Brian Kelly is a historically good coach. He knows how to coach and his bubble gum card proves it. Matt House has been the most pleasant surprise of the new regime. I knew that Kelly would bring a higher degree of technical training and discipline than we've seen since Saban. I did not know House could call games like this. His schemes/in-game adjustments have been Aranda-esque!

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Posted by TigerFanatic99

South Bend, Indiana

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 9/25/22 at 12:10 pm to GarTiger

Don't forget about Polian, who is apparent a world class ST coach.

For the record, after last night in the new SP+ rankings our special teams are ranked 125th.

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Posted by DeafJam73

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 9/25/22 at 1:29 pm to GarTiger

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I did not know House could call games like this. His schemes/in-game adjustments have been Aranda-esque

He’s actually doing something that Aranda couldn’t do. He’s getting the defense to perform well in the zone and in man to man. I remember Aranda having fits with the zone defense. I’m also happy with how physical the defense is. They’re playing downhill and hitting hard. Most of the time there are multiple defenders on the play, and even when a guy gets loose, the pursuit is good enough that it’s not taken the distance every time. The effort that’s been missing is there.

Yeah, beating New Mexico doesn’t really mean all that much, but you could definitely tell that they are progressing and the play is much smoother. They didn’t look lost or frantically trying to communicate. The mistakes were ones of execution, which is easier to fix with just repetition.

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