yes, but you have consistently failed to deal with a couple of inconvenient facts which serve as my main points (and the main points of all these other coaches): heavier players lose their endurance quicker than lighter players; heavier players cannot cover in space as well as lighter players. as i've said repeatedly in this long thread, throw out schemes. instead, focus entirely on the difference between the aggregate weight of Saban's ideal defensive front and the ideal defensive front as stated by Richt, Shannon, Stoops, Walker, Schlabach, Maisel, etc. the issue of weight/mass is the point of all of these coaches. simply stated, defenders carrying less mass are able to retain more endurance over the course of a game, a game that is increasingly requiring defenders to cover more ground in less time in one-on-one matchups.
you do realize terry that in totally writing Franklin off you assign yourself the daunting task of explaining why so many other offenses have begun featuring spread and up-tempo/no-huddle elements. you also give yourself the additional task of discrediting the data provided in one of the two recent articles i provided:
have you missed the fact that he agrees with all the other big name coaches mentioned in all the articles i've provided?
you conveniently omitted the rest of what Stoops said:
terry, i keep this thread alive not because i desire to change your opinion on this matter. instead i keep this thread alive because i desire to know why you hold your opinion, particularly when so many other successful coaches hold an opposing opinion. i mean, i'm no defensive expert, but i can easily see what the offensive trend is today and how defenses are attempting to adjust to these trends. then i look at my favorite team and immediately wonder why my team isn't responding defensively in a similar manner as other successful defenses.
