Bob: I'm on SturmStack primarily for the Cowboys; but your material is just too good to miss, no matter what the subject matter. Thanks again for some great work.
I had wondered if the Cowboys would ever play Mazi and Hankins together on the line in obvious run situations. Apparently they’ve developed enough faith in Mazi’s development to try that, and it appears to have been successful. This bodes well for the future, especially as well as the run defense performed Sunday.
For the record, the 5-Micah-5 isn’t a new concept (see https://mgoblog.com/content/neck-sharpies-ravens-5-1-5-defense ). It was credited to Wink Martindale a few years ago. Football’s best ‘mad scientists’ borrow from other mad scientists. DQ has realized he actually has the personnel to run the 5-1 defense so... voilá! Hopefully, he is brilliant going forward in when to use and not use it because it is beatable with the right personnel and the right recognition by the NFL’s top QBs.
I hope I didn't give the impression that a 5-1-5 is a new concept. The new concept is if the "1" is your best edge rusher in Micah Parsons and he is dropping into pass coverage to jack with the protection big time. For sure, the 5-1 concept has been in the league for a while. Anyway, wanted to clarify that.
Brian here - same Brian for both comments above ;)
I know other teams have used lineups like this, but I had never seen us do it, and as Bob pointed out, having your best pass rusher not being one of the 5 DLs is definitely something I have never seen before.
I figured you knew this, Bob. 😉 Only posted so others might see a little history of it. I actually liked another description used in the blog I posted -- ‘positionless’ defense. It’s clear that it’s a defense only teams with multiple ‘pluggable’ players (Micah, Bell, etc.) can or should run.
Regarding the Jimbo Fisher money, it would be great to see that money used for Improving teacher salaries, police salaries, money for the elderly, homeless veterans or any of the other hundred Issues and causes that Are more of a need than paying for a guy to order teenagers around. Honestly, you boosters that pay the money to buy out Jimbo should be ashamed of yourselves.
The next time any of you bitch about there's not enough money to take care of homeless veterans, think about this BS.
By the way, I love Bob and have followed him since the days of his free blog. I have read every word he writes since that time. This is the best cowboys content there is on the planet. Just understand how sad it is that we pay a guy this much money to not coach.
I'm probably in a very small minority here but hurray for Wisconsin:
"Trust me, I come from Wisconsin where they lost coaches and players because the state would not allow them to pay a coach whatever and had strict academic benchmarks that caused roadblocks to winning. "
I find it appalling that an EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION like Texas A&M is handing $75M dollars for somebody to go away. What are the opportunity costs of that $76M? And I know the answer is "well, it's a bottomless pit of money and TA&M has infinite resources" but...it's not true.
There's simply no argument that money could have been used for better purposes. In Wisoncsin, they're using those moneys to educate engineers; in Texas they're being used to build Jimbo Fisher another mansion.
You do realize that money is coming strictly from athletic coffers, which do not cross over into academic money, right? That money would never have been used for academic purposes. Just like academic money is not used for athletic facilities, coaching staffs, or anything else. Your argument invalid.
If you believe that then Texas A&M athletics is a distinct and separate entity from Texas A&M University.
It's similar to the argument that lottery revenues aren't really "revenues" for the state bc they're specifically allocated for education or whatever. But bc you can pay for those education needs they alleviate pressure on revenues in other areas. Meaning they're really part of one big pie and therefor a dollar spent here means a dollar not spent there.
You can delude yourself into thinking that Texas A&M's "athletic coffers" are somehow completely disconnected from the University's overall financial situation but it's just that....a delusion.
That’s a terrible comparison, but keep going on about how you don’t understand how college athletic departments work. The oil boosters cut a check for this. That check would not have been written to build a new library, and even if it were, again, athletic department money does not cross over to academic spending. The revenue football programs generate is the main reason schools can support other, non-revenue sports. It stays in the athletic department. A quick google search can explain this very simple concept to you. Sorry, but again, you’re wrong.
I would vote for it to be called the Micah Nickel, but I'm also up for playing word games with the offensive 11 personnel and calling it 11-defense (which is also a take off of the name for the old Buddy Ryan 46-defense) lol.
I like the idea but I'm not sure Micah would be onboard with that. Seems clear he's not particularly a fan of the 5-1-5 (and his post-game no-show supports the notion). If you want what appears to be video evidence, note his body language after the sack in the 3rd clip. No fist pump, no raised hands, no big hurry to get back to congratulate DLaw. Looks to me like annoyance that he's not being allowed to eat.
Bob - THANKS for the comments on my Horns and the Aggies. My sister, her husband, and all their kids went to A&M. I'm the only Teasip in the family. Even Daddy went to OSU, so you get the picture. This is the 1st year in forever that I can smugly smile.
With all that said, why wouldn't Jeff Traylor from UTSA want to take the job in College Station? UTSA is a good program, thanks to him, but it would seem that the Aggie job would be plush in comparison.
Is there any way Gary Patterson fits into the A&M conversation? He isn't being mentioned but he's a bit time coach and he's hungry and available. Not saying I think it would be a fit, or a great hire, but I think he's part of the conversation.
Bob: I'm on SturmStack primarily for the Cowboys; but your material is just too good to miss, no matter what the subject matter. Thanks again for some great work.
I had wondered if the Cowboys would ever play Mazi and Hankins together on the line in obvious run situations. Apparently they’ve developed enough faith in Mazi’s development to try that, and it appears to have been successful. This bodes well for the future, especially as well as the run defense performed Sunday.
Thank you, Mr. Sturm. We love your work.
For the record, the 5-Micah-5 isn’t a new concept (see https://mgoblog.com/content/neck-sharpies-ravens-5-1-5-defense ). It was credited to Wink Martindale a few years ago. Football’s best ‘mad scientists’ borrow from other mad scientists. DQ has realized he actually has the personnel to run the 5-1 defense so... voilá! Hopefully, he is brilliant going forward in when to use and not use it because it is beatable with the right personnel and the right recognition by the NFL’s top QBs.
I hope I didn't give the impression that a 5-1-5 is a new concept. The new concept is if the "1" is your best edge rusher in Micah Parsons and he is dropping into pass coverage to jack with the protection big time. For sure, the 5-1 concept has been in the league for a while. Anyway, wanted to clarify that.
Brian here - same Brian for both comments above ;)
I know other teams have used lineups like this, but I had never seen us do it, and as Bob pointed out, having your best pass rusher not being one of the 5 DLs is definitely something I have never seen before.
I figured you knew this, Bob. 😉 Only posted so others might see a little history of it. I actually liked another description used in the blog I posted -- ‘positionless’ defense. It’s clear that it’s a defense only teams with multiple ‘pluggable’ players (Micah, Bell, etc.) can or should run.
Regarding the Jimbo Fisher money, it would be great to see that money used for Improving teacher salaries, police salaries, money for the elderly, homeless veterans or any of the other hundred Issues and causes that Are more of a need than paying for a guy to order teenagers around. Honestly, you boosters that pay the money to buy out Jimbo should be ashamed of yourselves.
The next time any of you bitch about there's not enough money to take care of homeless veterans, think about this BS.
By the way, I love Bob and have followed him since the days of his free blog. I have read every word he writes since that time. This is the best cowboys content there is on the planet. Just understand how sad it is that we pay a guy this much money to not coach.
I'm probably in a very small minority here but hurray for Wisconsin:
"Trust me, I come from Wisconsin where they lost coaches and players because the state would not allow them to pay a coach whatever and had strict academic benchmarks that caused roadblocks to winning. "
I find it appalling that an EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION like Texas A&M is handing $75M dollars for somebody to go away. What are the opportunity costs of that $76M? And I know the answer is "well, it's a bottomless pit of money and TA&M has infinite resources" but...it's not true.
There's simply no argument that money could have been used for better purposes. In Wisoncsin, they're using those moneys to educate engineers; in Texas they're being used to build Jimbo Fisher another mansion.
You do realize that money is coming strictly from athletic coffers, which do not cross over into academic money, right? That money would never have been used for academic purposes. Just like academic money is not used for athletic facilities, coaching staffs, or anything else. Your argument invalid.
If you believe that then Texas A&M athletics is a distinct and separate entity from Texas A&M University.
It's similar to the argument that lottery revenues aren't really "revenues" for the state bc they're specifically allocated for education or whatever. But bc you can pay for those education needs they alleviate pressure on revenues in other areas. Meaning they're really part of one big pie and therefor a dollar spent here means a dollar not spent there.
You can delude yourself into thinking that Texas A&M's "athletic coffers" are somehow completely disconnected from the University's overall financial situation but it's just that....a delusion.
That’s a terrible comparison, but keep going on about how you don’t understand how college athletic departments work. The oil boosters cut a check for this. That check would not have been written to build a new library, and even if it were, again, athletic department money does not cross over to academic spending. The revenue football programs generate is the main reason schools can support other, non-revenue sports. It stays in the athletic department. A quick google search can explain this very simple concept to you. Sorry, but again, you’re wrong.
I would vote for it to be called the Micah Nickel, but I'm also up for playing word games with the offensive 11 personnel and calling it 11-defense (which is also a take off of the name for the old Buddy Ryan 46-defense) lol.
I like the idea but I'm not sure Micah would be onboard with that. Seems clear he's not particularly a fan of the 5-1-5 (and his post-game no-show supports the notion). If you want what appears to be video evidence, note his body language after the sack in the 3rd clip. No fist pump, no raised hands, no big hurry to get back to congratulate DLaw. Looks to me like annoyance that he's not being allowed to eat.
Bob - THANKS for the comments on my Horns and the Aggies. My sister, her husband, and all their kids went to A&M. I'm the only Teasip in the family. Even Daddy went to OSU, so you get the picture. This is the 1st year in forever that I can smugly smile.
With all that said, why wouldn't Jeff Traylor from UTSA want to take the job in College Station? UTSA is a good program, thanks to him, but it would seem that the Aggie job would be plush in comparison.
Thanks again :-)
Is there any way Gary Patterson fits into the A&M conversation? He isn't being mentioned but he's a bit time coach and he's hungry and available. Not saying I think it would be a fit, or a great hire, but I think he's part of the conversation.
From a coaching perspective that would be a great hire. Not sure about culturally.
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