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Post by tog on Nov 12, 2005 23:49:24 GMT -6
have any of you guys ever given your defensive linemen and linebackers the option to just line up where they want to, AS LONG AS they get into the gap they are responsible for?
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fish
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Post by fish on Nov 12, 2005 23:52:00 GMT -6
that's tough. they would really have to know their assignment and be good athletes to get it done.
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Post by tog on Nov 12, 2005 23:53:46 GMT -6
i think it would make it tough on an offense, just a ton of looks possible
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Post by tog on Nov 13, 2005 0:31:27 GMT -6
had this conversation in the office the other day, talking about how a split team got into 34 looks in 38 plays in the first half against us
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 13, 2005 8:56:37 GMT -6
I know of some coaches who just call "stunt" but let the kids decide which stunt and who moves etc. He said it was very unpredicable b/c they do a good job mixing up the stunts. Now he also said his front 8 were all seniors and all students of teh game. THat would be my main concern. I have called "X" stunts between a DT and stacked LB and the LB decides which gap he is going to blitz. As long as we have one guy in each adjacent gap we are okay. Did not do that this year.
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Post by los on Nov 13, 2005 9:29:53 GMT -6
Thought about the same thing myself but couldn't sell it to the boss! Actually wanted to let the players on the field vary their alignments slightly and the 44 linebackers call their own stunts with the lineman they were paired up with, as long as they both protected their area's of responsibility! Let the def. players go by instincts during the flow of the game rather than us calling every move from the sideline. Would be especially successful, I think, vs an offense that didn't change formations a lot! You know, just random acts on a hunch or a key!
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 13, 2005 14:19:31 GMT -6
Somethign I did do this year was allow my DTs to change up the alignment from a shade to head up as long as they were able to get to the gap they were responsible for. So we could get a lot of varried looks that way.
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Post by tog on Nov 13, 2005 14:21:12 GMT -6
kinda like that chuck, but more extreme,
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Post by brophy on Nov 14, 2005 6:35:37 GMT -6
That was one of the things that we try to teach our players from day one.
The integrity of a defense is measured by it's ability to control real estate (gap). I've seen where coaches get so caught up (read 'worked up') at reaming their kids for aligning in a 40 instead of a 30 that the kids become paralyzed to make decisions. I don't want robots - I want players.
When we start the defense, we talk about what we are defending and why. If the players know what to look for, they have a little more flexibility in attacking it.
The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed, creative, and effective you'll be when it counts.
-Bill Parcels
I tell the linebackers - "hey, you've got to support such-and-such GAP. Now, you can't expect to defend against the dive if you align on the numbers, can you? You've got to know where you fit on a given play. If you are the weak linebacker, you may not want to align at 6 yards when you know your biggest play threat is the ISO....you make life tougher for yourself. This game isn't that difficult, don't put yourself out of a play by aligning incorrectly."
The main reason I teach it like this - is because I don't want to have to CALL a 'sugar' or 'stem' to the Dline / LBs....I want them roaming around all the time. Show blitz when we don't blitz. Blitz when we don't show it. etc.
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