I, along with every other Aggie, absolutely love Chavis and I couldn't believe we took him from LSU. I knew at that moment Sumlin was ready to make A&M a true SEC team and I feel adding Chavis was a turning point for Sumlin in his coaching career.
As some of you know I do a weekly breakdown of the offense on these boards. I chose the offense back in 2014 because it was our first year post-Johnny and Mike, and I wanted to see how our offense would operate with a new QB and a new offensive system.
Fast-forward to when Chavis was hired and before I had a son, I had dreams of doing both the offense and defensive weekly breakdowns. To get a feel for Chavis, I started Googling him and I read any and every article I could about his defensive philosophy at LSU and what made his defenses so great.
Then I stumbled upon a coaching clinic website. It had a PowerPoint presentation detailing Chavis' 2002 Tennessee defensive playbook.
At the beginning of the PowerPoint, before the different alignments and blitzes, were a few slides on Chavis' coaching philosophies. It's no wonder why our defense (and LSU's old defenses) play so hard.
On tackling:
On turnovers:
On pursuing the ball:
And finally, his defensive philosophy:
I think Chavis is an outstanding leader and I feel like he's rubbed off on Sumlin. I know people have been discussing Sumlin's demeanor ad nauseam on these boards, and I've always agreed he came off (sometimes) as smug/confrontational/etc. I still think Sumlin has a bit of that attitude but I feel like his overall approach to the team has changed. His demeanor almost feel's Saban-like, focusing on the process and focusing on doing your job. I wonder where I've heard that before?
As some of you know I do a weekly breakdown of the offense on these boards. I chose the offense back in 2014 because it was our first year post-Johnny and Mike, and I wanted to see how our offense would operate with a new QB and a new offensive system.
Fast-forward to when Chavis was hired and before I had a son, I had dreams of doing both the offense and defensive weekly breakdowns. To get a feel for Chavis, I started Googling him and I read any and every article I could about his defensive philosophy at LSU and what made his defenses so great.
Then I stumbled upon a coaching clinic website. It had a PowerPoint presentation detailing Chavis' 2002 Tennessee defensive playbook.
At the beginning of the PowerPoint, before the different alignments and blitzes, were a few slides on Chavis' coaching philosophies. It's no wonder why our defense (and LSU's old defenses) play so hard.
On tackling:
On turnovers:
On pursuing the ball:
And finally, his defensive philosophy:
I think Chavis is an outstanding leader and I feel like he's rubbed off on Sumlin. I know people have been discussing Sumlin's demeanor ad nauseam on these boards, and I've always agreed he came off (sometimes) as smug/confrontational/etc. I still think Sumlin has a bit of that attitude but I feel like his overall approach to the team has changed. His demeanor almost feel's Saban-like, focusing on the process and focusing on doing your job. I wonder where I've heard that before?
