Mornin Mates...
Today's Topic = To Gamble or Not..??
Both the offensive and defensive coordinators have talked about the use of simplicity when it comes to employing schemes for each of their units because, if you are thinking too much as a player, then you aren't playing as fast as you need to be doing...
So, was our pass defense just too complex last season, which led to all those big plays and scores against us or was it that the talent just wasn't there, especially in the secondary to do the job..??
I also wonder a little bit about the overall defensive philosophy promoted by Todd Graham, that uses a lot of blitzing, which seems to make for a high risk, high reward sort of deal in my mind and, since I'm an old fuddy duddy, who doesn't like to take a lot of chances, I'm not totally sold on that concept...
Last season reminded me of a contractor friend I had over 25 years ago, who I sometimes worked closely with, on projects in Bullhead City for Don Laughlin, since Don owned a good portion of the land that was BHC...
The contractor liked to gamble and did so at the casinos in Laughlin sometimes when we got together after work and his strategy was to double-down after each Blackjack hand, no matter what, which led to huge losses, most of the time, and it kind of reminded me of what Todd Graham was doing on defense last season when we were pathetic with our pass defense...
Todd just seemed to be doubling down with his blitzing packages, no matter what, where we seemed to be losing far more often than we were winning with them...
So, my first question for this day is whether that blitzing formula should be adjusted to one degree or another, especially since it was awful last season, keeping in mind that when we had some of Erickson's guys playing key roles, after Todd took over, his formula worked pretty well...
Should it be adjusted or not and why..??
The next question concerns where we stand with M Wilkins and B White compared to Taylor Kelly back in 2012, when he won the job because he was a very good decision maker and leader...my impression of both Wilkins and White is that they have better skill sets from a physical standpoint than TK but it's anybody's guess as to whether they will have as good a decision making and leadership ability as T Kelly did...
What do you think and why or am I off base with this matter and, if so, how..??
This brings up the difference in coordinators between Mike Norvell and Chip Lindsey...
Were things too complex under Norvell even though his offenses were very productive..??
And, will Lindsey's approach work better, especially if things are simplified for our QB and receivers..??
Finally, I see where the LA Rams beat the Cowboys in LA and they had 90K in attendance, that is pretty impressive for a preseason game, which makes me wonder if that following will continue for the Rams with so much else to do over there around LA...??
What do you think and do you think having a pro franchise or two back in LA will effect the LA schools to any degree..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
Today's Topic = To Gamble or Not..??
Both the offensive and defensive coordinators have talked about the use of simplicity when it comes to employing schemes for each of their units because, if you are thinking too much as a player, then you aren't playing as fast as you need to be doing...
So, was our pass defense just too complex last season, which led to all those big plays and scores against us or was it that the talent just wasn't there, especially in the secondary to do the job..??
I also wonder a little bit about the overall defensive philosophy promoted by Todd Graham, that uses a lot of blitzing, which seems to make for a high risk, high reward sort of deal in my mind and, since I'm an old fuddy duddy, who doesn't like to take a lot of chances, I'm not totally sold on that concept...
Last season reminded me of a contractor friend I had over 25 years ago, who I sometimes worked closely with, on projects in Bullhead City for Don Laughlin, since Don owned a good portion of the land that was BHC...
The contractor liked to gamble and did so at the casinos in Laughlin sometimes when we got together after work and his strategy was to double-down after each Blackjack hand, no matter what, which led to huge losses, most of the time, and it kind of reminded me of what Todd Graham was doing on defense last season when we were pathetic with our pass defense...
Todd just seemed to be doubling down with his blitzing packages, no matter what, where we seemed to be losing far more often than we were winning with them...
So, my first question for this day is whether that blitzing formula should be adjusted to one degree or another, especially since it was awful last season, keeping in mind that when we had some of Erickson's guys playing key roles, after Todd took over, his formula worked pretty well...
Should it be adjusted or not and why..??
The next question concerns where we stand with M Wilkins and B White compared to Taylor Kelly back in 2012, when he won the job because he was a very good decision maker and leader...my impression of both Wilkins and White is that they have better skill sets from a physical standpoint than TK but it's anybody's guess as to whether they will have as good a decision making and leadership ability as T Kelly did...
What do you think and why or am I off base with this matter and, if so, how..??
This brings up the difference in coordinators between Mike Norvell and Chip Lindsey...
Were things too complex under Norvell even though his offenses were very productive..??
And, will Lindsey's approach work better, especially if things are simplified for our QB and receivers..??
Finally, I see where the LA Rams beat the Cowboys in LA and they had 90K in attendance, that is pretty impressive for a preseason game, which makes me wonder if that following will continue for the Rams with so much else to do over there around LA...??
What do you think and do you think having a pro franchise or two back in LA will effect the LA schools to any degree..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
