blackvern
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On Chad Thomas the past couple seasons…
“I think he played very cautious from what I can see in past years here. He played like he was afraid to make a mistake. Now, he has to play a little bit more aggressive or reckless and it is ok because he bought into that. Instead of being in the right place and letting somebody else make the tackle, he can make the tackle. Hopefully he is seeing how good he can be, because he can be really good.”
On how the defensive linemen have adjusted to the scheme…
“The guys seem to enjoy playing in our defense. Our structure with guys, we are not lining guys up and asking them to play with their head up and move side to side in a two-gap system. We have 11 guys on defense and all 11 guys have a chance to make a play.”
On how this Miami defensive line compares to his Missouri defensive lines…
“I can’t really tell you. Two years ago if you told me that Shane Ray was going to be a first round draft pick, I would have said no way.
On what he looks for when recruiting defensive linemen…
“We want guys that can run. I don’t want any big guys who are strong, but struggle with change of direction. We need guys that can run and change direction and we are looking for guys that are playmakers.
Pretty interesting stuff on Shane Ray cant believe he improved that much under kool
and I hope to see the Chad we all hoped he would be...
“I think he played very cautious from what I can see in past years here. He played like he was afraid to make a mistake. Now, he has to play a little bit more aggressive or reckless and it is ok because he bought into that. Instead of being in the right place and letting somebody else make the tackle, he can make the tackle. Hopefully he is seeing how good he can be, because he can be really good.”
On how the defensive linemen have adjusted to the scheme…
“The guys seem to enjoy playing in our defense. Our structure with guys, we are not lining guys up and asking them to play with their head up and move side to side in a two-gap system. We have 11 guys on defense and all 11 guys have a chance to make a play.”
On how this Miami defensive line compares to his Missouri defensive lines…
“I can’t really tell you. Two years ago if you told me that Shane Ray was going to be a first round draft pick, I would have said no way.
On what he looks for when recruiting defensive linemen…
“We want guys that can run. I don’t want any big guys who are strong, but struggle with change of direction. We need guys that can run and change direction and we are looking for guys that are playmakers.
Pretty interesting stuff on Shane Ray cant believe he improved that much under kool
and I hope to see the Chad we all hoped he would be...