AZ, I would never want to be able to dictate any specific thing, because I trust Bob's leadership and that he knows a heckuva lot more about the details. I'd like to see three or for more than general things.
I heard hints that last preseason, that Bob backed way off on the contact. And I believe that's true and I believe it helped. And I got the feeling, against from the bits and pieces you hear, that there was some pretty significant contact in practice pretty close to bowl gametime, because he felt that without games for five weeks, that they needed a little. I know that it's part of the mindset of the former safety who played his senior year with a torn knee ligament, and whose assistant coach/position coach at Iowa told HC Hayden Fry when Bob was a freshman trying to earn a position that he wasn't great in coverage that he really liked Bob, because he chase you into the stands to hit you. Bob wants players with toughness attitudes and he prefers to not wait til game days to find out who might and who might not. But I think that these days, you're better off with a scaled back significantly amount of contact after spring practice. I believe that OUr players hit each other enough in the bowl prep that they were a little slower because of it.
I'd like to see Bob tell his OC that we want a little more Wildcat formation, or whatever you wish to call it. I think that Baker has had two concussions in the last three months and he needs to run less, even if it makes OUr offense better.You can't play quarterback worrying about it. But as a coach, you can cut down on his vulnerability.
And I believe that it would be a good idea to play Cody or whoever the back up quarterback turns out to be, one series in the first half for three games, just to get him some reps with the ones.
And I'd like to see Drake and Isaac graduated at midterm their senior years.
