The Saban System: Illustrating the Best-Practices of Man-Match Defense
From Alabama’s Foundations to the Modern Hybrid Spacing of Georgia and Oregon.
Explore the definitive guide to the Nick Saban defensive tree, illustrating best practices in Man-Match coverage and Tite front spacing. These technical masterclasses trace the schematic evolution from Alabama’s foundational rules to the modern hybrid structures used by Kirby Smart and Dan Lanning.
Nick Saban
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Kirby Smart
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Philosophy
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Fronts & Fits
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Game Plans
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Pressures
Dan Lanning
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Pressures Catalog
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I’ve wondered for a while, and you posting this (thank you goat) has given me the confidence to ask?
How do teams, specifically Georgia go from 3 down structure to 4 down structure so easily?
How is their install so simple?
I don’t specifically mean 3 down fronts (Tite, Odd, Okie, etc) or 4 down fronts (Under, Over, Heads, etc), I mean a 3 down call structure and a 4 down call structure.
3 down would be the call side & away side DE, call side & away side ILB, call side & away side OLB, and the NT.
4 down would be the call side & away side DT, call side & away side DE, call side & away side OLB, & Mike.
There must be an easier way Georgia is streamlining their teaching to allow them to teach 3 & 4 down concepts without bloating the install, but I can’t find it for the life of me
I just opened this and my jaw dropped. Dude there’s no one like you doing this. Thank u. Can’t wait to dive in.