Maybe he's been watching Firefly and listening to Jubal Early. I couldn't find a gif or video but here's the conversation I'm referencing:
Jubal Early: You ever been shot?
Simon: No.
Jubal Early: You oughta be shot. Or stabbed, lose a leg. To be a surgeon, you know? Know what kind of pain you're dealing with. They make psychiatrists get psychoanalyzed before they can get certified, but they don't make a surgeon get cut on. That seem right to you?
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-- Loeffler said the pursuit drill the offense did at the beginning of Tuesday's practice ... was inspired from the defense, which does a similar drill to start practices.
Coach our offense with the same level of expectation that Bud coaches our defense?
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"The Hokies allowed 79 plays of 20 yards or more last season, the sixth most in the nation. Overall, more than 9 percent of their defensive snaps resulted in a gain of 20 yards or more, which was the worst by any power 5 team by a fairly large margin"
I know we make up for it with a low completion percentage and high number of sacks, but did anyone know it was that bad?
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I wouldn't say that this means the whole defensive effort could be classified as bad, but I have never been a fan of the "bend but don't break" train of thought.
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That's the bad thing about Bud's defense. If everyone does their job, we dominate. If one guy misses his assignment or is a step slow in securing his gap...
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Bud's defense is high risk, high reward, and it's by design. We play more man coverage than most college defenses because Bud believes you can stop both the run AND the pass simultaneously, so long as you have a defensive backfield good enough to maintain coverage man to man.
Crazy thing is, he's right.
But the flip side of that is going to be unavoidable allowance of a handful of big plays, because the importance of individual assignments and gap control is exponentially more important in his scheme. And if an opposing QB can handle consistent pressure and contact without it getting into his head, we should be worried. I'd post example, but they're all heartbreaking.
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yes. it was risk/reward last year. we were 4th in sacks and 6th in tackles for loss...but were really bad at giving up big plays...60th in plays over 10, 122nd in plays over 20, 90th in plays over 30, 84th in plays over 40. someone mentioned BC, but ECU made big plays all day. we gave up a crucial 4th and 15 against GT
[edit: or I could have read the other posts...sorry about the redundancy]
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It's not like it is a convoluted stat or they twisted it in some way. It cost us multiple, crucial conference games. It's an issue from last season that I am almost certain (or at least I'd hope) the defensive staff is making a point of emphasis this offseason. Always room to improve!
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It's the second half of Bud's equation of dominance: Stop the run + stop big plays = rekd.
Any scrub securing his gap can stop the run (not really), but doing both requires a heck of a lot of discipline, trust in the scheme, and excellent technique. We had a bunch of small breakdowns that cost us bigtime last year on D, not at all unlike what happened on offense.
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It'll be interesting to see who excels in the secondary and at which position this spring.
Also, Facyson is listed out with a foot injury? What else could he have possibly done to his lower limbs while nursing a broken leg?
No, that should be leg.
Okay, that makes sense. I was worried he managed to hurt something else. Thanks AB.
Maybe he's been watching Firefly and listening to Jubal Early. I couldn't find a gif or video but here's the conversation I'm referencing:
That...is terrible logic haha.
Yes, it is. But that character (a one-off "villian") was not supposed to be exactly... sane.
Coach our offense with the same level of expectation that Bud coaches our defense?
Best. Gif. Ever.
You have won the internet sir
Wait I'm confused, I thought the whole point of our offense was to give the ball back to the other teams so our DST can score? :)
ESPN had a small thing about our secondary.
"The Hokies allowed 79 plays of 20 yards or more last season, the sixth most in the nation. Overall, more than 9 percent of their defensive snaps resulted in a gain of 20 yards or more, which was the worst by any power 5 team by a fairly large margin"
I know we make up for it with a low completion percentage and high number of sacks, but did anyone know it was that bad?
Yes. The defense was that bad and it cost us some games last year. Notably Boston College.
I wouldn't say that this means the whole defensive effort could be classified as bad, but I have never been a fan of the "bend but don't break" train of thought.
I don't think that Foster views that as acceptable even if he is an advocate of the "bend don't break" defense.
That's the bad thing about Bud's defense. If everyone does their job, we dominate. If one guy misses his assignment or is a step slow in securing his gap...
This.
Bud's defense is high risk, high reward, and it's by design. We play more man coverage than most college defenses because Bud believes you can stop both the run AND the pass simultaneously, so long as you have a defensive backfield good enough to maintain coverage man to man.
Crazy thing is, he's right.
But the flip side of that is going to be unavoidable allowance of a handful of big plays, because the importance of individual assignments and gap control is exponentially more important in his scheme. And if an opposing QB can handle consistent pressure and contact without it getting into his head, we should be worried. I'd post example, but they're all heartbreaking.
yes. it was risk/reward last year. we were 4th in sacks and 6th in tackles for loss...but were really bad at giving up big plays...60th in plays over 10, 122nd in plays over 20, 90th in plays over 30, 84th in plays over 40. someone mentioned BC, but ECU made big plays all day. we gave up a crucial 4th and 15 against GT
[edit: or I could have read the other posts...sorry about the redundancy]
leave it to ESPN to highlight the flaws in our otherwise excellent defense
It's not like it is a convoluted stat or they twisted it in some way. It cost us multiple, crucial conference games. It's an issue from last season that I am almost certain (or at least I'd hope) the defensive staff is making a point of emphasis this offseason. Always room to improve!
It's the second half of Bud's equation of dominance: Stop the run + stop big plays = rekd.
Any scrub securing his gap can stop the run (not really), but doing both requires a heck of a lot of discipline, trust in the scheme, and excellent technique. We had a bunch of small breakdowns that cost us bigtime last year on D, not at all unlike what happened on offense.
See the ECU game.
One big play against GT cost us that one.