🏈 2015 Secondary?

[UAgrad93]

I want enough linebackers to run a 4-4...

I'd rather run a 4-3 with twin safeties!

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Oh, the high school defenses. Teams were big on the 6-2, some ran a "wide tackle 6". Shelby County and/or Thompson High School ran a 6-1 with Arthur Johnson chasing down every play at LB.

My evening old guy story: Arthur Johnson, who eventually played strong safety at aubrun, was an incredible athlete as a youngster and is my age. He grew up in Calera and I played little league ball against him from Chelsea. As a 12 year old he was 6 feet, 18o pounds. At every ball game, his mom had his birth certificate in her purse. I was catching, and he hit home run at a little league park that cleared the light poles on the way up. As a seventh grader, his HS football coach was his Pony League baseball coach. I think he wanted to keep Arther in his sight. Arthur would get on, stealing second was a forgone conclusion and the only thing close was him stealing third. He played varsity at Calera as a seventh and eighth grader before a Columbiana booster (Shelby Co. High) found his dad a job in Columbiana and a strategically located trailer in the SCHS zone. He rang up big yards as a freshman before separating his shoulder. Lo and behold, a Thompson booster found his dad a better job in Alabaster, with a house that was coincidentally located in the Thompson school zone. He tore up his knee as a junior but recovered well enough for a full ride to aubrun as a 6-3, 215 safety.

RTR,

Tim

 

[UAgrad93]

Tim, we ran the split or 4-4 defense when I was in HS at Corner. I played free safety. We blitzed and stunted almost every play but ran 3 deep zone every play. I guess our coaches didn't think enough of our cover prowess to lock up man to man.

 

[Bamabww]

Have any of our players ran track before? I know several have stated that was important to them during the recruiting period but have any actually participated in track after their first season of football at the Capstone? I did a half hearted search and the 2013-2014 roster shows two ........
http://www.rolltide.com/sports/c-xctrack/mtt/alab-c-xctrack-mtt.html

 

[psychojoe]

Dang, you guys make me feel old, talking about a wide tackle six. At Ramsay we ran a 5-2-2-2, sometimes with a rover. I remember seeing a 7-diamond.

 

[BamaFan334]

I like the ole 4-3. You have to get pressure with all of these mobile quarterbacks willing to pull it down and take off. I get mad when Alabama gets absolutely no pressure at all and we have a stud like Rashaan Evans sitting on the damn sidelines. We ran a 4-3 in high school and when you have a solid middle linebacker and half way competent members of a secondary you can wreak some havok.

 

[UAgrad93]

I've coached in a 4-3 scheme, a 3-3 Diamond, and a 4-4 split. Personally, you have to go with what fits your people. All of these don't require the front to occupy the Oline while Backers get a free roam. These require penetrators. Even though Coach Saban calls our D, a base 3-4, we look more 4-3 because of our Jack having the ability to put his hand in the dirt.

 

[TerryP]

The comment about wanting to see a 50 front comes easily out of our base; I wasn't suggesting a change in scheme.

 

[UAgrad93]

True @TerryP! All you have to do is walk our outside backers up. Bump our ends down to 5 techniques. All it does is give another look and more work by the OC to prep for, all in 4 days!!