Pachyderm_Wave
Hartselle Tigers (15-0) 5-A State Champ
Christian Harris would fit the Cover-0 scheme if we keep it. Dude is a missile, and looks like he has great range in coverage.
He was a cornerback in high school. Harris always had tremendous instincts and technique in man overage.
The issue was he was lost in zone coverage. I’d watch him keep dropping and getting depth while the receiver was running underneath through his zone.
Once you see the guy coming into your zone running a shallow crosser that’s not threatening you vertically, it’s time to stop dropping back and getting depth. It’s time to come up and take the guy instead of covering grass. This is a Pete Golding issue though.
In addition to being the DC and calling Saban’s defense, he’s also the ILB’s coach. He doesn’t really understand how to coach that position.
The other issue with Harris was that he just didn’t play physical enough. Trying to run around blocks and wouldn’t hit. Golding would call the same ILB blitzes that were useless because Harris would just get completely stopped unless he was unblocked. Just no physicality. The opposite of what you’d see with Georgia’s ILB’s for example - running the exact same scheme.
However, Harris really came on the last month of the season. The last 4 games or so he looked like a completely different player. He played with a physicality never seen out of him prior. Ever.
Shooting gaps correctly and diagnosing plays at the snap. Really started reading his keys better. Defeating blocks on blitzes. Just a totally different looking player. Which is why I bumped him up my rankings. He had been dropping all season.
If he continues on that path of improvement, you might have something. If he reverts back to his prior level of play, you won’t have anything.