Drevno Interview Comments RE LT position (and bonus Don Brown interview)

He says he had broken the defensive installation into 3 phases and hoped to have two installed-- but they are installing phase 3 right now, so they are ahead of schedule.

He names particular players, and how they are doing.  He sounds very excited about a number of players; thought it was interesting he names Furbush as one who can grow into being a Dude. 

He comprehensively denies that this is a "high-risk, high-reward" defensive scheme-- that every call they make is studied, and playing man defense is not high risk due to coaching and players.

When asked about physicality, he says there have been many days he's been in "cringe-mode," where the hits are such that he pulls a face.  He says that when they say "ready, set, go" to unleash the defense in a game situation, he thinks they will "go."

I love the transparency and lack of platitudes.  This interview is worth watching in full. 

 

I'd agree with this take.  Obviously none of us know who should win the LT job purely on its merits, but if they feel like Newsome needs to pick it up this is exactly the kind of competition-oriented message the coaches would want to send.

I don't know if there will be any motivational "competitions" under Harbaugh like there were under Carr and Hoke. If a coach tells us it's too close to call the starter at a certain position, I think that's what they mean, not the "maybe such and such is getting too comfortable or is not playing up to the standard and needs a kick in the rear" type of competition like Gardner v. Morris.

I like your optimism here.

Frankly I think this means Newsome just hasnt been very good. It would not be this much of a competition with a true freshman guard if Newsome were playing well.

Newsome is only 1 year ahead of Bredeson and has very little experience. I think it's a true competition and the best one will win out and play.

It's the beer...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin#Ethnicity

Mostly central / northern European stock.  Hearty folks.

Same way with Iowa, too. The Midwest isn't really known for producing quick, speedy athletes like you'll find down south, but man oh man do we produce large, wooly mammoth-sized offensive linemen. Spending all day working the fields at your corn / dairy farm must make you an abnormally strong man. 

I'm sure they're drinking whole milk, too. 

 

You're cherry-picking a bit with Bredeson. He was very highly rated nationally. Still, UWisc seems to have plenty of home-grown talent in that area every year. I think it's mostly player development. They had five RSFr in their bowl game last year with USC, and they were all low 3-stars or worse in the recruiting rankings.

Their life is meat, cheese, and forests, sooo that's pretty much how. 

My guess is that you can't be consistently successful with a passing offense in the frozen tundras of Wisconsin, so you have to develop O-linemen and run the ball to win.

Is an answer to this problem.

ive been the biggest proponent of Ulizio's play, and I thought he was slated inside, but apparently he is RT all the way, and in line to replace Magnuson next year, as of now.

Bama did fine starting Cam Robinson as a true freshman. Bredeson was a top-50 guy and one of the few recruits to slow down Gary. Everyone that has seen Bredeson has heaped praise on him. So I think we would be fine with either.