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2021 tOSU Defense

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bukIpower said:
A lot of places like Letterman Row/Buckeye Scoop etc think we have 4 games to get right. I really think Rutgers and especially Maryland are going to push us to score 40 in order to win.
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If anyone thinks MD and Rutgers are the tomato cans of years past they simply aren't paying attention.

As to the 4 games to get it right thing, it's 2-4 games of game week prep. You don't just all of a sudden teach a new coverage and install it during the season.

We are going to see this every week for the rest of the year unless Coombs comes up against an OC that's more stubborn than he is.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
If anyone thinks MD and Rutgers are the tomato cans of years past they simply aren't paying attention.

As to the 4 games to get it right thing, it's 2-4 games of game week prep. You don't just all of a sudden teach a new coverage and install it during the season.

We are going to see this every week for the rest of the year unless Coombs comes up against an OC that's more stubborn than he is.
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Yeah I agree unfortunately. We were nearly last against the pass last year and what saved us was those 4 LBS. We don't have that front 7 this year and this is the results with allowing 235 yards rushing per game. Other than Akron there's not a team on our schedule that can't take our defense to task and that includes Tulsa. Rutgers is a very solid team this year, Sparty looks improved, Purdue will always be a tough match up and unfortunately maybe even scum can expose some things vs our run defense.

What really can hurt if games are close... is that our back ups yet again won't get reps. Meaning for 2022 we start all over with kids who haven't played as much.
 
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bukIpower said:
...I've always wondered how Wisconsin or Iowa can be so consistent on that side where as we have had a sore spot on defense most years?

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One reason that others can be consistent with lesser athletes... make better hires on that side of the ball and keep them.

Phil Parker is in his 10th year as DC at Iowa
Jim Leonhard is in his 5th year as DC at Wiscy

At Northwestern, it doesn't matter who the DC is, Fitzgerald will always get the most out of that side of the ball that his eggheads can produce.

Being Ohio State ... when your coordinators succeed here, they get promoted. That means moving on, because the top spot here is taken.

A guy like Parker, I would wonder if he would leave Iowa

Leonhard has no natural ties to Wiscy that I'm aware of. I think he played at MSU (correct me if I'm wrong on either count).
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
One reason that others can be consistent with lesser athletes... make better hires on that side of the ball and keep them.

Phil Parker is in his 10th year as DC at Iowa
Jim Leonhard is in his 5th year as DC at Wiscy

At Northwestern, it doesn't matter who the DC is, Fitzgerald will always get the most out of that side of the ball that his eggheads can produce.

Being Ohio State ... when your coordinators succeed here, they get promoted. That means moving on, because the top spot here is taken.

A guy like Parker, I would wonder if he would leave Iowa

Leonhard has no natural ties to Wiscy that I'm aware of. I think he played at MSU (correct me if I'm wrong on either count).
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Unfortunately Leonard played safety for Wisconsin... he would be a tough draw but I think he would leave for 2 mil a year.

Also correct me if I'm wrong but Wisconsin/Iowa/NW (even Sparty when they were great) all play a ton of zone. Go back to 2019 and people forget how much zone we played.

Right now that's the least we could do. Teams are shifting and pulling our guys way out of position. Go back and watch Verdels TD run for example it was a masterful play call. They motion the TE and our MLB sprints to his left leaving an enormous hole right up the middle. Everyone remembers that picture from the Gopher game where our OL created a massive hole? Well this was even bigger. If we had been in zone the OLB to Tommy's left would've take 2-3 steps to keep depth on on TE and Tommy is there to make the stop.

From what I can tell, real weakness of this defensive scheme is once you get past the front there's just not much behind because of there being only 1 safety. I've seen it said that 1 high is very good at stopping big plays but that doesn't seem right to me.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
One reason that others can be consistent with lesser athletes... make better hires on that side of the ball and keep them.

Phil Parker is in his 10th year as DC at Iowa
Jim Leonhard is in his 5th year as DC at Wiscy

At Northwestern, it doesn't matter who the DC is, Fitzgerald will always get the most out of that side of the ball that his eggheads can produce.

Being Ohio State ... when your coordinators succeed here, they get promoted. That means moving on, because the top spot here is taken.

A guy like Parker, I would wonder if he would leave Iowa

Leonhard has no natural ties to Wiscy that I'm aware of. I think he played at MSU (correct me if I'm wrong on either count).
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Leonard was a player at Wisky almost 100% sure.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
Phil Parker is in his 10th year as DC at Iowa

A guy like Parker, I would wonder if he would leave Iowa.
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Iowa defensive coordinator Phil Parker set to become state's first $1 million assistant coach

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz chuckles as his mind flashes back to the mid-2000s, when South Carolina offered then-defensive backs coach Phil Parker a two-year contract to leave Iowa and join the Gamecocks.

“Pretty sure Lloyd Carr was trying to get Phil out of here,” Ferentz said of Michigan’s head coach at the time. “I think he’s the one who recommended him to (Lou) Holtz.”

Parker smartly declined that opportunity following Iowa's 10-3 season of 2003. Holtz wound up retiring from South Carolina following the 2004 season.

An original member of Ferentz's Hawkeye staff in 1999, Parker has been a loyal and productive fixture in Iowa City for 22½ years. Thus, it's fitting that Parker is poised to become the first $1 million assistant football coach in the state of Iowa.

Entire article: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...ll-million-dollar-assistant-coach/7718849002/

Here are a couple names with Ohio connections:

Jon Heacock, Iowa State
Not a flashy guy, but this 6th-year coordinator has seen his defenses improve in yardage allowed every year but one in Ames. They’re tough against the run and over the past 4 years have generated more sacks than their offense allowed every season. A tough linebacker corps will lead this bunch in 2021.

Mike Tressel, Cincinnati
Take an already tough UC defense (allowed 16.8 PPG last year) and add veteran Tressel, who spent 14 years as DC at Michigan State. An outstanding defensive line will key the Bearcats in 2021.
 
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Bud Foster is 62, which is obviously not young, but not terribly old either. He doesn't seem to want to be a HC and he made a career of turning mid-level prospects into terrifying defenses.

Make the push. They've got a nice window right now and this isn't the time to go try to find young guys who may or may not be ready to run the defense themselves. Open the checkbook and make an offer.
 
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sg86 said:
Bud Foster is 62, which is obviously not young, but not terribly old either. He doesn't seem to want to be a HC and he made a career of turning mid-level prospects into terrifying defenses.

Make the push. They've got a nice window right now and this isn't the time to go try to find young guys who may or may not be ready to run the defense themselves. Open the checkbook and make an offer.
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Having lived near Blacksburg... Yes he would be an enormous get if we have to make a switch after season. Aggressive, loves to blitz, not afraid to come up with unique game plans and he has no problems playing man or zone.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Iowa defensive coordinator Phil Parker set to become state's first $1 million assistant coach

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz chuckles as his mind flashes back to the mid-2000s, when South Carolina offered then-defensive backs coach Phil Parker a two-year contract to leave Iowa and join the Gamecocks.

“Pretty sure Lloyd Carr was trying to get Phil out of here,” Ferentz said of Michigan’s head coach at the time. “I think he’s the one who recommended him to (Lou) Holtz.”

Parker smartly declined that opportunity following Iowa's 10-3 season of 2003. Holtz wound up retiring from South Carolina following the 2004 season.

An original member of Ferentz's Hawkeye staff in 1999, Parker has been a loyal and productive fixture in Iowa City for 22½ years. Thus, it's fitting that Parker is poised to become the first $1 million assistant football coach in the state of Iowa.

Entire article: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...ll-million-dollar-assistant-coach/7718849002/

Here are a couple names with Ohio connections:

Jon Heacock, Iowa State
Not a flashy guy, but this 6th-year coordinator has seen his defenses improve in yardage allowed every year but one in Ames. They’re tough against the run and over the past 4 years have generated more sacks than their offense allowed every season. A tough linebacker corps will lead this bunch in 2021.

Mike Tressel, Cincinnati
Take an already tough UC defense (allowed 16.8 PPG last year) and add veteran Tressel, who spent 14 years as DC at Michigan State. An outstanding defensive line will key the Bearcats in 2021.
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If we don't want to go the old retread route, a couple young bucks to think about(these are names from the list I included a few pages ago):
David Cooper, Georgia, Director of Recruiting Relations (29)

A monster behind the scenes at Florida the last few years, Cooper came to Georgia this offseason in the role of Director of Recruiting Relations. Cooper was huge for the Gators’ d-line recruiting, helping them land high-profile players like Gervon Dexter, Tyreak Sappm Princely Umanmielen and Justus Boone along with a few transfers. Cooper had about a four-month stint at Louisville as recruiting coordinator this offseason after being hired in February before taking the job with the Bulldogs. Cooper also previously coached at Texas A&M and The Citadel. Cooper played college football at Indiana, and he’s the older brother of Florida State defensive lineman Robert Cooper.

Austin Armstrong, Southern Miss, Defensive Coordinator (28)

Another young defensive play-caller, Armstrong has drawn rave reviews every step of his career. Most recently, Armstrong coached Louisiana’s inside linebackers, helping to lead a defense that finished 13th nationally in yards allowed per play. Said one Louisiana source of Armstrong: “He’s an absolute no-brainer for this list.” Armstrong spent the 2019 season at Georgia as a quality control coach, a stint preceded by two years with the Ragin' Cajuns as a GA. Armstrong is considered a strong recruiter and game planner. Armstrong and current Southern Miss HC Will Hall worked together at West Georgia in 2016.

Chris O'Leary, Notre Dame, Safeties Coach (29)

O’Leary worked with Rovers as a grad assistant last year. His top pupil? That’d be Butkus Award winner Jeremiah Owusu-Koramaoh. Obviously, O’Leary can’t claim credit for JOK's ascendance, but those around the Irish program have been high on O’Leary and his ability to develop since he arrived in 2018 as a defensive analyst. O’Leary is considered a plus recruiter, too, and has the Irish in the thick of some marquee battles in 2022. O’Leary started his career at Georgia State in 2015-16 and then moved on to Florida Tech as safeties coach in 2017 before landing with the Irish.

Kyle Pope, Memphis, Defensive Line Coach (29)

A fast-rising assistant in the CFB ranks, Pope has found quick success at the FBS level as an on-field assistant. At Liberty in 2019, Pope mentored the team’s leading tackler, Solomon Ajayi, as the Flames reached a bowl game during their first full season as an FBS member. Last year, the Tigers were excellent up front with O’Bryan Goodson earning first-team all-conference honors. Before Pope’s time at Liberty, he worked for two years as a d-line GA at Alabama. He’s also worked at Holmes Community College, West Alabama and Presbyterian. Pope is also an excellent recruiter, finishing the 2021 cycle ranked as the No. 3 overall recruiter in the American, per the 247Sports Recruiter Rankings.

One of the guys next to Coombs for a year, and then let Coombs go into the sunset. But find a way to keep Barnes, as he may be an asset, we just can't tell with this defense. But the CBs are playing their hearts out
 
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