Coach Letson directly addresses long standing critics and digs deeper into his defensive philosophy, game planning and influences including Bill Belichick and former Ocean Township great Coach George Conti. This episode includes how Coach Belichick's game plan in Super Bowl 25 greatly influenced Coach Letson's defensive thinking and approach to game planning throughout his career: Stop their A Game and force them to win with their B Game. Coach Letson's tackles critics of his approach of creating piles on the LOS when necessary if a DT is at a significant size disadvantage and reviews how Coach Conti's tactics in leading his great Big Red Teams helped him to understand the nuances of high school football as compared to the other levels. Coach Letson reviews some game football of Colts Necks game against eventual CJ Group 3 Champ Neptune in 2011 and go to the Board to describe how his 2-5 Allentown Defense forced a 7-0 Notre Dame team to run the ball in 2001 in helping to keep the game within reach into the 3rd Quarter.

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Here We Go! A High School Football Podcast is hosted by Coaches Tom Letson and Greg LaCava. They offer a combined 50+ years of coaching experience to help new and seasoned coaches build successful high school football programs.

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