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2014 tOSU Defense Discussion

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This philosophy coupled with our young D and prolific offense sounds just perfect to me. Besides, Ash is young and apparently seen as a rising talent. I fully expect him to evolve and expand his philosophies once the skill level and comprehension of scheme takes hold among the players.
 
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Dispatch football notebook on defensive play-calling roles:

Some clarification in defensive coaching roles
Since Chris Ash was hired as co-defensive coordinator, there’s been uncertainty about who would have the final say in defensive play-calling.
Meyer didn’t make a definitive statement on the issue but he indicated yesterday that defensive coordinator Luke Fickell will have the final say.
“We’re going to have those conversations,” Meyer said. “Right now, Luke will.”
Then Meyer said that he, Tom Herman and Ed Warinner are in the mix with the decision-making on offense. It will be similar on defense, he said.
Ash appears unconcerned about the issue.
“If everybody has ownership in what you’re doing, then calling it on game day is not that difficult, to be honest with you,” he said. “It’s going to be a team effort. A lot of people have asked about Coach (Kerry) Coombs and me coaching the secondary. It’ll be a team effort.”
What Ash cares about more than who makes the calls is how the players execute them. About that, he was quite clear about what he wants.
“You play fast,” Ash said. “You play with reckless abandon. You’re physical. You throw your body around. You play without hesitation. There’s no confusion.
“You know exactly what you’re doing and you can react to your key. There’s only one speed and that’s full speed, and that’s the way we’ve got to play.”
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Chris Ash, hired last month as co-defensive coordinator, said he isn’t concerned with who will call the plays on defense.
http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...6/johnsons-ties-land-surprise-commitment.html
 
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I'm hoping the freshman LBers from last year, Johnson and Mitchell, will be big contributors this year early and make a difference. The idea of facing a triple option team(Navy) in the first game scares me with what we have from starters last year(Grant and Perry). And you can bet Va Tech will run a lot of option against us next season, also. Those early games will be an adventure! :eek:
 
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What Ash cares about more than who makes the calls is how the players execute them. About that, he was quite clear about what he wants.
“You play fast,” Ash said. “You play with reckless abandon. You’re physical. You throw your body around. You play without hesitation. There’s no confusion.
“You know exactly what you’re doing and you can react to your key. There’s only one speed and that’s full speed, and that’s the way we’ve got to play.”
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They're saying he's trying to diagnose what went wrong last year... but it seems like he's already got the gist.
They just looked lost out there last year, uncertain and not confident in what they were doing.
 
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Taosman said:
I'm hoping the freshman LBers from last year, Johnson and Mitchell, will be big contributors this year early and make a difference. The idea of facing a triple option team(Navy) in the first game scares me with what we have from starters last year(Grant and Perry). And you can bet Va Tech will run a lot of option against us next season, also. Those early games will be an adventure! :eek:
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Couldn't ask for a better start to test out our LB's than play Navy. Tackling and play recognition will be at a premium and we'll see who can sink or swim right away, not a few games down the road.
 
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Can't believe how lucky we were to not only land Raekwon but bring him in early. Considering everyone says he has a college ready body already and how vulnerable we were at LB last year I don't know how we don't improve defensively. And that's not even talking about the coaching upgrade we have in Ash. I think our defense costs us a regular season game but we still make the CCG and win because we have improved so much by the end of the year defensively. That's my way too early call anyway.
 
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The 2014 season depends on defensive improvement. It's that simple.
Have a Top Twenty defense.
I think that would be a huge improvement. I don't know if that's do-able right now.
 
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Taosman said:
The 2014 season depends on defensive improvement. It's that simple.
Have a Top Twenty defense.
I think that would be a huge improvement. I don't know if that's do-able right now.
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I feel the exact opposite, I think its going to easily be attainable. Our defensive line is going to take a lot of pressure off of the back 7. They won't nearly have as much pressure as if we were replacing 4 senior studs up front.
 
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Player health is a major issue for the 2014 defense. UFM noted 13 season ending injuries, on top of 9 lost scholarships. To go off topic, I can see now why UFM is talking about the need to 2 true freshman to be in the oline depth chart: it is not enough to have 5 starters, but also to have 5 backups. Injuries will become more important if there is an extra game due to a playoff.


3. Scholarship reductions caught up to Ohio State. As Meyer assembled top-five recruiting classes in each of his first three years, the fact that Ohio State was confined to only 82 scholarships didn’t seem all that noticeable. Meyer emphatically disagrees, and even questions if Ohio State’s season would have ended differently had the Buckeyes not been saddled with that NCAA sanction.

“We didn’t get through it very well,” Meyer said. “We would have had more safeties. We would have not had special teams issues that we’ve had over the years. (Missing) nine scholarships was a tough deal. You start doing that with the multiplicity of injuries – we had 13 season-ending injuries. We’re anxious to move forward.”
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2014/02/breaking_down_urban_meyer_the.html
 
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