Practically every football story I see, and post on here

Jul 23, 2022, 5:56 PM

that I see concerning defense, says we will "play faster" and "get the defensive calls in sooner". From all this, I can only intuit one thing. Coach Venables, knowing how intense he is, and how hard a worker he is, had gotten our defense to a point where it was almost over complicated. Not on purpose, of course, but the tendency would automatically be to try and "add a new wrinkle" or two every new season. And, after as many seasons as Jimmy Greenbeans had been here, that's a lot of wrinkles. Same thing could also have been true on the offensive side of things. Kind of like "Paralysis by Analysis", if you will. Athletes in any sport perform at their best when they aren't thinking much, just letting themselves naturally do what their bodies are capable of doing. You will hear them call it "being in the zone."

So, if things had in fact gotten so wrinkly that thought was slowing down action, and the new pairs of eyes now in charge on both sides of the ball do, in fact, simplify things, then all these moves may wind up being a win-win blessing for everyone. And, when you get right down to it, that is what you hope for when promotions are made, that everybody wins. Good luck to Brent and Tony in their new jobs in Norman and Charlottesville, and Good luck to Wes and Brandon here in Tigertown. Here's hoping everybody wins, except of course, Clemson must win if we play each other!

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the Bucknuts last time out, there WERE starting to be times when Coach V was getting confused enough by something that the calls were not coming in on time. Now, it may be that the other guys figured out something to confuse him, or, he had too many options to pick one, but, either way, it was noticeable.

I say all these things in no way to disparage what Coach Venables accomplished here. He did a FANTASTIC job. But, college, AND professional football are the same in one regard. If things keep getting done in the same manner, someone, somewhere will eventually figure out a way to defeat that system. I am just saying that we may have been seeing the start of that at the end of BV's time at Clemson.

I use the Triple Option as an offensive example. For YEARS, that offense ruled college football. But, how many big time teams do you see employing the Triple Option as their primary offense today? None. Defensive athletes got big and fast enough, and coaches developed a defensive system that was disciplined enough when everybody played their assignment, to eventually stop it.

A fancy way of saying, "what goes around, comes around", I guess. Somewhere down the road, the Triple Option may make a comeback.

Practically every football story I see, and post on here

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Youse Both right..

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For the most part, that is true. But, most notably against

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This new, untested DC has a huge pair of shoes to fill.

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