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[QUOTE="Hoov50, post: 1509827, member: 1056"]
Granted, it's been 12 years since I coached at the college level and it was only Division III, but other than the pre-season we rarely went full team against our own offense.  Sure, we did plenty of one-on-one and unit vs. unit drills, but leading up to games we went against a s c o u t team (a combination of offensive and defensive back-ups) who ran the other teams offense.

The reason I bring this up, is because many posters have responded saying that our offensive coordinator not understanding when and how to use certain plays has hindered our defense.  Does SU's defense spend a great deal of time going against our own offense in practice?  If that is the case, that could also be part of the issue.  This statement is not something against our offense, but you have to prepare for the plays and schemes you are going to see in a game, not prepare against your offense running their version of the plays and schemes.

I know you cannot completely replicate another team's offense (whether it is spread or traditional pro-style) since you are never going to run it as well in practice as your opponent will in the game. However, you can work on recognizing sets, keys, etc...
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