Changes in the defensive depth chart
by John Berkowitz on Sep 7, 2009 11:16 AM PDT
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PrintJustin Glenn who has played mostly CB since he arrived at Washington is listed as a backup at Safety this week. Glenn can play either position and is actually a little bigger than Greg Walker. Vistor Aiyewa is listed as a co starter along with Greg Walker and Nate Williams. Looks like Washington is experimenting with trying to improve coverage.
David Batts who didn't see the field last week is listed as a back up at CB. Desmond Trufant who only played two plays is listed as a co starter with Vonzell McDowell. Washington would love to have a larger and faster CB line up across from Quinton Richardson who had a good game on Saturday.
Everything looks the same over on offense.
Craig Noble and Nick Wood have moved over to the offensive side of the ball to help fill out the depth. Sark feels the players have a better shot over here and doesn't think their bodies are well suited for the type of defense Washington wants to run in the future.
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Not too worried
I knew the secondary coverage issues were going to be addressed early this week. We’ve got 2 weeks to get it right for our matchup with SC.
You want speed and size back there, I know. But the skills can be taught, I’m sure of it. Getting a quicker read, being in the perfect alignment and communicating with your teammates can make up for speed. It’s all about knowing the position.
All I saw was purple
While I don’t think we should get too far ahead of ourselves, the game against Idaho ought to provide the opportunity to experiment a bit with the back end of the defense. I’m not sure the severity of Nate’s concussion, but it might be smart to give him this week off to let the cobwebs clear. Would be nice to see more of Aiyewa – the dude can lay the lumber. Not sure he’s that great in coverage, but put him at SS and give him more run support duties.
Interesting to see Glenn moving over to S – wonder why Batts isn’t higher on the depth chart? Maybe Batts is quicker than Glenn, better in coverage and thus better suited at CB than Glenn?
I hope batts comes on this year
Though he does have 3 to play 3 so we’ll be seeing Mr. Batts for a while.
What kind of offense does Idaho favor?
Will they be a good team to test different combinations against?
Changes in the Secondary were needed.
Vistor Aiyewa played pretty well when he was in the game.. Did’nt let his man get too far away from him…whether they were in Zone or Man to Man coverage. Reacted to Game situations alot better than Walker. The Coaches are on top of the pulse of the defense. It is great to see.
Does anyone have any information on how many recruits (official and unofficial) were at the LSU game? Any names? Also any insight to how the recruiting went from this game? Thanks
The word back from Shaw, Burnett, Innes & Rowland is that they enjoyed their trips, but it doesn’t appear anyone made a commitment while visiting.
Shaw is playing things close to the vest, but I’d be surprised if we get him. Burnett sounds very high on the Dawgs, and I’d bet he’ll commit, but he says he wants to take all his visits before he decides. Innes and Rowland were both impressed with the UW but are planning to take more visits. Rowland says he wants to decide in October/November. I’m guessing the UW is in good shape with him – he really seems to like Cozzetto. I would think we have a decent shot at Innes as well.
My thoughts
I think :
Rowland – we have a great chance with Rowland. ASU will be the hometown fav but I think the Cozetto factor along with an obviously resurgent UW team could seal the deal.
Burnett – Looks like a good bet. Hayes Pullard will likely stay in Cali.
Shaw- Will probably end up a Buckeye.
Riley – Will probably stay in Cali
Innes- We may get this guy or Micah Hatchie …whomever commmits first. Sounds like he liked his trip.
Jordon James – I see staying in Cali.
Deontae Cooper- I think falls to us with James going to UCLA, Mconico to Oregon and Oaks Christians Jones going to Stanford.
Wright – I’m still holding on that Wright will be Sarks prized recruit.
Guys...please
That info is straight from Dawgman…let it hit Condotta’s column before we publish it here. There is a reason Dawgman members pay a $100 or so a year to join. Those guys are really good friends of mine and I don’t want to lift their stuff. Once Condotta reports it in the Times and he always does…. I will review over it here. It is the polite thing to do.
by John Berkowitz on Sep 7, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry John. I’m not sure what the line is on that stuff – I tried to be pretty generic.
FWIW, a lot of that info is now up on ESPN per Biggins, plus info on James.
No need to apologize....It's a very fine line
Once it is up on ESPN, or in the Times it is fine to repeat anything here. That has always been my guide post.
The way the Internet works is it only takes a little while for it to spread around the world once it is published anyway. Kim Grinolds will tell you that there aren’t any true scopps anymore. For example Dawgman used to wait to publish recruiting news until the Times and PI went to press. That way Yanity…Condotta…Etc…would have to wait till the next day to post the news. With the 24 hour blogs that little bit of strategy is dead.
I just want to avoid this being the first place it ends up if it doesn’t originate here. It is just out of respect. Furthermore I don’t have a problem with what Bob and other journalists do either. News is news and they are paid to gather it. They link back so in a way it is free publicity for Dawgman. We have around 2000 readers a day and the Times has 1.8 million according to their ads.
Chris Fetters works full time covering recruiting and the Huskies and I don’t pay his salary. Kim, Chris and Scott are friends of mine and I think they deserve the 20 or so minutes of scoop time they get till it ends up on a free source.
If people don’t have to pay for the early information then where does the money come to pay Fetters and Eklund for their valuable time?
I am just trying to protect and respect the resource.
by John Berkowitz on Sep 8, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Nobody is in trouble
We just need to respect other sources.
The truth is there were no commits and all the kids wat to take other visits before making up their minds. That being said every single one of them came away impressed. Washington will put together a tremendous class this year.
by John Berkowitz on Sep 8, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Ten fingers
You get to keep all ten and I will even give you a high five.
I just want to make sure those guys have some cover and we don’t inadvertantly screw them over in our excitement.
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