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For those who have actually played at this level (or higher), who is ultimately responsible for the lack of communication by the defense?
You have to believe that the coaches continually stress the importance of communication, but if the players fail to respond who is at fault? Do you blame the players for not doing as they're told, or do you blame the coaches for not getting them to play as they're taught?
Barry and Honas are the worst graded players (34 in total)
Who grades the players? What grading system is used?
It was on the Husker Online podcast, Sean Callahan mentioned it. Sorry I forgot the name but basically those two were the worst on the defense and Colin Miller actually was far better. Stille graded in the top 10 but he doesn't get as much reps as the other linemen do..
So Sean Callahan is grading the players?
For those who have actually played at this level (or higher), who is ultimately responsible for the lack of communication by the defense?
You have to believe that the coaches continually stress the importance of communication, but if the players fail to respond who is at fault? Do you blame the players for not doing as they're told, or do you blame the coaches for not getting them to play as they're taught?
We are terrible in this regard and that starts with our coaching staff. There is a disconnect between the coaches and players on game day, there's no denying that. Add that to the fact that Barry and Honas are the worst graded players (34 in total) that have taken a snap with us this year. That is cringe worthy folks.
We can't rush the passer and our LB's can't cover anyone. Against the spread teams like Indiana and Purdue, I wish we would play more sub packages (Nickel and Dime).
there is a player on D whose literal position is called Nickel (Domann).Usually the responsibility of one of the inside backers, sometimes one of the safeties as well. Id place my money on Barry being the main one with communication responsibilities, and its obvious he doesnt get it. So crazy with how lights he was last year compared to this year. Maybe last year he didnt have that responsibility? Or was more simple? Thats the headscratcher...
I too wish wed see more nickel or dime, at least for certain teams whose very identity is passing the ball (ie Indiana, Purdue, etc.).
It is obviously a combination of both. If you are a teacher, coach, boss you have people you are training that have a higher care for details, have higher aptitude, and respond better to redirection and reteaching. People that love their job or care are hard to find and often bosses, teachers, and coaches have to "deal" with people that are good enough for the position but do not thrive. Frost says over and over that he wants kids that love football and care because they are coachable. If you have depth problems then these issues are exacerbated and throw in the new transfer rule and the need for depth and it is important to preserve redshirts, which hurts depth more. Frost decided to suck it up this year and preserved 20+ redshirts...to be honest..nobody will care about a couple 4 win seasons the moment we turn it around, and he would be fired regardless by year 6 if his team struggles. These first two years have absolutely no bearing on his success in the future. Plenty of coaches have won their first two years and were gone by year 6, and plenty have lost their first two years and were successful by year 6...and a few have won the entire time. He has staked his career on bring in the "right" kind of kid...he doesn't have it at enough positions right now...we'll see if he can do it...if he can't we move on. I bet we can get quite a coach if we offer them 35 million over 7 years.Oh it must be the players (not). Look at really good teams.....do they have players that are naturally good communicators too? Of course ALL defenses have communication lapses from time to time, but when it happens over and over again I think the coaches have to take a hard look in the mirror.
PFF (Pro Football Focus) grades are what Callahan referenced on the podcast. A commonly used player scoring system.Who grades the players? What grading system is used?
We are terrible in this regard and that starts with our coaching staff. There is a disconnect between the coaches and players on game day, there's no denying that. Add that to the fact that Barry and Honas are the worst graded players (34 in total) that have taken a snap with us this year. That is cringe worthy folks.
Who else do the coaches have?We are terrible in this regard and that starts with our coaching staff. There is a disconnect between the coaches and players on game day, there's no denying that. Add that to the fact that Barry and Honas are the worst graded players (34 in total) that have taken a snap with us this year. That is cringe worthy folks.
Who else do the coaches have?
What are they going to do, walk out on the field and play themselves?
there is a player on D whose literal position is called Nickel (Domann).
Odds on Wisconsin having 200+ rushing yards at halftime? With all the bad angles and “miscommunication” on our defense, JTaylor may have a historic day.
It's more of a know what the hell you're doing problem than a communication problem. Even on a lot of basic coverages guys don't know what they're doing. Just look how much a player motioning out of the backfield will throw off our defense. The players need to be held a lot more responsible for knowing their assignments. You shouldn't have to talk at all to communicate. You should know what your assignment is and what the guys around you are doing and where you should be in relation to that.
I'm not saying the defense has to shift on motion. I'm saying they have no clue how to adjust to it after the snap. There were several times this year where guys were wide open because a guy went in motion before the snap and we had no one covering him.Oldjar, sorry but you are off on this one. You shouldn't be able to determine much on a pre snap read for motion. Sometimes they give the D away with a full man to man. The idea is to NOT give the QB a read as to what is going on, who is taking who and all of that. The communication is ABSOLUTELY a must. Just like telling a guy in BB a pick is coming, you have to communicate in FB just as much if not more.
Certainly they need to know what they are doing and where to go but you can't prepare for everything so you have to be able to adjust on the fly.
Yes, the inability to rush the passer against crappy OL's like Purdue's just allows the QBs to pick off our LBs. Crazy lack of pass rush, it's like our DL are trying to do moves but go straight into another OL and get bogged down. Even our pass rush moves look stupid.
We just got a new one. Who would have known a defensive assistant from Cal would be struggling?Need a new d line coach at minimum
Had a different d line coachif I remember riley's last year was a 3rd and long nightmare...then last year we actually did better on 3rd and long..then this year we are back to choking on stoping 3rd and longs... so we did something right between riley's last year and now
We were terrible on 3rd and long last year.if I remember riley's last year was a 3rd and long nightmare...then last year we actually did better on 3rd and long..then this year we are back to choking on stoping 3rd and longs... so we did something right between riley's last year and now
ok maybe it was earlier this year...there was a time we were not horrid since riley leftWe were terrible on 3rd and long last year.
ok maybe it was earlier this year...there was a time we were not horrid since riley left
PFF (Pro Football Focus) grades are what Callahan referenced on the podcast. A commonly used player scoring system.