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.

Show Notes

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

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