Defense lacks leadership
I don’t like writing columns like this.
Every time I do, I feel like a blowhard like Jay Mariotti, Jason Whitlock, Skip Bayless, Mike Lupica or any of the other idiotic sports writers who think they know more about sports than the athletes who actually play them.
However, after watching Appalachian State play McNeese State Sept. 12 and after speaking with coaches and players, I think I might know why the Mountaineer defense looked so bad against the Cowboys: Appalachian needs players to step up and be leaders on the defensive side of the ball.
The Mountaineers looked confused most of the game against McNeese.
The team was consistently lined up wrong against the Cowboy offense. Coaches said that the team was misaligned on nearly half of the Cowboys’ offensive snaps.
The team was not misaligned because of a coaching problem or a lack of talent. Being in the wrong spot is the result of not having a leader to take command of the defense and tell his teammates where to be...READ MORE
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