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Guys I posted this message here because i felt it woul dget viewed quicker. Just been named Def Coordinator at a new school. We have been a 4-3 team w/downhil lbers reading the window. My new head coach reads linemen with backers. Anyone with experience with this wanna pass along any advice?
Do what your head coach needs you to do. There's nothing to be gained by butting heads with a new head coach. Over time, as he gets to know you and understand your views, you may be able to start to move in another direction. But when it's all said and done you need to be cohesive as a staff--everyone needs to be on the same page so that the kids aren't getting different messages. Nothing tears a team's performance apart like having two coaches telling them to do two different things. If his methods are not working well, he'll be willing to change.
Ryan Kelly
Offensive Coordinator
Austin High School
Austin, MN
There is nothing that will show a man's true character like the 2 yard line.
That does not mean that reading only the linemen is passe in to todays game! To read only the OL is to not be up to date with more advanced and MORE SUCCESSFUL methods for today's game. We read THRU THE GUARDS TO THE BACKS, BUT LOCATE THE BALL AND DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT!!! False keys make it foolish to read only the OL, counter gap( counter trey) is the example I always use to best illustrate this. If the new HC is not an ego driven type, I'm sure he will listen to your
comments (notice I did not say your ARGUMENT). Approach him, use discretion, hope for a positive reaction from him. If not, just do as he asks.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
Coaches,
Thanks for your response. I wasnt asking about whether I should or should not do what he says, I was asking if anyne had experience reading linemen. Trust me, I am a coaches coach. The HC is the boss and thats no problem at all. But we have never read linemen. Just need some help on that...thanks again
I ALWAYS HAD A SAYING: "THE GUARDS ARE THE WINDOW'S TO THEIR SOUL" If the guards pulled, there went the ball to the perimeter. If they came straight ahead, here came the football. BUt, like I say with false keying that is not always accurate.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
I'm sorry coach, I totally misunderstood you. I was much like you--knowing a very attack-oriented down-hill type scheme with the LB's. I took a job as a LB coach in a system where we were a read and fill type of team. I was not sold on the scheme at first because it was quite complicated. But over time, I began to appreciate the soundness of it--as long as the kids played thier assignments. The key to this type of approach is the DT's. They have to be players so that they are demanding double teams more often than not. This will allow your LB's (especially inside LB's) to fill agressively. You have to make sure that your D line and your backers are working as a single unit, not as two. It may not be what you are running exactly, but the 20-Gap 44 defense is what we used, and it is very sound. You can find playbooks and diagrams that show you the read progressions on this...like I said, they are more complicated at first, but it really allows for each and every gap to be filled quite well. Sorry about the confusion.
Ryan Kelly
Offensive Coordinator
Austin High School
Austin, MN
There is nothing that will show a man's true character like the 2 yard line.
To respond to your original question, yes, I have coached my ILB's to read linemen. I've run the 4-2-5 for the past 20 years and teach my ILB's to get their initial read through the guards to the near back. We call it the "triangle" read. Since the guards are covered (most of the time) I teach the backers to look for where the guard's hat is being placed on the snap. Simply put...if the guard's hat is inside of your DT the get your eyes on the NB and expect the play at you (unless the backs give you full flow away then take away cutback). If the guard's hat is outside of your DT get your eyes on the NB and scrape hard. Yes, it's true some teams will try and false key (wing-t and double wing come to mind) but game planning prep will make you aware of it and ready for it. Also, we move our DT's around on every down, and our ILB's are always aligned at 4 yards from the LOS so they can make their reads and play downhill without getting caught up in the wash.
I have run the 4-2-5 for 20 plus years also on two different levels. I got my version from the "Dallas 42" and have made subtle changes over the years. Where did you get yours from?
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
I picked it up from Gary Patterson - HC at TCU - when he was cutting his teeth as a college assistant coach. Over the years I have tweeked a few things to make it simpler for the HS kids, but other than that I've kept things pretty much the same.
Post by Coast Union 33 on Apr 7, 2008 18:14:29 GMT
Mike reads the triangle
Willy backer reads EMLOS and how he blocks his defensive end through to near back
Sam backers has got to read some TE to keep from being down blocked or a combo of TE and Tackle
I always drilled them as different reads when I coached LBs in the 4-3 scheme.
Coach Easton is right, you've got to read the back. We would even read nothing but backfield some weeks if we played what I call single back gun-option teams like West Virginia under Rodriguez.