[Mr. D]

As a JC fan this is the same story as all year. You have a championship level offense and a first round exit defense. At some point changes are going to have to be made on that side of the ball. They don’t have a ton of speed but the biggest issue is just constant busted coverages and missed tackles. That is the hallmark of a poorly coached defense.

I was wondering, did JC have players that play on offense that could play both ways? To help on the defense?

Two of their top 3 running backs play both ways as defensive backs. It looked to me that they put McCoart in at safety (he usually doesn’t play both ways) and he had the busted coverage leading to the open receiver scoring the game winning touchdown.

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Awesome job out of the Tomcats. This team fought to the end and pulled out the victory. What an instant classic in this rivalry. LaBryant Strader was a man possessed and in my opinion proved that he is the best Tomcat QB ever in its long historic tradition.

On a serious note how in the world could a tradition rich program like Johnson Central be that bad defensively? There’s no way the defensive coordinator, secondary coach and special teams coordinator should coach another game. They are an embarrassment to the game of football.

The defense has went way down hill the last two years. In the past we’ve gotten beat many times by teams with just better athletes across the board and that is what it is. But to have busted coverages and poor tackling all year is frustrating. 

What I don’t understand is that Coach Peck was the defensive coordinator and we had solid defenses year in and year out. So it’s weird that we’ve had this drop off now that he is the HC. I don’t know if he needs to take a more hands on approach or what but something needs to change.