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2021 tOSU Defense

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Jaxbuck said:
I trust the coaches and all but I have some, uh....questions here.

Like 31 points, 400+ yards and 5+ yards per play when you say we had 12 "champions" type of questions.
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Grading as a champion is about taking care of your individual responsibility within the scheme on each play, correct?

So if players are successfully doing that in large numbers while the defense is still not playing well, isn’t that the coaches basically saying their own scheme sucks because the players are doing what they’re supposed to be doing and offenses still do whatever they want?
 
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pnuts34 said:
Yeah, I'm not a fan of Kool aid. And last I checked Smart has yet to be a consistently good team. Wake me when Smart doesn't blow a game he should win, or even get multiple defensive players drafted in the 1st round.
I'll wait on my judgment of Coombs. And I'll happily eat Crow if at seasons end UGA has a better ending than OSU
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bookmarked for future reference
 
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Buckeye86 said:
Doing the same exact thing on literally every single play does seem like a bad way to disrupt what the offense is doing.
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That’s 100% the issue at hand with Ohio State’s defense, no doubt about it.

It’s a basic “if-then” logic statement. If Ohio State shows Single High, then we run this. Opposing offensive coordinators know what they are going to get from the Buckeyes’ defense far in advance of the game and even at game time, and OSU doesn’t have a counter. It’s literally the opposite of the offense, and it’s crazy.

It’s a lot of the same issues Greg Schiano’s units ran into later in his tenure - OCs knew how to manipulate the defense by formation and pre-snap motion (see Ohio State at Maryland 2018, with Matt Canada). The pre-snap motion back then caused the defense to react and make an awkward shift right before the snap, usually leaving defenders out of position.

Ohio State switched to the Single High with Jeff Hafley to simplify things for the defense. Gone are exploitable shifts. OSU can basically run a Cover 1 or Cover 3 with man or zone underneath. Alabama was able to use Coombs stubbornness or oversight against him using the same type of pre snap motions, attacking with the lethal passing attack. Ducks did much of the same, but instead of throwing (with their veteran QB with a 50% completion rate and unknowns at WR) they attacked on the ground.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the Single High but OSU doesn’t have counters. It’s like a pitcher who can throw 95 miles an hour, but that’s it. That will get you pretty far, but it’s not going to make you an all-star in the big leagues. Hitters can hit home runs when they know what’s coming, and you’re seeing a lot of opposing offenses know the pitch. Coombs is clearly not the answer. That’s too bad. We knew this last year, and we’re confirming it this year. Ohio State will continue to feast on the overmatched, then give up a ton of points especially as opposing teams get more film. Coombs could rectify this, but it just doesn’t seem like he’s equipped to be the one that does.
 
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Tuf saved the teams bacon against Army and looked like the only guy in the program that knew his assignments his RS Fr year. I hate that he gets piled on after he clearly had lost his speed following the Achilles tear.

He deserves to be remembered for being a three time captain and defensive MVP against Clemson, not for his inability to cover Devonta Smith in man, which he should never have been asked to do.
 
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Dryden said:
Tuf saved the teams bacon against Army and looked like the only guy in the program that knew his assignments his RS Fr year. I hate that he gets piled on after he clearly had lost his speed following the Achilles tear.

He deserves to be remembered for being a three time captain and defensive MVP against Clemson, not for his inability to cover Devonta Smith in man, which he should never have been asked to do.
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sad thing is, no one can cover Devonta Smith in man. Wonder if that makes him hold a grudge against Coombs for putting him in that situation?
 
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