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Comments on: A Closer Look at the 2012 Defense https://dev.ndnation.com/a-closer-look-at-the-2012-defense/ The Independent Voice of Notre Dame Athletics Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:03:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Joe Schulz https://dev.ndnation.com/a-closer-look-at-the-2012-defense/#comment-7537 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:03:18 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=3022#comment-7537 Nice summary! I am particularly interested in the rookie play. Kelly seems to have bought in on their overwhelming talent. I would love to see what he sees. Clearly Elliot and Cooks know what they are doing; but nowhere to starter is a long way to go. Really all I want is decent coverage and a lot of hitting. My dream is a pick or two by Jackson and Russell. I want to see them with the ball in space.

]]> By: NDBacker4Ever https://dev.ndnation.com/a-closer-look-at-the-2012-defense/#comment-7526 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:36:57 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=3022#comment-7526 Thanks, SEE, for fully illuminating the landscape in a single snapshot. There is a lot to be excited about and a lot to be concerned with as well. Other teams have won with youth; I see no reason why this one cannot do the same. If the assembled talent lives up to their billing, if the addition of Coach Elliot translates into bringing the underclassmen along quickly, and if we are not further plagued by the injury bug, this could be an entertaining defense to watch. Memorable units from ND’s past just didn’t meet expectations, they exceeded them. Let’s hope that is what we see this season.

]]> By: jimboP https://dev.ndnation.com/a-closer-look-at-the-2012-defense/#comment-7524 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:13:20 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=3022#comment-7524 We can’t get enough CB’s but why do we have 11 safeties! That’s crazy.

]]> By: osterjo https://dev.ndnation.com/a-closer-look-at-the-2012-defense/#comment-7512 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:06:42 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=3022#comment-7512 Louis Nix is from Jacksonville FL
I really enjoy this analysis as we are starved for information about our Irish here in Jacksonvile

]]> By: OC coach 69 https://dev.ndnation.com/a-closer-look-at-the-2012-defense/#comment-7508 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:08:18 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=3022#comment-7508 Many of these guys were recruited for different positions. Those were offensive positions, which require speed and the ability to turn, track the ball in the air and either catch it or keep it away from the other guy. Our last three cornerbacks, were highly rated coming out of high school. They weren’t that fast, their ball skills were bad (Suc****ed), and we usually lost, when they were our last line of defense.

Maybe the theory of recruiting Notre Dame type players, on either side of the ball, and indoctrinating them into the domer culture is slowly working. I have been as impressed with this group of freshman and sophomores, as I have been in a long time. These young men get Notre Dame. It is not our old Notre Dame, but it is still a lot different, and they, and the coaches, seem to understand and appreciate that (as opposed to just “buying in”).

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