Totally Different Defensive Philosophy - Ash vs. Golden
Golden believes in man coverage - Ash believes in more zone
Golden loves to stunt up front which sometimes causes open Gaps - Ash rarely stunts and believes in Gap assignments
Golden loves to blitz and when he does its a LB blitz - Ash doesn't love the blitz and when he does its from the DBs
Basically Golden loves a high pressure but more risky defense - Ash wants to sit back and be more conservative
At the college level - where there are not NFL quality QBs - Golden is a better coach and has a better philoshophy
I am surprised Freeman is Ok with this - he is much more a Golden defensive type coach than an Ash type coach
Replies to: Totally Different Defensive Philosophy - Ash vs. Golden
Freeman doesn't like to blitz
He has stated that he wants to get qb pressure by the front 4.
It was my understanding that Golden wasn't a big blitz guy but he may have done more of it in 2024 because he had the player experience to get away with it.
I'm certainly not defending Ash by any means but Ash doesn't have the same level of player experience that Golden had last year. After seeing the defense in person Saturday, in the 1st half the defense never seemed to get it's shit together pre-snap with lots of player movement in the back 7. That seemed better in the 2nd half but the defense has a long way to go.
On a side note: after re-watching the 1st half, between badly whiffing on a lame tackle attempt on the 1st A&M TD and pulling a WR's (nowhere near the play) helmet off that resulted in a personal foul at the goal line, Gray was a major liability.
Freeman might not be for much longer. I do wonder what Mickens things of this cluster. He will be
Gone for sure after this year.
Good luck. His DBs are one of the sloppier units on the team.
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Explain to me how one of the better position coaches in college could be at fault here? Seriously.
No way, that’s my point, this has to be playcalls and changes in philosophy.
If he is one of the better position coaches in college...
Why can't he fix Gray?
I will give u that but he is a damn good coach
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It’s the scheme, but his DBs regressing and missing tackles doesn’t help him
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