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Message: [QUOTE="K Otto XLIV, post: 1463851"] IMO the issue with defense is old school thinking. Everyone used to play a 5-2 then it moved to 4-3 before some people went to a 3-4. The D always lags behind in personnel. To many D coaches "grew up" being 4-3 guys. It is what they know and they are reluctant to change their base D. IMO that is silly unless you have SEC talent on D. There is no reason to have a 4-3 D as your base in today's game. It puts you in a mismatch. Teams should be running either a 4-2, 3-4, or 3-3 stack. There is a reason why RichRod wants his DC to use a 3-3 stack. It is what he feels is the most effective D. Shafer's Okie did so well against WV because it has a big DE playing over the C, two edge rusher DE/LB hybrids playing wide, 2 MLBs, 2 SSs playing like hybrid OLBs, 2 CBs, and 2 FSs. [/QUOTE]