St.Shrume

First, Thanks for posting these articles GumboBC. i LOVE football strategy and philosophy.

This seems to be where we are a bit lacking. Venturi, in my humble opinion is not a great Def. Coordinator. I am willing to see what he can do when he has the personnel he wants (and healthy) this year. He may turn out to be a genius.

But i pulled many a hair watching people out of position, as if expecting something completely different. Too many times. There is no \'stat\' for that. It is one of those intangibles. Some teams have great players with natural instincts and can make up for some bad strategy by the coaches. I do not feel we have those kinds of players. We have a very good group of guys, but not great....yet. So they have to depend on schemes.

Does anyone have the stat for % 3rd down conversions against our defense? It seems that was a biggy for us last year. If we could get our guys off the field more often, and quicker, our guys would be fresher in the 4th quarter, giving us a fighting chance more often.