re: Will we be fast enough?

you two are both too late. I already ended this thread. Sorry.

Speed has nothing to do with lining up wrong.

If our D don't improve this year on the pass rush it will be ugly again.

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Something else people don't think about, a lack of discipline on D makes you look a whole lot slower than you really are too. Improper pursuit angles will make an extremely fast player look like an idiot. I saw a lot of bad angles taken last year. That has to do with coaching, motivation, and pride, all of which I think we lacked last season. This coming season, watch out, it will be a different story.

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Yeah. We seemed so damn slow because of the shitty job Malveto did of preparing our D. They had to think wayyyy too much, thus making them look alot slower. Chavis can bring in that system of D where he knows what he wants done, our players know what to do, and they can actually just react instead of stop, think twice about their position and then react.

Im a fan of loading the box, taking away the little speed option to demps/rainey/moody to the outside, and the runs up the middle. Brick has brought back the smash mouth attitude to the DL that C. Alexander said hasnt been around since the Saban days which is also VERY encouraging. Lets make Tebow throw to some WR's that havent played alot while being put under pressure. Take away their run, and I think we are more than capable of holding them under 21 pts. I believe in Ron Cooper and what he can do with a young, VERY talented secondary, so if we can get that pressure on the QB and leave it up to PP, Hawk, Jai, Coleman, Brooks Id be happy.

And there is no more Harvin. Thank God.

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And the same could be said about those same 2-3 players against any other D in the country.

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sure, sure. which is why its silly to say it had nothing to do with speed

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I guess the best way to make the counterpoint is that the same thing could be said of Florida's offense and our defense in 2007.

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Brick has brought back the smash mouth attitude to the DL that C. Alexander said hasnt been around since the Saban days which is also VERY encouraging.

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I like this.

A lot.

LSU has the athletes.

I haven't been much of a fan of peleni's D either when he was here, except for periods of the 2006 defense.

seemed very "bend and not break"

I like the attacking style defense.

it forces college players to make quick decisions, and puts pressure on QB's.

kinda like manieri's style of baserunning.

forces the other player to make a great play.