tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post8687797929384979120..comments2023-06-27T04:30:25.783-04:00Comments on Burgeoning Wolverine Star: Ezeh vs. Kovacs: Who's responsible?Chris Gaerighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199782156789895674noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-35851844032508827332010-09-11T10:30:31.055-04:002010-09-11T10:30:31.055-04:00(9/9/10 10:30 a.m. anonymous poster)
I agree comp...(9/9/10 10:30 a.m. anonymous poster)<br /><br />I agree completely with "a different anonymous." My use of the term "leverage" is probably imprecise. All I meant to say is that Ezeh took a poor angle (he should protect against the cut back and force the back to bounce out to Mouton, as "a different anonymous" said) to the line of scrimmage and, as a result, was in poor position to attack the pulling guard (this is why he got pancaked). If Ezeh attacks the guard's inside eye, rather than the guard's outside eye, Ezeh would be able to stand up the pulling guard and Mouton likely makes this tackle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-52473160940010277812010-09-10T12:05:41.527-04:002010-09-10T12:05:41.527-04:00(A different Anonymous)
Heres what I see as a coa...(A different Anonymous)<br /><br />Heres what I see as a coach so let me clear this up for you. On this play Michigan is showing a coverage at the snap (my guess is a Cov 6 , 2 to the boundary, 4 to the field) with Kovacs playing the deep half to the boundary side. On the snap they are rotating the coverage to the field into a Cov 3 so they could blitz off the edge, bringing one safty up, and Kovacs has to drop to his deep middle 3rd. In this case, Ezeh is not a leverage player Mouton is, he was supposed to spill the ball carrier (make him bounce out)right to Mouton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-21075559633801466242010-09-09T16:44:43.422-04:002010-09-09T16:44:43.422-04:00gee, guess only the coaches know. weirdgee, guess only the coaches know. weirdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-54992226754213706782010-09-09T10:30:08.259-04:002010-09-09T10:30:08.259-04:00I would be shocked if this is Kovac's fault. ...I would be shocked if this is Kovac's fault. He can't have both deep pass and cutback run responsibility. That defense would fail every play. <br /><br />More importantly, look at how Mouton plays this. He fights his blocker for outside position. He clearly has outside contain. If Ezeh takes a proper angle, the back bounces outside into Mouton's arms. One yard gain max. Instead, Ezeh over pursues and the back has an easy cutback. Also, Ezeh would have much better leverage (and would smack the guard in the mouth) if he took a proper angle. Instead, his over pursuit gives him a poor angle to attack the blocker and he is pancaked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-6857420684969904192010-09-08T19:33:54.260-04:002010-09-08T19:33:54.260-04:00The only way Kovacs should've dropped that far...The only way Kovacs should've dropped that far into coverage was if that was a play action pass. He should've taken a step back (that's deep safety's first move on such plays), but once the ball is handed off, he needs to recognize the play as a run. He doesn't do so until Todman is at the line and was backpedaling the whole time, despite the receivers not heading downfield. At that point there's no way that play doesn't go for the yardage it does.<br /><br />UConn designed that play specifically to have the pulling guard block the middle linebacker. That's what is supposed to happen. It happened, and that's fine. Brian's contention is that Ezeh needed to force the play outside, which I think is seriously wrong. And if forcing the play back inside is Ezeh's move, which I'm relatively certain it is here, that play needs to be made by Kovacs.Chris Gaerighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199782156789895674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-67399909049752610792010-09-08T19:23:47.678-04:002010-09-08T19:23:47.678-04:00I dunno dude. Just because UConn is sending a gua...I dunno dude. Just because UConn is sending a guard to the second level doesn't mean that our middle linebacker should just get blocked by him. If Kovacs had a lane assignment on that play he probably wouldn't have dropped so far off the line. That was Ezeh's lane and he definitely did not fill it, blocker or no. He fell to the ground.agaerighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308152563240633789noreply@blogger.com