As I speculated earlier, there are more and more rumors floating around that ND will be moving to a 3-4 defense next year. This, of course, begs the question: did Weis hire Corwin Brown because he wants us to run a 3-4, or are we (possibly) going to run a 3-4 because Weis hired Corwin Brown. It’s an interesting question.
I’m certainly no defense expert, but there are some out there who believe that a college kid would have difficulties grasping the intricacies of a 3-4 in only four years. To that I say give me a break! After all, isn’t this supposed to be Notre Dame, the home of superb athletes who can also “read and write”? We’ve seen teams like LSU and USC run 3-4’s at levels that won them national championships. Who’s to say we can’t do that?
In any event, I think the guys that Weis has recruited in the past couple of years could be molded into 3-4 type players. We still don’t seem to have that huge, 310 lb. nose tackle that clogs the middle, but I think we could run it with some success. Anything has to be better than the crap we’ve been putting on the field the last 3 or 4 years, right? We do have some undersized DE’s like Kerry Neal and Mo Richardson that could be fast, outside guys providing the fourth rusher. It’s an interesting idea.
What do you think?
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January 17, 2007 at 10:03 am
i think the opposition would run on us like, well somrthing that runs a lot. our d-line would be quite porous and our undersized l-backers would get crushed. it might be ugly.
January 17, 2007 at 6:25 pm
The strength of a 3-4 defense is smart, fast, solid-tackling linebackers. Not a single one of ND’s current squad of LB’s meet those criteria. We need good recruits like Donald Trump needs a new toupee.