I think that LSU has enough depth in the front seven that they will be able to switch between the 3-4, 4-3 and 5-2 alignments pretty easily...
we dont have the linebackers for a 3-4 that takes experience that we dont have. let Montgomery and Edwards start at DE and Brockers and Nevis go at DT or Downs.
You have to tailor your personal by the scheme you plan to run. I think it's more of an all or nothing thing than you indicate here. We could get there pretty quick I think if we committed to it. DE's aren't typically huge in college anyway so the transition would be easier than in the pros.
I agree about tailoring. It probably would have to be all or nothing, given the differences between our DL and one of a hand-picked, "Ideal" 3-4.
It depends on the personnel we have. If Chavis goes to a 3-4, then he has a damn good reason. When Arnsparger was here, we officially played a 3-4, but on many if not most downs one of the linebackers would step up and get in a linemans stance and put us right back into the 4-3. When asked why he called it a 3-4, he said, "It's easier to recruit linebackers than ends".
Exactly, Red...It sure looks like Chavis is trying to build a defense around our existing talent. Unlike the offense (Crowton?) which seems like it's trying to fit square pegs into round holes at times...or not utilizing the best square pegs. It also looks like Chavis is building on his base defense we saw last season. Maybe Crowton will be doing the same thing to his offense as far as the QB position is concerned. It's very possible that next year we'll see a much, much improved offense if there are these type of between season adjustments. Maybe we'll see Jefferson roll out a lot more and running for positive yardage when receivers are covered instead if taking all those sacks, for example. I'm hopeful...because when you're 112th out of 120 all you have is hope.
It won't be a traditional 3-4 it will look like a 4-3 with a speed end that can drop. This change is also to give the other teams QB and offense trouble in reading and setting up protection (blocking assignments). It creates mismatches and increases opportunity to pressure the quarterback in blitz packages.:miles: Very few if any teams run a traditional 3-4. if you have outside linebackers on both sides that can drop into a defensive end position, it creates a shifting line problem with out actually shifting the line. You can play gap defense more effectively.
Your running game became very vanilla with all the injuries. They are going to beef up the o-line with all the dl moves. I would think with the stable of fullbacks we have you may see a Little more h-back formations Jordan has been through it completely once. Remember Snead's first year was not so great. You never really want to start a freshman QB
