5 hours ago, New Colonel said:

So I heard him say this at a clinic forever ago, probably 20 or more years ago.

He said they had an absolute stud of a kid.  Fast, athletic, strong as an ox.  But football didn't make any sense to him at all. He couldn't line up right to formations, didn't know how to determine the strong side vs weak side, gap assignments, coverages, etc.  No matter what they did, he wouldn't remember any of it, for whatever reason.  But they decided he had to be on the field because of how insanely good he was.  So, he created the adjuster.  Essentially, stay back at safety depth, and you have zero responsibilities.  Line up wherever, do whatever you want.... blitz, cover, move around, we don't care.  Just wreak havoc.  So he did, and it worked.  He just flew around making tackles all over the place.  And opposing coaches couldn't figure out how this kid would line up in or whatever his job was.  Opposing coaches thought it was this crazy complex thing, and they couldn't scheme around it becasue he'd be doing different things against the same formation each time.  It was brilliant.  And since then, that's been the adjuster every year.  He tweaks it some based on who it is, but that's how it started.

This is fascinating to me.

So he basically plays a 10 man defense with a wild card.

 

Its clearly his defense, but he's no longer calling it.  Specht has run the X offense since Coverdale left to be an offensive analyst at Louisville for Brohm.  

16 minutes ago, James Graham said:

Its clearly his defense, but he's no longer calling it.  Specht has run the X offense since Coverdale left to be an offensive analyst at Louisville for Brohm.  

I didn't know that.  Thanks. 

 

Who is calling it now?

53 minutes ago, Falcon Pride said:

This is fascinating to me.

So he basically plays a 10 man defense with a wild card.

 

Essentially yes.  But that guy is almost always the best player on the field.

 

2 hours ago, Tigerpride94 said:

 

Ohio D1 is a beast, but I'm not sure how these guys don't take it this year. Almost half of the defense is a P2 player. 

17 hours ago, New Colonel said:

I didn't know that.  Thanks. 

 

Who is calling it now?

Jake Brodbeck has had the title of DC for awhile.  When Coverdale was there, Specht was more of the traditional "Head Coach" that "helped" more with the defensive side because Coverdale was so good.  Specht actually "calls" the offense now. 

1 minute ago, James Graham said:

Jake Brodbeck has had the title of DC for awhile.  When Coverdale was there, Specht was more of the traditional "Head Coach" that "helped" more with the defensive side because Coverdale was so good.  Specht actually "calls" the offense now. 

Thank you.  While I'm a big fan of Coverdale, I personally think he wasn't quite a good fit for X for whatever reason.  The offense seemed kind of "clunky" during his tenure, if that makes sense.  It didn't have the smoothness or quite the explosive identity it did at Trinity.  Sometimes, phenomenal coaches just don't quite fit into certain teams.  

Just my outsider casual observer opinion.

2 hours ago, New Colonel said:

Thank you.  While I'm a big fan of Coverdale, I personally think he wasn't quite a good fit for X for whatever reason.  The offense seemed kind of "clunky" during his tenure, if that makes sense.  It didn't have the smoothness or quite the explosive identity it did at Trinity.  Sometimes, phenomenal coaches just don't quite fit into certain teams.  

Just my outsider casual observer opinion.

Good observation.  I think the talent cycle during Coverdale's tenure at X, while not "down" by any means, was in a lull compared to some of the other Cincinnati powers.  I do know the fan base would much rather have him back calling plays instead of Specht at this juncture.  A little bit of Matt Patricia Patriots O coordinator thing going on with the Bombers. 

 

X defense was very good.

Very surprised after seeing them both play Trinity that Moeller beat X.

Steve Specht is a defensive guru. He is awesome on that side of the ball.