The Power of Castille

Why would you limit his abilites to short yardage?????????

Let him where down that defense in the first half, and those 5-6 yard gains will turn into homeruns in the second half.

 
MCAT800 said:
Why would you limit his abilites to short yardage?????????

Let him where down that defense in the first half, and those 5-6 yard gains will turn into homeruns in the second half.
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Actually, let Lucky wear out defenses chasing his speedy a$$ in the first half. Then when the D-line can hardly muster another breath, have Castille slam into them again and again and again. It'll be like a Spartan phalanx grinding through whatever is stupid enough to get in its way.

I get giddy just imagining, though, what it would be like to have a Glenn/Castille lineup. If there ever was a "Nebraska way," I think these two guys might be able to remind us.

:bonez And USC must be razed to the ground. :bonez

 
Husker_x said:
MCAT800 said:
Why would you limit his abilites to short yardage?????????

Let him where down that defense in the first half, and those 5-6 yard gains will turn into homeruns in the second half.
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Actually, let Lucky wear out defenses chasing his speedy a$$ in the first half. Then when the D-line can hardly muster another breath, have Castille slam into them again and again and again. It'll be like a Spartan phalanx grinding through whatever is stupid enough to get in its way.

I get giddy just imagining, though, what it would be like to have a Glenn/Castille lineup. If there ever was a "Nebraska way," I think these two guys might be able to remind us.

:bonez And USC must be razed to the ground. :bonez
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:yeah My understanding of the Walsh/WCO school of thought, not that I know much about it, is that you use the short horizontal lanes (quick, precisely timed routes, including passes to the backs) to open up the vertical lanes to the run and longer passes. Not saying you can't use power running, and coaches do modify the WCO, but the basic idea is to tire the D with the horizontal stuff to loosen up the vertical lanes.

 
agree, but you have to have a bunch of athletes that run precise routes, etc. to make it really effective. if we play a lot of new faces, there is nothing wrong with scripting plays for them, to utilize their talent now.

i fear Lucky and Glenn are going to be less than effective for the whole season.

 
Hunter94 said:
agree, but you have to have a bunch of athletes that run precise routes, etc. to make it really effective. if we play a lot of new faces, there is nothing wrong with scripting plays for them, to utilize their talent now.

i fear Lucky and Glenn are going to be less than effective for the whole season.
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I would agree that you need a good running corps to make it work, and putting everything on one or two backs might be a concern. I'd think early in the game when the backs might be going out for short passes, etc. they're likely to take some pops. If we're depending on 1 or 2 backs to work the vertical lanes as the game wears on, and one of them gets hurt, that element of the plan is taken away.

I assume the coaches know all this better than I do.

 
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