re: From “Money” to “Hippo,” LSU’s defense changing under Kevin Steele

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Why did the defense change? The defense was very successful and the kids already know the calls and the schemes. Just add a few of your own wrinkles and adapt accordingly.

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Because the old defense was predictable and revolved around having really good DT. I mean, the last two Bama games, they knew..and we did in the stands... that pressure would come from the blind side and probably a DB. In the fourth quarter, that is exactly what happen in the past two home games.

Plus, the 4-3 has limits with the spread. The Mustang package is a hybrid of 4-3 and 3-4 principles. I am personally not excited about getting away from the 4-3 as it has certain advantages, I think an experiment with new concepts will be good. Our defense has to be able to get off the field on 3rd downs and has to be able to stop a key 4th quarter drive.