Game Plan Week 1: Defensive Adjustments with Former Texas Defensive Coordinator Bull Reese

Summary: The Game Plan with Coach Charlie Coiner and guest former Texas, DC Bull Reese Guest host Charlie Coiner joins Keith Grabowski this season for “The Game Plan” series. Coiner is a retired coach and the founder of First Down Playbook. Coiner has worked as an assistant coach in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills and ash the college level with a number of teams, most notably, Vanderbilt, LSU, Louisville, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Carl “Bull” Reese joins Grabowski and Coiner to talk about defensive adjustments, calling a game based on key statistics. Carl "Bull" Reese is a retired college coach. Reese served as defensive coordinator for 31 years at six different schools and one USFL team. Most notable coaching stops were LSU and Texas. Reese most recently served as an analyst at Arkansas. 2:42 As offensive coaches being able to pick the brain of your own defensive staff 3:00 Learning about the other side in getting ready for practice and scout team 3:30 Looking at key objectives 4:49 Tony DeMeo’s key stats 5:35 Learning from coaches who are open statistics 7:00 Using stats/analytics at any level 8:50 Defining analytics 11:00 Carl “Bull” Reese joins the show 11:30 Redefining winning football starting with philosophy 12:50 Don’t adjust the scheme; call another defense 15:00 Give the offensive lineman a three way go 16:04 Don’t fall in love with a scheme; fall in love with what works 17:00 Man coverage vs quarter coverage 19:20 Using measurable statistics to call a game 24:24 Calling to the chart 26:30 Changing the players’ mindset 29:25 Preparing players to understand what they need to do to 32:00 Impressions on Coach Reese’s ideas - his magic on game day 33:55 Using a code word for players to understand the situation 35:35 Defensive adjustments within what is in the system 36:30 Example of George Perles’ Stunt 4-3 defense to adjust 37:28 One word calls on defense and in adjustments 38:28 Leave yourself the flexibility to have enough for answers 40:00 Resources available at First Down Playbook