Wartdawg wrote:
thriller wrote: wlayton . . . very concerned early on . . . INDEED, sir!
BTW - I hate to ask this, as this will show how disconnected I became after the Vanderbilt game last year . . . is Pruitt going to run the 3-4, or is he switching us back to the 4-3? Please say 4-3.
Thriller.. those terms 3-4, 4-3 are almost obsolete. The thing now is hybrid defenses. People give you a 3-4 look
but have the players assigned roles be more like a 4-3. We have linebackers lining up as a standup lineman, we have linemen dropping into coverage like a linebacker.
Archaic terms for a lot of teams these days. Only a few of those big slow boys in the midwest are still adhering to
strict definitions of what their D does based on an alignment.
Thanks for the info, WD! My reason for asking is that I feel like with so much inexperience in our defense, I'm hoping we go back to a more of a 4-3, just for the sake of simplifying for the young guys. I always felt like Granthams scheme COULD have worked pretty well, if he had a group of veterans at every position (like in the NFL), but with a 4 year maximum and a 3 year reality for most kids, his defenses were too complicated. Heck, we couldn't even get to the line of scrimmage on time.
I think it was Buc who posted the Florida State/Climpsn game from last year. It looked like FSU pretty much stayed in a 4/3 most of the time, which took away the run. Against the 'Cocks, I hope we can shut down Davis.
