never allow anything over the top, then between the 20s we're going to see 10yd cushions. Our defense is great in the red zone. But if we play tight in the open field we risk giving up more big plays and long touchdowns.

I think you’re right. I don’t know a lot about football as far as X and Os, but they said it is going to be bend but don’t break while trying to get turnovers. You can’t judge how well they play by the amount of yards given up. It’s the points given up. And even simpler it’s points scored versus points allowed. As we get better players with more years experience in system and more depth, the turnovers and sacks should go up. That doesn’t mean they will necessarily be playing defense like the old SEC look. And I am sure fans will still be complaining even if we are winning.

 

[SweetasSoda]

On 52 redzone trips our defense gave up only 39 scores (27 TDs). That's a 75% scoring rate, 52% TD rate. Only allowed 10 TDs outside of the redzone.

We allowed 3rd down conversions at a 34% rate. 4th down at 42%. Those are not bad numbers.

Opponent QBs completed 62.5% of their passes for an average of 289yds per game.

Defense forced 11INTs, 18 fumbles (recovered 11), 27 sacks.

Edit to add: Our defense does it's job. We aren't designed to have a Bama/Georgia lockdown defense. We are designed to force offenses to sustain long drives without turning it over, sputtering, or making their own mistake. Then we turn up the heat in the second half to force more mistakes and exploit weaknesses that pop up during the course of the game.

Thanks for the stats. That’s what the plan is. And should be better with better players, more depth and years experience. But will not be AL/GA.

 

[SweetasSoda]

January 24, 1982

49ers win their first Super Bowl

That’s the year I started watching.

 

[Aesius]

Anderson Cooper interviewing the guy who took gun away from the LA shooter.

'How are you feeling?' is his first hard hitting question.

Guy's reply 'well, a lot better than the other night.' LOL, as if to say, 'what stupid question.'

If it had been a sports reporter the "question" would have been

"Talk about what was going through your mind when you saw the gun"

Or

"Was it a big moment for you when you took the gun away from the shooter?"

 

[SweetasSoda]

You called us 3rd and Chavis…. Do you realize that we were 29th in the entire country in 3rd down defense and 4th in the SEC? We were also the only team in the SEC to play the top 3 teams in the SEC(besides us)….LSU, Georgia, and Alabama

Wow, didn’t realize we had improved that much on 3rd down this year. Did notice fewer teams were just running all over us on 4th down. Seemed like last year the QB was just going to get it running on 4th. And everyone went on 4th because they were trying to catch up.

 

[Jackcrevol]

On the large cushions, imagine that defensive coaches were concerned about inexperienced corners playing with athletically limited safeties. Hopefully as the depth and talent improves in the secondary, so will the play/scheme.

It was pretty obvious our secondary was a tremendous liability. We know the coaches know that too. All you have to do is look at the number of DB signees.

Not looking for the ball was hugely frustrating, but that’s gotta be on the players. DBs are hearing that for years before they get to UT and there’s no way Martinez is not coaching that. I’m not a big CWM fan, but not willing to put that on him.

I think it fully explains why we pinned out ears back and blitzed so much, esp in LSU game.