If true and the Secondary is prepared to cover and help reduce the long balls and long runs, Pitt could easily win 10 games. "IF" is the key word! Unlike Franklin' excuses, Narduzzi is not afraid to admit or looks at himself and the coaches for being part of the problem?
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Opponents didn't need to get inside the red zone to score against Pitt. The Panthers allowed 18 touchdown passes between 29 and 79 yards.................
What happened? Poor play in the secondary? A weak pass rush that allows the quarterback too much time to find an open receiver?........Narduzzi suggests another possibility.........“Maybe nobody messed up,” he said. “Maybe it's the coach. We point the finger back at ourselves.....“It's going to be structural (something designed by the coaches), physical (someone got beat) or mental (a coverage breakdown),” he said.........With a veteran secondary this season, Narduzzi isn't expecting an abundance of breakdowns..........The return of every defensive coach from last season also is a good indication of improvement. Both the coaches teaching the concepts and the students trying to learn them might have a deeper understanding of what Narduzzi is trying to accomplish with his defense............“That's one term (secondary) coach (Renaldo) Hill uses a lot,” Mitchell said. “If we can play the mental gymnastics, with the motions and the shifts from these spread offenses, it makes it way easier to make plays.............“It's hard at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy.“When you are working with the same guys you have been working with for years, it becomes easier, too.”.........................
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11044084-74/pitt-secondary-narduzzi
Excerpt:
Opponents didn't need to get inside the red zone to score against Pitt. The Panthers allowed 18 touchdown passes between 29 and 79 yards.................
What happened? Poor play in the secondary? A weak pass rush that allows the quarterback too much time to find an open receiver?........Narduzzi suggests another possibility.........“Maybe nobody messed up,” he said. “Maybe it's the coach. We point the finger back at ourselves.....“It's going to be structural (something designed by the coaches), physical (someone got beat) or mental (a coverage breakdown),” he said.........With a veteran secondary this season, Narduzzi isn't expecting an abundance of breakdowns..........The return of every defensive coach from last season also is a good indication of improvement. Both the coaches teaching the concepts and the students trying to learn them might have a deeper understanding of what Narduzzi is trying to accomplish with his defense............“That's one term (secondary) coach (Renaldo) Hill uses a lot,” Mitchell said. “If we can play the mental gymnastics, with the motions and the shifts from these spread offenses, it makes it way easier to make plays.............“It's hard at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy.“When you are working with the same guys you have been working with for years, it becomes easier, too.”.........................
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11044084-74/pitt-secondary-narduzzi
