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Learning how to win = Attention to Detail.
Randy Edsall had his faults when he was at UCONN, and they led to us having a ceiling as to how high we could rise. Right now, that ceiling that we kept hitting 4-5 years ago, looks like the sistine chapel, while were crawling around at some lower ring of dante's inferno.
We need ot learn to win again. Edsall's strength, which eventually became his weakness, was his micromanagement, and attention to detail.
Doing all the little fundamental things right. All 11 players, each of them, at one time on the field, during any single play - during EVERY play, doing all the little fundamental things right. Taking the correct step. The correct hand placement, the correct head placement - in blocking and tackling.
More than just that though - it's Knowing your basic assignment - what your responsibility is on any play, in any situation, and then doing it. Defense back? Defend the pass. Defensive line - defend the run. That's where you start, and that's what you build on, every play. Offensive line? Listen to coach foley. QB? Keep doing what your doing. Receivers - follow Deshonn Foxx's lead over the past 2 weeks. Running backs - give it DeLorenzo. Linebackers? Fundamentals - open arm, chest to chest, wrap. Linebackers look good. Kicking game? Find your limit, and perfect it within the limit.
Some would use one word to describe all this - DISCIPLINE.
Pasqualoni and his sidekick George, let the discipline in this program - the attention to detail - go to the circle of hell we'r ein right now.
We need to get it back. We have enough playmakers. We have enough talent. To be better than 0-6. You can argue all you want about how much, how good we actually are talent wise, but there is no doubt we are better than 0-6. We are better than 0-6. In theory. Have to prove it though, and get some W's. Otherwise it remains that - a theory.
So they need ot get back to practicing the most basic of fundamentals, over and over.
That attention to detail, is the only thing that will get this group of players, and that's what they are right now - a group of players - to start playing like a winning team again.
Randy Edsall had his faults when he was at UCONN, and they led to us having a ceiling as to how high we could rise. Right now, that ceiling that we kept hitting 4-5 years ago, looks like the sistine chapel, while were crawling around at some lower ring of dante's inferno.
We need ot learn to win again. Edsall's strength, which eventually became his weakness, was his micromanagement, and attention to detail.
Doing all the little fundamental things right. All 11 players, each of them, at one time on the field, during any single play - during EVERY play, doing all the little fundamental things right. Taking the correct step. The correct hand placement, the correct head placement - in blocking and tackling.
More than just that though - it's Knowing your basic assignment - what your responsibility is on any play, in any situation, and then doing it. Defense back? Defend the pass. Defensive line - defend the run. That's where you start, and that's what you build on, every play. Offensive line? Listen to coach foley. QB? Keep doing what your doing. Receivers - follow Deshonn Foxx's lead over the past 2 weeks. Running backs - give it DeLorenzo. Linebackers? Fundamentals - open arm, chest to chest, wrap. Linebackers look good. Kicking game? Find your limit, and perfect it within the limit.
Some would use one word to describe all this - DISCIPLINE.
Pasqualoni and his sidekick George, let the discipline in this program - the attention to detail - go to the circle of hell we'r ein right now.
We need to get it back. We have enough playmakers. We have enough talent. To be better than 0-6. You can argue all you want about how much, how good we actually are talent wise, but there is no doubt we are better than 0-6. We are better than 0-6. In theory. Have to prove it though, and get some W's. Otherwise it remains that - a theory.
So they need ot get back to practicing the most basic of fundamentals, over and over.
That attention to detail, is the only thing that will get this group of players, and that's what they are right now - a group of players - to start playing like a winning team again.