After finishing 70th in total defense in 2006, head coach Ron Prince announced last week that Kansas State will add the 3-4 alignment to its defensive repertoire. Prince says the move will allow the Wildcats more flexibility."This whole idea of being versatile, is essential to the schemes right now that you're facing. So many of the offenses are being run by the coach from the sideline-either hand-signaling or gesturing into the quarterback the specific play to run against the defense that they see on the field at that time. Much of this is a response to try to be more multiple defensively and I think you're going to see that be a continuing trend."
The new defensive alignment is just one of the recent changes in Manhattan. This off-season saw six coaches leave the Kansas State coaching staff. Finding new homes were defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, running backs coach Tim Horton, wide receivers coach Pat Washington, tight ends coach James Jones, and longtime strength and conditioning coach Rod Cole. Prince filled the defensive coordinator position by promoting from within the KSU ranks by moving special teams coach Tim Tibesar to this spot. He also hired Greg Burns from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the defensive backs coach.
With a new defensive staff and new defensive system, the Wildcat players will certainly be tested. Tibesar, however, insists that the move was made with the best interest of the players in mind.
"We're going to be multiple," Tibesar said. "We'll use a three-man line and a four-man line, just like we did last year. Some of those things will be very similar. The biggest thing is that we want to try to use our personnel to the best of our capabilities."
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