Tony Gibson Interview - Another Free Scout Article
First off LINK - http://michigan.scout.com/2/892720.html
It is a good read. Talks about Warren, Boubacar, JT Turner, Floyd and Teric Jones. As well as some brief mentioning of the safeties.
A part I found very interesting:
Question: You said he supporting the run; lots of great corners don’t generally do because they’re worried about receivers, is that something that you like to see or is that something that he needs to focus more on?
Tony Gibson: “No we do it. We ask all 11 of our guys. We don’t have what you call cover corners. Our kids need to be physical and support the run and all those things. Him and Donovan, JT Floyd, JT Turner and Teric Jones and all those kids. We’re expecting them to do it. We are going to play coverages where they are going to force the run.”
IMO gives a bit of insight of why they don't seem to be heavily pursuing guys like Dior Mathis and are favoring bigger CBs like Christian and Grimes more.
Anyways, figured I would share for those of you who might not check scout very often (I know I check there less frequently).
August 28th, 2009 at 3:08 PM ^
I don't think size has any effect on the staff recruiting.. Courtney Avery and Talbott are both under 6" feet and around 160 pounds.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:10 PM ^
Lets just hope that whatever the plan is the players, whoever they are, buy into it and execute it. I just hope when its all said and done we dont have another decade of soft zones and giving up chunks of passing yardage in the 4th quarter. It still keeps me up at night...Then again, if we already have 50pts because we havent sat on a 7pt lead the entire second half, it wont matter!
August 28th, 2009 at 3:24 PM ^
I'm with ya. This is going to sound stupid, but I hope we have an offense so good that we don't need a defense and a defense so good that we don't need a "good" offense.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:29 PM ^
You wrote: "IMO gives a bit of insight of why they don't seem to be heavily pursuing guys like Dior Mathis and are favoring bigger CBs" in the context of reading Gibson's answer about Cissoko, a virtual carbony copy of Mathis (both 5'9, with Cissoko 10 lbs heavier with two years of college S/T behind him).
August 28th, 2009 at 3:54 PM ^
Perhaps I shouldn't have wrote bigger. Because you are very right in terms of size. I should have wrote more physical.
My understanding of Cissoko and Mathis is that, while both are similar in terms of coverage skills, size and speed. Cissoko was viewed more as a more physical corner (despite his size he wasn't afraid to go out there and hit people), while Mathis was viewed as more of a pure cover corner (shyed away from contact).
August 28th, 2009 at 5:19 PM ^
That might be. Cissoko did have a rep for taking on contact in HS.
On an unrelated note, I laughed when I saw "-1" on my last post.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:01 PM ^
Coincidentally, Dior was at practice last weekend, and the coaches told him they still want him at Michigan...