MGB: Monday recruiting update

[Brett Vito]

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/12/monday-afternoon-recruiting-tidbits-and-thoughts.html/

[BillySee58]

Rolling the dice indeed. Don't forget Darren Denucci as well, Brett. 0-4 last year with JUCOs last year as far as being able to contribute immediately.

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Very interested in the potential risk we are taking by getting 6 JuCo players. Almost feels like trading a ton of prospects in baseball for an October push that doesn't work out. You lose those players in 2 years and then in 3-4 years you are left to have to reload again. Seems like a vicious cycle that could really hurt a team's long-term success.

[adman]

Very interested in the potential risk we are taking by getting 6 JuCo players. Almost feels like trading a ton of prospects in baseball for an October push that doesn't work out. You lose those players in 2 years and then in 3-4 years you are left to have to reload again. Seems like a vicious cycle that could really hurt a team's long-term success.

Unless your name is Bill Snyder.

[Harry]

Would like to land gray. The Southern Miss guys are pounding his twitter. First head to head with Southern Miss since Josh Gulley?

[Ben Gooding]

Unless your name is Bill Snyder.

ding, ding, ding.

Bottom line on D is going to be philosophy. In 2013 we had playmakers and the luxury of playing against a lot of really young QB's that hid the defensive philosophy of bend don't break. The philosophy was exposed bc those playmakers were gone. You can't have that defensive mindset with little to no playmakers. A bad D has to create it's opportunities and it starts with aggression which is 100% philosophy. The defense regardless of who we sign will hinge on the new DC's philosophy.

The O is looking promising (granted play calling improves).

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Wouldn't you say that Snyder is the exception rather than the rule? I know getting JuCo guys is trending upwards even in P5's, I just don't like how we are doing it out of necessity more than anything.

[UNTLifer]

In 2013, we didn't play against young QB's. We faced the senior from Ohio, Georgia's stud senior, McHargue and the kid from UTSA. A bad D that tries to create with aggression ends up out of position more times than not. Skladany ran that system for years and was very successful.

[BillySee58]

In 2013, we didn't play against young QB's. We faced the senior from Ohio, Georgia's stud senior, McHargue and the kid from UTSA. A bad D that tries to create with aggression ends up out of position more times than not. Skladany ran that system for years and was very successful.

5 of our 6 conference wins in 2013 came against teams whose majority of snaps were taken by a freshman qb. Including two games where the opposing team's qb was having his redshirt burned against us to start, in desperation (USM and UTEP). We were only 1-2 in conference against non-freshman qbs.

We also had an OOC win against a freshman qb (Idaho).

[UNT90]

We did beat Ball St.,who had a really good senior QB, as I recall,

Look at me being all positive.

[DeepGreen]

We did beat Ball St.,who had a really good senior QB, as I recall,

Look at me being all positive.

So what's that make it, two positive posts out of over 17,000? You could be trending upwards.

[BillySee58]

We did beat Ball St.,who had a really good senior QB, as I recall,

Look at me being all positive.

Yeah, we did good against teams with experienced qbs too. We were 3-4 against teams whose majority of snaps were taken by non-freshman qbs. But those 3 wins were huge: Ball State (huge momentum builder), Rice (hit 6), and UNLV (bowl win). Plus 3 of those 4 losses were on the road, including against Georgia. And in 3 of the 4 losses we still only gave up 21,24, and 27 points. Not bad point totals at all. But it was enough to expose our offense.

We took care of business against the freshman qbs, so what we did against the other teams was plenty. Enough of the 2013 post mortem.

[Ben Gooding]

Yeah, we did good against teams with experienced qbs too. We were 3-4 against teams whose majority of snaps were taken by non-freshman qbs. But those 3 wins were huge: Ball State (huge momentum builder), Rice (hit 6), and UNLV (bowl win). Plus 3 of those 4 losses were on the road, including against Georgia. And in 3 of the 4 losses we still only gave up 21,24, and 27 points. Not bad point totals at all. But it was enough to expose our offense.

We took care of business against the freshman qbs, so what we did against the other teams was plenty. Enough of the 2013 post mortem.

66% of our wins came against not very good teams with not very good QB play. That's a fact. The bend don't break is a fine philosophy with play makers that bend their back when in the redzone. The bend don't break mentality is not a good philosophy when your back is on the wall and the team folds up like a lounge chair. The D was good, no doubt, but we had timely turnovers time and time again that just don't happen every year. I am not a fan of the bend don't break. I am a fan of aggression that puts pressure on the defense. Granted it comes with giving up big yardage plays, but it also comes with a lot of turnovers, sacks and negative plays. Unless we play against a Peyton Manning type QB the SS should be cheating up all the time, or simply play cover 1 a lot. It got really, really old seeing 7-9 yard cushions over and over again, particularly even when we (rarely) blitzed. It's bad football. Our D typically looks like its 3rd & 10 every play. That's a problem.

[UNTLifer]

Cover 1. Isn't that the coverage, I use the term loosely, we used under that HOF'er Ron Mendoza?

Edited December 16, 2014 by UNTLifer

[forevereagle]

Cover 1. Isn't that the coverage, I use the term loosely, we used under that HOF'er Ron Mendoza?

I think he employed the "Speed Bump Defense" - designed to slow, not stop, opposing offenses.

[greenit]

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