FullyERicht
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disclaimer: I believe that your coordinators should be coaches first, not recruiters.
When shopping for an elite coordinator, the best way to do it is locate guys who are getting top 15 results at a lower tier program. If Miami has the money it portends to, none of the coaches in this series should be unreasonable to hire.
I want the next DC to be a man that has a few traits: 1) his scheme must be easy for to grasp 2) his scheme must emphasize speed over size 3) If his defense only works with 5+ NFL players on it, I'm not interested.
The first guy I'm going to cover is Boston College's Don Brown.
Brown is a greybeard. He's 60 years old. He's from New England. He looks like the ship captain from the movie Jaws. And he's a ******* savage.
Boston College is currently #1 in total Defense, and #4 in scoring Defense. This is his 3rd season at BC, and his team played a schedule that featured Clemson, ND, and FSU. Additionally, he was able to accomplish this with BC having the 122nd and 126th total and scoring offenses in FBS. That is a remarkable job, at a school where his best players will be future lawyers and doctors, not draft picks.
The year before Brown's arrival at BC, the Eagles were 100th in total and 76th in scoring D. By his second season, they were top 15 in both. That speaks of a coach whose scheme is easy to grasp.
Boston College. White guys. I bet you are thinking of this image of some 3-4 2-gap defense. Not even close:
His system is a single gap 4-3 over front defense, and he puts an emphasis on man coverage. The DL gets up the field. Additionally, Brown is an aggressive blitzer. Against FSU, who he held to 14 points, they blitzed well over 50% of the snaps, with man coverage behind it. He cites Buddy Ryan's "46" as a major influence.
The guy reminds me of Sonny Lubick. An older, super experienced coach who isn't afraid to bring pressure. That kind of coach with Miami area talent leads to once in a generation type defense.
edit: BC is 65th in the nation in time of possession, so this is not a case of "possessing the ball inflating the defense. If anyone should be guilty of that, it should be Alabama with their 5th in the nation TOP.
When shopping for an elite coordinator, the best way to do it is locate guys who are getting top 15 results at a lower tier program. If Miami has the money it portends to, none of the coaches in this series should be unreasonable to hire.
I want the next DC to be a man that has a few traits: 1) his scheme must be easy for to grasp 2) his scheme must emphasize speed over size 3) If his defense only works with 5+ NFL players on it, I'm not interested.
The first guy I'm going to cover is Boston College's Don Brown.
Brown is a greybeard. He's 60 years old. He's from New England. He looks like the ship captain from the movie Jaws. And he's a ******* savage.
Boston College is currently #1 in total Defense, and #4 in scoring Defense. This is his 3rd season at BC, and his team played a schedule that featured Clemson, ND, and FSU. Additionally, he was able to accomplish this with BC having the 122nd and 126th total and scoring offenses in FBS. That is a remarkable job, at a school where his best players will be future lawyers and doctors, not draft picks.
The year before Brown's arrival at BC, the Eagles were 100th in total and 76th in scoring D. By his second season, they were top 15 in both. That speaks of a coach whose scheme is easy to grasp.
Boston College. White guys. I bet you are thinking of this image of some 3-4 2-gap defense. Not even close:
His system is a single gap 4-3 over front defense, and he puts an emphasis on man coverage. The DL gets up the field. Additionally, Brown is an aggressive blitzer. Against FSU, who he held to 14 points, they blitzed well over 50% of the snaps, with man coverage behind it. He cites Buddy Ryan's "46" as a major influence.
The guy reminds me of Sonny Lubick. An older, super experienced coach who isn't afraid to bring pressure. That kind of coach with Miami area talent leads to once in a generation type defense.
edit: BC is 65th in the nation in time of possession, so this is not a case of "possessing the ball inflating the defense. If anyone should be guilty of that, it should be Alabama with their 5th in the nation TOP.
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