Prevent is a whole other animal

Jul 22, 2017
10:32:15pm

ALC All-American

Now you are going to just being passive and no defense, regardless of philosophy should be passive IMO. You go with the game plan that put you in position to win.

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Why is the mentality of some coaches

Heinz57

7/22/17 11:36am

Bend don't break!

Kerbouchard

7/22/17 11:39am

Because you tweak your scheme to make the overall unit stronger when it's not tops in the nation like in 2012.

mulletino

7/22/17 11:46am

Because some teams don't have the talent to pressure and cause mistakes

mudpupper

7/22/17 11:49am

Would agree to a point about talent

Heinz57

7/22/17 11:55am

Yes. Keep going until your opponent surrenders.. if they don't surrender

CarolinaCoug

7/22/17 12:18pm

There's always trade offs. A marathon runner doesn't Sprint the whole race.

fattycoug

7/22/17 12:32pm

Steady is the key here. Not asking for a sprint by any means

Heinz57

7/22/17 3:20pm

This is an easy thing to say when you don't have better talent over the opponent

Ty10s_WinGames

7/22/17 12:24pm

Forcing teams to make mistakes is a lot harder than it sounds. Also, you always

fattycoug

7/22/17 12:30pm

It's pretty basic. The o starts with the ball in a centers hands..

CarolinaCoug

7/22/17 12:41pm

Simply not that simple.

fattycoug

7/22/17 1:01pm

Because if you can make a team convert in the red zone you compress the amount

shakinbaker

7/22/17 12:40pm

Because despite Maverick's pyrotechnics, Iceman still wins the Top Gun trophy

Roko's Basilisk

7/22/17 12:48pm

Putting pressure on the other team to make mistakes can often lead to lethal...

cougfromcali

7/22/17 12:50pm

Two reasons

ALC

7/22/17 12:58pm

Very well stated.

mulletino

7/22/17 1:41pm

Point 1 has little to do with style of defense played and more to do with

CarolinaCoug

7/22/17 5:33pm

It actually all ties in together

ALC

7/22/17 10:23pm

Another point, you fail once being aggressive it results in a TD. You fail being

cougaman

7/23/17 12:12am

It is the difference between Blitz Kreig and chess strategy.

thecthdox

7/22/17 1:14pm

The theory is that bleeding the clock and playing conservatively

Bostonblue

7/22/17 4:38pm

28-3

Heinz57

7/22/17 7:15pm

Prevent is a whole other animal

ALC

7/22/17 10:32pm

No one here is talking about playing prevent defense.

shakinbaker

7/22/17 10:34pm

Atlanta didn't play conservatively enough on offense in that game, have NE too

cougaman

7/23/17 12:13am

The theory is that if you continue to play aggressive,

Bostonblue

7/23/17 12:33am

Seemed to work for UVa. They took Louisville, ND, & Richmond to the wire

Y4LYFE

7/22/17 6:51pm

Pressure is high risk, high reward. You give up big plays if they catch you

Quacker

7/22/17 9:03pm

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