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The San Diego State Aztecs football team runs a
4-2-5 base defense, a scheme that features four defensive linemen, two linebackers, and five defensive backs. Rob Aurich is the current defensive coordinator, having taken over the role in December 2024.
The 4-2-5 is designed to defend against modern spread offenses while still maintaining a strong presence against the run. The extra defensive back allows the team to match up well against multiple receivers and makes the defense highly flexible in its coverage and blitzing options.
Under Aurich, the defense has been described as an aggressive, "all-or-nothing" style that frequently uses blitzes and stunts to apply pressure and disrupt offensive timing. The scheme relies heavily on the performance of its edge rushers and the communication and tackling ability of its linebackers and safeties.
The Aztecs successfully switched to this defense in the 2024 season and saw significant improvement in their performance, ranking highly in scoring and total defense by the end of the year.
4-2-5 base defense, a scheme that features four defensive linemen, two linebackers, and five defensive backs. Rob Aurich is the current defensive coordinator, having taken over the role in December 2024.
The 4-2-5 is designed to defend against modern spread offenses while still maintaining a strong presence against the run. The extra defensive back allows the team to match up well against multiple receivers and makes the defense highly flexible in its coverage and blitzing options.
Under Aurich, the defense has been described as an aggressive, "all-or-nothing" style that frequently uses blitzes and stunts to apply pressure and disrupt offensive timing. The scheme relies heavily on the performance of its edge rushers and the communication and tackling ability of its linebackers and safeties.
The Aztecs successfully switched to this defense in the 2024 season and saw significant improvement in their performance, ranking highly in scoring and total defense by the end of the year.
He also doesn’t have a Wikipedia page so he must suck!
Wonder if he is coaching in the bowl game? Yes, I know Rhule said Snow/Ekler co-coordinating the defense
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who????
Obviously no one who has any kind of name recognition wanted a job on this mediocre team.
Very disappointing...I guess that means we will have to have a "wait and see" attitude.
Obviously no one who has any kind of name recognition wanted a job on this mediocre team.
Very disappointing...I guess that means we will have to have a "wait and see" attitude.
San Diego State played a joke of a schedule of this year, so hard to judge. The best team they played was probably Washington State and they got blown out. Also got blown out by Hawaii. Otherwise they did not give up many points in the rest of their games, but again the competition level was very bad.
Dannen must be letting Rhule dig his own grave.
Look at this way, there is no hype or false high expectations that fans can create with this hire. Figure it out guys, no proven big name coach was going to come here.
Does that stand for 4 TDs, 2 FGs, 5 blown coverages per game ?
Wouldn’t be shocked if we are still running the 3-3-5 next year.
Those were mid-4th quarter stats against PSU and IA in November this year.
A roll the dice hire. Best we could hope for I guess.
Oh well.
Oh well.
At least they shut down the bad teams. How many times here in the last decade have we faced bottom dwelling run or pass offense and they got a season high vs us?
I’ll give him a chance. Got to be honest, I was hoping for someone who had proven success as a DC at a P4 school
I think you said what most here are thinking
At least we can pretend he's a rising star. Butler was a DC over a decade ago and begged for another chance but no one but Rhule would give it to him.
I’ll give him a chance too. That said, SDSU ranked below Toledo in pretty much every measurable defensive category and this guy has nowhere near the experience, so it does feel like we had to settle by kind of a lot.
Is it really a home run hire? I guess I really don’t know. Don’t know much about him. Maybe this as sarcasm?
Don’t worry. I'm sure Rhule will talk about him like he’s the next coming of Buddy Ryan.
You would’ve said the same thing about Cignetti…I’ll trust the process until it’s proven inadequate. Like the fact he appears to be an energetic, hungry, young dude. I‘ll reserve judgment.
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