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Title: Our secondary Post by: bama87 on October 17, 2015, 08:13:18 PM Question for the group. Our secondary was awful last year. How much of the improvement is due to Mel Tucker and Kirby moving back to LB coach. I think a lot of it is just better players and a better front 7. 3 pick 6 is unbelievable. Thoughts?
Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 17, 2015, 08:20:07 PM Question for the group. Our secondary was awful last year. How much of the improvement is due to Mel Tucker and Kirby moving back to LB coach. I think a lot of it is just better players and a better front 7. 3 pick 6 is unbelievable. Thoughts? Definitely Mel Tucker, who was an NFL DB coach with a solid rep. Technique is better & moving E. Jackson to safety & starting Fitzpatrick have been huge. :clap: :clap: :clap: Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: SUPERCOACH on October 17, 2015, 08:29:42 PM I have no idea. I can say that I can definitely see progress with the young guys. Humphrey was playing the ball tonight, for example.
Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: Catch Prothro on October 17, 2015, 08:33:07 PM Question for the group. Our secondary was awful last year. How much of the improvement is due to Mel Tucker and Kirby moving back to LB coach. I think a lot of it is just better players and a better front 7. 3 pick 6 is unbelievable. Thoughts? Definitely Mel Tucker, who was an NFL DB coach with a solid rep. Technique is better & moving E. Jackson to safety & starting Fitzpatrick have been huge. :clap: :clap: :clap: Humphrey stepped up his game too. He didn't want to sit out another year. There's a guy who has talent and a work ethic; must have Bama in his blood. Having other guys available has freed up Eddie Jackson to play a position he is much better suited for, safety. And the front 7 are nasty. So I'd say all of the above. Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: SUPERCOACH on October 17, 2015, 08:35:22 PM Yeah, let's don't underestimate the contribution the front 7 is making. With all of the pressure they are getting it makes it a lot easier on the secondary.
Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: 2Stater on October 18, 2015, 03:59:04 AM The defense as a whole is much improved over last year. The secondary, the D line, and the linebackers have to be the best in the country. When the momentum started going TAMU's way, I really wasn't too concerned. I felt like the D would step back up, and boy, did they ever!
Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: ricky023 on October 18, 2015, 11:49:09 AM Our young players have really made me smile. God, I hate to beat a dead horse but our Special teams have got to stop letting teams have long returns for TD's and getting the field flipped on us. I don't know why this happens unless it is lack of concentration. RTR!
Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: McBaman on October 18, 2015, 11:59:49 AM Question for the group. Our secondary was awful last year. How much of the improvement is due to Mel Tucker and Kirby moving back to LB coach. I think a lot of it is just better players and a better front 7. 3 pick 6 is unbelievable. Thoughts? Definitely Mel Tucker, who was an NFL DB coach with a solid rep. Technique is better & moving E. Jackson to safety & starting Fitzpatrick have been huge. :clap: :clap: :clap: MD nailed it IMHO. In the past few years, CNS & Kirby coached DBs. But that left DBs without a dedicated game day coach. Gotta believe having CMT to coach up the DBs in-game is making a difference too. Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: SUPERCOACH on October 18, 2015, 01:45:47 PM Question for the group. Our secondary was awful last year. How much of the improvement is due to Mel Tucker and Kirby moving back to LB coach. I think a lot of it is just better players and a better front 7. 3 pick 6 is unbelievable. Thoughts? Definitely Mel Tucker, who was an NFL DB coach with a solid rep. Technique is better & moving E. Jackson to safety & starting Fitzpatrick have been huge. :clap: :clap: :clap: MD nailed it IMHO. In the past few years, CNS & Kirby coached DBs. But that left DBs without a dedicated game day coach. Gotta believe having CMT to coach up the DBs in-game is making a difference too. That is an excellent point. Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: ALTideUp on October 18, 2015, 02:26:01 PM Question for the group. Our secondary was awful last year. How much of the improvement is due to Mel Tucker and Kirby moving back to LB coach. I think a lot of it is just better players and a better front 7. 3 pick 6 is unbelievable. Thoughts? Definitely Mel Tucker, who was an NFL DB coach with a solid rep. Technique is better & moving E. Jackson to safety & starting Fitzpatrick have been huge. :clap: :clap: :clap: Whoever's idea this was gets a raise. Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 18, 2015, 02:35:55 PM Something else Jackson & Fitzpatrick give us on defense are playmakers/big play guys. We had that when we had the likes of Barron, Arenas, & Dre.
#+ #+ #+ Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: hscoach on October 19, 2015, 07:49:32 AM I think the biggest improvement comes from the pass rush. The DB's don't have to cover as long. All are factors plus you have 5* corners playing on the inside slot rec. Plus the position moves have help out greatly.
Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: Jamos on October 19, 2015, 02:38:36 PM Question for the group. Our secondary was awful last year. How much of the improvement is due to Mel Tucker and Kirby moving back to LB coach. I think a lot of it is just better players and a better front 7. 3 pick 6 is unbelievable. Thoughts? Definitely Mel Tucker, who was an NFL DB coach with a solid rep. Technique is better & moving E. Jackson to safety & starting Fitzpatrick have been huge. :clap: :clap: :clap: Humphrey stepped up his game too. He didn't want to sit out another year. There's a guy who has talent and a work ethic; must have Bama in his blood. Having other guys available has freed up Eddie Jackson to play a position he is much better suited for, safety. And the front 7 are nasty. So I'd say all of the above. #+ Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: Marshal Dillon on October 19, 2015, 05:27:18 PM What has happened to Tony Brown? Is he injured, in the Saban doghouse, or something else?
??? Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: hscoach on October 19, 2015, 06:39:41 PM What has happened to Tony Brown? Is he injured, in the Saban doghouse, or something else? ??? he plays a lot on special teams. He comes in late when replacements come in. Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: ricky023 on October 19, 2015, 06:40:58 PM What has happened to Tony Brown? Is he injured, in the Saban doghouse, or something else? ??? ???, hey MD I have been thinking the same thing? The hype he got and the talk after spring practice, I really thought he would be a return man with al that speed. RTR! Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: hscoach on October 19, 2015, 08:24:22 PM he is the one who was not blocked in the back on the punt return vs A&M
Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: Chechem on October 19, 2015, 08:39:07 PM he is the one who was not blocked in the back on the punt return vs A&M :lol: :lol:Title: Re: Our secondary Post by: Hannibal Lecter, MD on October 20, 2015, 12:11:07 PM It's pressure up front and having better athletes more than anything. Kirby Smart has coached our CBs one season at most (and it wasn't last year).
ETA: I will amend that to say one season at most since 2008 or 2009 (when Pruitt moved to an on-field coaching role). Kirby may have been the CBs coach when Saban first arrived. |