If my thinking is as close to Jeff Jacobs is in his column this morning, I must be very wrong. That and there were some additional quotes that were not in the tweet thread yesterday.
Based on that column I think Jacobs has what it takes to be a school superintendent. It was all lifted from here.Basically put his name on a BY thread
Agreeing with Jacobs is like agreeing with Palatine. Mostly its drivel. Once in a while he nails it. Today was one of those times.
Agreeing with Jacobs is like agreeing with Palatine. Mostly its drivel. Once in a while he nails it. Today was one of those times.
Please read Matt's Boneyard Blog response to this ridiculous (and dangerous) notion that Diaco isn't trying to win games. And for the love of Jonathan, stop reading (and taking to heart) everything Jacobs writes. There are guys in our media who clearly do not understand football and write just to generate link clicks.
I disagree with Matt's blog entirely. His process is fair game. Playing 50 guys in a game? You're telling me it's obvious beyond a shadow of the doubt that he's trying to win those games?
Of course he's trying to win the games. Are you saying that Diaco and UCONN took the field on Friday night not wanting to win?? His process, including his in-game management, is fair game. It's one thing to question playing 50 guys in the game or kicking a FG. But the whole questioning of whether or not UCONN is trying to win games is completely silly. It's two separate arguments that have seemingly morphed into one: UCONN doesn't care about winning. OF COURSE THEY DO.
Does he want to win? I have no doubt that he does. Is doing things during the game that benefit the program in the long term that makes winning the game of paramount importance? No I think that he is.
I'm not a critic of that by the way. But the reality is that his game management during these first 3 games is focused more on the long term than the short term. Don't even think that is debatable.
Okay, fair enough. Let's see how the games (and coaching decisions) play out in the Stony Brook and Boise games before we lump those games in with the BYU game management though. Diaco is already on record of saying that things will change, including my biggest question of the game - QBs will stay in games if they are in the midst of engineering successful drives. The staff felt Whitmer is better suited for red zone area possessions because of his mobility to escape higher percentages of blitzes dialed up when defenses are backed up like that. I don't agree with it but that's what they felt. I think Casey's decision making is what separates him from Chandler, especially in the red zone and when being blitzed. A good QB can exploit a blitz by finding the open guy instead of running frantically around and throwing 50/50 balls up for grabs.
Seems like we're more on the same page than I thought. My apologies.
Yeah we can see how the next 2 games play out but when asked point blank how long this "preparation phase" is going to last he answered it very specifically.