How Much Has the Defense Improved Under Hudson/Kelly

[gkIrish]

Notre Dame's new defensive coordinator ... might as well be Brian Kelly

Yes. It would be pretty hard to argue that Kelly is responsible for all aspects of both the offense AND the defense, and that he is doing his job poorly because his pick for OC, Mike Sanford, seems to not be able to run the offense as well as him.

It's amazing how bad a coach he is, that wherever he puts his focus, that unit plays better than when other coaches are running them.

I agree that BK is a better coach than any of his assistants. It's a low standard.

Why is it that we need to nitpick ND's opponents, but we don't do that for EVERY SINGLE OTHER TEAM being accounted for in the rankings?

Because this is a Notre Dame forum and no one has the time to nitpick all 100+ other teams. Also I can tell you without any research that no games were played in the conditions of the NC St/.ND game.

I pin BVG on BK, but not lack of effort. Turning it up for a new coach, is a short lived reaction/response. These things tend to find their natural level after a short time and we've passed that. These guys are playing better, because they have simplified the defense which is the first thing Hudson did. The second, is the players aren't afraid to make mistakes and being relegated to the bench.

How much of this is Hudson vs. BK? Hard to say, but I would guess Hudson comes up with the original plan, then he and BK tweak along with some input from the coaches.

My guess is that BK is more involved in defensive meetings and setting the gameplan. I do not think he is that involved during the game on defense other than motivating or scolding players.

 

[Domina Nostra]

I may be in a minority, but their QB wasn't bad, especially in the second half when they changed their protection assignments. Kid was throwing some impressive balls.

Yeah, he came out on fire. Not just bad coverage or D.

 

[beryirish]

Does Hudson have a realistic chance to keep this job? I hope not, only because I want a proven/big name that will recruit and we know he'll be solid if nothing else. But does he have an actual chance of winning the job?

 

[ickythump1225]

The defense has improved (but that standard is very low, very low indeed) but it is not a championship/high caliber unit. That being said had this defensive game plan been in place all year we are probably a minimum of 6-2 but potentially 8-0.

I'll admit to being excited for the advertised "aggressive" style that BvG was supposed to bring and I wasn't a super big fan of Diaco's bend and rarely break style of defense, but man if Diaco had stuck around how good could we have been? We would have beat Stanford last year and I don't think the bottom falls out quite so bad in 2014.

 

[kmoose]

fair enough but Miami had a POS O line and a damn stiff for a QB ( and thank god because the kid they had @ WR Richards ran past our CB's every time he ran a GO route even playing 10 yards off of him ) not to mention they spotted us 20 points and then took the lead ! This from a team that got blew of the field by V Tech and had already lost 3 in a row
and you say our defense has gotten better ?

Yes, because it has. I didn't say that it is great, or even good. I said it is improved. And it is. And any whining that it isn't is just that............. childish whining.

 

[BeauBenken]

I may be in a minority, but their QB wasn't bad, especially in the second half when they changed their protection assignments. Kid was throwing some impressive balls.

Brad Kaaya is widely regarded as one of the better QBs in the nation, and he will be drafted following this year.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Brad Kaaya is widely regarded as one of the better QBs in the nation, and he will be drafted following this year.

This is true. Probably will get drafted at the end of the first round. Top of the third round is his floor.

Kid can throw beebee's and is very accurate. As we saw him throw perfect balls in very tight windows.


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