Brian Stewart and the Secondary

i was at the purdue game, and while i saw other positional coaches talking to their guys, coach stewart wasn't even on the sidelines, and no one was talking to the secondary after any series. occasionally you would see banker walk over and say something, but the players would just be looking away while he spoke. one time banker had to stop what he was saying and say "look at me" like 3 times before one of the secondary guys even paid him any mind. riley would walk past them and it just seemed like the secondary were guys on the other team, with the body language of both him and the players.

i really think riley has lost the team already. it just hasn't shown yet because the players actually do care about the N. people need to stop with the "bo-guys" nonsense. its not about that. no matter how much any of the players loved bo, these coaches have had bad plans for most games. no one is gonna buy what you are selling when you haven't shown you can coach or motivate or gameplan your way out of a wet paperbag.

 
I'm not a fan of what Stewart is doing with the secondary, but to say he's a bad coach because he isn't on the sidelines is ridiculous. There are always coaches "in the sky" in the coach's box. This is done to give the coaches another point of view, besides on the sidelines. That's probably where Stewart is during the game.

 
Interesting report, that guy.

If I knew what Stewart looked like, I would go back and watch the game and see if he can be spotted where and doing what.

 
Still hard for me to understand why they are coached not to look for the ball. Ahhh, I remember when the secondary was going to be the strength of the defense before the season started (there was also a lot of talk about the d-line, although I thought we were in serious trouble at DE). Anyone remember that? Now the pass defense is bad because there is no talent in the secondary.

 
Igetbored216 said:
Still hard for me to understand why they are coached not to look for the ball. Ahhh, I remember when the secondary was going to be the strength of the defense before the season started (there was also a lot of talk about the d-line, although I thought we were in serious trouble at DE). Anyone remember that? Now the pass defense is bad because there is no talent in the secondary.
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I think that gets overblown a bit too much. What's really hurting the secondary is their poor positioning.

 
DrunkOffPunch said:
Igetbored216 said:
Still hard for me to understand why they are coached not to look for the ball. Ahhh, I remember when the secondary was going to be the strength of the defense before the season started (there was also a lot of talk about the d-line, although I thought we were in serious trouble at DE). Anyone remember that? Now the pass defense is bad because there is no talent in the secondary.
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I think that gets overblown a bit too much. What's really hurting the secondary is their poor positioning.
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I agree with this, they have to be in position to see the eyes move and focus in and watch the hands start to move, if you aren't in position it doesn't matter if you look back. You can't make a play in the ball or a tackle if you are way out of position

 
DrunkOffPunch said:
Igetbored216 said:
Still hard for me to understand why they are coached not to look for the ball. Ahhh, I remember when the secondary was going to be the strength of the defense before the season started (there was also a lot of talk about the d-line, although I thought we were in serious trouble at DE). Anyone remember that? Now the pass defense is bad because there is no talent in the secondary.
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I think that gets overblown a bit too much. What's really hurting the secondary is their poor positioning.
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Poor positioning is definitely part of it. But how many times this year have they actually been in position, not looked back, and the ball lands right in the receiver's hands?

 
This is done to give the coaches another point of view, besides on the sidelines. That's probably where Stewart is during the game.
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Well, if being up in the box is what's working so far, Stewart would be a fool not to keep going with that...I mean, he can always text or Facebook...

 
ColoradoHusk said:
I'm not a fan of what Stewart is doing with the secondary, but to say he's a bad coach because he isn't on the sidelines is ridiculous. There are always coaches "in the sky" in the coach's box. This is done to give the coaches another point of view, besides on the sidelines. That's probably where Stewart is during the game.
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I'm not saying he's a bad coach. he might actually be a great coach (even though i didn't like the hire from the beginning). you are probably right about him being in the skybox, but to not have anyone in the DB's ears giving encouragement or correction during the game is sad and speaks to really poor leadership and a serious lack of cohesion.

and that brings up another point i haven't heard addressed: I think its very likely that there are serious divisions on the staff. i honestly do not believe they are all on the same page. and the players can tell. just another reason why fans can't blame players for not buying in. coaches are not all bought in themselves.

 
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