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[QUOTE="Janner, post: 3280885, member: 739"]
Question for any of the coaches on the board, how hard is it to switch from a 4-3 to a 3-3-5? Is there a large learning curve for the coaches and players or is it a pretty basic change in sets and philosophy?

I ask because I do not believe any of our defensive coaches have much experience running a 3-3-5 and ive read that the assignments and schemes can be quite a bit different, especially for the position coaches.

I was also curious as to how long might it take for the players to adequately learn the system and assignments? Babers said his offense usually takes a year or two to master.  While that is on the other side of the ball,  I still expect a learning curve to exist to some extent on the Defensive side as well?

I like that we start off the season with some very winnable games on the road but I would hate to lay an egg, especially with who we start with this year, due to missed assignments and/or blown overages because we are still getting up to speed on the defensive side of the ball.
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