Two Ole Miss starters talked on Tuesday and both handed over something no coach says at a podium. Terez Davis, the left tackle, on the Vanderbilt film: "they're physical, on 3rd down, they run a lot of blitzes, they like to bring 7, 8 on 3rd down to confuse you. They run a lot of twists... They have 2 pretty good edges." Seven and eight men on third down is not a wrinkle. It is a philosophy, and it says Vanderbilt has decided third down will never be a normal snap on Saturday. Segment two is Tah'j Butler, and he did not talk about scheme at all. His words: "we trying to start strong and finish strong. That's been our problem for this whole year. We always start off good in the first half but come out, we're not coming out swinging." And on physicality: "it's really more like 10% technique, 90% want-to." That is a starting defender naming a different problem than the one this show has been arguing about all week. The honest counterweight: players say want-to when they are asked about effort, because it is the answer that does not throw a coach under the bus. It may be honest and it may be diplomatic. What fixes a second half, scheme or want-to? Tell me in the comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #Vanderbilt #SEC #CollegeFootball
Two Ole Miss starters talked on Tuesday and both handed over something no coach says at a podium.
Terez Davis, the left tackle, on the Vanderbilt film: "they're physical, on 3rd down, they run a lot of blitzes, they like to bring 7, 8 on 3rd down to confuse you. They run a lot of twists... They have 2 pretty good edges."
Seven and eight men on third down is not a wrinkle. It is a philosophy, and it says Vanderbilt has decided third down will never be a normal snap on Saturday.
Segment two is Tah'j Butler, and he did not talk about scheme at all. His words: "we trying to start strong and finish strong. That's been our problem for this whole year. We always start off good in the first half but come out, we're not coming out swinging." And on physicality: "it's really more like 10% technique, 90% want-to."
That is a starting defender naming a different problem than the one this show has been arguing about all week.
The honest counterweight: players say want-to when they are asked about effort, because it is the answer that does not throw a coach under the bus. It may be honest and it may be diplomatic.
What fixes a second half, scheme or want-to? Tell me in the comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #Vanderbilt #SEC #CollegeFootball