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Fagnano it is

Huskiefan78 said:
Unfortunately, I appear to have been right. I have to wonder what Fagnano showed in camp, other than being Nick C.s right hand man, to earn the job over two incumbents.
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More than that, I am wondering what happened at camp that would produce a team no unready to take the field on both sides of the Ball.

Fagano did not look even close to fitting the part. Cale Millen looked better.
 
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storrsroars said:
And Roberson got more and better offers and was rated higher. Let's see what he can do with a full game.
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U think he is gonna get that? I thought so too, but after hearing about the post game comments I now have my doubts.

After seeing the stats I thought it was obvious who is gonna start against FIU. As a matter of fact I thought it was obvious that ZT has also moved up to #2.

FIU is the perfect game to get TR the snaps he will need before Duke. But if they send JR out there I think a lot of fans will just get turned off and leave.
 
It was pretty clear to me that the team does not trust Fagnano’s ability one iota. The entire offense just had terrible body language from the drop, almost like they were defeated before the freaking kickoff. The team just does not believe in him, from my perspective and that’s a really bad fact if he’s your QB1.

I don’t know why Mora named JF starter in the first place. Presumably for ‘reasons’. Fine, he‘s the head coach. But he also has to be smart enough to understand that Fagnano has demonstrated that he simply does not have the skills to compete at the FBS level, and from here on out it HAS to be Roberson or Turner. And that’s non-negotiable.

UCONN wants to emphasize the run game and that’s cool. But no running game ever survives without the realistically sustainable threat of a pass option to discourage the front seven from cheating up on the LOS.
 
husky429 said:
I'm a basketball guy, but criticizing a coach's personnel decisions is a silly thing to do 90% of the time in my experience. We just don't have the information to make that call. Mora has been in every practice evaluating these guys with his, what, 35 years of coaching experience?

And fans who saw a few tweets from 3 open practices and a spring game think they have enough information to criticize. Good grief.
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You were saying…
 
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ZooCougar said:
This is where you should have stopped.

The media who watched plenty of practices were surprised at the selection.

It also appears that the team was too.

Let’s hope TR stays healthy and remains under center. There should be no confusion or controversy.
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Are you trying to be a tool? Or just it just come naturally.
 
HuskyAlum012 said:
Saturday: "We will probably announce Monday"
Monday: "We will actually announce Wednesday"
Wednesday: "Practice cancelled, we will not be announcing QB1 today"
Also Wednesday: "Just kidding, here is a press release of the QB1!"

That is exactly what NOT to do in PR 101.
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So you were right. Although while it appeared to be an awkward PR situation it sounds like there was some indecision and maybe conflict within the team that prevented this announcement from being made as planned.
 
husky429 said:
Are you trying to be a tool? Or just it just come naturally.
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Oh nice.

I’m not wrong,

Tell me in what universe TR looked worse than Fagnano.

I think Charlton wanted Fagnano but Mora did not. There is lots to unpack and be critical of here.
 
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ZooCougar said:
This is where you should have stopped.

The media who watched plenty of practices were surprised at the selection.

It also appears that the team was too.

Let’s hope TR stays healthy and remains under center. There should be no confusion or controversy.
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The media weren’t surprised.

They were shocked.
 
Rich said:
It was pretty clear to me that the team does not trust Fagnano’s ability one iota. The entire offense just had terrible body language from the drop, almost like they were defeated before the freaking kickoff. The team just does not believe in him, from my perspective and that’s a really bad fact if he’s your QB1.

I don’t know why Mora named JF starter in the first place. Presumably for ‘reasons’. Fine, he‘s the head coach. But he also has to be smart enough to understand that Fagnano has demonstrated that he simply does not have the skills to compete at the FBS level, and from here on out it HAS to be Roberson or Turner. And that’s non-negotiable.

UCONN wants to emphasize the run game and that’s cool. But no running game ever survives without the realistically sustainable threat of a pass option to discourage the front seven from cheating up on the LOS.
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The press conference did not indicate that Jim Mora had understood anything. He said TRs play was basically empty play and that JF played alright and defended him.
 
Hoophound said:
Agreed. Hopefully, he was just trying to protect all involved. It came off as a little clueless.
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I agree. It sounded the same last year with ZT when he played ok or poorly or very poorly Mora found a silver lining. Sometimes when it smells bad and there are a lot of flys around you have to admit it was a turd.
 
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Dizzy21 said:
The press conference did not indicate that Jim Mora had understood anything. He said TRs play was basically empty play and that JF played alright and defended him.
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Yeah I read that quote and thought it completely tone deaf and frankly ignorant, kinda like LBJ saying we were winning in Vietnam.
 
UCFBfan said:
When was the last time we've had an OC that was good and called plays that were pass heavy? This includes our current OC....I think we are finding our constant here.....every time a new OC comes in we hear about this modern spread and all this hogwash. Yet every season we avg 150 (a total guess) passing yards a game.....that's a complete joke in today's CFB. This has been the constant since Diaco was hired......you can't tell me we haven't had a single QB since the early 2010's that isn't capable of putting up big numbers and yet still struggle to have a dominant pass game?
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Rhett lashlee, it hurt when he left after 1 season. He was the first OC we’ve had in a long time that I was excited about
 
metsfan2323 said:
Charlton should get a lot of credit for our ground attack. It's easily the best approach to running the ball we have ever had. We are at least running a state-of-the-art style offense, something we have hardly ever been able to say. Play calling is questionable but the style of offense is sound. Saturday will be a good litmus test for Charlton and Fagnano, no lack of talent excuses against Georgia State.
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What are your thoughts now?
 
Rich said:
The media weren’t surprised.

They were shocked.
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A few of them came out last night and reiterated what they thought threw camp. “The consensus from those who watched camp thought TR was the guy and I’ll leave it at that.”
 
Rich said:
Yeah I read that quote and thought it completely tone deaf and frankly ignorant, kinda like LBJ saying we were winning in Vietnam.
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Go watch his interview, it’s on YouTube because I came away feeling the same after reading those quotes but seeing the video gives it context and that’s not how he came across. I was actually relieved when I watched it cuz I was pretty pissed at his response when I read it. He actually came after JF a little bit “when the offense isn’t effective it all comes back to the QB” and “ya know there were plays out there where he didn’t see the open guys that I saw, that we all saw” and in regards to TR he did say they were empty yards but he said “ I’m not gonna take away from what he did, he did great, he went out there and competed and gave us some energy.” He said that at that point GST had changed their defense which changed how much they were able to do but he still got the job done.
 
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