Daily Bucs Links 2/22/12 - Bill Sheridan speaks

If Kalil falls to us I’d take him over any other player in this draft, unless he’s falling because of injury or something weird like that. So, how ferocious would our line be if we got Kalil, Nicks, and Chris Myers? Drool…. That is not happening, but man that’d be a hellish line.

I grew up in Ft. Myers and went to school at USF, I have a special place in my heart for the Bucs, I will always root for them (unless its against the giants) and take a vested interest in whatever the Bucs do. I loved signing Freeman, I loved the Schiano signing and I have liked most of the personnel decisions made. Most…

Bill Sheridan will destroy your defense. I was founder of the “Fire Bill Sheridan Fan Club” back when he was with the Giants. Just reading above makes me believe he hasnt changed.

Couple of things:
1 – He will run Schiano’s Defense, that is because he doesnt have a defense… One of the biggest issues with the Giants, he tried to run Spags defense after Spags left. He fell flat on his face, Spags = Very good Defensive Coordinator, B.S. – Not so much

2 – He believes in bringing pressure. Sure he does, everyone does, he just doesnt know how to do it… Biggest example of this, He tried to bring pressure with the front 4. when other teams started Mass protecting, he switched to the new, “Vogue” Pleceba defense… where he had DE’s and DT’s standing up not in position, only to send 4 against a max protect scheme. No blitz… he believes in bringing pressure as long as it doesnt include blitzing. Which brings me to my next point.

3- When in doubt, he goes back to the 3- man rush and zone umbrella scheme… This is the biggest thing with me, this is when I lost it… You have defensive players that love being aggressive.. build pride around it… get their swagger from it.. He consistently took that away from his own players by making CB’s play 10 yards off the LOS, by consistently going into a cover 3, by having DE drop into coverage… why you ask?? because that is what spags did… He had no comprehesion of why he was running certain plays, just that this is what spags did and he was trying to emulate spags…

I really hope he has changed. I hope he isnt running a defense a certain way because someone else says so. I really like rooting for the Bucs and being able to watch them on T.V. in Orlando. I really hope Schiano knows what he is doing. If he hasnt changed, I feel really sorry for you guys.