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Jul 22, 2017
10:34:09pm

shakinbaker All-American

No one here is talking about playing prevent defense.

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shakinbaker

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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

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

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..

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...

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

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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