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Originally Posted by NBT
Because in the final analysis, it is his responsibility to mold what he has into a usable (attacking?) defense. He has supposedly been hammering this into their heads since TC. The players have been playing football all their lives. While they may not be mental giants, they are supposed to be football smart, if they are not getting it, it has to be at least partly Bush's fault............And yes, gap defense is everyone's responsibility.
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This might be your best post ever.
Two safeties, two corners and three linebackers and not a single one of them notices Chris Johnson splitting out wide? Inexcusable. I'd say most any Junior High safety would have noticed that...
The coaches are speaking of consistency yet it is tough to be consistent when you are changing one of the starting safeties from week to week. So far we've had Barber, Ferguson and Busing with Wilson being the most "regular". I heard ND Kalu on the radio yesterday recommend going back to Ferguson but I disagree - he looks a step slow to me these days.... So that leaves Barber and Busing. Just pick one of these two and stick with him. Both are inexperienced so let them get the reps. Rotate if one needs a break or if there's ever a big lead (!). It's a little tough on the player when one mistake can get you benched. And now we have the just-acquired Pollard in the mix. Sounds like he is good against the run - not so good against the pass. He might work in a SS role with Wilson in the FS role.... whatever.
My point is, there has to be consistency among the coaches as well as the players. Just take the best candidate and make him the starter. If he's just not getting the job done then put someone in who will. Don't bench him for one boneheaded mistake. Mistakes happen but the good ones don't make many mistakes. If we've got a bunch of guys that keep making mistakes then we don't have very good personnel.
I guess this makes me a "both" person and I'm afraid we won't see the best this defense can do until the 2nd half of the season.... There is still a lot of season yet and the more "W's" we can get now, the better.... I still think this team has the ability to go toe to toe with the best in the league but right now, they've got issues....