Our DC

[Army of Dad]

Those of you wanting prompt action for gross incompetence should remember that UNT just doesn’t do that...

 

[SilverEagle]

1 hour ago, Army of Dad said:

Those of you wanting prompt action for gross incompetence should remember that UNT just doesn’t do that...

 

Dan McCarney woiuld tend to disagree.

[Magic95Fan]

Finally stopped being angry enough to where I could come to the message board. I wasnt sure if Charlotte was still scoring touchdowns on our defense. Glad to see that I am not alone in my feelings about our defensive ineptitude.

 

[Marty]

Heads need to roll, at least one anyway. Promote Jennings, Scott, or Yellock to DC for the rest of the season. Won't get any worse.

Edited October 27, 2019 by Marty

[wardly]

5 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Jennings, and it would be awfully difficult to install a 4-man front defense in the middle of the season, so I’d bet the scheme would remain in place.

I am far from being a coach, but I always thought the reason you ran a 3 man front is that you didn't have enough talent for a 4 man.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

1 minute ago, wardly said:

I am far from being a coach, but I always thought the reason you ran a 3 man front is that you didn't have enough talent for a 4 man.

It's a part of it, definitely. But it's more of a philosophical decision than a snap decision going into a season like, 'man we better get into a 3-man front because we don't have the dudes'. It's recruited with the idea you'll only need X amount up front to survive up front. It's also employed and often times mainly employed pending your conference situation, offensively. It's not a bad gig for a spread em out, air em out conference like CUSA. Also like the Big12, which is why Matt Campbell installed it at ISU when he took the job there. 

I don't personally like it because you leave too many vulnerabilities out on the field at all times. It's as if a team is trying to stop the pass and the run at the same time instead of just doing what 100% of the really good defenses in the history of football do, stop the run. Defenses that can stop the run can typically get decent to good pressure on QB's as well. I like the 4-3 with a freak playing the will so that the D can be turned into a 4-2-5 without even changing personnel if time is limited per the situation. 

[UNTLifer]

7 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

It's a part of it, definitely. But it's more of a philosophical decision than a snap decision going into a season like, 'man we better get into a 3-man front because we don't have the dudes'. It's recruited with the idea you'll only need X amount up front to survive up front. It's also employed and often times mainly employed pending your conference situation, offensively. It's not a bad gig for a spread em out, air em out conference like CUSA. Also like the Big12, which is why Matt Campbell installed it at ISU when he took the job there. 

I don't personally like it because you leave too many vulnerabilities out on the field at all times. It's as if a team is trying to stop the pass and the run at the same time instead of just doing what 100% of the really good defenses in the history of football do, stop the run. Defenses that can stop the run can typically get decent to good pressure on QB's as well. I like the 4-3 with a freak playing the will so that the D can be turned into a 4-2-5 without even changing personnel if time is limited per the situation. 

You should be our DC.

[MeanGreenFan94]

Reffett should have been fired last season. I think most will agree his time has run out.

However, please do not lose all of our focus on one guy. 

Lanston is equally inept at coaching the offensive line and has let the best QB we have ever had be destroyed for far too long! 

#firelangstontoo

 

[Hunter Green]

18 hours ago, Rudy said:

In regards to the secondary not turning back to look at the ball, that is taught at the earliest levels of football. It's football 101. Watch your receiver, when he reacts, you turn to look back. This is DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL. That concept, along with form tackling should be installed in them by now. 

 

God forbid they be taught to watch the receivers eyes and turn when the receivers eyes start to get big when the ball is arriving. Our secondarys heads might explode. 

Preach it, brother. You are right on. I explain this very thing to my wife seems like every week when were giving up an unlikely completion or a PI.

[Jonnyeagle]

This place has been a revolving door of assistants.  We need to promote from within. Show them they have a chance to move up the ladder.

Edited October 27, 2019 by Jonnyeagle

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Arizona just fired their DC. Is that a sign?????

Also if this firing would happen, I think Yellock would be the replacement. Seems more realistic because it seems Jennings didn't coach our DBS on how to turn around

[Marty]

Galen Scott does have DC experience though.

[Cerebus]

On 10/26/2019 at 6:31 PM, Cr1028 said:

i want another attacking defense like Skladany had.

But with, you know,  a DC that will actually leave campus to recruit. 

[Cerebus]

On 10/26/2019 at 10:13 PM, NorthTexasWeLove said:

 TCU runs some concepts of it.

Patterson's D is a base 4-2-5, he just runs a 3 man front on some passing downs. 

[Cr1028]

Just now, Cerebus said:

But with, you know,  a DC that will actually leave campus to recruit. 

That would be ideal but at this point I’d be satisfied having a DC that could call a damn ballgame. We have a recruiting coordinator and others to pick up the slack as needed. Let Biagi or a position coach be the recruiting guru and let someone that knows their stuff run the d. Is Reffett known as some master recruiter? Outside of Ekeler who was co-dc, have we had a DC that could recruit well since Dickey left?

[NorthTexasWeLove]

Just now, Cerebus said:

Patterson's D is a base 4-2-5, he just runs a 3 man front on some passing downs. 

Yes, so some concepts of it. He pulls a linemen and inserts usually a hybrid safety to run a stack 3-3 defense. 

[Cerebus]

Just now, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Yes, so some concepts of it. He pulls a linemen and inserts usually a hybrid safety to run a stack 3-3 defense. 

Sometimes he'll pull an interior DL and bring in an extra LB.  Especially against pass catching RBs or a big running QB.

[Cerebus]

3 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

That would be ideal but at this point I’d be satisfied having a DC that could call a damn ballgame.

We need all hands on deck when it comes to recruiting.  I don't ever want to see an official coach not bust his ass on recruiting.  It has come to bite us more than once.  Only the HC and his 11 assistants can coach on game days and go out to recruit. 

Having a RC is important to coordinate the recruiters efforts and make the campus visits memorable, but they can't actually go and recruit.