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2017 UConn Spring Practice Updates

IMind said:
I'm not going to disagree with you, although I don't think we have any idea what level of talent we have. Diaco clearly couldn't develop players either. I hold out hope that there's something to work with, because we were actually competitive through the first 4 games of the season against three FBS opponents. I know too of them were awful, but at least it's something to keep me from utter despair.
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It was more than 4 games. I thought the Cincy win was our best effort of the year, and we did fine against UCF other than having every big and key play go against us. And then it fell apart.

I know we're not good, but I'm not sure whether the "real" UConn was the first 7 or 8 games or the last 4 or 5. We'll see soon enough.
 
It may take an entire season to teach the linemen proper technique but in time Peart will be as good as any LT we've had and our O'Line will get fixed.

One thing glaring in the earlier clips was that our offensive linemen need to continue working the sleds and get more comfortable with playing lower. Their collective backsides were too high. Similar to an infielder taking ground balls, you need to lower your ass, which will lower your upper body while maintaining balance and position. That is how you bend at the knees instead of the waist.
 
The Peart - Fatukasi matchup is a bad one in that drill. There's no recognition for the defender to make and a board to prevent the o-lineman from taking an angle. He didn't win the battle but he wasn't terrible. The delayed start by Foley actually allowed him to wait for Peart to rise up a little higher. Sneaky Dude:) That was the key to letting him use his lower body strength. Those long legs don't help a guy in that drill but they might in other areas.
 
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As I know from my golf game it is really hard d to change bad habits and easy to go back to them. But I really love ol' JB Holmes to get it corrected over time. Edsall said after the first practice that he had a bunch of waist benders on the oline and that it wS the unit needing the most work. So expecting those guys to be there after 14 practices is probably asking too much.
 
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CL82 said:
As I said from time to time last year, Knappe was a huge offender in this area. The guy was a man mountain but had guys stand him up routinely.
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Did he ever take a 3-point stance?
 
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Jimdish255 said:
Gonna take a wild swing and say he's a great athlete who was way behind in Football when he got here but still has a much higher upside than guys ahead of him.
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Makes me want a cry...speed, great size and athleticism. Imagine if he came in now with benefit of a real first rate line coach. Lots of upside for a team willing to develop him.
 
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Makes me want a cry...speed, great size and athleticism. Imagine if he came in now with benefit of a real first rate line coach.
 
We talking about the same guy? The one the pass rushers blew past as if he wasn't there?
 
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Kgun7 said:
It may not be apples to apples ... but I seem to remember Donald Thomas being listed as a linebacker in his first season ...
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Right, but wasn't he a 240 pound walk-on?
 
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