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Jimmy Serrano said:
The fact that we're all speculating who will be calling plays? Not good.
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As long as the coaching staff knows what is going on then we can speculate all we want about something none of us have any control over. I think HCBD has his plan in place and I have to trust him right now, because he is all we have.
 
uconnbill said:
As long as the coaching staff knows what is going on then we can speculate all we want about something none of us have any control over. I think HCBD has his plan in place and I have to trust him right now, because he is all we have.
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If we're going to post only about things we can control this place would be lonely.
 
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noeynox said:
In not wanting to be accused of making the board" unreadable", I kept from posting this. This will be another one of these things that I'm hoping works out on blind faith alone. I too would have preferred a younger FCS coordinator type, but Diaco seems hell bent on a particular style.
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Geez, what's up with the negativity? Way to kill the thread!





;)
 
Carl Spackler said:
I watched the clip. The take home point for me, is that Coach Fry talks about improving as the season goes along and as young players get experience. That's absolutely necessary for success. What concerns me about young coach booby is that in his first season as a head coach, I am hard pressed to find a single unit on the field that progressed well during the course of the season and improved.
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The offensive line improved a great deal. It still wasn't what I would call "good" by the end of the season but it was much better than it had been the first 6 games. Unfortunately we fired the only coach who's unit actually improved..

And if I can add my two cents on this hire well I just don't get it.....at all. We hired a career offensive line coach and gave him his first OC job in 30 years.

What I'm wondering/hoping is that he's OC in title only and not truly responsible for the entire offense. Diaco spoke about having 3 passing game experts on the staff....I have no idea who that might be...but if we believe we already have passing experts in house, the new guy is probably going to be the run game coordinator. I'm guessing we're probably going to run the ball 70% of the time and dial up a few passes that are going to be designed by someone else on the staff. I can live with that...when we were winning we ran the ball 80 to 90% of the time. If we can find a 70/30 balance it will be a welcome change...especially if we have a true running QB.
 
LRock34 said:
The offensive line improved a great deal. It still wasn't what I would call "good" by the end of the season but it was much better than it had been the first 6 games. Unfortunately we fired the only coach who's unit actually improved..

And if I can add my two cents on this hire well I just don't get it.....at all. We hired a career offensive line coach and gave him his first OC job in 30 years.

What I'm wondering/hoping is that he's OC in title only and not truly responsible for the entire offense. Diaco spoke about having 3 passing game experts on the staff....I have no idea who that might be...but if we believe we already have passing experts in house, the new guy is probably going to be the run game coordinator. I'm guessing we're probably going to run the ball 70% of the time and dial up a few passes that are going to be designed by someone else on the staff. I can live with that...when we were winning we ran the ball 80 to 90% of the time. If we can find a 70/30 balance it will be a welcome change...especially if we have a true running QB.
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I don't remember much improvement by any unit when we lost to Army, and got beat by Cincinatti 41-0 and lost to a previously winless SMU.
 
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Husky25 said:
My only early critique of the hire is the lack of play calling experience in Verducci's past.

According to John Silver, Verducci will help with the O-line as well as running backs and overall offensive game plan (obviously, as the Offensive coordinator), there is no clear indication of successful offensive play calling on the staff. As has been said on the board recently (Spackler or Serrano IIRC), play calling is an art form, not a science. Would Coach Diaco entrust Lineburg (Past Coordinator and QB coach) or Patterson (TE Coach) to usurp the Offensive Coordinator in terms of play calling? I sincerely hope not and with only 25 seconds between plays, Play calling cannot be a committee endeavor. I just hope that over the last 31 years, Verducci has perused "Play Calling for Dummies" at least a couple times. On the other hand, I don't remember play calling experience in Shane Day's background prior to October 2013, so who knows?

Contrary to what Spackler says above, I believe we will see more than a glimpse in 67 days, not 200.
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This is clearly a chain-of-command question, and a good one. And the impact of play-calling can be diminished when you have an experienced QB running the show.
 
Diaco knows he's never going to recruit a top QB and will struggle to recruit great WRs. Their just are not a lot of them in his recruiting area. He can develop offensive lineman, however, and build around a pound it out running game. This is especially important playing outdoors in Ct in November and December. Edsall knew this and his teams' identity was 1) run the ball effectively; 2) play fundamentally sound 3) tackle well. The years UConn did well they had great special teams play on top of that. If you get lucky and a DanO falls into your lap, then you have a chance to be a top 25 team with that recipe.

That being said, it sounds to me like Verducci, on paper, is an intelligent hire.
 
whaler11 said:
LOL. It was asked and not answered.
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I understand your frustration especially after FHCPP and Deleone offense. Remember this was his first year being a head coach and this is his truly first recruiting class. I guess you and Jimmy forget the disaster before in Pasqualoni and Deleone and that total mess. He is getting a pass from me this past year and I am hopeful that the team will improve.
 
Jimdish255 said:
This is clearly a chain-of-command question, and a good one. And the impact of play-calling can be diminished when you have an experienced QB running the show.
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Unfortunately, UConn has a junior with happy feet, a transferred red shirt sophomore, and a true freshman from whom to choose. That said, IF Boyle can settle down behind a more experienced line, the down field component of the offense may still become a reality.
 
uconnbill said:
I understand your frustration especially after FHCPP and Deleone offense. Remember this was his first year being a head coach and this is his truly first recruiting class. I guess you and Jimmy forget the disaster before in Pasqualoni and Deleone and that total mess. He is getting a pass from me this past year and I am hopeful that the team will improve.
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I was really just making a joke that it was unclear about who was calling plays last year. When the question was asked the answer was bizarre.

Playcalling is the most overrated thing in the sport to me.
 
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Nostical said:
Tell that to the Seahawks.
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Yes, you can toss away a game on brainlock - but Oregon doesn't score 50 a game because of playcalling.

UConn could improve merely by getting a play called early enough in the play clock to avoid delay penalties.
 
whaler11 said:
I was really just making a joke that it was unclear about who was calling plays last year. When the question was asked the answer was bizarre.

Playcalling is the most overrated thing in the sport to me.
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Not meaning this as a wise arse comment but, I'd argue that play calling made a wee bit of difference to the Seahawks two Sundays ago. I know, that's the NFL, but I think it can apply to the college game, too. When the play calling is bad and the margin for error is small, it's probably going to be a game killer. And no, I'm not a Seahwks fan.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Damnit I just made this same joke in Medic's thread.
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Yeah you were like fourth.

I know the comments are only half serious - but I'm talking about in aggregage relative to the amount of time people spend complaining about it.

The Super Bowl or UConn/Vandy to me is more about decision making and understanding risk-reward than it is about 'play calling'.
 
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whaler11 said:
Yeah you were like fourth.

I know the comments are only half serious - but I'm talking about in aggregage relative to the amount of time people spend complaining about it.

The Super Bowl or UConn/Vandy to me is more about decision making and understanding risk-reward than it is about 'play calling'.
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I will disagree with you on your point earlier about Oregon. They don't score 50 a game playing out of the power I. They score 50 because first and foremost they have athletes and right behind that is the system (which includes play calling).
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
I will disagree with you on your point earlier about Oregon. They don't score 50 a game playing out of the power I. They score 50 because first and foremost they have athletes and right behind that is the system (which includes play calling).
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I don't include play calling in scheme. Yeah if you call the design and pace of their offense 'play calling' then it's super important.
 
CTMike said:
We've got a lot of cooks in the kitchen. The buck stops with Diaco - there's no excuse this year for not running exactly the offense he envisions.
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^^^ This.

For me, Diaco has had a year at the helm to get himself situated and to work out the inevitable bugs that a first year head coach is going to have. Furthermore, without having said it to the media or the fans, he has essentially said that the offensive scheme was not good enough (clearly) and has demoted his first OC after 1 year. This is now his second chance at finding the right guy with the right philosophy and understanding for this program to succeed. There is a ton of years of experience on the staff. Now, it's up to Diaco to shine...
 
whaler11 said:
The Super Bowl is more about decision making and understanding risk-reward than it is about 'play calling'.
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It's actually more about coaching and preparation.The Patriots practiced extensively on that Seattle goal line pass play. They had seen the Seahawks run it during the year. That preperation made all the difference. In the meantime, the Seahawks were unimpressed with the fact that the 2014 Patriots were the worst team in the league in stopping the run in important short-yardage situations. On rushes of fewer than two yards on third or fourth down--or from inside the two yard line on first or second down--the Pats only stopped 5 of 27 rush attempts all year. 4 of the Patriots' 5 stops came against the league's worst rushing teams. The leagues best rushing teams converted 16 of 17 short yardage chances against the Patriots' run defense and the Seahawks ranked near the top rushing the ball. Seahawks fans should be marching with torches and pitchforks. Bottom line, the Seahawks were out-coached and out-prepared.
 
Nostical said:
It's actually more about coaching and preparation.The Patriots practiced extensively on that Seattle goal line pass play. They had seen the Seahawks run it during the year. That preperation made all the difference. In the meantime, the Seahawks were unimpressed with the fact that the 2014 Patriots were the worst team in the league in stopping the run in important short-yardage situations. On rushes of fewer than two yards on third or fourth down--or from inside the two yard line on first or second down--the Pats only stopped 5 of 27 rush attempts all year. 4 of the Patriots' 5 stops came against the league's worst rushing teams. The leagues best rushing teams converted 16 of 17 short yardage chances against the Patriots' run defense and the Seahawks ranked near the top rushing the ball. Seahawks fans should be marching with torches and pitchforks. Bottom line, the Seahawks were out-coached and out-prepared.
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Same thing different words. If you have Lynch not giving him the ball is just a bad decision. But, yes it's really impossible to unwind all that goes into coaching a team and put it into separate buckets.
 
UCONN is at a place where the play calling matters big time. We've seen the gridlock in redzone decisions resulting in wasted timeouts or too many men on the field penalties. The indecision, over substituting, confusion, lack of pace, that leads to lost opportunities. Having someone calling the shots that sees what the opponents are trying to take away and setting them up to be abused is what Oregon does best. This isn't something that can be done by committee. You need a mad scientist at the controls that knows his stuff inside and out and knows it so well he doesn't have to think about it. It should be second nature making the calls. I don't see where we have that at this time. Maybe Coach Lineburg will be this guy for us. There is no evidence that Coach V is that guy.
 
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