I think early on they decide BYU didn't have the DLs or CBs to run an aggressive

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Dec 7, 2022
3:44:04pm

mudpupper All-American

I think early on they decide BYU didn't have the DLs or CBs to run an aggressive

defense like Utah and instead went to the ultra conservative bend and no break approach.

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Wasn't Kalani's defense essentially KW's defense? And if so, why haven't we

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 3:15pm

We didn't have the horses with physical or mental capacities to run it?

LBCougar

12/7/22 3:18pm

So have we just been unable to recruit those horses in the past 7 years?

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 3:21pm

That was certainly part of it - with some exceptions

LBCougar

12/7/22 3:28pm

If we started out 4-3 we very quickly reverted to 3-4.

gwalker

12/7/22 3:19pm

I recall Bronco stating that BYU's historical talent level favors a 3-4...

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 3:27pm

I thought Bronco shifted from 3-3-5 to 3-4-4 because we recruit better LBs vs DB

BYU'01

12/7/22 4:35pm

Yea Bronco has always run a 3-man front

Kajdin

12/7/22 4:42pm

Hans Olsen said BYU was running Ed Lamb's defense

12/7/22 3:20pm

Yikes! Ed Lamb played under Ken Schmidt. No wonder!

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 3:24pm

Ken Schmidt has some of the top defenses in BYU history.

Jeffacka

12/7/22 3:46pm

Basically 96 and 98. Other than those two years, it wasn't pretty.

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 4:00pm

1999 wasn't bad, most were adequate. 1993 was probably the worst, and it was bad

Jeffacka

12/7/22 4:28pm

After Rob Morris left, it was pretty terrible until Ken left in 2003.

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 4:45pm

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chilawcoug

12/7/22 4:06pm

The 1998 defense was put in so many bad situations by the offense. Great defense

Jeffacka

12/7/22 4:19pm

The hockey line changes, and complete adherence to "analytics" and making the

Kajdin

12/7/22 3:25pm

2016 D was much more like Utah. But 2017 happened and I believe Kalani & Tuiaki

rcbyufan

12/7/22 3:24pm

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chilawcoug

12/7/22 3:28pm

I said it was much more like Utah. This is just a comparison to the next 6 years

rcbyufan

12/7/22 3:31pm

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chilawcoug

12/7/22 3:38pm

That hole about 15 yards up the seam, which has never been fixed, started in '16

Kajdin

12/7/22 3:31pm

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chilawcoug

12/7/22 3:39pm

About as similar as Mike Leach's offense and Navy's triple option.

Thrill

12/7/22 3:24pm

The D has had bad technique and fundamentals for years now. We are not

12/7/22 3:27pm

THIS X 100000. Most of our problems aren't scheme, they are horrible execution

Socrates Johnson

12/7/22 3:32pm

Have you even watch a BYU game and a Utah game. Those defensive schemes are

mudpupper

12/7/22 3:31pm

That's what I'm saying....I'm asking why not? Why hasn't Kalani been running

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 3:36pm

Tuiaki coached DL under Kalani in KW's defense, so why haven't they been

NOCAL_YFAN

12/7/22 3:41pm

I think early on they decide BYU didn't have the DLs or CBs to run an aggressive

mudpupper

12/7/22 3:44pm

Note that Utah (or hardly anyone else for that matter) runs a base 4-3 anymore

FiveTen-BuckEighty

12/7/22 3:33pm

Their scheme the last few years was to limit possessions

12/7/22 3:46pm

Honestly, this is a great question for KS. Media take note

FiveTen-BuckEighty

12/7/22 4:19pm

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