[Spiny_Norman]

* The defensive "tweaks".....data bear out that the biggest thing holding Stanford football back over the last half decade has been our miserable defense and everything the coaches and players are saying about simplicity, decisiveness, and aggression corresponds to the most obvious failings of the defense

Whatever success or lack of success Stanford has this season will likely be determined substantially by the defense. One of the comments from opposing coaches has stuck with me - Stanford is slow on defense. Once opponents recognized this weakness, they took advantage big time. Changing the scheme does not really affect that. I am really hoping that Cooper, Bailey and Fields show some speed that we have not seen on defense in quite a while. At least opponents cannot rely as much on past scouting given the change in scheme.

[Spiny_Norman]

* The defensive "tweaks".....data bear out that the biggest thing holding Stanford football back over the last half decade has been our miserable defense and everything the coaches and players are saying about simplicity, decisiveness, and aggression corresponds to the most obvious failings of the defense

Whatever success or lack of success Stanford has this season will likely be determined substantially by the defense. One of the comments from opposing coaches has stuck with me - Stanford is slow on defense. Once opponents recognized this weakness, they took advantage big time. Changing the scheme does not really affect that. I am really hoping that Cooper, Bailey and Fields show some speed that we have not seen on defense in quite a while. At least opponents cannot rely as much on past scouting given the change in scheme.