| They can win with a 4-3 if everyone, coaches and players, knows what the hell they're doing.
And hopefully soon Haywood can take over the offense a little bit because having a head coach whose baby is the offense doesn't help matters any.
3-4, 4-3, 867-5309....none of it matters if your players aren't in position to make plays and you don't have game changers. You mix things up. You play a little 3-4, a little 4-3, nickel, dime. You disguise what you do, keep the offense guessing, attack them, make THEM react to YOU.
This is why getting Donald is so vital. This is why not getting these top flight defensive players like Griffen and Tez Wilson hurts so much. Defensive players are being given negative recruiting because the ND universe is centered around Weis, Quinn and now Clausen.
It's a great place for offense and the coach has lots of Super Bowl rings. So do the defensive coordinators of those teams |