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DC Matt Patricia (Official Thread)

At the very least I’d like our DC to always be from the NFL. It’s been different and when you add in the success of the three DCs from TCUN who are pro guys (yes I know the cheating) then there’s a very strong track record for NFL guys going to college and just confusing the college coaches.
Hafley was from the NFL and did an excellent job
 
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Similar to when LJsr was hired and many disliked that hire as well
Thats not really fair or accurate. I know my opposition to LJ was more about being on staff while it seemed to be an open secret that a colleague was raping children and not saying anything. Maybe he knew. Maybe he didn't. But it had zero to do with his coaching acumen.
 
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Until he didn’t have Fickel holding his hand and the defense started to show cracks in 2017 and completely fell apart in 2018 with Schiano flying solo.

I was going to say, Schiano was a colossal disappointment relative to expectations. Another former NFL guy that tried to drive a complex defense but didn’t have the teaching or communication skill that Patricia has.
 
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Bobby Carpenter was talking a while ago about what makes Patricia’s system better/easier despite being complicated. Apparently he separates things for each level of the defense - the dline has 10 calls they need to know, the LBs have 10, and the DBs have 10.

He then mixes and matches to create hundreds of variations but each player only needs to know those ten things - it’s probably a little more complicated than that but in general that’s the idea.

He contrasted that with Knowles, where there are 75 calls and every player needs to know all 75 (just completely making up the number, but again, that’s the general idea).

If that is the case, it lines up with Knowles taking three years for his system to really take hold, while Patricia has had such immediate success with the players seeming to play faster and looser while still being disciplined.

It’s also great to have players like Downs and Styles in there who can really thrive making on the fly adjustments within those parameters.
 
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