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<blockquote data-quote="Arizona Bob" data-source="post: 1486272" data-attributes="member: 746438"><p>The problem isn't talent, it's attitude, discipline, technique, fundamentals (catching and tackling) and knowing keys and assignments. In short, coaching, In their fourth year in the program, I'm seeing sloppy tackling from Adams, Hobbs, Hansen and Harding, let alone Martin, Eifler, Brown, Ware and Joseph. They are perhaps the SLOWEST players in the B1G in reading plays, and they don't have the speed to make up for it. Good LBs rarely get caught in the inside while runners scoot through the gap they should be covering. You see that at least six times per game.</p><p></p><p>IF you see any improvement in coverage by our DBs who blew their redshirts playing as freshman, I sure missed it. Our LB drops on passing plays is perhaps the worst in the B1G. It takes them too long to read the play and figure out who they're supposed to covering. That's what happens when the coach hires his inexperienced son instead of an experienced, cracker jack LB coach.</p><p></p><p>DL? The talent is there, as well as the depth. The problem is that we have a DL coach who was never a college position coach, let alone a P5 coach, leading the group. This group sorely needs motivation and fundamental coaching, and if we had a top teacher there, even with a decade of NFL experience, I believe we'd be FAR better there, and that would make everything on D easier. "On the job training" just isn't acceptable at this level.</p><p></p><p>Anyone else notice the steep dropoff in intensity of the OL this year? They're getting handled WAY more than last year's OL when if you made mistakes and didn't sustain blocks, there was a firey sideline from coach Butkus.</p><p></p><p>AT OC, it's pretty clear that Coach Rod Smith can't coach passing attacks or develop passing QBs. Peters has all the tools, adequate arm, decent legs and good touch. His problems are that he hasn't developed his poriferal vision to "feel" the rush and quickly go through his progressions. It takes him too long to release and read the D. He hasn't been taught to read count the rushers to detect the blitz and get rid of the ball to his safety valve when rushers outnumber blockers. I suspect that if Coach White or Coach Mack were his QB coach, we wouldn't see those problems.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line here is if we can bring in a competent staff next year, it may actually HELP recruiting and with the returning players we'll have on both sides of the ball, any decent coach would be bowl bound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arizona Bob, post: 1486272, member: 746438"] The problem isn't talent, it's attitude, discipline, technique, fundamentals (catching and tackling) and knowing keys and assignments. In short, coaching, In their fourth year in the program, I'm seeing sloppy tackling from Adams, Hobbs, Hansen and Harding, let alone Martin, Eifler, Brown, Ware and Joseph. They are perhaps the SLOWEST players in the B1G in reading plays, and they don't have the speed to make up for it. Good LBs rarely get caught in the inside while runners scoot through the gap they should be covering. You see that at least six times per game. IF you see any improvement in coverage by our DBs who blew their redshirts playing as freshman, I sure missed it. Our LB drops on passing plays is perhaps the worst in the B1G. It takes them too long to read the play and figure out who they're supposed to covering. That's what happens when the coach hires his inexperienced son instead of an experienced, cracker jack LB coach. DL? The talent is there, as well as the depth. The problem is that we have a DL coach who was never a college position coach, let alone a P5 coach, leading the group. This group sorely needs motivation and fundamental coaching, and if we had a top teacher there, even with a decade of NFL experience, I believe we'd be FAR better there, and that would make everything on D easier. "On the job training" just isn't acceptable at this level. Anyone else notice the steep dropoff in intensity of the OL this year? They're getting handled WAY more than last year's OL when if you made mistakes and didn't sustain blocks, there was a firey sideline from coach Butkus. AT OC, it's pretty clear that Coach Rod Smith can't coach passing attacks or develop passing QBs. Peters has all the tools, adequate arm, decent legs and good touch. His problems are that he hasn't developed his poriferal vision to "feel" the rush and quickly go through his progressions. It takes him too long to release and read the D. He hasn't been taught to read count the rushers to detect the blitz and get rid of the ball to his safety valve when rushers outnumber blockers. I suspect that if Coach White or Coach Mack were his QB coach, we wouldn't see those problems. Bottom line here is if we can bring in a competent staff next year, it may actually HELP recruiting and with the returning players we'll have on both sides of the ball, any decent coach would be bowl bound. [/QUOTE]
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