The fundamentals could use serious work. Let me say this...no team is going to pitch shutouts every week in CFB today. Playing against 60 mins of hurry up offense will concede some points, which in 2015 most teams are playing hurry up.
It's more of a who can allow the least amount of points or what team can keep the big plays to a minimum.
I think our defense could be better at times just by simplifying at times.
Say what you want about BVG, good or bad.....but there can't be anything positive said about our defensive fundamentals. Watching video of camp I said to everyone the fundamentals are atrocious by certain individuals on defense. Some looking for the highlight hit on every single play most times leaves them grasping at air.
If weather was ideal what does Clemson do on offense? What do they do if not trying to kill the clock for most of second half. We don't know how our defense as a whole looked in that situation. I can tell you early on it was pretty easy sledding against our defense when Clemson was really putting forth effort to win rather than not to lose.
Again, say what you want about BVG but there can be zero disputing our fundamentals. Out of control reckless attempts is often the case by a lot of the defense. Even the best athlete looks silly if he can't do the simple things like close the distance, break down, then wrap up with BOTH arms. We have too many on defense not doing the simple things like this and trying to get on sportscenter top ten with a hit.
I also said our defense best friend this year was our offense. That has been true in every game but the Clemson game where the offense with all the turnovers and drops became our defense enemy.
Is our defense great? NO! Can it be better? YES! Just by doing the little things proper that would have been taught to all these guys from day 1 in pop Warner on. This has to get better.
Some are saying this isn't a contender or the over used comparison ..this isn't bama. That's right....it isn't Bama. The glaring difference between them and us is bama has a lot more one on one tackles in the open field. We get there in position to make the tackle but can't finish.
It's more of a who can allow the least amount of points or what team can keep the big plays to a minimum.
I think our defense could be better at times just by simplifying at times.
Say what you want about BVG, good or bad.....but there can't be anything positive said about our defensive fundamentals. Watching video of camp I said to everyone the fundamentals are atrocious by certain individuals on defense. Some looking for the highlight hit on every single play most times leaves them grasping at air.
If weather was ideal what does Clemson do on offense? What do they do if not trying to kill the clock for most of second half. We don't know how our defense as a whole looked in that situation. I can tell you early on it was pretty easy sledding against our defense when Clemson was really putting forth effort to win rather than not to lose.
Again, say what you want about BVG but there can be zero disputing our fundamentals. Out of control reckless attempts is often the case by a lot of the defense. Even the best athlete looks silly if he can't do the simple things like close the distance, break down, then wrap up with BOTH arms. We have too many on defense not doing the simple things like this and trying to get on sportscenter top ten with a hit.
I also said our defense best friend this year was our offense. That has been true in every game but the Clemson game where the offense with all the turnovers and drops became our defense enemy.
Is our defense great? NO! Can it be better? YES! Just by doing the little things proper that would have been taught to all these guys from day 1 in pop Warner on. This has to get better.
Some are saying this isn't a contender or the over used comparison ..this isn't bama. That's right....it isn't Bama. The glaring difference between them and us is bama has a lot more one on one tackles in the open field. We get there in position to make the tackle but can't finish.