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<blockquote data-quote="NNM" data-source="post: 2451824" data-attributes="member: 1772"><p>This is exactly the problem with TTU's defense. Of course it's hard to recruit players to TTU, and they have an automatic handicap because of their location. But the fact that they went something insane like 9 years switching DCs every single year doomed them to disaster. Each guy had a different scheme, and each scheme requires particular athletes to be successful. None of them was given a chance to recruit or develop athletes necessary for their defensive scheme to work. </p><p></p><p>Glasgow was right in the middle of that. The 4-2-5, even more than most, requires particular athletes to work. He was never given the chance. They ran him out with the conclusion that the 4-2-5 couldn't work in the big boy conference. Well, it seems that 2014, 2015, and hopefully 2017 TCU defenses have put that nonsense to bed forever. </p><p></p><p>That, and many, many people smarter than the TTU fanbase have recognized that it's an innovative, sophisticated defense that meets the challenges of both spread and ground-and-pound offenses. For example: <a href="http://grantland.com/features/hard-knocks-playing-defense-with-tcus-gary-patterson/" target="_blank">http://grantland.com/features/hard-knocks-playing-defense-with-tcus-gary-patterson/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NNM, post: 2451824, member: 1772"] This is exactly the problem with TTU's defense. Of course it's hard to recruit players to TTU, and they have an automatic handicap because of their location. But the fact that they went something insane like 9 years switching DCs every single year doomed them to disaster. Each guy had a different scheme, and each scheme requires particular athletes to be successful. None of them was given a chance to recruit or develop athletes necessary for their defensive scheme to work. Glasgow was right in the middle of that. The 4-2-5, even more than most, requires particular athletes to work. He was never given the chance. They ran him out with the conclusion that the 4-2-5 couldn't work in the big boy conference. Well, it seems that 2014, 2015, and hopefully 2017 TCU defenses have put that nonsense to bed forever. That, and many, many people smarter than the TTU fanbase have recognized that it's an innovative, sophisticated defense that meets the challenges of both spread and ground-and-pound offenses. For example: [URL]http://grantland.com/features/hard-knocks-playing-defense-with-tcus-gary-patterson/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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