Yesterday, 04:09 PM
(01-16-2025, 07:00 PM)M.W. Wrote: Maybe Burfict for LB coach???
Or is he like permanently banned from the NFL?
Lol, I like the guy, but he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Especially after all those concussions...
(01-16-2025, 07:06 PM)J24 Wrote: I think Golden can be a good D coordinator and I thought Lou was a good D coordinator. My problem isn't with either guy.
My problem is the team thought they needed a change at the Coordinator position but then they decide to hire someone with a similar philosophy? It doesn't make much sense to me?
I'd you are going to make a change than make a damn change.
Well, couldn't make too big of a change if we want to win the Super Bowl in the next couple of years. If we went from a 4-3/5-2 to a 3-4
it would probably take a couple of years before it started to work. With Golden, it would still be a 4-3/5-2 and he knows the scheme but he
could freshen it up which seems to be needed big time. Tackling and the fundamentals is what this Defense has been missing.
The Tackling and fundamentals of the Irish seems pretty great to me this year.
But yeah, Eberflus would of been a big change without making too big of a change and he has a good resume' with the 4-3 in the NFL.
(Yesterday, 10:20 AM)Au165 Wrote: Saban used to say often that in college great players make great teams. The OSU offense is an elite unit with NFL talent all over. I think the two outcomes are if Golden can slow it down he did a great job, if he can't that's when better players win out. ND runs a lot of man coverage and I am not sure they will get away with that on Jeremiah Smith, I could see them running split coverage with man opposite and then a zone scheme with zone matching to smiths side.
Great points as usual. Yeah, the man coverage against those Buckeye Receivers specifically Jeremiah Smith could be a big problem for
Golden and the Irish Defense. They will have to adapt and split coverage as you say. This will tell a lot about the guy.
(Yesterday, 10:24 AM)Synric Wrote: It shouldn't be a surprise that Al Golden's defense is similar to Lou Anarumo's so the transition would be easier if they go that direction.
Exactly, that is why I think it could be smoother if it is Golden.
(Yesterday, 12:07 PM)jj22 Wrote: My concern is how much of the credit for ND defense goes to Golden or the true defensive mastermind Marcus Freeman.
Valid concern, but the Defense was shitty under Freeman before Golden got there...
