I was doing some research and stumbled onto a good article on the Oregon defense. There were some good comments on Jerry “More violence!!!” Azzinaro.
The Ducks always had a 3-4 package in their defense, for passing situations and such. By making that fourth lineman into a hybrid player, Oregon can now switch easily from a 4-3 to a 3-4, or even less traditional fronts, depending on what the offense figures to do.
Credit for that goes in part to Azzinaro. When Oregon used to hold practices open to the public, there would occasionally be times the man they call “Azz” might have been mistaken for the coordinator, as Aliotti sat back and allowed his assistant to install a new blitz package.
“That comes from Chip (Kelly),” Azzinaro said. “Chip allows you, and the people he’s hired, to do their job.”
Check out the article. Good read.
