Does Diaco need to learn??

[kmoose]

Does anyone here look at the entire picture? Drill down to the root cause here.
Q1: Why was there limited blitzing in the second half?
A1: The defense was out of gas in the second half because the offense was not on the field long enough to give them a break.

Do you look at what you are typing?

TOP stats from the game:

ND (1st half): 14:26
FSU (1st half): 15:34

ND (2nd half): 15:43
FSU (2nd half): 14:17

ND: 30:09
FSU: 29:51

Are you really suggesting that the Defense ran out of gas, in the half where the Offense WON the TOP battle?

 

[tadman95]

I avoided this thread all day. If it was titled "Does Diaco need to learn?" I could see the discussion. "Need to go?", c'mon.......

 

[irishff1014]

We can all say with out a doubt that Diaco has this defense much improved then it was 2 yrs ago and even better then last year. He needs to stay right here.

 

[Mr. Larson]

Diaco doesn't need to go, but I wish this thread would.

 

[indyron]

Coach Diaco will get better and ND's defense will continue to get better as they have under him the last 2 years. He's learning on the job. We are all ticked off after the loss last night and I think after we get over it we'll agree that he's learning and will get better. Our defense should be solid next year.....WE NEED A QUARTERBACK

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

Reading this board after a loss is like watching a marathon of toddlers in tiaras.

 

[STLcardz-NDirish]

Coach Diaco will get better and ND's defense will continue to get better as they have under him the last 2 years. He's learning on the job. We are all ticked off after the loss last night and I think after we get over it we'll agree that he's learning and will get better. Our defense should be solid next year.....WE NEED A QUARTERBACK

exactly, if we had that quarterback we would be SCARY.

 

[IrishUte]

The bottom line is the secondary was burned a couple times. That is basically the ball game. This Irish defense could win games in the SEC, they are legit. But they are young, and to be honest, the secondary is below average, they have their moments, but all in all they are the weak link.

Diaco is a great coach and recruiter, the skill level of the secondary cannot be coached up any more, they have reached their potential and that is because of Diaco. They are just not that good.

 

[FLDomer]

after reading all this arguing Im wishing i never started this thread after being pissed! I guess I wanted a scape goat and after feeling of watching anothe Michigan I blamed who I thought was the obvious. I see after reading many excellent points (ie Old Man Mike) that i may have been a little quick to jump at Diaco. I agree that this is one of the best defenses we have fielded in a while but at the same note it has been a while since we had a respectable one so that makes this one look even better. I think we have potentinial to be an AMAZING D as early as nxt season. I apologize for all who are annoyed by this thread and as i said earlier i apologized for "posting" in anger but seriously, dont read it if you are so annoyed! LOL Its a game and lets not get at eachother throat here, we ultimately all hope for the same things! I DONT THINK DIACO NEEDS TO BE FIRED (at least now ) I hope he can get his boys coached up and he will have no excuse for not having that killer mentallity.

P.S. Can i still blame Rees a lil????

 

[ThePiombino]

I don't think he should go so long as the team is showing progress each year and I think we can agree it has been thus far. I would like, however, an explanation as to why we stopped sending pressure against FSU in the 2nd half. Was it a conditioning issue? I can't imagine Diaco was so blind to the fact that sending pressure in the 1st half was working damn well. There must have been another reason.

Either way, I like where things are headed defensively and changing things up at this point would only be counterproductive. In my eyes, he has earned another year to prove himself and continue to develop the defensive side of the ball. I think once BK and BC get all their parts in there over the next couple of years, we're really going to see what the Diaco 3-4 is about!

 

[NDinL.A.]

I avoided this thread all day. If it was titled "Does Diaco need to learn?" I could see the discussion. "Need to go?", c'mon.......

I did the same thing - avoided it b/c the title of the thread was so ridiculous. Now that I have read it, I'll change the title as the OP admitted 2 posts above me that the title was wrong.

 

[PLACforever]

I did the same thing - avoided it b/c the title of the thread was so ridiculous. Now that I have read it, I'll change the title as the OP admitted 2 posts above me that the title was wrong.

Love it.

Yes, learn not to ever relax, when you get after the QB like ND did in the first half, DON'T STOP!

 

[Old Man Mike]

One more little thing about our Bobby D: We are lucky to have a young dynamic coach who is not ham-strung by the prejudices of the past [i.e. you only can play defense the old "tried-and-true" ways]. He will learn the things that he hasn't yet seen --- look how fast he was able to "get back to the office" after last year's Navy debacle and redesign things to prevent that from happening again [remember, it is not the number of total yards you give up against this kind of offense, but it's the making such offenses fight for every first down, as their numbers of moving parts are complicated enough that if they have to run too many plays, they string together some boners and penalties and stop themselves]. Diaco learned... quickly.

Also note how he recognized last year's upgrade when Brian Smith went to Will and we began getting side-to-side coverage and some pass defense there? He looked around for a possible replacement --- none readily available, but one guy looked perhaps serviceable. That's why we got Dan Fox. Fox wasn't great at it, but he occasionally did the job, and might even continue to evolve. Carlo's a good downhill run-stuffer but has probably reached his ceiling in space coverage.

Note how Diaco broke from all our IE "expert's" views about how you have to be massive, and put Slaughter in to cure outside contain problems. Note also that Slaughter did fine even against non-military teams and played there a lot vs FSU. Note also, that forced to try Prince at Dog due to his great athleticism and desire to get the best athletes on the field, he learned that Shembo, though trying heroically, just couldn't quite get there [literally]. So, back to Cat he went.

On a subtler note, Coach Diaco has once in a while tried the "mill-around" confusion, non-line-up pre-snap. Lots of DCs see this as a good mind-boggler when employed by surprise. It takes savvy aggressive defenders to do it, and when the guys get the whole system on cruise control, Diaco will use it more. The point of that is that our young DC is 21st century cutting edge.

 

[rtrn2glory]

i'm hoping with the year of maturity from tuitt and lynch we'll be able to get after the QB without stunting

 

[N_D_Fighting_Irish]

Stupid thread. Diaco is doing a good job. He is making mistakes no doubt but considering the quality of our secondary and LBs in coverage...he has done a fantastic job.