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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 2636348, member: 652"]
Shafer's D identity didn't work in the ACC. In 2013 we have faced good QBs and got torched. His identity would never work against the schedules we see daily. They worked in the Big East with that level of talent. Good QBs can always torch overload blitzes. The only good P5 O Shafer's system worked against was Geno Smith and WVU. That was because Geno got rattled from pressure.

This idea he was a great DC drives me nuts. He did a good job in 2010-2011. Our 2012 D wasn't great it was led by a great offense. 2013 again we were good against mediocre QBs and destroyed by good QBs. Destroyed to the degree it wasn't even competitive.

In our recent past our coaching on D for 3rd down has been stupid not just Shafer.
It's been overload blitz and leave yourself susceptible to screens or we have played soft zones with cushions and WRs find the holes and get first downs.

Our 3rd D last year was great. It was a combination of making plays and getting lucky. It lasted 8 games and we were competitive as a result.
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