Agreed.CoachLB said:
I really do not see a lot of difference in our football opinions. I agree with everything football-wise you say. I think the only thing we may see differently is how we define "physical". I guess i just feel that in Texas high football today the focus on what used to be considered physical positions like LB has evolved into a position that requires the ability to run and cover more because of the high number of spread teams. Oklahoma against Georgia showed the sooner LBers and DB had no desire to step up and be physical against Georgia's running game. (They started running around blocks etc. Some defensive backs just avoided tackling Georgia's backs completely.) Because for the most part they had not seen it all year. Like I said Texas kids are tough. But being physical is a mindset. I have no doubt the sooner players have the toughness to be physical. But after a couple of quarters of play they no longer had the will to be physical. You and I both love the game. And I know by your posts you know the game. We just differ in how we see physical, that is all. And that is OK. Thanks for the good football conversion.
I'm having this discussion on another forum.
Since Randy Moss and Michael Irvin showed that guys who are 6'3 210 lbs can make multi-millions playing wide receiver, every 6'0 180 lb kid who would have played linebacker decided they wanted to be a wide receiver instead. The move from the run-n-shoot to the spread offense and Air Raid schemes in high school accelerated that movement. Every time the offense drops a lineman or end and adds a skill position player, the defense responds in kind. So you take the 6'180 lb kid who can't catch and put him at safety to match the extra wide receiver, and go from a 3-4 or 4-3 to a 3-5-3 or a 4-2-5.
I have a theory that you can see a slight drop in the number of linebackers on the lists of the top 100 recruits in the State each year over the past two decades, a drop which coincides with a rise in the number of safeties or LB/safety hybrids.
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