Mike Anthony On The Diaco Flameout

[L Train]

Sorry to be lazy, I tuned out there last season, but I have a question, why did Williams start over Anderson? Even though, come to find out later, that Williams was actually hurt? Right?

Disco started losing me at Navy too, I just could not bring myself to watch pretty much the second half of the season.

 

[UConnNick]

Sorry to be lazy, I tuned out there last season, but I have a question, why did Williams start over Anderson? Even though, come to find out later, that Williams was actually hurt? Right?

Disco started losing me at Navy too, I just could not bring myself to watch pretty much the second half of the season.

I think that was the equivalent of a hail Mary on Diablo's part. He apparently thought Williams had more talent and a better chance to show something at the end. It never happened, but that might have been why he went with Williams. Another reason why might have been the seemingly concocted story about Williams supposedly lobbying to blow his redshirt. The narrative fit the circumstances.

 

[jdb50]

First August training camp, Diaco running around in the bucket hat and long sleeves like he was afraid of the sun. I thought that was odd and last year no bucket hat at all. Nebraska must have been really desperate or stupid to hire the cupcake trashing nutjob. I had forgotten about subbing out the QB leading a successful drive as he was too close to the goal line in game one vs BYU. So many strange decisions by that guy.

 

[Jimdish255]

Sorry to be lazy, I tuned out there last season, but I have a question, why did Williams start over Anderson? Even though, come to find out later, that Williams was actually hurt? Right?

Disco started losing me at Navy too, I just could not bring myself to watch pretty much the second half of the season.

I asked the same question at the time and like most reasonable questions reacting to head-scratching decisions we'll never know except to say he made lots of mental "errors". Then we saw Anderson look pretty decent in a post-season game...whatever.

 

[freescooter]

The Williams decision was just one of a long line of bizzare decisions especially related to quarterbacks going back to the key starter/key back up press conference. He had zero idea about running an offense. He basically subbed it out to his oc but didn't hire a competent one.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I asked the same question at the time and like most reasonable questions reacting to head-scratching decisions we'll never know except to say he made lots of mental "errors". Then we saw Anderson look pretty decent in a post-season game...whatever.

At the time, we all just figured that Williams was the real deal and he was ready. BD said things like DW was as good as anyone in the country at his position. So, we didn't question too much why it wasn't Anderson, we just assumed (hoped) that the coaches watch them in practice and they had determined that Williams was good enough to burn the red shirt.

I am sure this failure was on the list of reasons why Diaco is now able to baffle another fan base.

 

[Blaneylover]

I am not surprised to hear that he lost the locker room after Navy. That was abysmal play calling and clock management at the end. I will never understand what the thought process was with the QB shuffle late in the year. In retrospect, the Bob Diaco fiasco here is a good argument for those that preach always hiring someone with HC experience. On paper, Bob Diaco was everything you would want in a HC. He was young, enthusiastic, had great big program experience, and hungry. It turns out that he just wasn't ready to be a head coach. HCRE knows how to run a program. More specifically, he knows how to run THIS program. On to Friday!

 

[joey3$trike$]

Paranoid early last year, Diacoism!

 

[Waquoit]

How the hell did we win 6 games that year?

 

[CTMike]

How the hell did we win 6 games that year?

We were exceptionally fortunate in the turnover department and that masks a lot of what ails ya...

 

[Redding Husky]

Says Diaco lost the team after the Navy game and coached the kids on what to say to the media.

The players were under a lot of pressure re: their answers to the media. Diaco really did NOT like the media.

That's when Diaco lost me, at the Navy game. I lost all hope based on the way that game ended.

 

[Milo65]

That's when Diaco lost me, at the Navy game. I lost all hope based on the way that game ended.

Same here, that last series was so mismanaged, any Pop Warner coach would have handled it better.

 

[noeynox]

Same here, that last series was so mismanaged, any Pop Warner coach would have handled it better.

Make it 3 of us. Though I never bought in, because I don't believe in trying to run the clock out from the opening kick off, I jumped out of my seat double flipped him the bird like nobody's business.

Garbage ass coaching and then telling the media that was what the kids wanted to run was cowardly.

 

[freescooter]

The Navy game was blown but that happens sometimes. Heck Virginia did the same thing the next week when they tried to get too cute and they have a competent coach. It was the way Diaco handled it saying the players wanted to run, he did something similar after the Missouri loss the year b fore. Same line withWilliams playing. He had no concept of responsibility.

One last thing that bothers me. I get the fake field goal as a play but why would you run a fake fake field goal? What is the benefit?

 

[Bubba1957]

The Navy game was blown but that happens sometimes. Heck Virginia did the same thing the next week when they tried to get too cute and they have a competent coach. It was the way Diaco handled it saying the players wanted to run, he did something similar after the Missouri loss the year b fore. Same line withWilliams playing. He had no concept of responsibility.

One last thing that bothers me. I get the fake field goal as a play but why would you run a fake fake field goal? What is the benefit?

Yes! He will forever be known as the innovative genius behind the fake, fake field goal! No other coach was big and bold enough to add that to their playbook.
In all seriousness, that was the last straw for me too. Putting your players in a position that increases the likelihood of failure is NOT what coaching is about. Felt really bad for the kicker.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Says Diaco lost the team after the Navy game

My friends and I went to that game in Annapolis. That was our last straw. Spent the next few hours downtown drinking, eating and bitching and moaning. Utter shock at what just went down.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Navy game was what did it for me too. That showed me the guy is just clueless. I started calling him the idiot that we need to replace on this forum, and some guys here were giving me a hard time saying I was being negative.

All I got to say is thank god he is gone. I am really looking forward to what the new staff can do going forward. I hope we can keep our coordinators if we have a successful year.