New Defensive Line Coach from Sooners

[BamaMoon]

Alabama Football Hires Oklahoma Analyst as Assistant Defensive Line Coach

Alabama added one more defensive assistant midway through spring practice, with Trent Simpson joining the Crimson Tide as an assistant defensive line coach from Oklahoma.

tide1009.com

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

Maybe he’s good at sign stealing. He should have learned from the best.

 

[BamaMoon]

I think the point is he's watched how the OU defensive line has improved in getting pressure and will bring that knowledge to T-town.

 

[Coach D]

Well this completes the coaching changes I really thought had to be done. While Roach is still the coach hopefully this brings life back to the d line.

 

[TiderJack]

Here is the perspective from the OU side. It looks like we are getting a young, very talented asst DL coach and I like it a lot.

Oklahoma loses underrated coaching asset to Alabama

Miguel Chavis points out Trent Simpson's importance to Sooners

stormininnorman.com

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I'm just thankful DeBoer recognized all the weak spots and has been uber aggressive this offseason trying to fix them. It tells us he saw what we saw from our tv screens. LOL!

 

[arthurdawg]

I'm just thankful DeBoer recognized all the weak spots and has been uber aggressive this offseason trying to fix them. It tells us he saw what we saw from our tv screens. LOL!

I've felt like DeBoer's past success indicated a guy who was smart about football and learned. I hope we see a further evolution this year.

 

[Tidewater]

I've felt like DeBoer's past success indicated a guy who was smart about football and learned. I hope we see a further evolution this year.

"The same thing wins that always won..."

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I've felt like DeBoer's past success indicated a guy who was smart about football and learned. I hope we see a further evolution this year.

By the aggressive staff and player moves he made this offseason, it makes me think he fully realized he got his butt handed to him the past two years in areas of the game that just don't allow it and still be successful.

 

[CoolBreeze]

"The same thing wins that always won..."

Run the football. Stop the run.

 

[arthurdawg]

Run the football. Stop the run.

Three things happen when you pass the ball. And two of them are bad.

 

[BamaInBham]

Three things happen when you pass the ball. And two of them are bad.

But the players are so skilled in the passing game now that the 2 bad things just don’t happen much. Nevertheless, you need to be ABLE to run the ball and you MUST be able to stop it, since now there are more teams focusing on it than the recent past.

I absolutely marvel at the skill of today’s QBs and WRs. 7 on 7 and repetition has made today’s passing skill players much better than just 10 to 15 years ago.

 

[arthurdawg]

But the players are so skilled in the passing game now that the 2 bad things just don’t happen much. Nevertheless, you need to be ABLE to run the ball and you MUST be able to stop it, since now there are more teams focusing on it than the recent past.

I absolutely marvel at the skill of today’s QBs and WRs. 7 on 7 and repetition has made today’s passing skill players much better than just 10 to 15 years ago.

No kidding! I just had to say that since we were talking about running the ball to win games, which I think is still true.

Watched a replay from the 1980s last month or so for a while. The difference in the passing game was just crazy. They threw 4 interceptions in the half I watched, all chuck up and pray type plays, missed easy throws over and over, and frankly, they didn't have any of the short stuff to the RBs and TEs we see now. Basically every throw was to a WR past the LOS.

 

[TiderJack]

But the players are so skilled in the passing game now that the 2 bad things just don’t happen much. Nevertheless, you need to be ABLE to run the ball and you MUST be able to stop it, since now there are more teams focusing on it than the recent past.

I absolutely marvel at the skill of today’s QBs and WRs. 7 on 7 and repetition has made today’s passing skill players much better than just 10 to 15 years ago.

Exactly. Don't see too many teams running the wishbone anymore. The passing game has evolved incredibly in the last 20 years or so and it has to be the dominant part of your offense to win. With that being said you have to be at least good at running the football.

 

[bamaslammer]

In the modern game the run game is to make the passing game go. It stops the defense from being able to crash the pocket yes, but if you saw Indiana they were getting 4 and 5 yards or more on 1st down almost every time. Even when everyone including the dog knew the run was coming they couldn't stop it, we didn't, nobody did. So now they have every play in the playbook available to get the next 4 or 5 yards and 2 to 3 plays left to do it. The only way that offense doesn't score every time is if there is a significant negative play, a series of penalties, or a turnover. So essentially if they didn't mess up they were going to score 100% of their drives. You won't always see their level of perfection but getting closer to that model of run production is going to make you very good at scoring points.

 

[arthurdawg]

In the modern game the run game is to make the passing game go. It stops the defense from being able to crash the pocket yes, but if you saw Indiana they were getting 4 and 5 yards or more on 1st down almost every time. Even when everyone including the dog knew the run was coming they couldn't stop it, we didn't, nobody did. So now they have every play in the playbook available to get the next 4 or 5 yards and 2 to 3 plays left to do it. The only way that offense doesn't score every time is if there is a significant negative play, a series of penalties, or a turnover. So essentially if they didn't mess up they were going to score 100% of their drives. You won't always see their level of perfection but getting closer to that model of run production is going to make you very good at scoring points.

As compared to us. We couldn't be sure of getting back to the LOS for the most part.