Sgt. Largent":3orklbmf said:
It's this easy everyone, just pick a scheme that makes your defense amazing!
This isn't rocket science, every team in the NFL runs the same defensive schemes, mostly cover 2 and cover 3 through either a 4-3 or 3-4. Teams have different verbiage, and obviously depending on the coordinator and personnel some complicate up those schemes with disguise, misdirection, movement and blitz packages.
So translate this to the Hawk's defense, which primarily runs cover 3, but has had to implement more cover 2 because of how bad our DB's are in man to man or press coverage, and even MORE importantly how bad our D-line has been at getting pressure on the QB.
So no, this isn't just a simple fix because Pete's trying to run the same scheme as 2011-2013. Run whatever scheme you want, it's not going to work unless you have good cover corners and a D-line that can generate disruption and pressure.
We have NEITHER. Add in a LB corp that can't cover or drop into their proper underneath zone spots and a SS that's a glorified weakside LB that can't cover or tackle particularly well.
Did anyone say making a scheme was easy?
Is it fair to have expectations that the HC making $8M a year and the DC making (not public info, but fair to assume way more than a majority of us) should be able to come up with a NOT EASY Scheme that would be more effective with the roster they're given?
You know what is easy though? not changing a scheme and then blaming your players for lack of execution game after game after game.
Combine coaching with scheme as well, if the D-line isn't getting pressure, then create a D-Line scheme that may create a whole for a DL to get through. It's pretty much the reverse of an O-Line "scheme" if you're o-line isn't full of probowlers that can't push the d-line back 3 feet, then you're gonna have to get more creative create traps etc. If it was only about the talent, then we'd seen the team with the best talent win all the time without any need for a coach or chemistry.
Also yes, changing the scheme is not a simple fix, there are talent issues, no one is ignoring that, but again the entire game of football is so connected. Talent issues aren't the only problem, just like it's not the only solution. Our high paid coaches and coordinators should be constantly evolving to figure out what is and is not working. And we've all been watching this team under the PC era, it's not like when things aren't working it's because they're trying new stuff and they're silly, it's the fact we keep seeing more and more of the same. How many years have we seen this team get sliced and diced over and over all the way to the red zone?
