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OMG I'd thank @SouthPaw22 for putting this together but it's frightening. With Diaco and co 1-11 was on the table.
 
whaler11 said:
OMG I'd thank @SouthPaw22 for putting this together but it's frightening. With Diaco and co 1-11 was on the table.
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WHALER, you are shockingly optimistic. Where did you get the 1 win? Prior to the coaching change, when I viewed senior losses, my only hope was to be competitive with Holy Cross. We should all thank David Benedict for pulling off a miracle and finding the funding to stop the bleeding and begin resuscitation. This might take awhile if we can't get in stop gap measures via transfers.
 
huskymedic said:
LMAO...

John Silver ‏@JohnFSilver 1m 1 minute ago
went over the uconn roster, where are the wrs and rbs? You can't play with 10 TEs. Wish I paid more attention.
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What's even more amazing is that if Disastro has been given another year he would have pulled in another 5 or 6 DE/LB/TE tweeners, taken only 1 QB in McAfee and ignored the JUCO/transfer market for OLine help. Disastro was headed over a cliff and had no clue it was coming. Corrective action? Ha - nope. Instead just more square peg-round hole wackiness.

PS - late edit - 5 or 6? Probably more like 7 or 8 DE/LB/TE tweeners.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
So now there's another journalist to add to the list of those who steal ideas from this board.
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Silver stole from us for years. Word for word - which was fine he was the best we had. He's not in journalism anymore.
 
Exit 4 said:
What's even more amazing is that if Disastro has been given another year he would have pulled in another 5 or 6 DE/LB/TE tweeners, taken only 1 QB in McAfee and ignored the JUCO/transfer market for OLine help. Disastro was headed over a cliff and had no clue it was coming. Corrective action? Ha - nope. Instead just more square peg-round hole wackiness.

PS - late edit - 5 or 6? Probably more like 7 or 8 DE/LB/TE tweeners.
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I think this was absolutely the case. Edsall is in full turnaround mode and needs to be. Diaco duck*ed this roster. I had my head in the sand hoping he knew what the hell he was doing. But, it's very clear now he under recruited the skill positions and, I fear, speed.
 
Brayden Brown puts UCONN at 76 scholarships for the 2017 Season. Nine spots left if the staff wants to use them.
 
There will be a couple more. Edsall almost always landed a couple of "who dat?" Guys who turned out pretty good. Plus I do think we will have a JUCO or two including a quarterback.
 
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If they fill all remaining slots if they get the following:
Pindell - Juco QB
Washington or Tronti - as the other HS QB
Blackshear or Sheffield & Mensah - 2 of 3 on this list for RB
2 More HS OL
1 transfer/JUCO OL
2 Dlineman
1 or 2 LBs
A WR if one lands in their lap.

So thats 12 if taking the highest of each position. I figure there must be at least 2, maybe 3 kids who leave the program this winter/spring to make this work. If not, someone will gray shirt.
 
Irish Loop said:
Boneyard: WHY ISN'T ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF

Newspapers: Can you believe this stuff?

Boneyard: THIEVES
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Settle down. No one called anyone a thief. Just said he's welcome. I'm glad he's writing about it.
 
SouthPaw22 said:
Brayden Brown puts UCONN at 76 scholarships for the 2017 Season. Nine spots left if the staff wants to use them.
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They better use them.
 
Hold on. I never stole from you guys. Never. Didn't need to and that's insulting. If I saw a good idea I would go ahead and mention where I got it from and always did. I always credited info and thoughts that weren't mine. This TE convo happened with someone off line and I took it to twitter. Before you accuse someone of stealing info, maybe ask me where it came from. It' s not like I am unreachable. The reason that sometimes topics and message boards are on the same page is because due to the board crowdsourcing on important topics. If the journalist has any news instinct at all, he should be writing what resonates with the fanbase, which should make its way here. If you guys have a topic on here, it's already percolating in media circles from my experience. Also, sometimes people hit media up with questions from here and I was always willing to find out if I didn't know and write or tweet about it.

You know what's good? HuskyMedic's recruit info. I would almost check here first because it is like a free news service. He should sell it. Anyhow, I am not on beat anymore or have any connection to team outside of past relationships. Fun board guys, maybe I will become a Yarder and post. Nowhere else to vent about the inside handoff. :)
 
Updated the positions for 2017 commit based on Edsall's tweets. UCONN is at 84 scholarships right now.
 
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Quick fix: LS Nick Zecchino played as a true frosh this past year.
 
SouthPaw22 said:
Updated. Thank you.
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Great chart. I wish the mods would pin it.

Just a guess, but maybe Freeborn moves to Dline (I still remember his hudl tape demonstrating solid Dline skills), Hahn to LB and Fortt to Safety.

Can't wait to hear about transfers!
 
Exit 4 said:
Great chart. I wish the mods would pin it.

Just a guess, but maybe Freeborn moves to Dline (I still remember his hudl tape demonstrating solid Dline skills), Hahn to LB and Fortt to Safety.

Can't wait to hear about transfers!
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I would LOVE to see Hahn at LB !!! In this new, speed based wide scheme, he would be the "prototype" LB/S hybrid.
 
Until John reaches the requisite 590 points, he should keep the posts shorter.

Besides, we would know if he was stealing if there were a sudden flood of pizza stories in the paper.
 
JohnFSilver said:
You know what's good? HuskyMedic's recruit info. I would almost check here first because it is like a free news service. He should sell it. Anyhow, I am not on beat anymore or have any connection to team outside of past relationships. Fun board guys, maybe I will become a Yarder and post. Nowhere else to vent about the inside handoff. :)
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It was probably unintended ... but I nearly spit my drink on the keyboard when I read that line!!
 
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Kgun7 said:
It was probably unintended ... but I nearly spit my drink on the keyboard when I read that line!!
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I gotta believe that was no accident. If he used Cuse orange for the font color, it wouldn't have been more obvious. ;)
 
Thinking about Randy's press conference yesterday I came away with a few thoughts.

-) Horray, he actually watched tape on our team unlike Disastro who was too arrogant (and stupid).
-) He said the team needed a speed upgrade (indictment on Disastro as others here have noted!).
-) He said we need more speed at the WR position (looking at Beals, Mayala and McLean?)
-) He said Van Denmark and Holmes and Tunstall could even play this year (conclusion, current OL is also not up to par as we know).
-) He said when he built the program the first time he just took athletes (again the opposite of Diaco, who was attracted to prototypes).

The fix
-) We took Swan, Swenson, Fortt, Brown, King and Olaniyan to reload the secondary in a big way.
-) We added Gardner for LB. Sure its only one player, but I think he is the beginning of a return of better LB play for UConn after this Disastro dip. I should add that Beavers has potential too as well to boost our overall athletisism at LB as well.
-) We added Burnett for WR speed and Hairston for WR speed/height/pure catching ability.
-) We added Holmes. This kid is going to play early, I am confident in that.
-) We took in 3 Qbs! Incredible. Disastro would never have been able to accomplish this.
-) We add Williams at RB which will take some pressure off Hopkins and Vickers as they see the field for the first time this year.

Next step in the fix-
-) As others have posited, I think Hahn, Watkins and Garland move to LB, Freeborn, Carrezola and maybe AJ Garson move from LB to DE. As others have stated, we have several players on D that should probably move up a level - closer to the line of scrimmage. Looking at our our recruiting, you have to figure that is the staff's plan as well.
-) Edsall stated they are interested in a 5th year WR. I expect they find one this spring.
-) I think they will also find a 5th year OL as well.
-) Doesn't seem like its in the works, but I personally would feel better if we did take in an RB in this class. I know the staff doesn't believe in taking kids for the sake of filling all the slots. I get it. Next year we'll have just 3 kids on scholarship as RBs and that assuming we don't lose any to injuries, etc.
-) Seems unlikely, but if they can get a quality DL transfer that is not a 5th year senior, that would be a good add too for 2018+.

Conclusion - when you did deeper it seems like a lot was accomplished with this recruiting class. They have a plan. You can see it now.

I'll be super pumped if they find those first two remaining pieces in that 5th year WR senior and OL help this spring.
 
I expect a few roster moves. I think moving some LBs (Garson, Luke C.) to DE must happen, simply because we need fewer LBs and need more DL.

I'd like to see them experiment moving Chris Lee inside, to OT.

I'll be interested to see what HCRE does with secondary. He spent a decade coaching DBs and made the secondary a strength while here.

I'll be interested to see what Rashlee does with the speedy/shifty guys we do have (Arkeel, Vickers, Quanes) -can we find a way to get them in the slot or outside to create some matchup issues?

I'm most interested in seeing what JBG does up front.
 
I imagine four or five LBs returning from this past season's roster (including redshirts) will be DE's by this fall.

Looking at our returning players, we don't have many who would have been OLB's under Edsall last time around.
 
gioff23 said:
I expect a few roster moves. I think moving some LBs (Garson, Luke C.) to DE must happen, simply because we need fewer LBs and need more DL.

I'd like to see them experiment moving Chris Lee inside, to OT.

I'll be interested to see what HCRE does with secondary. He spent a decade coaching DBs and made the secondary a strength while here.

I'll be interested to see what Rashlee does with the speedy/shifty guys we do have (Arkeel, Vickers, Quanes) -can we find a way to get them in the slot or outside to create some matchup issues?

I'm most interested in seeing what JBG does up front.
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Those moves of LB to DE also help bring defensive team speed in general, something we absolutely needed last year, and need even more in the new system.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I imagine four or five LBs returning from this past season's roster (including redshirts) will be DE's by this fall.

Looking at our returning players, we don't have many who would have been OLB's under Edsall last time around.
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Actually, if you simply call Luke and Stapleton DEs (which they are under Edsall), our 3 LBs work fine under Edsall's old system. Joseph and Levenberry are the MLB and SSLB, both of which are bigger, physical types, and Diggs plays the weakside role that Mo Lloyd and Sio played. I have no idea, however, if we're playing the old Edsall 4-3 (which I think our returning personnel is made for) or the 'Nova 3-3-5. Time will tell.
 
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