For games, "TJ Will Call Plays"

[EdgewoodNHV]

Des just reported this via Twitter, so I guess it comes down to whether or not you believe the coaching staff would flat-out lie about something like this. My guess is not. My guess is also that TJ Weist didn't leave Cincinnati to hold GDL's clipboard.

Desmond Conner ‏@desmondconner

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T.J. Weist, OC, and George DeLeone have been working well together. For games, TJ will call plays. DeLeone will be on sideline #UConn

 

[thatguyed]

There is a God.

 

[whaler11]

There is a God.

Des tweets that like 8 times a day....

 

[CodyJ.]

DC doesn't know anything more than any of us. He writes that crap to try and get people to pay attention to him.

 

[Jax Husky]

I want to hear that TJ controls the entire offense, not that he will be calling plays based on GDLs offense. This is not what I was hoping for.

 

[Husky25]

It's good that DeLeone will be on the sideline. That way he can be in front of his players, instead of playing Telephone with a Quality Control Grad Student Asst. all game.

 

[businesslawyer]

I want to hear that TJ controls the entire offense, not that he will be calling plays based on GDLs offense. This is not what I was hoping for.

This is the important piece. Calling plays on Saturday is important, but it's more important who ultimately has the final say in the offense generally. Nothing that any coach says between now and the opener will tell us anything about what is truly happening.

 

[metsfan2323]

I want to hear that TJ controls the entire offense, not that he will be calling plays based on GDLs offense. This is not what I was hoping for.

I agree, hopefully we are both reading too much into the working well together and the "for games". Dez might be just phrasing it poorly. I want TJ to have total control, free of any GDL influence.

 

[Jax Husky]

This is the important piece. Calling plays on Saturday is important, but it's more important who ultimately has the final say in the offense generally. Nothing that any coach says between now and the opener will tell us anything about what is truly happening.

I agree. Will add that having seen coordinator/co-coordinators at LSU who had different styles, it is a recipe for disaster. TJ and GDL are VERY different philosophically, so I really am scared of how this is going to work out.

 

[Husky25]

I agree, hopefully we are both reading too much into the working well together and the "for games". Dez might be just phrasing it poorly. I want TJ to have total control, free of any GDL influence.

I think that is exactly the case. Plays are called in the 15 second span starting from the down whistle of the previous play. There is not enough room for discussion, just the instincts of the guy with microphone that counts.

On the other hand, Coach DeLeone still coaches the offensive line. The most important group of players on the field.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

If GDL has any influence on the offense, we aren't going to know that until we see things with our own eyes. Today is all coachspeak.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I think that is exactly the case. Plays are called in the 15 second span starting from the down whistle of the previous play. There is not enough room for discussion, just the instincts of the guy with microphone that counts.

On the other hand, Coach DeLeone still coaches the offensive line. The most important group of players on the field.

On the field yes - that's when the play call comes out of the QB's mouth, but if the play caller is not the QB, and you can count the number of QB's in division 1A football that call their own plays with no fingers, the play call coming out of that QB's mouth was usually determined 2-3 snaps before. Play callers need to be constantly thinking 2-3 or more steps ahead of what's happening on the field in real time. DeLeone's problem IMNSHO was that we seemed to be constantly at least 1 week ahead in his play calling. Play calling is most definitely an art, and not a science.

 

[Husky25]

On the field yes - that's when the play call comes out of the QB's mouth, but if the play caller is not the QB, and you can count the number of QB's in division 1A football that call their own plays with no fingers, the play call coming out of that QB's mouth was usually determined 2-3 snaps before. Play callers need to be constantly thinking 2-3 or more steps ahead of what's happening on the field in real time. DeLeone's problem IMNSHO was that we seemed to be constantly at least 1 week ahead in his play calling. Play calling is most definitely an art, and not a science.

My post did not assume the QB is calling his own game. My point is that there is no room for interruption on Coach Deleone's part if Coach Weist is the affirmed play caller. There's not enough time for discussion.

 

[Waquoit]

GDL should be 100% into making the OL line better, period.

BTW, whenever I hear "working well together" I think "barely speaking".

 

[J187Money]

I want to hear that TJ controls the entire offense, not that he will be calling plays based on GDLs offense. This is not what I was hoping for.

Although many of us feared that TJ wouldn't get that much run. So time will tell, but hard to take that news as a bad thing...

 

[Husky25]

Although many of us feared that TJ wouldn't get that much run. So time will tell, but hard to take that news as a bad thing...

It will be painfully obvious if Coach Weist doesn't. And if he doesn't, don't think Manuel won't notice. When Manuel notices, Coach Pasqualoni = Lame Duck. Thanks for playing. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

 

[ruskin]

As mentioned before someone in the Horde has to have the balls to ask the very simple question "will DeLeone have a role in calling plays on game day" Will he have a headset and will he be near PP/Day on the sideline. PP obviously doesn't want to address this issue and may be looking for a way to keep his boy "involved". Very easy to picture GDL telling PP "do this instead of that". Hopefully TJ/Warde will be vigilant for that kind of BS.

Face it, the elelphant in the room since he was hired is TJ is a coach in waiting, even if no one wants to say so. Coaches in waiting have assurances from the guy who hired him that kind of BS described above won't happen

 

[Adios]

Face it, TJ is a coach in waiting. Coaches in waiting have assurances from the guy who hired him that kind of BS won't happen

I hope for us. He proved he can run offenses.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

"Face it, the elelphant in the room since he was hired is TJ is a coach in waiting, even if no one wants to say so. Coaches in waiting have assurances from the guy who hired him that kind of BS described above won't happen."


I think "coach in waiting" is a strong term. If this year is a train wreck....and PP is let go...I think they need a bigger name to put a stamp of legitimacy on the program. Weist may be a great coach...but I am not sure he is the right fit for UConn right now.

But....if say UConn goes 6-6...and the offense is clicking decently, then maybe he has a better shot.

 

[Husky25]

As mentioned before someone in the Horde has to have the balls to ask the very simple question "will DeLeone have a role in calling plays on game day" Will he have a headset and will he be near PP/Day on the sideline. PP obviously doesn't want to address this issue and may be looking for a way to keep his boy "involved". Very easy to picture GDL telling PP "do this instead of that". Hopefully TJ/Warde will be vigilant for that kind of BS.

Face it, the elelphant in the room since he was hired is TJ is a coach in waiting, even if no one wants to say so. Coaches in waiting have assurances from the guy who hired him that kind of BS described above won't happen

Odds are that Coach DeLeone will have a headset, not many coaches do not. But it amazes me how many people think Coach DeLeone and Coach Pasqualoni will undercut Coach Weist. Wasn't Coach Weist handpicked by Warde Manuel? It is clear to me that Manuel's hand in keeping Coach Pasqualoni's was forced by his buyout. If it wasn't so high last year, he'd be history, so Manuel did the next best thing in hiring Coach Weist. For now, Weist has all the leverage in this situation, unless UConn starts losing regardless of who is the play caller. Then Coach Pasqualoni may as well figure that if he's going to get fired anyway, to cede control back to his right hand man.

 

[ruskin]

For now, Weist has all the leverage in this situation, unless UConn starts losing regardless of who is the play caller. Then Coach Pasqualoni may as well figure that if he's going to get fired anyway, to cede control back to his right hand man.

Now THAT would be a train wreck. Get your popcorn if PP tries to pull rank on TJ and re-promotes GDL.

 

[Jax Husky]

Odds are that Coach DeLeone will have a headset, not many coaches do not. But it amazes me how many people think Coach DeLeone and Coach Pasqualoni will undercut Coach Weist. Wasn't Coach Weist handpicked by Warde Manuel? It is clear to me that Manuel's hand in keeping Coach Pasqualoni's was forced by his buyout. If it wasn't so high last year, he'd be history, so Manuel did the next best thing in hiring Coach Weist. For now, Weist has all the leverage in this situation, unless UConn starts losing regardless of who is the play caller. Then Coach Pasqualoni may as well figure that if he's going to get fired anyway, to cede control back to his right hand man.

To me that's all the more reason CPP would undercut TJ. He's not "his" guy. I HATE these situations. Hopefully, it turns out alright, we can have at least a couple 7 win seasons, and CPP can retire gracefully.

 

[Carl Spackler]

My post did not assume the QB is calling his own game. My point is that there is no room for interruption on Coach Deleone's part if Coach Weist is the affirmed play caller. There's not enough time for discussion.

Misunderstood you. My bad.

BTW - who said Manuel picked Weist? I've heard nothing of the sort. I'll give these opinions again: Play calling to me is an art, not a science. Game planning is the science, where the approach is systematic and repeatable. Play calling, in game, is entirely different thing, than game planning. The words strategy and tactics have been thrown around here before by myself and others when it comes to game planning and play calling.

Deleone, many moons ago, with a very talented Syracuse roster, was a pretty good artist, but not all art improves with age. In the recent past, the rumors would always fly, that the head coach, had the handcuffs on the play caller(s) that came through the program, as to what they could create on offense. I'm curious to see what kind of artwork Weist can put together, with the program in 2013.

 

[Husky25]

Misunderstood you. My bad.

BTW - who said Manuel picked Weist? I've heard nothing of the sort. I'll give these opinions again: Play calling to me is an art, not a science. Game planning is the science, where the approach is systematic and repeatable. Play calling, in game, is entirely different thing, than game planning. The words strategy and tactics have been thrown around here before by myself and others when it comes to game planning and play calling.

Deleone, many moons ago, with a very talented Syracuse roster, was a pretty good artist, but not all art improves with age. In the recent past, the rumors would always fly, that the head coach, had the handcuffs on the play caller(s) that came through the program, as to what they could create on offense. I'm curious to see what kind of artwork Weist can put together, with the program in 2013.

Me too.

 

[RedSoloCup]

My hope lies not in just the play calling. We surely need that at game time for the adjustment factor. Something I feel that is overlooked is the game planning.

We need to be sure that TJ installs the packages that he desires all week in game prep, and he is allowed to build the plan for the game. I want the guys to understand a goal and tactics to beat the other team, not memorize 60-odd random plays they might see.