Changes To the Offensive Staff Coming

[BNich]

D*ck

Ha ha. Can't back up your own words.

Back to offensive staff changes.

 

[itgoeslike]

Last year was for saying things (or painting pictures). This year is about doing things (on the field). I hope HCBD impresses the crap out of me (which also happens to be the deliverable for next year).

 

[Skiblets]

Three pages of hand wringing over this? Must be the off season. C'mon guys, it's so simple.....Diaco is merely saying that next year, when he is asked the question, he will actually know who is calling plays. As opposed to this year - to wit

"The game plan is built by Mike Cummings and his staff all week so the offense goes to the game with a scripted plan then everyone has jobs to execute that plan," Diaco said. "For example, you're doing a speech and standing next to you is a sign language specialist. Is the sign language specialist doing the speech or are you doing the speech?
"Mike Cummings details out the game plan for the day and then he's giving jobs to his staff to accentuate assets and limit liabilities."
Diaco has said plays are scripted during the week, so every call has been prepared.
Patterson followed Cummings' plan, which wound up being altered by Diaco to scrap the passing game because of a combination of issues including weather conditions, field position, pass protection problems and simply not be able to execute because of penalties.
But Cummings maintains control of the offense.

"He's a manager of a unit and the way we present that is that there are certain jobs that need to be done and he organizes and coordinates assets and liabilities to decide who should do the jobs," Diaco said. "From drawing cards, to writing scripts, to recruiting hand-written letters to marketing campaigns to video productions to running the copier and everywhere in between, and we also don't feel like any one job is more important than the other as it relates to calling the game."
So why was Cummings on the sideline?
"We need those four quarters of coaching," Diaco said. "We don't want to minimize those four quarters of coaching. We want to maximize those 3 ½ hours to get even more coaching done there. That's why I called him out of the [press] box and had him on the sideline."


But Bob - who calls the plays? Next year we'll know for sure

 

[FfldCntyFan]

First off, who says he knows far better than you? He hasn't proved it as a head coach. Second, that's not the bar he has to clear. He needs to know far better than the coaches he is facing, he needs to know far batter than other coaches we could have hired. I hate, hate, hate when fans fall back on "he knows more than me so he must know what he is doing" Neither side of that argument has to be true and in a lot of bad coaching cases neither side IS true.

Did Diaco steal your girlfriend from you at some time in the past?

 

[Jimdish255]

I question any model that only seems to work for the top recruiting schools in the country. It also looked like the OL which we knew was crap, became serviceable by the end of the year. The big obvious problem was still the game prep and any sort of consistency on offense, partly because of the revolving door of players. I have no idea what the plan is but I hope there is a realistic one that addresses those issues.

 

[uconnfan68]

Dez reporting that Foley is out

Desmond Conner ‏@desmondconner 2m2 minutes ago
Hearing long time #UConnFootball assistant Mike Foley won't be back next season ...

wow, he wasn't the guy I'd dump... I thought the OLine was progressing... whoever was calling the plays though...

 

[UConnDan97]

The second I heard about Foley, the only thing that came to mind was, "Holy dog-f#$k!" That's all that I could think of. Holy dog-f#$k. Holy f#$king dog-f#$k.

I look forward to finding out which football program picks Foley up 2 weeks from now and improves their offense by 50%. We can't get Todd Orlando. We don't keep Mike Foley. This is why we can't have nice things...

 

[noeynox]

The second I heard about Foley, the only thing that came to mind was, "Holy dog-f#$k!" That's all that I could think of. Holy dog-f#$k. Holy f#$king dog-f#$k.

I look forward to finding out which football program picks Foley up 2 weeks from now and improves their offense by 50%. We can't get Todd Orlando. We don't keep Mike Foley. This is why we can't have nice things...

I liked this post cause it made me laugh, but Diaco deserves to do it his way, with all of his guys. Come hell or highwater, its Diaco's ship to steer. I'm going to assume Cummings will be the oline coach, so the question is, where do we add guy?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

If Diaco really thought Foley was the problem after the debacle of last year, then I think it is time to revisit the entire staff, including Head Coach.

 

[huskymedic]

We can't get Todd Orlando.

We had an open spot for Todd Orlando?

 

[UConnDan97]

I liked this post cause it made me laugh, but Diaco deserves to do it his way, with all of his guys. Come hell or highwater, its Diaco's ship to steer. I'm going to assume Cummings will be the oline coach, so the question is, where do we add guy?

If this happened last year, I would say, "Well, we knew it was coming with a new coach." But why now? Why after a young offensive line was showing dramatic improvement? Why after they showed that they could clean up the sacks and open up some holes?

The man coached offensive lines that produced four of our most productive running backs of all time. That's how good he was / is, and that's how long he was good for. Does Diaco have the right to do it "his way"? Okay. That's what he's paid the big bucks for. But don't expect me to be very happy when I watch him throw away talent...

 

[UConnDan97]

We had an open spot for Todd Orlando?

Clearly, we can make an open spot wherever we want, right? I mean, we've got an open spot on the offense right now also...

 

[noeynox]

If this happened last year, I would say, "Well, we knew it was coming with a new coach." But why now? Why after a young offensive line was showing dramatic improvement? Why after they showed that they could clean up the sacks and open up some holes?

The man coached offensive lines that produced four of our most productive running backs of all time. That's how good he was / is, and that's how long he was good for. Does Diaco have the right to do it "his way"? Okay. That's what he's paid the big bucks for. But don't expect me to be very happy when I watch him throw away talent...

I believe he kept him on to maintain some level of continuity, and to keep a familiar face for the players. I would not be shocked if this wasn't sort of a mutual parting with Coach Foley looking for a place he fits in better. The last two coaches here have wanted him to share oline coach duties. He will probably welcome a fresh start.

 

[huskymedic]

Clearly, we can make an open spot wherever we want, right? I mean, we've got an open spot on the offense right now also...

C'mon Dan - UConn/Diaco was gonna whack one of the two 1st year DC he hired to poach TO from USU?

Foley did this program well - but he was a two time survivor of coaching changes - It was inevitable to me. Sorry to see him not be a part of the program.

Interested to see who replaces him...

 

[BNich]

The second I heard about Foley, the only thing that came to mind was, "Holy dog-f#$k!" That's all that I could think of. Holy dog-f#$k. Holy f#$king dog-f#$k.

I look forward to finding out which football program picks Foley up 2 weeks from now and improves their offense by 50%. We can't get Todd Orlando. We don't keep Mike Foley. This is why we can't have nice things...

How can we even be sure he was such a great OL coach? Does this make the WR coach a great coach when Marcus Easley went from a Walk on to NFL draft pick? How about the individual that identified him as a worthy walk on,or all those thats deemed him not worthy of a scholarship.

 

[UConnDan97]

C'mon Dan - UConn/Diaco was gonna whack one of the two 1st year DC he hired to poach TO from USU?

Foley did this program well - but he was a two time survivor of coaching changes - It was inevitable to me. Sorry to see him not be a part of the program.

Interested to see who replaces him...

What are you asking me?

Are you asking me if I think he would do that, or if he should? You will get a different answer for each. Is there anyone here that thinks it wouldn't have been an upgrade? The man has put together top30 defenses seemingly every year. And he's a hell of a recruiter. But hey...time to go throw up in my energy bucket again...

 

[UConnDan97]

How can we even be sure he was such a great OL coach? Does this make the WR coach a great coach when Marcus Easley went from a Walk on to NFL draft pick? How about the individual that identified him as a worthy walk on,or all those thats deemed him not worthy of a scholarship.

Are you friggin' serious? Do you want me to name the running backs that ran behind his lines here? Do you want me to name the offensive linemen that made it on to NFL teams? Or are you just going to regale me with yet another Eric Fisher story. Anyone who was awake for the last 8 years as a UConn fan wouldn't post what you posted...

 

[BNich]

Are you friggin' serious? Do you want me to name the running backs that ran behind his lines here? Do you want me to name the offensive linemen that made it on to NFL teams? Or are you just going to regale me with yet another Eric Fisher story. Anyone who was awake for the last 8 years as a UConn fan wouldn't post what you posted...

I haven't mentioned anything about a Fisher story. You're confusing me with UconnFamily. When do we give OC credit for the offenses success and not so much OL coach. 2 RB's in the NFL, both role playing backs. While they had college success which would point to the college staff, they didn't do it alone. Where does that leave us?

 

[UConnDan97]

I haven't mentioned anything about a Fisher story. You're confusing me with UconnFamily. When do we give OC credit for the offenses success and not so much OL coach. 2 RB's in the NFL, both role playing backs. While they had college success which would point to the college staff, they didn't do it alone. Where does that leave us?

You're clowning me. That's what you're doing. You're clowning me. I'm not going to answer you with words. I'm going to answer you with the following:

Will Beatty - NY Giants (current)
Donald Thomas - Colts (current)
Mike Ryan - Bengals
Dan Ryan - Dolphins mini-camp
Mike Hicks - Lions mini-camp
Steve Greene - Redskins camp

Those are the ones that I know off of the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing info. Maybe even somebody like a Petrus or a Jimmy Bennett playing pro-ball. I don't know. You do the research. I'll let the above names speak for themselves. F#$king "role playing backs" indeed...

 

[CL82]

Tell me about the $1 million/year jobs you've had or have turned down in college football.

I'm curious if the industry values you more than Diaco.

That's not really fair. SD. I mean Perfect Hair is likely to have had fare more extensive experience in the food service industry than Diaco. When you want fries no one cares if you have a plan they just want the damn fries.

Customer: Where are my fries?
Diaco: "I have a damn good plan. I'm just in the process of it, first I will fire the guy who cleans the deep fryer
Customer: Look chief just pick up a bag. They are right there.
Diaco: When I came in this morning, this place was an absolute mess, it needed a complete culture change....
Customer: Uh whatever chief, so can you get me the fries you walked right by them like three times.
Diaco: Those tries were just practice.
Customer: You know what, just forget it.
Perfect Hair: Here you go sir.
Customer: Thanks, see now that's a guy who knows how to get things done!

 

[BNich]

You're clowning me. That's what you're doing. You're clowning me. I'm not going to answer you with words. I'm going to answer you with the following:

Will Beatty - NY Giants (current)
Donald Thomas - Colts (current)
Mike Ryan - Bengals
Dan Ryan - Dolphins mini-camp
Mike Hicks - Lions mini-camp
Steve Greene - Redskins camp

Those are the ones that I know off of the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing info. Maybe even somebody like a Petrus or a Jimmy Bennett playing pro-ball. I don't know. You do the research. I'll let the above names speak for themselves. F#$king "role playing backs" indeed...

At the NFL level yes. Role playing they are. None of which are lead backs, running for 1,000 plus yards a year. They all had great careers at Uconn. I'm sorry, but aside from 2 OL (Beatty and Thomas) none are prominent every down starting players. While neither were expected to be NFL prospects, let alone FBS OL, 2 were drafted. Woo hoo.

Again, mini camp, practice squad. Nick Williams made it to some practice squads, should we laud the WR coach? Marcus Easley was drafted, should we applaud the WR coach and offensive staff?

We can agree to disagree, but I think you will disagree with everything I say and quite emphatically. Plenty of players end up in mini camps and on practice squads.

 

[Stainmaster]

Did Diaco steal your girlfriend from you at some time in the past?

I'm pretty sure he's rooting for Diaco to fail and get fired so he can jump for joy and start gloating "I was right all along!" all over the BY.

 

[UConnDan97]

At the NFL level yes. Role playing they are. None of which are lead backs, running for 1,000 plus yards a year. They all had great careers at Uconn. I'm sorry, but aside from 2 OL (Beatty and Thomas) none are prominent every down starting players. While neither were expected to be NFL prospects, let alone FBS OL, 2 were drafted. Woo hoo.

Again, mini camp, practice squad. Nick Williams made it to some practice squads, should we laud the WR coach? Marcus Easley was drafted, should we applaud the WR coach and offensive staff?

We can agree to disagree, but I think you will disagree with everything I say and quite emphatically. Plenty of players end up in mini camps and on practice squads.

In your own words, they weren't even expected to be FBS OL but they went to the NFL. And your response is "Woo hoo". Unbelievable...

 

[thatguyed]

Dez reporting that Foley is out

Desmond Conner ‏@desmondconner 2m2 minutes ago
Hearing long time #UConnFootball assistant Mike Foley won't be back next season ...

But isn't he the guy we had some confidence in?

 

[RedSoloCup]

Why wouldn't he? Diaco and Cummings are best friends, and if its for the benefit of the team for him to step down then I don't see why he wouldn't do that.

this is sarcasm, I get it.. just like PPGDL did for us.