What to expect from Odom?

[Green with Envy]

I played baseball and coached softball.  No football so I’m lacking the game plan knowledge.  
 

I realize there only 2, potentially 3 games left.   Know you can’t install a new system or overhaul.  But there can be some tweaks, I’m sure.    

historically, what kind of defenses was Odom associated with?  4-man fronts?   Blitzing?  Heavy man-coverage?  

Will we / can we notice a difference as we close out the season?   The players will notice a difference, I’m sure, but will we? 
 

Honest answers and discussion. 

[UNT86]

I would suspect that we've seen the end of the 3-3-5.  My guess is that he will go back to the 3-4 we ran through the middle of the season.  We have run some 4-2-5 in obvious passing situations.  If he is a 4-man front guy, he could use that as a base.  I don't really think he will do that.

We have to do something to fill more gaps and get a pass rush.  You can do either with the fronts we currently have, but in the 3-4 you have to be willing to shade the nose.  Caponi absolutely would not do that.  We NEVER slid the front or moved the nose off of a zero shade.  Brown can be a much bigger factor than he has been.  So can our DT's.

I just hope we put our kids in a situation where they have a chance.  Filling gaps on the LOS from the third level is a good way to give up 500 yards a game.  Hopefully we never see that again.

[Glory to the Green]

I just looked up his coaching history.  As a DC, he’s only been a DC as an interim. He did it as Missouri and at USC. Both were for 3 games.   This would be his 3rd stint as interim DC.  Not sure what defense he runs. 

[aztecskin]

He coached under Alex Grinch, who ran a base 3-4/3-3-5 -- He's a 3-4 guy if I had to pick a scheme. But it's more "multiple" and not dogmatic. 

[jtm0097]

5 minutes ago, aztecskin said:

He coached under Alex Grinch, who ran a base 3-4/3-3-5 -- He's a 3-4 guy if I had to pick a scheme. But it's more "multiple" and not dogmatic. 

Per the ESPN article when Grinch was hired at Wisconsin.

Washington State ranked 99th in total defense in 2014, the year before Grinch was hired as defensive coordinator. The Cougars improved to 84th in 2015, 62nd in 2016 and 16th in 2017.

The Sooners ranked 114th in total defense the year before Grinch's arrival but improved to 38th in 2019 and 29th in 2020 before sliding to 76th in 2021.

Don't look up the USC tenure, it's similar to Caponi's time here.

Edited 2 hours ago by jtm0097

[aztecskin]

Yeah I wrote about it this afternoon. I don't know that Odom is or should be the guy going forward. He will be for the next two games (maybe three) and I expect he will be running the same things. I think he's a 3-4 guy anyway from his days at Missou etc. But it doesn't mattter so much to me.