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Brock Out - Back to Miss. St.

Rich said:
We lost Lashlee to SMU and Brock to Mississippi State. That is good publicity for our program - we graduate assistants to Power 4 jobs.
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That's my quick take. From DC here to an SEC co-DC position sounds like a promotion to me. That was a Mora strong point, he developed players and coaches. And a week after the news, I think Candle has got this. That's why he took the job.
 
From what I've seen teams play a version of the 5-2 up front to deal with the service academy option offense. The 3 middle D lineman have to be stout and the ends have to make the right decisions. The corners have to tackle but cant get burned on the few passes a game.
 
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We are going to be better then before on defense under Coach Candle. If we rotate our defensive players more frequently, our results will be outstanding. Not rotating fresh DB's was our biggest weakness the past couple of years. Every time we got into a 2 minute situation, our guys were gassed, fresh legs is the easiest adjustment ever to stop the nonsense.
 
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Stinger92860 said:
Do we want Brock to coach the Fenway Bowl? I would think Yes, for continuity. Do we want the 3-3-5, that’s probably a no for most yarders.
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3-3-5 is fine, you need good DL. With the way offenses are spread out I like playing with an extra safety instead of a LB or DL. The closer you get to the quarterback the harder it is to find players.
 
How Sway?! said:
SMU was still in the American when Lashlee left. Brock originally came from Mississippi State, don't think you can call it a graduation.
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Doesn't matter where they were; what matters is where they are NOW.

Rhett Lashlee, former OC at UCONN, is HC at ACC member SMU;
Matt Brock, former DC at UCONN, is co-DC at MSU.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Kashif seems like a good pick on the offensive side. He's a UConn, not a Mora guy.
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Hope Kashif stays, personally. Sure that some may follow Mora. I want Sammis to Stay as OL coach. I think candle is esseentially the OC. Maybe he calls plays and Sammis just does the game plan? Really depends on what the guy wants to install.
 
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PAGS said:
I thought he was a great coach…just didn’t have the personnel this year to run his D. Night and day difference between last season and this year!
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We have the players and the correct scheme under Coach Brock and he did a great job. He just leaned too hard on a few and did not rotate enough guys the last couple of years to build loyalty, therefore player developed suffered.
 
TheDude said:
Got news for you. Toledo played a 3 3 5
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So did Delaware. That’s how they knew how to carve it up. I’m sure Coach Candle’s input would be appreciated if he has insights to help us win.
 
Bosko said:
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Toledo - 53
UCONN - 71

We are going to be better then before on defense under Coach Candle. If we rotate our defensive players more frequently, our results will be outstanding. Not rotating fresh DB's was our biggest weakness the past couple of years. Every time we got into a 2 minute situation, our guys were gassed, fresh legs is the easiest adjustment ever to stop the nonsense.
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Lots of teams try to force no subs for defense.
 
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Bongo Fury said:
Sammis is a good one. Someone will pick him up at the very least big school OL.
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You are not giving Sammis enough credit for what he has done as OC at UConn. Look at UConn scoring before and after Sammis:

Before Sammis:
2022: ranked #117
2023: ranked #121

After Sammis:
2024: ranked #35
2025: ranked #12

I think Sammis will get a P4 OC job, but, if he doesn't, he probably has a fall back opportunity at Colorado St with Mora. Without Sammis, UConn doesn't win 9 games the past 2 seasons.
 
Purple Stein said:
The difference between Sammis and Charlton was night and day for sure.
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What's even more remarkable is when you compare the offensive talent in 2023 and 2024, the only real difference was increase in the number of WRs. So, Sammis turned around the offense through coaching and development.

QBs in 2023: Roberson and Fagnano
RBs in 2023: Edwards, Rosa, Houston
TEs in 2023: Joly, Hansen, Honig
WRs in 2023: Ross, Buckman, Porter, Clercius
OL in 2023: Haynes, Lundt, Senn, Stewart, Walker, Fortin
 
Bring back Todd Orlando and Hank Hughes on the defense. We haven't been close to that standard since they left the program. USF was the worst defense in the country when Todd inherited it and they have gotten better each year. Turned a safety into a first team all conference LB this season. Hank has had 4 seasons top 27 in total D at Penn out of 7 years. They weren’t top 50 once the 7 years before he arrived. He’s also coached P5 transfers / NFL players just about every year that he’s been at Penn. Could maybe get him to bring Carter Janki and Jon Lista from Penn, both first team all Ivy grad transfers. Hanks time matches up to 17 of UConns 21 defensive players drafted all time and they had the best defenses in school history. Led the Big East in Total Defense 4/9 seasons. This is a no brainer. Hank and Todd were in the leadership roles on the defense the entire RE 1.0 tenure. They’re responsible for approving and bringing in any defensive player that we had back in the day. I miss the old UConn defenses and stuffing the run. If we were a fraction of our past on defense then we would have ran the table this season
 
The only way Sammis stays is if he is the line coach and assistant head coach. I don't see him staying.
 
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UCHFB2003 said:
Bring back Todd Orlando and Hank Hughes on the defense. We haven't been close to that standard since they left the program. USF was the worst defense in the country when Todd inherited it and they have gotten better each year. Turned a safety into a first team all conference LB this season. Hank has had 4 seasons top 27 in total D at Penn out of 7 years. They weren’t top 50 once the 7 years before he arrived. He’s also coached P5 transfers / NFL players just about every year that he’s been at Penn. Could maybe get him to bring Carter Janki and Jon Lista from Penn, both first team all Ivy grad transfers. Hanks time matches up to 17 of UConns 21 defensive players drafted all time and they had the best defenses in school history. Led the Big East in Total Defense 4/9 seasons. This is a no brainer. Hank and Todd were in the leadership roles on the defense the entire RE 1.0 tenure. They’re responsible for approving and bringing in any defensive player that we had back in the day. I miss the old UConn defenses and stuffing the run. If we were a fraction of our past on defense then we would have ran the table this season
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This is not 2008. Where are they now? He will bring in people he knows through his contacts.
 
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