Quote Originally Posted by TAILG8R View Post
I heard an interesting anecdote from Grant Olsen about the installation of the defense and how TP wants to install starting with the basics and work through those even if the offense can see what's coming because it's not about winning plays in spring ball, it's about the players truly understanding their alignments and fits. Made me wonder how different that style is from the Entz era and possibly why we saw the defense decline and heard comments about "getting back to basics" halfway through the year last year. Were they trying to do too much too fast instead of just teaching the guys how to line-up, find their responsibility and tackle.
One interesting nugget on the defense decline. I'd heard that after UND from a few sources that Entz had basically taken over DC coordinator duties with help form Grant Olson. McFeelly basically confirmed that on Izzo's show on Tuesday.