Originally posted by dtg_9er:
Originally posted by Giedi:
Heh, actually I don't really want a balanced team. I want a defense dominated team with a good ball control all weather offense. Right now Kyle's WCO is to pass happy for me, and I don't really see a good 4rth quarter ground game that can put teams away (at least that's what I saw in the two playoff games I saw). Hope that changes, and hope that Kyle develops that ground and pound 4rth quarter run game. On defense, I'd like our defense to dominate like our previous super bowl defenses (except for the 5th super bowl that had more offense). The Atlanta defense, for some reason, disappeared in the super bowl. Maybe injuries, maybe they weren't as good as their statistics say, but down 20+ points and come back to win the game, means that Atlanta defense has something wrong with it, and Kyle wants that defense for the 49ers.
I'm the opposite. I want a WCO that can move the ball at will with top WRs, consistent RB/FBs who can catch, and great QB play. Three yards and a cloud of dust should be buried in Ohio and Michigan...for all time! But that does not mean I want a bad defense. The niners drafted their defensive backfield in one year during Walsh's time and they played extremely well largely due to Seifert's excellent schemes and coaching. Having Lott among them didn't hurt. So...the draft next year should concentrate on finding elite players at--QB, WR, DB...in that order! Coaching can make up for the rest. They already have Foster, three potentially elite DL, good RB/FBs.
The thing about the Zone run, is if you play against a very disciplined and talented front 7, I think you will have more problems running the ball than a man blocking scheme, where you can run traps and sweeps. I think the zone run is very effective against a team that is trying to shut down the pass and running stunts. But when the Zone run is facing a defense that doesn't do a lot of stunts and blitzes and is very disciplined, I think it gets exposed. I think that's what happened to the Atlanta ground game in the super bowl. I think the solution to that is to run more man schemes in the 4rth quarter to put away teams when Kyle has the lead. I know he can teach those schemes, and I think he needs a couple of O Linemen, not every one, but a couple that are tremendous man blockers that can be utilized in the 4rth Qtr. to run those schemes.
For example, in one run in the 4rth QTR, Bellicheat just had the defensive line squeeze the line of scrimmage and had a DB track the speedy RB as he stretched the run outside and the DB just tracked him down and tackled him at the LOS. A power sweep against that defense would have gained a lot of yardage, but because it was the zone run blocking scheme, there were no holes and no gains.
game. 