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Any Coaching Changes this Offseason?

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TJnTN

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Does anyone think there will be or should be any changes/shuffle to the coaching staff this offseason? And before people get on to me I'm not talking about cleaning house or firing Tressel. In fact, I'm not even suggesting there should be any changes. Just wondering if anyone thinks there should be some changes?
 
I don't think there should be any unless someone takes a head coaching job. We will need to do some adjustments with our offensive and defensive schemes, but other than that, the staff did great this year.
 
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OCBucksFan;1060500; said:
I don't think there should be any unless someone takes a head coaching job. We will need to do some adjustments with our offensive and defensive schemes, but other than that, the staff did great this year.
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Exactly. People getting too bent out of shape about last night need to remember that this was supposed to be a rebuilding year of sorts. I expected to finish around 11-2 this year, but honesty had no BCSCG aspirations. Coming into this season I just wanted to hopefully win the Big-10 and get into a BCS Bowl. The staff did a wonderful job with a revamped offense this year and I don't think they necessarily called a bad game last night. Were there some questionable calls? Sure, but any call that doesn't work will be questioned. If they had worked out, nobody would think twice. What did us in was discipline (nerves?), lack of execution and some bad tackling. All fixable things without shuffling the staff.
 
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I believe the coaches had the team prepared this year 10 times moreso than last year. they seemed alot more focused and with how young this team is, brought up numerous times, thats where the downfall came. personal foul penalties normally come from that lack of higher competition when you realize finally that someone is having their way with you and your pride overthrows your composure and you make those retalitory errors. I just pray that we win out next year or take uscUM to the wire and win the rest to give us that one chance with a veteran team again. Definitely not the coaches fault for making a predicted 9-3, 3rd in Big ten reg season team a 11-1 big ten champ maybe should be 12-0 reg season team with a tough loss in a tough atmosphere to end the year.
 
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I don't think there needs to be any personnel changes but I sure as hell wouldn't mind revisiting the original Silver Bullets and playing some lock down man to man coverage behind an ass load of blitzing. This soft zone/get dinked and dunked down the field all night stuff is just killing us.

Which makes me wonder...Springs, Winfield, Plummer, Clements, Gamble. I know Jenkins gets a lot of kudos but it seems to me our recent lineage of true lockdown corners hasn't been updated in a while. Maybe thats a big part of the reason for all the zone? IIRC Youboty is the only corner we've put in the NFL since Gamble and he was solid but certainly not spectacular.

I'd be interested to hear what others think on this. If Jenkins comes back can he, Washington and Chekwa just man up on people and cover them long enough to generate some real pass rush? I'd sure like to find out, as I said I'm pretty much over the zone blitz deal we've had the past few years.
 
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Last year they called a bad game. Last night it was solid. What's the ole saying, it's usually not the X's & O's but the Jimmies and Joes? LSU's executed far better, capitalized on opportunities, and got to 3rd & 1 all night. OSU's did not (or allowed them), made many mistakes, and were in 3rd & 5+ all night.

Hazell is always a hot name for departure someday. This year is likely the first where he did not have a true first rounder in some time. I don't think that was all on the WRs however.

I think eventually Daniels healthage may be an issue, but I don't see any major changes coming.
Which makes me wonder...Springs, Winfield, Plummer, Clements, Gamble. I know Jenkins gets a lot of kudos but it seems to me our recent lineage of true lockdown corners hasn't been updated in a while. Maybe thats a big part of the reason for all the zone? IIRC Youboty is the only corner we've put in the NFL since Gamble and he was solid but certainly not spectacular.

I'd be interested to hear what others think on this. If Jenkins comes back can he, Washington and Chekwa just man up on people and cover them long enough to generate some real pass rush? I'd sure like to find out, as I said I'm pretty much over the zone blitz deal we've had the past few years.
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Other than 02 (maybe 03), do they have the front 4/7 to impose their will like they want?

Jenkins is very talented but lockdown is not a word I'd use for him this year.
 
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There was a point in the game last night were I felt someone needed to go over to the defense and reinvigorate them. The blank stares and just a sense of hopelessness as LSU went on that 31-0 run really bothered me. There was a point in the second half when obviously they responded but the entire 2nd quarter there was no fire there. Now is this just a player thing? Maybe the captains not stepping up? Or is this a coaching thing?
 
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TJnTN;1060514; said:
There was a point in the game last night were I felt someone needed to go over to the defense and reinvigorate them. The blank stares and just a sense of hopelessness as LSU went on that 31-0 run really bothered me. There was a point in the second half when obviously they responded but the entire 2nd quarter there was no fire there. Now is this just a player thing? Maybe the captains not stepping up? Or is this a coaching thing?
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Well, in the first half that defense was on the field a long time. It's hard to inspire people that are just plain tired. The Offense wasn't keeping them off the field, plays weren't being made. It is what it is.
 
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OCBucksFan;1060516; said:
Well, in the first half that defense was on the field a long time. It's hard to inspire people that are just plain tired. The Offense wasn't keeping them off the field, plays weren't being made. It is what it is.
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Your probably right. I haven't gone back and watched the game again yet so that is definitely something I will look at again.

If we do get a guy like Pryor........do we bring someone in with more experience with the spread option?
 
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From what I've heard Henton is going to give Todd a run for his money this spring which is exactly what this team needs. You always work harder when there is someone biting at your heels for your spot so don't be surprised if with Henton and possibly Pryor that Todd steps it up in a huge way or we may see the second coming of Justin Zwick.
 
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I wont go into detail cause i know this site doesnt like bashing of players or coaches..

But yes I hope there are some changes.. When I evaluate our D each of the last two seasons, im not interested in the stats put up against mediocre teams.. I look at the best teams we played and in those games we've given up 39 points, 41 points, 28 points, and 38 points..

Jim Heacock and his group have had two full seasons to evaluate and prepare this crop of defensive players.. I didnt see substantial improvement and in the big games the lack of adjustments, focus of our defenders, and execution was just no where to be found.. You can say all night long that the players are the ones who arent executing, but when it happens four times in the four biggest games, against the 4 best opponents, i point the finger at the defensive coaches for not getting their defense prepared for the challenge in front of them..

On a sidenote, does OSU play any man coverage these days? I get excited about Malcolm possibly coming back, then I realize, is it really that big of a deal?? He just plays zone all game which limits his ability to be the lockdown corner he should be..

Im just down on the defense right now.. Im not a fan of Jim Heacock.. i wont say he needs to be fired, but I think their needs to be substantial tweaking of the present lineup and strategy
 
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How intimidating was it when LSU walked 8 guys up to the line of scrimmage on 3rd & 11?

I about crapped myself from my sofa. It'd be nice to see our coordinators have that much faith in our DB's to cover for 2.5-3 seconds.
 
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There will be no coaching changes unless somebody leaves for a better/higher paying job. I'm not on the "death to Heacock" bandwagon, but I hope he learns some things from this game and the Illini game. We need to be less predictable on defense and mix up zone and man coverages without giving the call away before the ball is even snapped. You are allowed to drop a DE or DT into a shallow zone when running a zone blitz, it doesn't always have to be the four down linemen plus one guy who is right on the freaking LOS before the offense breaks the huddle. You can bring 2 or 3 LB's and a safety or CB up to the LOS and show blittz and then rush three and drop eight to mess with a QB trying to make a pre snap read. You don't have to run the same overload blitz on every single third down. Make the other team's QB THINK before he throws the ball, don't give the play away before the ball is even snapped.

Just by knowing the down/distance and seeing our defensive alignment I could predict what we were doing on D most of the time last night, and I'm just some guy who's watched all the games on TV. You know damn well that the LSU coaches watching film for over a month knew what was going on, that is why our guys looked so lost in the NC game. You can't just out-athlete every team, you've got to put those skilled players the NFL is drooling over in the right positions to make plays.
 
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