tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20105491447049222042024-03-13T20:11:14.194-07:00Coach Hoover FootballCoach Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861382381553147719noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010549144704922204.post-1277670398916258382021-07-04T20:09:00.001-07:002021-07-04T20:09:21.688-07:00Lincoln Riley Clinic Notes (5-13-20)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Lincoln Riley had a Zoom Clinic last year and had some good information about leadership, advice for the coaching, and RPOs. I used some of his insight on the <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2020/05/defending-rpos-clinic-evolution-of-rpo.html" target="_blank">Defending RPOs Clinic</a> I did last year too.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_B_V6sX1Mps/YOJ3kpTX38I/AAAAAAAAwa4/3mokNSLyaCcCygORlgruqpJ7VjLX5lQ1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Lincoln%2BRiley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_B_V6sX1Mps/YOJ3kpTX38I/AAAAAAAAwa4/3mokNSLyaCcCygORlgruqpJ7VjLX5lQ1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Lincoln%2BRiley.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -0.25in;"><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a></span><p></p>·<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -0.25in;">Counter – can run vs just about anything.</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -0.25in;">Have to be totally invested in it and create
answers vs problems</span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Allows us to be more explosive than Zone Runs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Create an environment so good for your Asst’s
that they don’t want to leave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Ruffin McNeil – one of his best friends, a
mentor to him<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->The Standard – he has 12 Pillars – what guys can
control<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Doing your best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Let them judge and police themselves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Have to personally know your guys to
consistently motivate them<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Have to be creative and mix it up and bring in
new voices and your Asst’s to say the same message<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Advice for 1<sup>st</sup> yr college Coach –
want to get in with the right people (if you can)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Do your job<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Carry yourself like the next guy up on the totem
pole: how you dress, how you work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Make yourself so valuable that they are scared
to lose you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Show how you are ready for the next
responsibilities—find opportunities in your job to do that<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->WRs – ability to separate, catch the ball,
YAC! Height not that big of a deal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->RPO – for them it is a tool, nothing more,
nothing less.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->They are not a RPO-based Offense<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Defenses are reacting slower—trying to muddy
reads and controlling where the ball goes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Lock you up and make you throw Go routes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->He likes them but it is something they gameplan
and run if conditions are right<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->QB already has so many decisions and sometimes
he just want to throw it and then Run it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Minimize the # of times you put your QB in a bad
situation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Muddy reads – slow reacting – go straight at
them. Go PA and throw over the top<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Have to keep your QB healthy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">If the OL is blocking Run, that isn’t the best Pass Pro—exposes your QB to hits</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Coach Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861382381553147719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010549144704922204.post-75310937968279669942021-05-15T07:03:00.004-07:002021-05-15T11:57:26.684-07:00A Beginner's Guide to Investing for Football Coaches - part 2<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My portfolio has undergone some drastic changes since I wrote <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-beginners-guide-to-investing-for.html" target="_blank">part 1</a>. I expect for this to be my final piece on this topic, lest I have to start a new blog on investing, which I do not plan to do. All the financial people add this liability disclaimer to anything they write: This is not financial advice. Do your own research. <a href="http://Fool.com">Fool.com</a> is a great resource for stocks but I cannot pinpoint one source for information on cryptocurrency. All I do is google different topics and cryptos and read articles to learn more. I still use <a href="http://marketbeat.com">marketbeat.com</a> to provide my news on my top 5 holdings and it is a valuable resource.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Since part 1, the two parts of my portfolio have went in two different directions. My crypto portfolio has skyrocketed, while my stock portfolio WAS skyrocketing but has bogged down since then. Here is my <a href="https://www.tipranks.com/investors/608620/barry-hoover" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">TipRanks</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> ranking from February 10, 2021: </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kAcYf5d4clg/YJ_CwqCZ0_I/AAAAAAAAwU0/nHfCVF2qmzwE4JxzhPJLqA0E1JZzTgkegCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="425" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kAcYf5d4clg/YJ_CwqCZ0_I/AAAAAAAAwU0/nHfCVF2qmzwE4JxzhPJLqA0E1JZzTgkegCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="311" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My stock portfolio, especially my top stocks: Roku (ROKU), Magnite (MGNI), and The Trade Desk (TTD) were absolutely smoking the first part of 2021. Since then, inflationary concerns and an inevitable cooling off period have significantly impacted tech and growth stocks. Three months later, my stock portfolio is now down 44% from its all-time high. I am currently ranked #1,987 on TipRanks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My crypto has gained significantly, with Ethereum (ETH) being responsible for most of those gains. I recently sold 80% of my Ethereum holdings and converted those to Cardano (ADA). This year has seen a huge increase in the people investing in crypto, especially Bitcoin (BTC), which is still the #1 crypto at the time of this article. Bitcoin is a nice holding but I have been more bullish long-term on blockchain cryptocurrency.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What is blockchain? Blockchain is the underlying technology that cryptocurrency runs on. Many experts feel it will be the most disruptive technology since the Internet, as it will transform how data is used in every part of our lives, from banking to education and everything that uses data. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a look at how my portfolio has changed: </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EO3dmCeSRQc/YJ_NcId9bJI/AAAAAAAAwU8/ozqquFGRb5koX00Lf0ul0n7-XKUrnAm4gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="632" height="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EO3dmCeSRQc/YJ_NcId9bJI/AAAAAAAAwU8/ozqquFGRb5koX00Lf0ul0n7-XKUrnAm4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FyPCfNAGwas/YJ_NicUCg_I/AAAAAAAAwVA/fAd76zixaFQ3tPsrckp4IeeR2JM64q6LgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="635" height="260" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FyPCfNAGwas/YJ_NicUCg_I/AAAAAAAAwVA/fAd76zixaFQ3tPsrckp4IeeR2JM64q6LgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h260/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The crypto holdings are in italics. You can see that the price of Ethereum has increased from $556.02 to $3,911.30. That is big-time. The great thing about cryptocurrency is that it is still early in the game and there is still a lot of room to run for this new blockchain technology. Cardano went from $.0.14 to $2.26 and it is taking off as people are beginning to recognize what an incredible item it is. </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: start;">Cardano is also 1.6 million times more energy efficient than Bitcoin.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-align: start;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can also stake with Cardano, which means that every 5 days that I receive free Cardano tokens. This is similar to how stock dividends work. You need to download a </span><a href="https://daedaluswallet.io/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Daedalus wallet</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> for your computer to get started in staking. You can fool around with Dogecoin and make a few bucks if you are lucky or you can invest in a far superior product that can make bank long-term. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I still like Ethereum but it has high gas costs, which makes Cardano a better alternative in my opinion. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Polygon runs on the Ethereum network and it allows you to do it with less gas fees and it has went up over 300% in just over a month.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can't buy Cardano and Polygon on Robinhood and I would not recommend that platform. There are a number of good platforms to buy from. I use <a href="https://www.coinbase.com/join/hoover_m8r" target="_blank">Coinbase</a> and I highly recommend watching the videos and answering questions to earn free crypto. You can also get $10 in free crypto from using that link. Hopefully you found something helpful and some new ideas that you can research further. I am going full-on nerd and am taking a <a href="https://emurgo.io/blog/emurgos-foundations-of-blockchain-online-program-why-cardano" target="_blank">blockchain course</a> this summer to learn more about Cardano and blockchain.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Coach Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861382381553147719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010549144704922204.post-63039665615965278172021-03-08T20:48:00.001-08:002021-03-08T20:50:18.127-08:002 Read Coverage Course on CoachTube<p style="text-align: justify;">I made my first course on CoachTube on <a href="https://coachtube.com/course/football/2-read-coverage/13697961?track=1de8b7069c268e2f06ebec04c3b16122" target="_blank">2 Read Coverage</a>. Click on the link for more information about the course.</p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FnU5hdfcbAY/YEb9sCg7WbI/AAAAAAAAwPo/6SNe4xLspm4rz5w12xL2F0FtngOS26O-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/2%2BRead%2BDiagram.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="2048" height="378" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FnU5hdfcbAY/YEb9sCg7WbI/AAAAAAAAwPo/6SNe4xLspm4rz5w12xL2F0FtngOS26O-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h378/2%2BRead%2BDiagram.tif" width="640" /></a></p><br />Coach Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861382381553147719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010549144704922204.post-73564251451774522042020-12-11T05:45:00.006-08:002020-12-29T16:46:40.603-08:00A Beginner's Guide to Investing for Football Coaches<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I never in a million years thought I would write a post on investing, but this blog is devoted to helping coaches in any way I can, so here goes. Just over a year ago, in October 2019, I was 46 years old with little to no savings. I ended up taking off coaching the year of 2019 and I really focused on my teaching and had the most enjoyable year of teaching ever. I did the Stock Market game with my Seniors, and that helped me to begin this journey. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The time off from coaching was a blessing in disguise and I was able to finally plan for my family's financial future. I did very well this past year and was able to more than double my money. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I am not a financial guru by any means, so please do your own research because the market is volatile and today's genius can be tomorrow's fool.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let me start off with some background on myself. I am a workaholic Coach like most of you reading this and I never had much time to worry about finances (or basic things that normal people do like regular visits to the doctor, etc.). Taking the year off coaching allowed me time to take care of this severely neglected area. I have been poor pretty much my entire life (coaching in Florida for a long time did not help either) and I know</span> <i>if I can do this, anybody else can</i><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had a couple of 403-b accounts that had done poorly in the past, so once I starting having some success in the market, I ended up cashing out those 403-b's to put into my IRA account. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">That was one of the best things I have ever done because those 403-b's were dogs. I have had one for nearly 20 years and it hadn't done jack squat. Now, that money is kicking butt. I paid a small penalty for withdrawing one account, but I made up for it and then some. I ended up timing it up where I finally got my money from those 403-b's when the market was way down after Covid first hit, so it increased significantly.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ok, let's get into the nuts and bolts of getting started. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The first thing I did was to open an account to buy stocks. <a href="https://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/investing/accounts_products/accounts/open_an_account.html" target="_blank">Charles Schwab</a> has free online trading and they are very reputable so I went with them. <a href="https://robinhood.com/" target="_blank">Robinhood</a> is another popular company, but the problem with them is that you have to wait five days to buy after you make a deposit. That's a LONG time if you are trying to buy something at a certain price. The market isn't going to wait for you, you have to be ready to buy when big-time opportunities arise. The only thing I use Robinhood for is to buy cryptocurrency, which I will get to later. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I opened up two accounts on Charles Schwab. The first was an IRA account, which is my long-term investment account, similar to a 403-b or a 401k. The second one was an Individual account which is money I can access for fast cash if needed. I only keep a small amount in my Individual account and I can cash it out quickly if I need money for something. You can take money out of the Individual account without worrying about a penalty (only thing is that you will be taxed on what profit you make). The IRA account is money you will not need any time soon and plan to keep in there for a long, long time, so be careful not to put too much in there initially. You can always switch money from your Individual account to your IRA, so invest in the Individual account if you are not sure if you will need it soon or not.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The next important thing is which stocks to buy, who to listen to, and where to do research. When I first started, it took a while to find reputable sources. I bought and sold a lot of mediocre companies and it took a while to get rolling. Charles Schwab is great but their recommended stocks are often losers. Also, some of the best stocks will have a F rating. I could care less what they are rated by other people if they are making money for me.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are a tons of places to find advice but the place I recommend most is the <a href="https://www.fool.com/" target="_blank">Motley Fool</a>. Their stocks make money and they have a good feel of what new technologies are the best to invest in. I have started to follow a few financial people on twitter and here is a link to the <a href="https://twitter.com/i/lists/1337145899353595906" target="_blank">Investment List</a> I made if you want to see some people to follow. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My main man to follow is <a href="https://twitter.com/danielsparks" target="_blank">Daniel Sparks</a>, who works at Motley Fool. He is very tech-savvy and has a good feel for what companies have what it takes to make it big. He recommended two of my three top holdings: Fastly and Magnite and he has helped me tremendously.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As far as tracking your portfolio, there are a couple of sites I would highly recommend. The first is <a href="http://tipranks.com">tipranks.com</a>, where you can input your holdings and have it track your performance. Charles Schwab has good information too, but if you want to keep a tab open and have it keep up with your stocks and not have to refresh the page. It also lets you compare your performance against other stock traders, which is pretty fun if you are the competitive type (pretty much everybody that reads this blog). The other is <a href="http://marketbeat.com/" target="_blank">marketbeat.com</a>, where you can get the latest news on your top 5 holdings. This is helpful when you are freaking out and asking yourself, "Why is my stock going down today?" The world likes to say you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket, but the opposite is true in investing. Andrew Carnegie said, "</span><span style="font-family: arial;">The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket</span><span style="font-family: arial;">," and this site helps you to keep a close eye on your biggest stocks.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you're a Coach, you like competing. Here are my numbers so far. June and November of 2020 were pretty good months:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0f7PcstnL_Y/X9N3ect_ZkI/AAAAAAAAwBo/oLUoO3kDBS0Vi5A9j38Mr-6BU20xAMjTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1572/Stock%2Bstats%2B2%2B-%2B12-10-20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="1572" height="74" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0f7PcstnL_Y/X9N3ect_ZkI/AAAAAAAAwBo/oLUoO3kDBS0Vi5A9j38Mr-6BU20xAMjTwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h74/Stock%2Bstats%2B2%2B-%2B12-10-20.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uYnXZRBCxFU/X9N3eSDnNRI/AAAAAAAAwBs/Az8vGkbQP5ourDbu4bmvuFHT5QrZQL1HQCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/Stock%2Bstats%2B-%2B12-10-20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="864" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uYnXZRBCxFU/X9N3eSDnNRI/AAAAAAAAwBs/Az8vGkbQP5ourDbu4bmvuFHT5QrZQL1HQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Stock%2Bstats%2B-%2B12-10-20.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It is better to have fewer holdings and less stocks to keep an eye on, especially if you are a football coach and are busy enough already. With that being said, here are my top holdings as of December 10, 2020.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A5DK3h3UJ9c/X9K8sTt0wSI/AAAAAAAAwAw/wSuG4vLIajEJdEF2cNFqZU051_k-nJkmwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="422" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A5DK3h3UJ9c/X9K8sTt0wSI/AAAAAAAAwAw/wSuG4vLIajEJdEF2cNFqZU051_k-nJkmwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="296" /></a></div></div></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fastly (FSLY) makes internet sites run faster, and it has made me a lot of money as I sold a lot of my shares this summer to help buy a house. I didn't really have enough money for the down payment and Fastly started on a tear, so I sold and put all my chips on the table for Fastly and let it ride. It skyrocketed the month of June 2020 and I ended up with enough money for the down payment thanks to that run. Even though you can't get too attached to stocks, this one will always have a special place in my heart. It is very volatile and my whole portfolio went down nearly 17% in October when the TikTok situation went down. It has went up a good bit since then. It is important not to freak out and get mad and sell everything when a stock goes way down in one day. If you know a company is good, these bad days are when you buy more.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is important not to freak out and get mad and sell everything when a stock goes way down in one day. If you know a company is good, these bad days are when you buy more.</span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Tesla (TSLA) is a freaky stock that defies the laws of investing. Tesla is more than a car company, it is battery and software technology and built on faith in Elon Musk, who is currently the world's second richest man when he isn't launching rocket ships and other crazy stuff. Tesla dipped 18% a few months back when it didn't make the S&P 500 (it will be in now), which was a knee-jerk reaction, so I added quite a bit to my portfolio, and it was a very good decision. I will probably sell off some shares soon and buy more of my other stocks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Magnite (MGNI) sells digital advertising to connected TV, like Roku. It just went up over 100% in November of 2020, which is extremely rare and awesome (100% means it doubled) and is up 215% this quarter (doubled twice!). It did nothing for a long, long time but Daniel Sparks said it was his number one holding coming into 2020, so I kept the faith; and when it started showing signs of life, I bought quite a bit more and it soared in value to become my #3 holding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ethereum is not a stock, it is a cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, but so much more. <a href="https://twitter.com/TMFUltraLong" target="_blank">Sean Williams</a> of Motley Fool said, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">"The real value of the crypto revolution is the underlying <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp" target="_blank">blockchain</a> technology. Buying bitcoin gives investors zero ownership in the underlying digital ledger." Ethereum is the blockchain that Bitcoin runs on. It is currently a distant #2 to Bitcoin in popularity, but blockchain can potentially be as disruptive of a technology as the Internet. Blockchain technology will one day allow you to get onto the taxi blockchain and compare driver ratings and pick a ride by yourself without using a middleman like Uber.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can buy Ethereum on Robinhood, which is what I use it for. The other blockchain crypto I own is Cardano, which has to be bought elsewhere and stored on a digital wallet. It is a bit of a complicated process that I am looking to streamline (I will update how to buy here when I get it figured out). I use an app called Blockfolio to keep track of my crypto that works okay, but I would like an app that could also show up on my desktop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Trade Desk (TTD) is similar to Magnite in that it deals with advertising to connected TV, but it is on the buying side. It had a monster year thus year, increasing over 300%! If I were really smart, I would have more of it, which I plan to do soon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Other holdings</u>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Twilio (TWLO) - I like this one long-term and it has been doing better after a slow start. It allows businesses to communicate easily with users via voice, text, email.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Roku (ROKU) - I will be adding to my position soon</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span><span style="font-family: arial;">like this one a lot. It allows your TV to work like your phone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Digital Turbine (APPS) - my brother got me on this one and it has went up almost 300%. It may go up more, but I can't be sure since it is a smaller company and there is not as much available research on it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Microsoft (MSFT) - this was my top holding before Covid and was doing great, but it hasn't done much since then, going up only 9%, by far my worst holding. This is a safe stock and it pays a small dividend. I will probably buy more soon as I think it is due to go back up again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apple (AAPL) - this stock was on a tear but has slowed down a bit recently. It is still a great company and I will buy more later. It also pays a dividend and is a safe stock as well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Crowdstrike (CRWD) - I have been tracking this one for a while and finally pulled the trigger. It could be a long-term monster.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Zoom (ZM) - If I was a lot smarter, I would have bought a long time ago, but I was worried about seccurity issues. I probably got in at a bad price and may lose some money short-term, but this is supposed to be a good long-term bet as doctors are using more telemedicine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) - I have been tracking this one a long time and it has done well this year, going up almost 100%. I didn't realize it also paid out a nice dividend until recently, so I just got in.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Mutual Funds are another way to invest that is significantly safer. A mutual fund is a collection of stocks, so you don't have the ups and downs that individual stocks do. The problem is that when the market is rolling, you are getting lapped; and when the market is bad, you are still losing money. The ones I did own were TRBCX, PRDGX, and DFDMX. Also, once you buy a mutual fund, you can't sell it for like three months without paying a penalty, so your liquidity is very limited compared to stocks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a general rule, when investing, you want to look for companies to hold onto for the long-term. Sometimes you have to be patient with them, like Magnite, which did very little for quite a while and then exploded all of the sudden. It was the same great company all along, but people's perception changed as they finally realized it and that caused the stock to go up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is important to find companies you believe in enough to get you through the ups and downs. <a href="https://twitter.com/iancassel" target="_blank">Ian Cassel</a> said, "</span><span style="font-family: arial;">You can borrow someone's stock ideas but you can't borrow their conviction. Do the work." </span><span style="font-family: arial;">If you have any questions, leave a comment or hit me up on twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryHoover" target="_blank">@BarryHoover</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Note: I updated my portfolio a bit as 2021 is near. To track my stock picks, you can go here: <a href="https://www.tipranks.com/investors/608620/barry-hoover">https://www.tipranks.com/investors/608620/barry-hoover</a></span></div><p></p>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was an honor to be a part of the Coach G Clinic series that my man, <a href="https://twitter.com/Coach_G32" target="_blank">Justin Grandenetti</a> has done since all the craziness started. Here is the link to all of the clinics he has hosted on his <a href="https://t.co/DY2QkkM7Tn?amp=1" target="_blank">Google Drive</a>. Here is the PowerPoint and the video from the clinic, which builds on two previous articles I have done. It includes some new video and new ideas on RPOs from both sides of the ball that I have picked up in talking to people. Note: I said that nobody yet on film has </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">read the eyes of the QB</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vs any Flop RPOs (with the Back to the side of the QB), but teams have done this vs Pistol.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A big mistake in defending Stretch (and one clip of Pin and Pull Sweep) is the DL to the frontside <i>not</i> getting Vertical. The DL must get upfield and help to "Build a Wall" to the frontside of the play. The backside DL must pursue in their gaps. The godfather of the Wide Zone or Stretch Play is Alex Gibbs, who was adamant about cutting on the backside to eliminate pursuit so the Running Back could safely cut the ball back. The backside DL must stay on their feet and stay in their moving gap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, there is one thing you <i>do not</i> want to do and that is to blitz to the side of the Back with a <i>full</i> DL movement. The reason is that the frontside of the play will slant and get washed wide instead of getting vertical. They can't get vertical when they are moving horizontally with the OL pushing them horizontally as well. This is a big problem and is why when you are bringing pressure to the side of the Back that you only want to slant the backside of your DL so they can pursue but leave the frontside alone so they can get vertical</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5. My good friend <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachVass" target="_blank">Coach Vass</a> did an all-day Caronapalooza clinic last Saturday with some of the best Defensive Coaches in the country and you can go here to access some of the <a href="https://www.coachvass.com/pop-up-clinics.html" target="_blank">Pop-up Clinics</a> that he has done. Stay tuned for the Offensive session he has planned coming up soon--10 Coaches for 10 Hours!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. Wisconsin Coaches Association clinics headed up by <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewAmbrose_" target="_blank">Drew Ambrose</a>. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">13. <a href="https://twitter.com/coachhath19" target="_blank">Michael Hathaway</a> and the Maine Football Coaches Association do 1 clinic a day <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQtqTsh_W25uE-OVxdWyCQ?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">17. <a href="https://twitter.com/tbanks1906" target="_blank">Terrance Banks</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachDeWeese" target="_blank">Pete DeWeese</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/fbcoachsimpson" target="_blank">Kenny Simpson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AustinJamesXFL" target="_blank">Austin James</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachBandstra" target="_blank">Nicholas Bandstra</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/CarterRamsFB" target="_blank">Adam Carter</a> have also hosted Zoom clinics. Give them a follow them on twitter if you don't follow them already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I posted a clip on twitter recently of Zone Lock from 2 Backs and commented that it seems to be the most effective run scheme on film for 2019 that I have seen so far. The Zone Lock concept, also known as Zombie (Zone frontside, Man Backside) has been around for a while. Here is a diagram from the 2008 Destin Glazier Clinic with former Florida OL Coach, Steve Addazio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The play is designed to go frontside but it usually cuts back behind the Sniffer. The Back must work playside first before cutting it back and he must read it because it can still hit frontside. The diagram shows how an Alley is built by the blocks of the BST and the Sniffer, making a nice cutback play the majority of the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Versus a 5 or 6 man front, the OL can work on tracks where everyone zone steps and blocks their playside gap and the play turns into Zone Kick as the Sniffer will kick out the EMLOS backside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 1 (Baylor) - pretty good blocks across the board, good Dbl team and kick-out by the Sniffer and BST gets movement making the Alley even bigger. The Sniffer's assignment on Zombie is a Nose Up Block, which is right down the middle of the LB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 2 (New Mexico St) - BSG has his hands full with a heavy 2i, BST does great job of turning his back to the Back. Center checks A gap and then whiffs on PSLB, and deilvery of a rib sandwich by the PST on the DE. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 3 (Penn St) - PSLB walks into A gap so C, PSG, and PST all block out. BSG does a good job vs 2i and BST turns out DE, but the BSLB almost blows this play up by scraping tight off his DT. Sniffer looks like he cuts the LB low (aim for the thigh).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 4 (LSU) - really like how the Sniffer takes a "shortcut" and takes the most direct path to the BSLB. Good job by the Center to ID the first LB from the outside (#33) instead of the LB right in front of him. The BSG reaches the 2i, but the beauty of this play is that it can cut back if he doesn't. Finally, that RB #22 can put his foot in the ground about as well as anybody.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 5 (UCF) - good job by the Center helping the PSG on the 3 tech. Here is a good example of what I talked about on the last play with the BSG. He can't reach the 2i but the Back is able to cut it behind him. Poor job by the Safety.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 6 (Ok. St) - a little window dressing is always good for inside Runs. The BSG has a heavy 2i shade that he can't reach but the Back cuts it back. LB #25 here needs to fill this faster. Compare this clip to the Penn St-Michigan one earlier and there's a big difference in where the contact occurs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 7 (Ok. St) - perfect example of why you need the Back to press playside and take it there if you have it. It's easy for the Back to just cut it back behind the Sniffer every time, but he is wrong here, especially with the help that the Center gives to the BSG.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 1 (Alabama) - this is as good of a Run play as you will see, beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 2 (Oregon) - here is an example of an "Out" call when the LB walks up outside. The OL will get on tracks and block their playside gap. The BSG and BST are "Lock" man vs the 3 and 5 tech and will turn out on them. The Sniffer makes a good block on hte LB, only because the LB waits for him instead of meeting him at the LOS like he is supposed to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 3 (W. Kentucky) - pretty good job up front across the board against some really good talent. Love the nasty attitude. Jeff Brohm is an Offensive mastermind and can sling it, but his staff coaches those guys up in the Run game as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 4 (LSU) - oh mercy, what a beautiful Dbl Team! I can watch that all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 5 (LSU) - the Back won't cut it back much when you run this play to the 1 tech, but here the backside 3 tech works over the top of the BSG and the Sniffer and Back read it correctly. The BSDE works himself too far upfield and could make the tackle here after a short gain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 6 (UCF vs UConn) - here is an example of a Front-Door RPO read I talked about in my previous two posts <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2020/03/defending-pistol-spread-rpo-from-2-high.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2020/03/manipulating-1-and-2-high-defensive-rpo.html#more" target="_blank">here</a>. The PST and BSG are both lazy working their feet and getting their backs to the Back. No excuse for that on an easy block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 7 (UCF vs Pitt) - not bad up front, the Dbl Team starts out well but the Center stops his feet when he makes contact on the LB who makes the tackle along with the unblocked Safety coming down. Solid block by the Sniffer who squares up the LB with some pop. Good extension by the BSG in winning inside position.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 8 (UCF vs Pitt) - good vision by the Back in taking this all the way outside. The Defense brings a Safety down and are +1, LB #28 needs to stay outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 9 (UCF vs Temple) - good job by the Back keeping it frontside and getting good yards. Defense fitting this play up weird and not communicating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 2 (Memphis) - the PSG and PST double the DE to the Safety and the PSG does a great job of staying square, allowing him to make the block on the 2nd level. The middle gets muddy quick and the LBs might have had a Cross Dog on. The Back is rewarded for staying playside and they hit it for a nice gain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clip 1 (West Virginia) - the backside runs way upfield opening up what Merril Hoge would call a "Canal-ly." West Virginia ran so much Stretch back then that the Defense widens too much playside and the Back is able to scoot for big yards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, just as Defenses have seemingly caught up, I discovered that Offenses have already started to adjust and stay one step ahead. <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanleefreeman" style="background-color: white; color: #fa5a00; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bryan Freeman</a> was the first person to point me to the <span style="background-color: white;">2019 UCF film, and they are doing some pretty cool stuff in using the QB's eyes to manipulate defenders (there are some games in the Film (2019) Folder on the top left of the page)</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CoachKnoxRobSHS" target="_blank">Knox Robinson</a>, a former player of mine is currently the Offensive Coordinator at Satellite HS (FL), and has already dabbled in Front-door RPOs vs. Defenses that key the side of the Back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Front-Door RPO is to the side AWAY from the Back, whereas the traditional RPO is considered to be a Back-Door RPO where the QB reads the defender TO the side of the Back.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Front-Door RPO is what LSU did this past season with great success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Front-Door RPOs are nothing new, they are commonly referred to as "gift" throws when the Defense is practically giving you space and begging you to take advantage of their misalignment. Here are a couple of examples of "gifts" from 3x1. To the left, the "gift" could be a Bubble Screen or Quick Hitch or the Stick combination. To the right, you have a "gift" with Free Access to the Hitch, which is a Premium side with no one in the Alley and 1 on 1 vs. a loose CB deeper than 6 yards (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewCoverdale" target="_blank">Andrew Coverdale</a>):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The past two years have shown that</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Offenses are able to manipulate Defenses that sling their fits based on the side of the Back </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by having their QBs turn their head away from the Back. The Front-Door RPO now becomes a post-snap read instead of a pre-snap "gift" read. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> But, now that Defenses are able to read the eyes of the QB and sling their fits to take away the RPO, Offenses have figured out how to manipulate this movement </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">based on the post-snap reaction of the Defense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two defenders in a 2 High structure will have a Run-Pass conflict. The QB will start with his eyes one way initially to get the defender away from him to commit to the box and then he will throw into the area vacated by that defender. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will include two diagrams for each scenario, the first being the initial direction the QB is looking and the second being the final direction where the QB looks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first scenario I want to look at is from 2x2 where the QB first looks to the Bdry and then looks to the Field. The two conflict defenders are in red. The QB reads the Will post-snap and sees him playing Pass, so the $ should be coming into the box to play the Run in Cover 4. This is where film study comes into play and knowing your opponent's rules and using them against him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is important to note that this idea of a Front-Door RPO as a post-snap read is actually Play-Action, where you are faking a RPO and running a Play-Action Pass. I apologize for blowing the minds of most NFL commentators who will now never know the difference. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The QB is making a fake to the Back but the only options are a Pass on both sides. I initially thought this was a RPO when first seeing it on film, but it is <i>not</i> because if you try to read this as a Run-Pass Option, you can read the Will correctly but you will end up running the ball into Cover 0 looks. The diagram below has the Will doing the opposite of what he did in the diagram above (which was a Pass), but you definitely would not want to run the football into this look below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The clip shows how the QB is able to use his eyes to manipulate the movement of the $ and throw to the area he vacated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now let's go the other way out of the same formation. The QB will look first to the Field to get the Will LB to come into the box:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The post-snap Front-Door RPO Play-Action (please somebody come up with a shorter and better name) is a great weapon for Offenses to utilize vs. well-coached teams who can sling their fits in 2 High based off of the initial eyes of the QB. Offenses have enough of an advantage, so let me add some thoughts for helping the Dark Side. Defenses will need to be careful vs. teams that have the ability to run these, especially vs. 3x1 sets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The use of the Lock call to automatically sling the fits in one direction and eliminate the post-snap read on the part of the Defense will be an essential change-up vs. Offenses who have the ability to manipulate those reads. </span>If you have any questions, hit me up on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryHoover">@BarryHoover</a>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn't include this originally but the previous section was light on video and I wanted you guys to get a better feel of what UCF was doing Offensively. The first two videos show the QB faking the Front-Door RPO and throwing the Post or Go to the 1 WR side and Slot Fade or Dbl Slants to the 2 WR side. The last video is a Play-Action Dbl Look-Off, which may be excessive but is interesting to look at nonetheless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A popular topic this off-season has been the 2019 LSU Offense and the challenges it gave Defenses trying to defend it from a 2 High structure. Defenses in recent years have defended the RPO (Run-Pass Option) game by bringing a defender into the box opposite of the Back to play the Run and having the defender to the opposite side play the Pass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It has been said that the Will, Mike, and $ are connected by a rope or a chain. I like to think of them as being defenders in Foosball:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can see the connection<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">—</span>either the they all go Left or they all go Right. There is no independent functioning with all three defenders connected to the rod. This is how defenders must communicate and work to defend the RPO game from 2 High. Here it is drawn up below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This Defense had worked schematically vs. teams who offset their Back but not against Pistol teams that lined up the Back directly behind the QB. Also, the problem that Defenses had this year was when Offenses starting having their QBs to read the RPO to the side <i>opposite</i> of the Back. Alabama was the first team I had seen do it in 2018 and other teams started doing it and had big success in 2019. Using the above diagram, what teams did was to put their Back to the Field to get the Will to come into the box and then have their QB read the RPO to the vacated side of the X and H WR. The 2019 LSU Offense made a lot of Defenses look bad by using their Quarters rules against them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now by reading the eyes of the QB, the same scenario I just described is easily handled. The Will sees the QB looking his way and he will play the Pass. The $ sees the QB looking opposite, so he will add into the box to play the Run. The Mike is a two-gap player pre-snap and he will also read the eyes of the QB to determine which gap to fit to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This first three clips show Joe Burrow taking advantage of the Weak Safety by throwing the Glance Post over his head. The Weak Safety gets it right in the 4th clip, but the Mike LB does not follow the eyes of the QB to get into his correct gap and Clyde Edwards-Helaire takes it to the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first cut-up has Florida defending the RPO perfectly and Joe Burrow almost gets killed. I don't believe Florida wasn't reading the QB's eyes post-snap, it looks as if they had already called for the WS to be in the box with the Mike being cheated over to the gap away from the WS pre-snap. The second cut-up also shows the Weak Safety coming down into the box to defend the run, but the Will LB walked out (I like to walk out my Will LB to keep my Mike in the box) is wrong. He should hold for the RPO and the QB should have thrown the ball on this read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first clip shows the Weak Safety from Temple come down to make a tackle for a very short gain. The second clip shows great team Defense by TCU. The QB pulls the ball for the RPO and the $ is playing Pass until the QB starts to run and then he comes off and the FS comes up to smoke the #2 WR, ending in a TFL. The last clip shows Trap coverage to the Away Side and the CB comes up as the extra defender. If you call a Pirate stunt here, you can spill the ball outside to the Trap Corner to help defend the run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first two clips are of Alabama locking the $ up on the #2 WR and bringing the FS into the box as the extra defender vs. the run. The last cut-up shows what you can do with the "Lock" call as a check vs. an extra wide split by the #2 WR. The $ would be in no-man's land trying to apex the OT and #2, so you could make this a check and bring the FS down in the box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Playing 1 High is great vs. the Run, but it can leave both your Corners on an island without help. 2 High is great in providing Safety help over the top, but it can be vulnerable vs the Run-Pass Option. A combination of the two and smart game-planning is likely the best option in defending the modern-day triple option from the RPO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A book called, <i>Football by the Numbers, 1986</i>, said that Total Offense and Total Defense were not the best statistics for determining which Offense or Defense was actually the best. The authors, George Ignatin and Allen Berra, determined that an Interception was worth -50 yards in field position and a Fumble was worth -40 yards (Int's are worth more since they are usually returned back for more yards than Fumbles). They took Total Offense/Defense minus the 50 yards for each Interception and minus 40 yards for each Fumble, and then divided that by the Number of Plays. This gave the value of Adjusted Yards per Play.</span></div>
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Coach Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861382381553147719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010549144704922204.post-9168010278535301182019-09-14T07:03:00.001-07:002020-12-29T16:59:22.709-08:002019 Purdue Offense vs. TCU Defense<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jeff Brohm is beginning his third season at Purdue and is assembling the pieces to create an offensive juggernaut like his teams at Western Kentucky that he led the nation in scoring in his last season in 2016. Gary Patterson is </span><span style="background-color: white;">the godfather of the </span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2011/12/4-2-5.html" style="color: #fa5a00; text-decoration-line: none;">4-2-5 Defense</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;">that has been ranked number one in the country five times. He has built the TCU program from scratch into one of the premier programs in the country. He and Nick Saban are the only two-time winners of the AP Coach of the Year Award.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Under Brohm, the Hilltoppers averaged 44.6 points, 356.6 passing yards and 526.2 yards of total offense per game over three seasons. Their starting quarterbacks completed 69.2 percent of their passes and threw 131 touchdowns with merely 25 interceptions. The offense averaged 7.3 yards per play, while running 72.1 plays per game. Western Kentucky broke more than 75 school offensive records since 2013, when Brohm served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"Western Kentucky ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense (No. 6 in 2014, No. 3 in 2015 and No. 1 in 2016), passing offense (No. 2 in 2014, No. 4 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) and total offense (No. 4 in 2014, No. 9 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) each of Brohm's three seasons as head coach."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gary Patterson's 4-2-5 Defense is seen at all levels of the game. His revolutionary ideas of divorcing the Front from the Coverage AND divorcing the Read Side Coverage from the Away Side Coverage have changed how pass defense is played in the modern game of football. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You have to understand Brohm's roots to learn more about his offensive philosophy. He played under two of the top offensive minds in football with similar styles of Offenses: Andrew Coverdale at Trinity HS (KY) and then at Louisville under Bobby Petrino. He then served as an Assistant Coach under Petrino and then later got his first experience in coordinating an Offense [Ed. note: Coach Coverdale did not coach Jeff Brohm in HS, he coached his younger brother, Brian Brohm, and Rondale Moore as well.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2018 notwithstanding, Bobby Petrino was not too long ago considered to be the best playcaller in college football. He was a leading expert in the passing game but his teams so good because they were extremely balanced. His Play-Action passing game was second to none at the collegiate level for many years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brohm sought to maintain the same offensive balance as his mentor. I believe his Offense at Western Kentucky, as I mentioned in this article on the <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/08/power-screen.html" target="_blank">Power Screen</a> play, was the best Screen team I have seen on film. I also was extremely impressed with their Pass Protection in studying their film. Brohm is also known for Tempo, Gadget plays, and for designing unique Pass concepts to attack a certain Defense, which is why this week's match-up vs. Gary Patterson will be so fascinating to watch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gary Patterson has done an amazing job at TCU, taking them from Conference USA to the Mountain West and now to the Big 12 Conference. The Big 12 is a Defensive Coordinator's nightmare (<i>nobody</i> is leading the nation in scoring Defense with Lincoln Riley in the conference) and TCU has had a couple of uncharacteristically below average seasons vs. these explosive Offenses. The big thing about Gary Patterson is his ability to adapt his 4-2-5 Defense to combat these Offenses and the RPO threats that have emerged this decade. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Patterson can easily get into the Odd Fronts, since he divorces his fronts from his coverages. He has been doing more of this lately and has tweaked some of his base coverages to stay ahead of what Offenses are trying to do with the Run-Pass Option. They did a very good job last season (great job except for the Oklahoma and West Virginia games), </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">holding seven opponents under 20 points despite a struggling Offense. If the Offense improves, they can be expected to battle Oklahoma and Texas at the top of the Big 12.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Purdue Offense is built around Heisman candidate Rondale Moore, who is a Percy Harvin clone. He is quick, fast, and like Percy, is extremely strong for his size and can accelerate from 0-60 like no one else in college football. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">He was an All-American as a Freshman last year with 2,215 all purpose yards, including 114 passes for 1,258 and 12 TD’s.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> He averaged over 10 yards a play every time he touched the ball. He has 13 catches for 220 yds and 1 TD already in 2019. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Senior QB Elijah Sindelar </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">has emerged as one of the leading passers in the nation. He </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">ore his ACL at the end of his Sophomore year and didn't play much last year as a Junior. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">Sindelar </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">has had consecutive 400 yard passing games, the first time a Purdue QB to do so since Drew Brees in 1998. He leads the nation in passing yards and is tied for 1st in TDs, but he has thrown 3 Ints, which is uncharacteristic for a Jeff Brohm Offense built on efficiency and eliminating mistakes. He had a mild concussion last week and is listed as a game-time decision. If he can't go, Jake Plummer (not related to <i>the</i> Jake Plummer) will get the start.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">The Base Personnel group for Purdue is 11 Personnel (1 RB, 1 TE, and then 3 WRs), with #89 Brycen Hopkins being another versatile piece in the Offense that makes this Offense go. He is a big (6'5" 245) and athletic H-Back who can effectively line up at TE, FB, or WR. He has 9 catches for 125 yards and 3 TDs so far this year and expects to be a focal point in the gameplan with all of the attention that will be given to Rondale Moore. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jeff Brohm said this about TCU's Defense (from Rivals Gold and Black </span><a href="https://purdue.rivals.com/news/purdue-boilermakers-football-first-look-vanderbilt-copy-8164" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">page</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">):</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is a very good TCU team. We will have our hands full with their defense. They have two really good defensive tackles and two really good cornerbacks. They move around, they shift their coverage. Their line movement concerns us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purdue has some real weapons but unfortunately they have one area of weakness that will be difficult to overcome: the Offensive Line. Brohm, like Petrino before him, loves to pound the ball with the running game to help create explosive plays in the Play-Action passing game, but the running game has not yet emerged this year. Sindelar has been effective on the QB Draw RPO, but more is needed from RB #40 Zander Horvath, who has 81 yards but only 3.0 yards per carry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purdue lost a 17-point lead to Nevada due to turnovers and their inability to run the ball. Sindelar must be able to protect the football better. Some of his mistakes can be attributed to getting happy feet because of protection issues. They were only sacked once vs. Nevada but gave up 7 TFLs in the run game. They improved and gave up 0 Sacks vs. Vanderbilt, but still had 6 TFLs, and those cause an Offense to get off-schedule in getting first downs. Purdue is inexperienced up front, with only two returning starters. Making matters worse is that Purdue's most experienced lineman, RG Matt McCann, was banged up last week and is questionable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I made a video of Purdue's explosive plays from the first two weeks of the 2019 season. You will notice that Jeff Brohm lines up #4 Rondale Moore and H-Back #89 Brycen Hopkins in a lot of different positions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Explosive plays can create even more explosive plays, especially with Tempo. If you notice the time on the clock, Purdue ran the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gadget play</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fast motion Fake Screen immediately right after another explosive play. If Brohm has the defense on its heels, he will not hesitate to strike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would expect Brohm to utilize 12 personnel sets more than he has so far</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to try to establish a running game vs. TCU and to help set up their Play-Action Passing game.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I expect to see</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> the Down play from a 12 personnel TE-Wing set that Brohm has run with much success in the past. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are some Key Plays and Red-Zone TDs from 2019 Purdue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TCU's base defense is a 4-2-5 Nickel, but I expect TCU to play some Dime ($2 is TCU's Dime player), with a 4-1 or 3-2 Front to help defend against the Pass and to give them an extra man on the perimeter to defend the Screen game that Brohm is known for. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If TCU can stop the Run in Dime personnel, it will be a very tough night for Purdue. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The advantage of playing a Dime front is that they will be able to play 3 over 2 to both sides of a 2x2 set and not give Rondale Moore room to operate in the boundary slot:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe Gary Patterson will look to take advantage of an inexperienced Purdue OL and heat them up, especially if the starting QB, Sindelar is not able to play. Patterson is known for his </span><a href="http://brophyfootball.blogspot.com/2009/07/tcu-nickel-blitz-coverage-concepts.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Man pressures</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: </span><a href="http://www.blitzology.com/2010/12/making-it-all-look-same.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Smokes</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.blitzology.com/2010/03/tcus-thunder-concept.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Bullets</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, and </span><a href="http://www.blitzology.com/2017/12/tcu-cover-1-dog.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Dogs</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">; but in recent years he has run more of the </span><a href="http://www.blitzology.com/2016/11/eagles-cover-2-zone-dog.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">2 High Zone Blitzes</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (this one would be easily effective pressure to blitz the formation vs. a 12 personnel TE-Wing set) and </span><a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/08/smoke-creepersimulated-pressure.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Creepers/Simulated Pressures</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to complement his pressure package.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When he is not bringing heat, expect Gary Patterson to take away his opponent's biggest strength and run some <a href="http://www.blitzology.com/2019/07/cover-1-double-1.html" target="_blank">Cover 1 Double #4</a> to bracket Rondale Moore. Coach Vass did a great job detailing how to double team a WR who lines up in multiple spots, which you will be guaranteed to see with #4 on Saturday night. TCU will also be prepared for motion from #4 and the Safeties will need to adjust who has the bracket and who has the deep Middle of the Field (MOF).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If TCU plays base coverage, they cannot be distracted by Rondale Moore and ignore their assignments, like Nevada did on the first video with #4 on fast motion and the Fake Screen play. TCU is very well-coached on the back end and their eye discipline will be key in preventing big plays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Playing Zone coverage and having extra eyes on Rondale Moore to help contain him on any short receptions will definitely be a part of the gameplan. Tackling will be a point of emphasis this week as Rondale Moore is a small, fast, and quick target who can make people miss; but he is also strong and powerful, so he can break tackles and stiff-arm foes with equal ease. Luckily for TCU, they get work trying to tackle Jalen Reagor everyday in practice, so I expect they should be able to minimize YAC (Yards After Catch) from Rondale Moore for the most part.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gary Patterson has had an extra week to prepare and he is well aware of what Purdue is trying to do with Rondale Moore, as he does many of the same things on TCU's Offense with Jalen Reagor<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">—</span>not only finding creative ways to get the football into his hands but using the threat of him to open up big-play opportunities for the rest of his teammates. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I find it a bit surprising that the Frogs are 3.5 point underdogs even though they are on the road. Purdue's loss to Nevada was made worse by Nevada getting trounced 77-6 by Oregon last week. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purdue was 5-2 when they rushed for more than 100 yards or more last year, but they were 1-5 when they failed to reach the century mark. This year they are 1-1 after failing to reach 100 yards in both games. They won't solve their problems up front in the Run game this week and despite the amazing Rondale Moore and Gary Patterson joking about TCU having 5 QBs still fighting for the starting job, the </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Frogs D will be too much. I am picking the Frogs to win by at least a TD. The game is at 7:30 pm EST on the Big Ten network.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A nice Red-Zone play to have in your back pocket for a big game is the Play-Action H-Sneak Throwback. The play starts out with a Play-Action fake and is designed to look like Waggle Smash to the frontside. The X WR or the TE to the backside will run a Pin route and try to take both the Corner and the near Safety with him. The Back will fake getting the hand-off and then slip through the line past the LB who will have him in man coverage in the Red Zone. He will run a Wheel route and he is the first read for the QB. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second read is to the H-Back, who will come in short motion to make it look like he is securing the edge for Play-Action Waggle. He will block the DE for a "1001, 1002," count and will generally be ignored by whoever has him in Man coverage. He will then run a 5-yard Drag. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Play-Action H-Sneak Throwback is a dangerous weapon to save for an important match-up. Clemson used this play in some big, big games with great success but they did not over-use it, which is vital in its effectiveness.</span><br />
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the regular Tunnel Screen but it provides good misdirection vs. teams using
their backside LB to chasing the pulling Guard on Power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is easy to run out of a 2x2 look but it
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Slot WR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teaching to the skill guys
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LB.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The LG will pull and block the DE.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Center will block back on the 2i like he does
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to freeze the Will LB, allowing the LT to get outside of him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mike LB shuffles outside, looking to
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this concept to the Trips side to the #2 WR who uses the old Jailbreak Screen
technique (3 steps up, retrace your steps and work back to the QB).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The #1 WR still blocks #1, the #3 WR blocks
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1 WR side with the H-Back kicking out #1, the CB, and the RT working up the
Alley to get #2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The RT got a good
kick-out and the WR worked off his block up the Alley after catching the football.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They faked the Power Read off the Jet action for
added misdirection and is a nice wrinkle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A coaching point that you can use on Screens to the single WR vs. a Press
Corner is that the WR can push-off since the ball is caught behind the LOS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unbalanced look by Auburn as they fake same-side Power before throwing the
Screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The QB flashes the ball, quickly
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Play 5: Western Kentucky runs
this out of a 2x2 look again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This play can
be tough to run if the #2 defender is wide and close to the LOS and he almost
blows this play up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The LT does a good
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and 20 and get some good yardage vs. soft coverage from a compressed 2x2 look
that they love to run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The WR needs to do
a better job of blocking the CB.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Center can’t worry about not getting a piece of the 3 tech and needs to quickly
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Power Screen is a nice
constraint play to complement your Power and Power Read plays and can be run
out of different formations and motions to keep Defenses off-balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have any questions, hit me up on
Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryHoover">@BarryHoover</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I recently did a post on the <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/07/fire-3-simulated-pressure.html" target="_blank">Fire 3 Creeper/Simulated Pressure</a> which is an edge pressure coming from the Field
or wide-side. Smoke is the same pressure
from the Boundary, or short-side of the field.
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and coverages to help coaches who are looking to install Creepers and Sim
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Pressures are pressures that brings a non-traditional rusher (a LB or DB) in
exchange for dropping a traditional rusher (DL). These “extra safe” pressures only requires 4
rushers and they </span><a href="http://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/06/origin-of-simulated-pressures.html"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">do not sacrifice
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">First, let’s talk about 5-0 Fronts. They are great for forcing teams into
Big-On-Big protections. Once you know a
team’s protection adjustment, you can pinpoint and specifically attack a small
area of that protection with a 4 man Simulated Pressure that overloads it and still
leaves you in base coverage with 7 droppers.
Rex Ryan had this in his playbook as a Creeper and called it Odd Ram
Pack, but he is notorious for simulating pressure and stressing protections and
QBs by walking up defenders. You can run
Smoke from a base look as a Creeper but running it as a Simulated Pressure from
a 5-0 Front will help it to get to the QB in passing situations.</span></div>
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easy adjustment from the Mint Front with the Mike LB walking up on the
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simple adjustment from a 40 Front. TCU
calls this front Outlaw with both DTs lined up <i>outside</i> the Guards. Now, you simply Mug the Mike over the Center
to create the 5-0 Front. This is a good
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Rice. Dave Aranda has LSU in the 5-0 Front
shown above with the Mike mugged up on the Center. The QB sees the pressure coming, panics
because there is no “Hot” throw like there is vs. a traditional Fire Zone, and
then scrambles, where he is quickly tackled by the Mike LB. I see an inordinate amount of QB scrambles on
film from Sim Pressures. They don’t
always result in a Sack, but forcing a QB scramble with 7 zone defenders behind
it is generally a win for the Defense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and 10 and are in a 3-2 Dime look. They
create a 7-man look with a Mug by both LBs over the Guards and two DBs in Press
alignment before the motion that the Offense must respect as potential rushers. The OL looks to be in a 6-man ½ man, ½ slide Protection
with the Back check-releasing. The OL
slides in the direction of the blitz and the LB over the Guard takes a small
step as well to get the Guard’s attention before he decides to help the Center
on the NT. The DE takes two steps
forward before slanting inside so the Guard doesn’t see him right away. This small detail helps to get an unblocked
defender and a good hit on the QB, even though it results in a completion. The reason for the completion is that both
Hook defenders dropped in the same direction, leaving the Back uncovered where
the Hook player should have been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the blitz and the DB to the Field is threatening the edge before getting back
outside in his Rip-Liz coverage. It
looks like 5-0 protection with the Back check-releasing. The DE has a 2-way Go on the Guard, who
whiffs. The DB rushing off the edge has pass
rush contain and can’t peek inside like he does here, but he does draw the
Holding call when he works to get back outside.
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with a LB walked up off the weak edge.
This 5-man look puts the Eagles in Big-on-Big protection with the Back
and TE check-releasing. The DE beats the
Guard and the Will LB is outside where he should be in pass rush contain. They get the QB to the ground as he gets off
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are simulating pressure from a 6-man Front.
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Ravens, but now they are in Quarters coverage and they get an INT off the Boot Play-Action. The LBs do a great job of looking up the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been studying Creepers and Simulated Pressures all summer, but I have to admit that I have not really known the difference between the two. </span><a href="file:///D:/Dropbox/Website%20Articles/Creepers%20vs.%20Simulated%20Pressures.docx#_Hlk16279515" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two similar concepts are not new to football</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> but they are very new to the majority of us coaches who are looking to install them for the first time. There is little universal terminology in football but if we are to adopt some terminology, it might as well be from those who are the best in the business at using these concepts. LSU DC Dave Aranda and Alabama DC Pete Golding are two of the best at running these replacement pressures and they were both mentored by the same person, ULL DC Ron Roberts. I need to give a big thank you to the great </span><a href="https://twitter.com/RonRobertsFB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@CoachRonRoberts</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for taking the time to helping me to learn the difference between the two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Creeper does not show pressure pre-snap. A Simulated Pressure shows pressure pre-snap. That’s it. One is a base look, one is showing pressure. Further, and this blew my mind a little bit when Coach Roberts explained it, a pressure call can be both a Creeper and a Simulated Pressure. Take a look at the </span><a href="https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7377/fire-3-simulated-pressure" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fire 3</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> pressure diagrams I recently wrote about to see the difference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Everyone’s assignment is the same except the Simulated Pressure is showing the additional threat of the mugged LBs in the A gaps. Ron Roberts says this in his article <a href="http://www.ronrobertsfootball.com/Blog/7282019-simulated-pressurecreepers">Simulated Pressure/Creepers</a>: “In my eyes a Simulated Pressure is giving the illusion of bringing 6 and only rushing 4 (hence the term Simulated Pressure b/c you are Simulating Pressure).” This pressure has 7 potential rushers (six on the LOS plus the $ off the edge) that the OL must try to account for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ron Roberts says this about Creepers: “You can do it out of an Odd front and bring a 4th designated rusher and play coverage or you can do it out of a 4 Down look and bring a rusher that is not in the front and drop one of the 4 Down into coverage. With the RPO system there are benefits of dropping a first level defender into coverage b/c the QB does not account for him.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had a Coach and friend of mine ask me recently if he should install Sim Pressures if he wasn’t seeing much Drop-back Pass. I would still utilize some Sim Pressure looks when I could but Creepers out of your base look would be the way to go if you were not seeing that much Drop-back Pass. You are still getting movement with the Creepers and bringing a guy off edge vs. the Run. Or, you can bring an ILB and get to Over/Under front from a 3 man front. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Florida Tech DC Brian Vaughn (<a href="http://www.blitzology.com/">Blitzology</a>) also has separate category for his Creepers than his Simulated Pressures. He explained to me that his Creepers aren’t pressures as much as they are a way to get into a 4 man front and get movement to attack certain run concepts. The originator of Creepers and Simulated Pressures, Bill Arnsparger, talked about this in his classic book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1574441620/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1574441620&linkCode=as2&tag=coachsfoot-20&linkId=7a91cd82a5877b32593ca76e4b76a123">Coaching Defensive Football</a>. Let’s take a look at creating Over and Under from a 3 man Front. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is easy to install your Creepers first if you face mostly run-heavy teams and then when facing a passing team, you can simply mug and walk your LBs up on the LOS to run those same concepts as Simulated Pressures to manipulate protection and get the ball out of the QB’s hand quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both Creepers and Simulated Pressures have a place in your Defensive package and they can be run out of multiple fronts with minimal changes for your guys to learn. If you have questions, hit me up me on Twitter at </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BarryHoover" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@BarryHoover</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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Coach Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861382381553147719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010549144704922204.post-17137350241938111162019-07-03T18:24:00.003-07:002019-08-09T17:32:51.900-07:00Coach Vass<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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dropping a traditional rusher (DL). The
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require any additional rushers. This
means they do not sacrifice coverage in pressuring Offenses by getting to the
QB and disrupting the run game. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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familiar with the idea of Creepers and Simulated Pressures, although they are
not a new concept, as I have discovered in my research from my last article, </span><a href="http://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/06/origin-of-simulated-pressures.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">Origin of Simulated
Pressures</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">. I will talk about
how to run these pressures from multiple fronts and from different pre-snap
looks and bluffs to help coaches who are beginning to install Creepers and Sim
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">If Creepers and Sim Pressures
are not new, why are they just now becoming popular? Offenses are much better today than they were
years ago. High school DCs used to be
able to just blitz all their LBs, play Cover 0, and cause mayhem; but Offenses
were soon able to exploit these pressures and hurt Defenses with big
plays. Defenses knew they needed a safer
way to bring pressure, so Fire Zones became the weapon of choice as Defenses
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Offenses and QBs today are now better trained to exploit Fire Zone pressures
and are able to take advantage of the gaps in zone coverage due to Defenses always
being one man short in coverage. There
is still a place for Fire Zones, but Defenses realized that they would need to
be able to pressure Offenses and still play coverage with 7 defenders. This is the benefit of the Creeper and Simulated
Pressure concepts, which are able to do this by specifically attacking
protections with only a four-man rush.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I will talk about is Fire 3. It is a
simple but very effective concept in bringing the Strong Safety off the edge
player and dropping off the boundary DE/OLB Hybrid player. It is a versatile concept that can any scheme
as it can be run out of different fronts and coverages. This pressure is generally run with Cover 3,
but I have seen LSU run it playing Cover 1, Cover 2, Cover 2 Tampa, Cover 4,
and Cover 6 (Quarter, Quarter, Half).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #14171a; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. Clemson - the first cut-up
is the pick-six by Clemson vs. Alabama in the first drive in last year’s
championship game. The pressure causes a
quick throw without a read by the QB. Note: the middle Safety is actually rolling to deep 1/2 here so this is not Cover 3. This is why the Corner is able to flat-foot read and jump the Flat route. Great disguise by Clemson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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his Defense and repeatedly said that you must, “give your players the tools to
be successful.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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rules, allowing the CB to press and be more aggressive on #1. The CB can disregard the #2 WR since the FS
will carry the vertical of #2. To the
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<span style="background: white; color: #14171a; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. LSU – like I mentioned in my last article on
Sim Pressures, these pressures cause a large amount of QB scrambles, as their
normal hot throws are not there, nor are there any holes in coverage like you
would see from 5-man Fire Zone pressures.
The result is a Sack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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way, resulting in a QB scramble and incompletion. The short distance for the $ to blitz makes
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #14171a; line-height: 107%;">The Fire 3 Sim Pressure is easy to run and very effective. If you have questions, feel free to ask me on Twitter at </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/BarryHoover"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">@BarryHoover</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #14171a; line-height: 107%;">.</span></span></div>
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Coach Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861382381553147719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010549144704922204.post-21619691107423457352019-06-10T09:03:00.000-07:002019-07-15T12:39:09.909-07:00Origin of Simulated Pressures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Simulated Pressures have been all the rage this off-season as the newest innovation in football, but how new are they? I dug deep into some old film and many old playbooks to investigate this question. I will veer off and talk a little football history along the way, so I hope you don't mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is a Simulated Pressure? It is pressure that brings a non-traditional rusher (a LB or DB) in exchange for dropping a traditional rusher (DL). They are generally 4 man pressures, although they can also be 5 man pressures by "adding" the rusher assigned to cover the Running Back when he blocks.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sim Pressures are similar to Fire Zones, except that a Fire Zone brings 5 rushers, leaving you one short in coverage. Former Miami Dolphins DC Bill Arnsparger is credited for inventing the Fire Zone, which he termed as "safe pressure," a phrase that stuck with long-time Steelers DC Dick LeBeau, who popularized the concept in the NFL. Fire Zones are usually run with 3 Deep defenders with 3 underneath defenders (normal Cover 3 has 4 underneath defenders), but can also be run with 2 Deep defenders and 4 underneath defenders (normal Cover 2 has 5 underneath defenders). Fire Zones are effective when the pressure gets there but they always leave you one man short in coverage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">ULL Safeties Coach Patrick Toney said this in the X&O Labs article on </span><a href="https://www.xandolabs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3629:simulated-pressure-system-case-1-devising-pressure-patterns-to-manipulate-protections&catid=132&Itemid=161" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Simulated Pressures</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">: “Most talented and well coached quarterbacks are good enough to take advantage of the weaknesses of fire-zone coverage. But if your skill doesn’t match theirs, how do you pressure the quarterback when your front four can’t? We had to find a better option to get to the quarterback another way.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fire Zones are generally safe protecting the deep ball but they have some holes underneath. If they can still be considered "safe" pressures," then Simulated Pressures would have to be classified as "extra safe" or "no worries" pressure. Simulated Pressures overload protection and attack them in precise ways; sometimes getting a free runner, but more often getting the most favorable one-on-one match-up possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think a benefit of Sim Pressures will be that they force high school DCs to be better at attacking protections and finding the best match-ups. High schools do attack protections but if you are only bringing four, you have to make sure you even more exact in what you dial up. DCs like Dave Aranda are getting really good at manipulating protections in today's game, and you will see how this concept of manipulating protection develops through the years in studying the Sim Pressures in these playbooks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cody Alexander said this in his article on <a href="https://matchquarters.com/2019/03/01/simulated-pressures-from-a-positionless-defense/" target="_blank">Sim Pressures from a Positionless Defense (2019 Sugar Bowl)</a>: "Everyone on the O-line has a man and must honor that man. Once the ball is snapped, the simulated pressure uses this to its advantage. Most of the pressures shown in the article use long sticking and mugged ‘backers to 'waste' O-linemen."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Mug" looks force the OL to account for all 5 rushers on the LOS and good DCs have a number of ways to manipulate protection, waste blockers, and get effective pressure without stressing or sacrificing coverage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know for a fact that Sim Pressures have been around for a little while because Florida used to run the basic Nickel off the edge Field Sim Pressure, which they called Field Rock. Chuck Heater had a Florida Defense Install video that he gave out at a clinic in 2008 that had the pressure on there. Coaching Defense was so much easier back then, you ran Under Orange (Man-Free) vs. the I Formation and made sure you fitted it up. You then added some Fire Zones from Nickel on 3rd Down along with a couple of Man Pressures and you were good to go. Those were the days. Today's Offenses are a major pain in the butt to defend with the rise of the Spread, RPOs, better trained QBs, multiple personnel, and tempo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first playbook I researched was Rex Ryan's 2010 Jets Playbook and it had 16 pages of Sim Pressures which I put together into the embedded .pdf file below. Under Wasp Sting and Under Bee Sting don't fit the mold of what we think of these pressures being 3rd and Long calls. Rex Ryan wanted an 8 man box on 1st and 2nd Down and he wanted to move the DL and fire a LB to disrupt Offenses and try to get a TFL. He also dropped off the weak DE to get the full 7 men into coverage. Max Blow 55 is a much-copied pressure with the ILBs crossing and hitting the A gaps and the DTs widening on Contain rush with 2 Man coverage behind it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rex did a brilliant job of varying his Fronts and Coverages with his Sim Pressures. Odd Ram Pack brings the boundary OLB with Cover 6 (Quarter, Quarter, Halves) behind it. Muff (Mike walked on LOS to the Field) Double Field is 2 Man, but with the boundary Corner dropping to Deep 1/2. 46 Zorro is a Bear Front with Cover 3. It seemed as if the exotic 2 Man fronts were starting to become popular at this time and Rex used this with Cover 1 Rat coverage in Show Blow 1 Rat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Note: Fritz Shurmur helped popularize these 2 Man fronts according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/31/sports/fritz-shurmur-67-a-coach-of-innovative-nfl-defenses.html" target="_blank">this</a> N.Y. Times article after his death in 1999: "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1989 with the Rams, when both outside linebackers were injured, he improvised a 2-5 defense using one or two down linemen and filling in with ever-changing alignments of linebackers and defensive backs." Actually he did it earlier, as we will see later.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stack Clubs Dbl Open used the 3-3 Stack with a Choke side (one Deep Safety playing Deep 1/2 help over the top vs. the opponent's best WR). Stack Hearts Dbl Closed was a similar concept with the DL slanting to the Closed (TE) side. 3-2 Jacks Dbl Open is a 3-2 Dime with a Choke side over top and a Swipe side providing help underneath to the opposite side. I really love this package and when combined with Fire Zones and 6+ man pressures, you can see why they led the NFL in Defense in 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sim Pressures were a big part of the 2010 Jets playbook but I wanted to see how far I could go back and still find them in Defensive Playbooks. I was still hungry for more Rex Ryan, so I went back a few years to possibly the greatest PowerPoint in the world, which became accessible to mortal high school coaches in 2005, the <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5aZCUsARsqsMzFlYmRkNWUtM2EzZi00MDFkLWI2NzItMjM3NTNiMzNlMzIy" target="_blank">2005 Ravens 3-4 Defense</a> from Mike Pettine, under DC Rex Ryan. High school coaches were freaking out for years over this beautifully designed masterpiece. It had been a while since I looked at it, but I was disappointed to find only one Sim Pressure. The PowerPoint was only 50 slides long so I had only a small part of the playbook. I had to go farther back and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">keep searching</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next place I looked was in the 1997 Panthers Defense with Fire Zone guru Dom Capers and Vic Fangio. This Zebra Stunt on the first page below is something to stop and take a look at. If you are looking at all these Sim Pressures and trying to figure what to call of these concepts, it can be a bit overwhelming. The Zebra Stunt allows you to run your same Fire Zones and tag one guy to drop to make it a 4 man rush Sim Pressure. Pretty easy. If I was a big Fire Zone guy and wanted to get started in the Sim Pressure world without changing too much, this is how I would do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Smoke 8 had a lot of variations of how to move the Front and where to blitz the SS to the Closed side. Load Indian 2 or 3 is double edge pressure (Double Smoke for you TCU guys) with one DT on the Back and the other as a Hook dropper. The Offense will waste 3 guys (Center and both Guards) on the DTs while the OTs and the Backs/TEs have to try to block two wide rushers on each side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The coaching points for the 4-3 DEs are huge on any edge pressures. They need to run through the middle of the OT and engage him before slanting inside to the B gap. If the DE just slants inside to the B gap, the Guard can pick him up and the OT can pick up the edge rusher. Also, there is a <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2011/07/manny-diaz-fire-zones.html" target="_blank">Run to Daylight</a> reference here with the DEs being taught to keep going one more gap if the Guard is there to try to block you in the B gap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 1997 Jets Defense featured the brilliant duo of Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. First, take a look 4-3/4-4 Thunder/Lightning Skim/Sky Zone. Skim means an A gap blitz inside and Sky is bringing the Force player off the edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">43 33 Rock & Roll is an edge pressure that is always to the passing strength except vs. Double Left formation, which could be set to the wide side of field. Under Tiger Zone is the NCAA blitz that has become a popular Sim Pressure. It also adds some coverage variation to their Sim Pressure package with some Quarters and Cloud Cover 2. Over Reduced Simpson/Winston Zone is a simple edge pressure with a Cloud Force to the pressure side, except vs. Twins. This would allow the edge rusher to be a Spill player since he has a Force player outside of him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Under Toby Nose 44 and Under Opie Nose 44 are the same pressure out of two different fronts with the 3 interior DL shaded either to the TE or Open side. Eagle Nose Zone is the same pressure out of what is commonly referred to as the Bear Front or 46 Defense. Bear Nose Zone is the same as Eagle Nose Zone with the strong DE in a 9 technique instead of a 6 technique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Out of curiosity I wanted to look at the 1996 Dolphins Defense Playbook with Head Coach Jimmy Johnson and DC Dave Wannestedt. 47 Nickel 3 Dog Stay is an edge pressure with a Cloud Force player to that side, allowing the Nickel rusher to be a Spill player. The coverage rolls to 3 Cloud Strong. This a good call to the strong side but the Dime to the weak side is in conflict being a weak B gap player and the weak Flat player.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">47 Buck 3 Dog Stay (Invert) drops the NT in a 2i to the Weak Hook and brings the Buck LB into the vacated A gap (although the playbook says he can also rush the B or C gap). The coverage rolls to Cover 3 Strong with the down Safety dropping into the Strong Hook zone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 1994 Eagles Defense playbook from Bud Carson was one of my favorites to study although it didn't have much in terms of the simulated pressures. The Run Keys section for the DL and LBs is very thorough and the Fundamentals for each position and for coordinating Run Force are extremely detailed. He is one of the best ever and he enjoyed great success with a number of teams, not just with the Steelers and the famed Steel Curtain. The 1976 Steeler Defense averaged less than 10 points a game and is considered by many to be the best unit in league history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is much of this content in the 1997 Jets playbook of Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. The Sky and Skim Zones are the same and have the same "Swap" and "Colt" adjustments. Nickel 32 Sky Option is Nickel 33 Rock & Roll from the 97 Jets playbook with the exact same rules. I am not sure of the connection between Parcells and Carson. Parcells came to the league with a lot of college experience and became a DC quickly after only two seasons in the NFL, working under Fritz Shurmur in 1980, his last season as a position coach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 1992 49ers Defense with Head Coach George Seifert and DC Bill McPherson was very long (612 pages) and detailed in terms of coverages, which I expected from George Seifert, who implemented a Dime defense to beat Dan Marino and the Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX in one of the most impressive defensive performances in Super Bowl history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fever Cover Zoro is a Bear Front pressure bringing both of the 3 techniques and two rushers off the edge. There are plenty of defenders to stuff the run and it looks like a heavy pressure look but only brings 4 rushers. The Rush Zones shows some examples of Sim Pressures and a reference to Charles Haley who had left for the Cowboys in 1992, but this section is a bit confusing and I am not a fan of how this playbook is set up. Nickel Zone is an edge pressure dropping off the DE to the backside of the pressure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fritz Shurmur spent 8 pages in his 1985 Rams Defense Playbook to talk about his Eagle - Zone Sim Pressure. This is similar to the 46 Defense that Buddy Ryan made famous this very same year, but if you look carefully, it is actually a 2-5 Defense. The only DL in this front are the two 3 technique DTs. Fritz Shurmur wrote a book on it in 1993, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096247794X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=coachsfoot-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=096247794X&linkId=4f9882029b430b8dc962d6bb1a273f95" target="_blank"><i>The Eagle Five-Linebacker Defense</i></a>. (Note: <a href="https://taylorblitztimes.com/2012/04/11/fritz-shurmurs-eagle-defense-the-birthplace-of-the-zone-blitz/" target="_blank">here</a> is a good article on the his Eagle Five-Linebacker Defense, although it was already in the playbook years before before people took notice of its success in 1989. I don't agree with the title of the article, "<i>The Birthplace of the Zone Blitz,</i>" as Tim Layden had detailed in his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MY4D4O/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004MY4D4O&linkCode=as2&tag=coachsfoot-20&linkId=2b1464fdf677bbad7c8b360e1eb76b91" target="_blank"><i>Blood, Sweat, and Chalk</i></a> how Bill Arnsparger had already invented the Zone Blitz with the Miami Dolphins in 1971, dropping the first-ever hybrid player, DE Bob Matheson,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> into coverage and bringing two other rushers.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He is dropping the NB (Nose Backer) and the B (Backer) lined up head up or inside shade of the TE. He is bringing both 3 tech DTs and both OLBs, who are Force players. Trips Formation causes some adjustments. The SS, who lines up in a "4" alignment, head-up on the OT, will come out of the box and line up to the Trips side and be the Curl-Flat to the passing strength side. An "Off" call is made to let the "R" OLB know that he will not blitz and instead be the Curl-Flat player weak. Then, a Lex or Rex call is made for the NB to loop around and become the pass rush Contain player to that side. The DT to the side of the Lex or Rex call will come inside to the A gap as it is drawn. Page 5 shows the adjustment vs. Trips Left (Fly), which is a Split Pro Pro Formation with the Back motioning to Trips. The Safeties will rock and roll and switch normal responsibilities. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That is quite a few moving parts but Fritz Shurmur made it work obviously. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the earliest Sim Pressure I could find. The $ is a LB and the X is a DE in the other diagrams, so they are bring a non-traditional rusher and dropping a traditional rusher, making it a Sim Pressure. The DC of this Defense will remain nameless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was hoping to find an older playbook copy of a Sim Pressure than this one. I checked older playbooks from Bill Arnsparger, George Allen, Dick Nolan, and everybody else I had. If anybody would like to share an earlier playbook than 1977 with a Sim Pressure in there, please email me at gunrun73@gmail.com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I finally discovered that the origin of Simulated Pressures is the same as that of the Zone Blitz, Bill Arnsparger. Chris Brown said in his 2012 article, <a href="https://grantland.com/features/dick-lebeau-evolution-coverage-tactics-zone-blitz/">Controlled Chaos: </a><a href="https://grantland.com/features/dick-lebeau-evolution-coverage-tactics-zone-blitz/">How the evolution of zone-blitz coverages has defined modern defense</a>: "Many of the earliest zone blitzes Arnsparger called in Miami were not actually 'blitzes' as we think of them now. The Dolphins would rush only four players in total, simply swapping out a rushing linebacker for a zone-dropping defensive lineman. As a result, these defenses were just as sound against the pass as zone defenses that <a href="http://smartfootball.com/passing/attacking-coverages-in-the-passing-game">had been run for the past 50</a> or so years."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sim</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Pressures will explode in popularity this year at all levels of football, and they will be a powerful weapon to help even the ongoing war against Offenses. This chess match will evolve next with OCs having to be more diverse with protections and especially with checks vs. specific blitz looks, since DCs are targeting those protections with precise strikes in their Sim Pressure package.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have recently added gamefilm that you can download </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(top left of page)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as well as drill videos to the Position Drills & Fundy's folder on my Google Drive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">History will reveal that not only was he an </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">underrated genius, but that </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">he was the most important Defensive Coach in the history of the game of football. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I discovered that he was not only the originator of the Fire Zone, but he also originated the <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/06/origin-of-simulated-pressures.html" target="_blank">Simulated Pressures</a> that many coaches are just now discovering how powerful of a weapon they are against modern Offenses. Bud Wilkinson is credited with inventing the 3-4 Defense but Arnsparger was the first to win a Super Bowl with the 3-4 Defense. He was also the first to create the Hybrid 3-4 front that is very common today. He coached in 5 of the first 8 Super Bowls and his Dolphins Defense gave up 0 points in Super Bowl VII for the NFL's only perfect team (17-0 record) and only surrendered 7 points in Super Bowl VIII. He was the architect of the famed "No Name Defense" and the Killer B's" with the Miami Dolphins and his defenses at Miami ranked 1st or 2nd in the NFL for fewest points allowed for 9 of his 11 seasons in Miami. He hired Steve Spurrier while he was the AD at Florida. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> He was the HC at LSU for 3 years and won 2 SEC titles. He went to the Super Bowl in his last season as the DC for the Chargers in 1994. Finally, he wrote arguably the best book ever written on Defense, </span><i style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1574441620/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1574441620&linkCode=as2&tag=coachsfoot-20&linkId=7a91cd82a5877b32593ca76e4b76a123" target="_blank">Coaching Defensive Football</a></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is often confusion about the different types of reads in the Shotgun Running game that I wanted to talk about and clarify. I will be talking about </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Zone, Power, and Counter</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and these </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">four primary read tags off of those concepts: Read, Flash, Bash, and Toss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Read" by definition means that the QB will be reading the backside DE or EMLOS (end man on line of scrimmage) to the play. So, "Zone </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Left </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Read" means I am reading the DE on the right. Read is used so much as a tag on the Zone play that many coaches don't even use the tag anymore. So when I call "Zone Left," it is an automatic read. The Double Teams are so gorgeous on these two clips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Technically, it is incorrect to use the Read tag with the play everyone refers to as "<a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/05/origin-of-power-read.html" target="_blank">Power Read</a>," because you are not reading the backside DE. It can more accurately be named Power Flash (Flash - frontside sweep). It really is in its own category as there is no other Gun option concept with a frontside read. The only exception to this is if you run your Inside Zone as a t</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rue Inside Veer play. We used to call this play "Posse," for Power + Sweep. Look at the first cut-up and the finish on the block by my Center on the play. Beautiful. Let me wipe the tear from my eye and move on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bash stands for "Backside Sweep" and this one gets people confused sometimes. You can run Bash on the backside of just about any QB run you can think of from the Gun, like QB Wedge. In my last post on <a href="https://coachhoover.blogspot.com/2019/05/origin-of-power-read.html" target="_blank">The Origin of Power Read</a>, I described how the first time I thought I saw Power Read was by Texas A & M in their 2006 bowl game, only the play was actually Q Zone Bash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His situation at Florida was completely opposite and atypical. Meyer had guys in the backfield like Percy Harvin, Chris Rainey, and Jeff Demps who could <i>fly, </i>but weren't as good at running it inside. He had </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tim Tebow</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at QB, who could run it outside but was best equipped to do the heavy lifting inside. Q Hammer Bash was a perfect play for that Offense and it led to a Heisman Trophy in 2007 for Tebow and a second National Championship for Meyer in 2008.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Q Hammer Bash was probably my favorite play as an OC in the crazy year of 2014, being handed the job in mid-season after coaching the Defensive Line the first half of the year. A key to this play is that your Center must be able to block back on the 3 tech, and I was blessed with a very good Center who could do that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next two Bash plays were something new we developed in 2014 to attack the 3-4 and the Mint front or <a href="https://matchquarters.com/2016/10/10/the-3-4-tite-front/" target="_blank">Tite front</a> (0 tech Nose and two 4i's) that is so popular today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Q Nail Bash was a unique way for us to tweak Counter and run it vs the 3-4. My Tackles did a great job of wrapping on Hammer (Counter G-T) so I wanted to keep that the same, and my H-Back was a glorified Guard, so why not have him Kick Out? It worked out great and it allowed us to still run our Hammer play with minimal changes up front.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the newest tag in the Shotgun Run Game and it is lethal. The first time I had ever seen this play on film was Auburn vs. Alabama in the 2014 Iron Bowl, although I didn't realize it at first. I had watched that film quite a few times and thought it was just a simple Toss to the Back, but </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">after Clemson started making the tag popular beginning in 2016 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I finally noticed the pull of the backside Guard and realized it was a read concept (this is the first cut-up in the video below). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wish I had known of Toss earlier. When I was an Offensive Coordinator in 2014, I ran a ton of Posse and Hammer Bash. I had a good Back and teams would scheme us and have the DE or OLB away from the Back come upfield hard to make our QB keep it. Toss allows you to run option concepts to either side of the Back and makes it much harder on defenses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope this post clarifies your understanding of Shotgun Read Tags and gives you some ideas for the upcoming season. A future post may include the Stretch and Dart run concepts, as well as the Lock, Midline, Shovel, and Triple read tags; but my next few posts will focus on Defense and look at the Simulated Pressures and Creepers that are becoming extremely popular in today's game.</span><br />
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The topic of the origin of the Power Read play came up recently and I will investigate the beginnings of this play that has become a powerful weapon in the Spread Offense this past decade. Brandon Lechtenberg was a recent guest on USA Football's podcast, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deep-dive-on-defense-defending-rpos-with-brandon-lechtenberg" target="_blank">Deep Dive on Defense</a> with Chris Vasseur (if you haven't checked this out yet, you are really missing out with my man <a href="https://twitter.com/coachvass?lang=en" target="_blank">Coach Vass</a> killing it). Coach Lech told the story of how his brother, Adam Lechtenberg, was the first one to suggest the idea to run Power Read while he was a G.A. at TCU in 2009. TCU unveiled the play in a stunning win vs. Clemson early in the 2009 season. QB Andy Dalton was the leading rusher for TCU in that game with 19 carries for 86 yards and he had a lot of key 3rd Down conversions with the Power Read play. TCU also featured this play in their epic Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin that year.<br />
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Chris Brown at <a href="http://smartfootball.com/" target="_blank">Smart Football</a> noticed this new phenomenon right away and wrote this excellent work on <a href="http://smartfootball.com/defending-spread/tcus-inverted-veer-option#sthash.hTGTOdxA.RJO200UX.dpbs" target="_blank">TCU's Inverted Veer Option</a> detailing the Inverted Veer or Power Read play that TCU shocked Clemson with. Chris Brown and Matthew Brophy at <a href="http://brophyfootball.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cripes! Get Back to Fundamentals</a> have always been the godfathers of the football blogs, largely because they were so sharp at detecting new trends in the game of football and they could explain things so well. Chris re-visited the play not too long ago here with <a href="http://smartfootball.com/offense/the-evolution-of-the-inverted-veerpower-read-and-of-alabama-and-clemsons-newest-wrinkle-the-toss-read#sthash.ogVYGUsl.dpbs" target="_blank">The Evolution of the Power Read Play...and of Alabama and Clemson's Newest Wrinkle, the "Toss Read."</a> </div>
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From Andy Dalton to Cam Newton to RG3 to Lamar Jackson, Power Read has been the bread-and-butter running play for three Heisman winners and in a short period of time it has played a key role in helping to shape recent college football history:</div>
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Chris noted on Twitter that we are nearing the 10-year anniversary of the play but I mentioned that I saw someone run this play earlier. The first time I remembered seeing this play ran was with Texas A&M vs. Cal in the Holiday Bowl on December 28, 2006. I realized this play was unique and I posted on <a href="http://coachhuey.com/" target="_blank">Coach Huey</a> about it and asked if anybody else had seen it and knew anything about it. </div>
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I used to record a lot of TV games on VCR and study the game that way because coaching film was scarce back then. I remember being at my Dad's house and kicking myself for not having recorded it after seeing that one play. The recent podcast and Twitter discussion led me to go back and see the play again after 12 years, but I was not able to find the All-22 film for that game. However, I did find the game on YouTube, and I finally found the play I was looking for:</div>
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Only it <i>wasn't</i> the play I was looking for. This play wasn't Power Read! It was Q Zone Bash, with Bash meaning "backside sweep" for the RB. Well, I felt pretty dumb for being wrong about the play<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">—</span>there wasn't even a pulling Guard for it to be confused with Power up front. TCU must have been the first come up with the play in 2009. </div>
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Then, laying in bed later that night it hit me that I might have accidentally came up with this play myself. This is my Coach Huey post from January 8, 2007, two years before it was ever run in Division 1 college football:</div>
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The play looked just like QB Power, which had me thinking that was the concept they ran up front, only there was nobody kicking out the DE. The QB read the DE on the Q Zone Bash just like Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson read it today on Power Read. He even rode the mesh for a step before pulling it and hitting it frontside and downhill.<br />
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I have recently added a number of new files to my Google Drive as well as some new Folders: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18igUB4qvIZ-G0qO72yO1MGc66ZlFeZfZ?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Film (2018)</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_2mO3YMuL737xaaWy1hR4hSvcK05jMEp?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Twitter cut-ups</a>. I will upload some new game film every couple of weeks and the new twitter folder has lots of great videos I downloaded from <a href="https://twitter.com/coachdancasey?lang=en" target="_blank">@CoachDanCasey</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesalight?lang=en" target="_blank">@JamesLight</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/coachadamgaylor?lang=en" target="_blank">@CoachAdamGaylor</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/fb_filmanalysis?lang=en" target="_blank">@FB_FilmAnalysis</a>, and many others. There are a lot of great ideas here that are on the cutting edge of the game of football. I am most likely taking the year off of coaching, so I hope to be able to post more often here in the near future. My next post will be a big project which I have been meaning to do for quite some time. It will define and help explain the different possible read tags in the Shotgun Running Game: Read, Bash, Toss, and others. After that, it will be a whole lot of Defense and Sim Pressures. Also, this is my 100th post, woo hoo!<br />
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