Moving Picture Pages - How Not To Defend Power, Part I
In case anybody's wondering, I'm Chris of Dangerous Logic here, but parkinggod pretty much everywhere else on the web, including YouTube.
(apologies to those who are familiar with MPP from last year; this is for the new folks)
I love Picture Pages, but I'm so obtuse that I usually have to replay the video as I'm reading in order to understand what's happening. Finally it dawned on me that I have the game footage, a video editor, and a little bit of free time, so (with Brian's permission) I have annotated the play with pauses, spot-shadowing, and other kindergarden video effects to make it easier to follow. I notice that Brian has also started including an annotated version at the end of his regular picture pages posts (in this case, http://mgoblog.com/content/picture-pages-how-not-defend-power-part-i), but he points out different things there so I think this is still useful.
Setup: It's second and two on the Michigan 47 on Western's second drive of the day. Western runs a counter out of the shotgun against Michigan's 3-4 front with corners pressing and only Kovacs deep.
Wha'hoppon: The LT ignores Brennen Beyer to double RVB. Beyer crashes into the backfield only to get hit by a pulling guard as the RB runs by him on the counter. Demens steps up into the hole but loses outside contain, and the RB cuts outside and may well have had a TD if Kovacs doesn't make a tackle 25 yards downfield.
September 9th, 2011 at 11:15 AM ^
...I like your annotated Picture Pages a little better because they clearly illustrate what Brian tries to show in his slide show, but it flows more naturally. Ideally, Brian will contact you when he's making a Picture Pages section so he can embed your video into his post as he's making it, or immediately afterwards.
September 9th, 2011 at 11:37 AM ^
This is really well done. I agree with MichNukeEng, it would be awesome if you and Brian could coordinate this so the content comes out around the same time, or at the same time.
Keep it up!
September 9th, 2011 at 11:39 AM ^
Very clear and accurate explanation/transcription of what's going on. This helps a lot.
Queston: Is it the pulling guard that indicates a counter play or is it the fullback/H-back at the top heading across the backfield to block Demens? It seems to me like that's something that Demens/Johnson as the Mikes need to read that because Beyer probably can't see the movement from his position...
September 9th, 2011 at 5:47 PM ^
September 9th, 2011 at 11:51 AM ^
I would really like to see more of this type of analysis presentation, for successful execution, in addition to errors. A great way to visualize, and a great teaching tool as well.
September 9th, 2011 at 12:10 PM ^
Makes it much easier to follow the play. Only so much you can see in those small pictures.
September 9th, 2011 at 12:13 PM ^
But seriously, good job on this. I could follow Brian's explaination fine, but this really did seem to work a bit better.
September 9th, 2011 at 12:33 PM ^
While I understand that ideally the timi g would be closely coordinated with Brian's writeips, this is definately a case in my mind where they are really useful even if they aren't as timely. I'd personally be happy to see them any time you can find the time. This kind of thing really shows the advantages of a blog like this over other forms of media, in both the collaboeative nature of the work as well as the ability of embedded video.
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<br>Thanks for the effort and I hope you find time to do more.
September 9th, 2011 at 12:49 PM ^
September 9th, 2011 at 1:05 PM ^
It'd be cool if Brian and I could coordinate these, but I really don't see any way we could do it even if he were willing to. Since MGoBlog is his day job, he's got to put out stuff on his schedule; since my day job is elsewhere, I do these basically whenever I can.
September 9th, 2011 at 1:43 PM ^
Great work!
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