Game Week - UConn @ Navy

[31GuardTrap]

He ddn't say it is "impossible to defend" he said it impossible to prepare for in one week.
He said that to me twice last year and the week before the Army game. But anyway..moving on we are....to a win I hope.


.... or Sheriff follows the gameplan and goes through his base progression reads.

Yessir.

 

[huskymedic]

Yessir.

LOL... I only remembered the point because it jumped out when cutting/pasting above:

Mike Anthony@ManthonyCourant 2 mins ago
Diaco on preparing for triple option in one week: "Impossible." Part of preseason camp devoted to it, though.

 

[huskymedic]

Ramblings from The Runway: Mutual respect exists between UConn, Navy coaches

 

[sportsart]

Ramblings from The Runway: Mutual respect exists between UConn, Navy coaches

He said wallpaper. Hehe hehe.

 

[huskymedic]

Huskies Open Conference Play On Saturday On The Road

On his evaluation of Bryant Shirreffs' play vs. Maine: "I thought it was good at times. I felt like you can look back and look at plays where he could have slid or thrown the ball to very open players downfield. There is definitely concern in over-coaching a player and eliminating some of those great, intangible elements of his ability. It was the difference in the game in some aspects. We want to emphasize some of the throws he made and some of the throws he missed without taking away some of the great plays he made. He created extended plays, created some opportunities and extended drives with his legs and we don't want that to change. I thought he did pretty well and he started to get better at sliding and showing an early slide. It's a new fundamental and new rule this year. It's a great thing for the quarterback position. He was better but he can continue to get even better at that piece."

 

[huskymedic]

Navy QBs rundown w/ Tago Smith out:

>Will Worth came in for Smith, playing most of the next two quarters, and is slated to be the starter heading into Saturday’s American Athletic Conference opener against Connecticut at home. The senior completed all three of his pass attempts for 78 yards and one touchdown against the Rams.

At 6 feet 1 and 205 pounds, Worth is slightly bigger than Smith, who addressed the team Monday afternoon, but not as elusive a runner. “Tago is obviously more athletic than Will, so we’re definitely going to lose that part,” Jasper said. “At the same time, we have to stick with who we are. Will is a big, physical kid. We’re not afraid to run him. He can take the punishment and throws the ball very well. We can definitely throw the football, too. We just have to play to his strengths.”

Sophomore Zach Abey becomes the No. 2 quarterback after sitting out the opener because of a suspension for unspecified violations. Abey, a graduate of Archbishop Spalding High School in Maryland, is the biggest (6-2, 218 pounds) of the Midshipmen’s quarterbacks. He did not play as a freshman after spending one year at the Naval Academy Prep School.

The No. 3 quarterback is Malcolm Perry. The freshman was part of an improbable series of events Saturday when he marched on with the brigade prior to kickoff only to be pulled out of the stands at halftime and taken to the locker room, where he changed into a football uniform. Perry played all of the fourth quarter in relief, rushing seven times for 30 yards, the day after participating in the junior varsity game. He also had missed the first three days of practice early last week because of an illness.<<

 

[huskymedic]

Noel Thomas@NoelThomas05 3 mins ago
I'm ready.

 

[huskymedic]

UConn’s Bryant Shirreffs and Noel Thomas bonded over freestyle rapping

 

[huskymedic]

Mike DiMauro@BCgenius 4 hours ago
COLUMN: Can Diaco's experience with Navy give@UConnFootball an edge?
Finish successfully: At least UConn did that

 

[huskymedic]

 

[sportsart]

First year on offense and the guy averages 41 yds per catch? Diaco sucks at recruiting.

 

[Drew]

Know Your Foe: Getting to know Navy ahead of first conference game

 

[cttxus]

Great honor for BS. Congrats! But man, you would think the (presumably) Harvard educated author of that letter could have done a bit better than beginning it with a 45 word, run on sentence, ending with "after leading their respective teams to victory on September 1 and September 3, respectively". Sorry, just trying to preserve the last shreds of correct English grammar in my tiny corner of the digital universe.

 

[huskymedic]

Ramblings from The Runway: UConn's Shirreffs named Golden Helmet winner

 

[whaler11]

Based on how Diaco talks about the option - Army and Navy have won 600 straight games combined.

 

[huskymedic]

Ramblings from The Runway: UConn's Shirreffs named Golden Helmet winner

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Preview

 

[pepband99]

Based on how Diaco talks about the option - Army and Navy have won 600 straight games combined.

Right, because personnel has nothing to do with it. What a stupid, snarky comment.

 

[whaler11]

Right, because personnel has nothing to do with it. What a stupid, snarky comment.

Please. His ongoing comments about option teams are idiotic.

It's clearly not impossible to defend the triple option.

Soon we'll be onto the comments that it has a huge impact in the weeks after the game in the face of mountains of evidence that plenty of teams handle it every season.

 

[pepband99]

Please. His ongoing comments about option teams are idiotic.

It's clearly not impossible to defend the triple option.

Soon we'll be onto the comments that it has a huge impact in the weeks after the game in the face of mountains of evidence that plenty of teams handle it every season.

It equalizes for personnel. Always has. That doesn't mean that it's easy to prepare for, or that it doesn't work. Every coach and fanbase in the ACC hates playing GIT for the same reason.

Navy and Army would be I-AA-esque without these systems. Army's foray into a pro-style offense a few years ago seems to prove this. Plenty of teams "handle it" because they're much better. We're not (yet).

You're clearly smarter than this, and if someone else typed something this stupid, you would slay them.

 

[jbdphi]

UConn Preview

Two things:
1) I had no idea Navy have up 464 yards to Fordham - given the score I assumed it was less.
2) it's pretty unfair to the Uconn scoring defence to hit them with the fumble return TD. Seems like a bullshit stat if you include points given up by the offense.

Edit: BS becomes Stop?

 

[Storrsbred]

Great honor for BS. Congrats! But man, you would think the (presumably) Harvard educated author of that letter could have done a bit better than beginning it with a 45 word, run on sentence, ending with "after leading their respective teams to victory on September 1 and September 3, respectively". Sorry, just trying to preserve the last shreds of correct English grammar in my tiny corner of the digital universe.

Good luck with this. Seems like a lost cause in today's world, unfortunately. The decline in grammar is amazing and pathetic.

 

[Huskygrad88]

Please. His ongoing comments about option teams are idiotic.

It's clearly not impossible to defend the triple option.

Soon we'll be onto the comments that it has a huge impact in the weeks after the game in the face of mountains of evidence that plenty of teams handle it every season.

Essentially the comments every other coach makes. Here's one quickie

Navy's offense will remain unique in the American

Not sure about your need for multiple posts on the issue. I guess you could quibble about the exact level of comment (impossible vs no matter how hard you try you can never be prepared), but feels like majoring in minors and really looking for something that is just not there.

 

[whaler11]

It equalizes for personnel. Always has. That doesn't mean that it's easy to prepare for, or that it doesn't work. Every coach and fanbase in the ACC hates playing GIT for the same reason.

Navy and Army would be I-AA-esque without these systems. Army's foray into a pro-style offense a few years ago seems to prove this. Plenty of teams "handle it" because they're much better. We're not (yet).

You're clearly smarter than this, and if someone else typed something this stupid, you would slay them.

So it's not impossible? Maybe he should stop saying it's impossible?

 

[huskymedic]

So it's not impossible? Maybe he should stop saying it's impossible?

Nah... maybe editors need to stop changing the words for clicks. FWIW: I don't remember him saying it's "impossible to defend" I do remember him saying its "impossible" to prepare for in one week.