I understand why. We had an incompetent staff last year. That is the only explaination there is.
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I understand why. We had an incompetent staff last year. That is the only explaination there is.
I'm sorry, but I am still a little surprised about Free Safety. Smith was our leading tackler last year, wasn't he? I know that our pass coverage did suffer, but is O'Connell really that big of an upgrade? Is their an insider out there, that has any insight?
I think most of our receivers, if uninjured, will see the field every game. The spread will require a lot of recievers to play so I am not too worried about the depth chart right now.
Me too. I was hoping Sims, Smith and Bell would all split time at the two positions. Bell made some huge plays in Chizik's first year. Not sure why he didn't play as much last year. Bell went from 54 tackles in 2007 (third on the team) to only 13 tackles in 2008 (twenty-third on the team). Not sure I've ever seen a bigger drop off.
Let's hope that's the case. To have Smith number #1 all through the spring and fall camp, including the 08/26 depth chart and then be bumped back to #2 days later can only be bad news, either injury or the dog house. Rag article says CPR will address it in his Monday presser.
Iowa State football: Top returning tackler may not start Thursday | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register
If Smith is not #1, that is not a good thing. It means he is dinged up or in trouble with the staff.
In my opinion, our front seven is the scariest for me on this team. And five of the seven are seniors. I have been trying to figure out for the past couple of hours if that's a good thing or a bad thing...
Just realized this. We have 8 Seniors that are going to be starters this year on defense, including both DE's, our NT, and our entire starting LB corps..... dont know whether to be horrified for the youth we'll see next year, or to be happy because this hasnt been a good defense.
I'm struggling with the same thing. My biggest hope is that some of these young guys step up this year and take some PT away from the seniors, just so we can have some experience coming back next year.
I don't know the specific situation, but based on Smith's level of play the past two years, it is certainly possible he could be beaten out for the starting spot. Good in run support but sub-par in coverage in my opinion. I think just about every starting safety we had in the 6 years before he took over the spot could beat him out, except for Caleb Berg. So I guess it is possible that he did get beat out, though he is probably dinged up mostly.
IMO, this has been our greatest weakness over the last 3-4 years and it still has not been addressed.
The depth chart was for a standard 4-3. Maybe for NDS we will play this way but I think what is on Cyclone Report with the 4-2-5 is more accurate what will be on the field. Only Garrin & Smith start at LB's in this one.
College Player Database - Depth Chart
College Player Database - Depth Chart
I am no fan of GC, but if I look at the 2/3 deeps on the depth chart: Lyle, Laing, Maggitt, Johnon, Reump, Black, Banks, Benton, LJ & Bell are all GC's. You can give AJ as well as a split between him in CPR.
Like I said, not a huge fan, but that's a pretty big part of our D
Like I said, not a huge fan, but that's a pretty big part of our D
I expect we will not see a 4-2-5 extensively used until conference play against some of the spread-like offenses. We should definitely play a 4-3 against Iowa and its rushing attack and go to nickel on obvious passing downs.
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