Chin Diesel
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Two big follow-ons or future implications of GA in the game.
He showed he has hands. And he showed he has an accurate arm. Important why?
Coaching staffs can handle getting "got" by a trick play when it's the first time a team runs it.
No staff wants to be the second one to fall for it. Once the play is on film, it's considered a professional slap in the face to have the same play work against your team the second time it's run.
It's another wrinkle for D coordinators when TB is in the game. Since Boyle isn't mobile, teams up to now have just flooded the lanes and put on instant pressure. One successful trick play later? One less player to stack the box, one less safety who starts running down hill towards the line, one less blitzer from the outside who can pin his ears back.
It's nuance. Defenses have to identify the player personnel package UConn has sent in to the game and know how to defend it.
I have to give Verducci and the staff a ton of credit. They have managed to identify plays that should work against each of the opponents and have successfully practiced it during the week. Some have worked, some haven't but they have all been good calls in the game.
He showed he has hands. And he showed he has an accurate arm. Important why?
Coaching staffs can handle getting "got" by a trick play when it's the first time a team runs it.
No staff wants to be the second one to fall for it. Once the play is on film, it's considered a professional slap in the face to have the same play work against your team the second time it's run.
It's another wrinkle for D coordinators when TB is in the game. Since Boyle isn't mobile, teams up to now have just flooded the lanes and put on instant pressure. One successful trick play later? One less player to stack the box, one less safety who starts running down hill towards the line, one less blitzer from the outside who can pin his ears back.
It's nuance. Defenses have to identify the player personnel package UConn has sent in to the game and know how to defend it.
I have to give Verducci and the staff a ton of credit. They have managed to identify plays that should work against each of the opponents and have successfully practiced it during the week. Some have worked, some haven't but they have all been good calls in the game.