Twitter: Clay Mack says DB problem is due to scheme

[Zordon]

Those of you who don't know Clay Mack, he's a big-time DB coach/trainer based in DFW. He said he doesn't think its a personnel issue with the backend. He said when he trained the Cowboys DBs in the offseason the coaches were forcing them to do only one technique instead of coaching to their strengths.

 

[starfan1]

well that and talent

 

[Idgit]

The old Richard kick-step? How’d we ever get that one so wrong, I wonder?

 

[Carson]

When guys like Sam Darnold look like Montana and call out your scheme. Yeah. It’s crap

 

[big dog cowboy]

The more that comes out about the former coaching staff the madder I get.

So glad McCarthy cleaned house and brought in his guys.

 

[Future]

I'm not a DB coach and have been saying this for....5 years. It's always been obvious that coaching was more detrimental than the talent.

Although some of the specifics I wouldn't have picked up on.

 

[MojaveJT]

Been thinking this for a longtime. I think we have a good group of DBs.

They just need to be coached correctly and play them to their strengths. Forcing them to fit what the previous coaches thought was right was a terrible idea.

 

[kskboys]

Simple analysis pointed this out a long time ago. Players got INT's elsewhere, but not here. DB's would leave and look good after looking terrible here.

 

[UncleOscar]

Keep in mind the man who hired and promoted Marinelli, and who also hired Kris Richard. That's the root of the problem.

 

[Risen Star]

You know who would have a great kick step as a cornerback? Ben DiNucci.

 

[kskboys]

Keep in mind the man who hired and promoted Marinelli, and who also hired Kris Richard. That's the root of the problem.

Absolutely. However, he let McC bring in his guys, so there is some hope.

 

[Batman1980]

Those of you who don't know Clay Mack, he's a big-time DB coach/trainer based in DFW. He said he doesn't think its a personnel issue with the backend. He said when he trained the Cowboys DBs in the offseason the coaches were forcing them to do only one technique instead of coaching to their strengths.

Well it's been obvious for YEARS that this Marinelli defensive scheme is actually allergic to takeaways. It puts the back in position to take away big plays but it also takes them away from a position to take the ball away, either through interceptions or tomahawking the ball out of the ball carrier's hands.

 

[Stash]

The more that comes out about the former coaching staff the madder I get.

So glad McCarthy cleaned house and brought in his guys.

Not as simple as the kick-step technique not being a good one. Pete Carroll has had it working well for years in Seattle. But it definitely looks like some players embraced it and did quite well like Byron Jones, while other like Awuzie may have struggled with it. There is a history of some corners struggling to adjust to the technique and it sounds like that's what happened here.

But I am curious to see what Al Harris might do with the corners he has in Dallas. He coached both Marcus Peters and Steven Nelson in Kansas City and both have gone on to play quite well.

 

[CATCH17]

Hopefully we’re done with 90s style of football in general.

 

[Stash]

Keep in mind the man who hired and promoted Marinelli, and who also hired Kris Richard. That's the root of the problem.

Jason Garrett? He's New York's problem now.

 

[CouchCoach]

The old Richard kick-step? How’d we ever get that one so wrong, I wonder?

Because he was responsible for the Legion of Boom, even though that secondary was picked by Carroll, his forte in D. And then Carroll tried to talk him into staying as the DC but he was having none of that, rather be a secondary coach in Dallas.

The Richard love and any Linehan love will always be a mystery to me. Posters were afraid Richard would go elsewhere, I was afraid he wouldn't.

 

[Batman1980]

Because he was responsible for the Legion of Boom, even though that secondary was picked by Carroll, his forte in D. And then Carroll tried to talk him into staying as the DC but he was having none of that, rather be a secondary coach in Dallas.

The Richard love and any Linehan love will always be a mystery to me. Posters were afraid Richard would go elsewhere, I was afraid he wouldn't.

Made as much sense as those who were convinced Garrett was the next Parcells or Landry.

 

[Zordon]

Simple analysis pointed this out a long time ago. Players got INT's elsewhere, but not here. DB's would leave and look good after looking terrible here.

Watch Byron Jones get 5 picks next year.

 

[Batman1980]

Watch Byron Jones get 5 picks next year.

Byron Jones couldn't catch a cold in the North Pole.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Seems like defensive scheme was always the problem in the Garrett Era, even after replacing DCs and DB coaches. Garrett was clueless in building a staff