re: Aranda with our talent will be nasty

well just starting with the current roster, there's only a couple guys over 250 on the ends. And that's counting 251 and 253 from Clark and teuhema.

Lewis Neal breaks 260 as our heaviest DE. Washington is 240 and we have 4 DEs under 235. As light as 216.

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^ those are some of alabama's linebackers. Our DE's would be fine off the line playing OLB. In aranda's schemes.


6'3" 255 is average sized for a d-1 college DE. We play well below that.

6'1 1/2" 230 is average sized for a d-1 college LB. our ends are closer to this size typically.

Well yeah I hear ya. it's more than just putting someone somewhere else and playing a new position but this is a good technical coach who can get it done with the best of them. (IMO).

Just saying he isn't at a disadvantage with personal going to his 3-4 like he would be at a normal school's 4-3.

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This philosophy will get figured out but the guy clearly knows

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This isn't a new philosophy. It's been around a long time.

Let's see if he can coach up greats from nothing at linebacker in 9 months. That's what he's going to have to do because of Les' mismanagement of the roster.

It's not a true 3-4. It's much more of a hybrid 3-4 that relies on speed, slants, stunts, and pressure up front. It's a 1 gap 3-4 instead of a 2 gap. Meaning instead of having the responsibility of the gaps to your left and right, you only have 1 gap responsibility. 2 gap takes a lot of reading, reacting, and fighting across blocks. You can really pin your ears back and attack in 1 gap.

And he uses anyone of the 4 LBers as the 4th pass rusher. Sometimes it's the OLB, sometimes it's the ILB. Sometimes it's the wide side LBer, sometimes it's the short side. Very difficult for the OL to pick up on the 4th pass rusher because they don't know where it's coming from. It creates a lot of confusion and mismatches, which he exploits. Gonna be nasty.

He's an extremely smart coach and knows how to prepare for an opponent and call a game. Hes also very good at connecting with his players and explaining things to them so that they will understand what he wants. And he knows how to tweak his scheme and adapt to his players.

Home run hire. It's pretty much the same D that Wade Phillips has run in Denver the last few years.

OLB won't be the issue. It's ILB. Even if Beckwith returns, he'll be hard pressed to fill a 2 deep at ILB in a 3-4.

He's a really good DC. If the personnel isn't there, he'll adjust his scheme to make sure the right guys are where they need to be to make plays.

I believe Feist was recruited to play LB if I'm not mistaken, but Ducre looked a little timid of contact at FB. ILB must invite it.

Devin Voorhies has a hell of a year at LB with Aranda as our DC.

Book it!