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Bonehead said:
Carl will be happy - he has the Hayden Fry tree in him -
I dont know much about him - actually never heard of him. Resume is somewhat impressive and look - he coached in the CFL as well - Canadian connections.

Wish him the best.
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?????

I don't have any interest in Hayden Fry. I wanted an OC with a proven track record of installing successful offenses and the running them. We didn't get that, but recruiting trumps that, and we got a guy that should be able to help out recruiting quite a bit. So I'm not that unhappy.

On offense, we need an offensive concept/philosophy approach to the game that it is complimentary to the defense, the kicking game and our natural geographic advantages. That means running the ball with effectiveness to set up the pass IMNSHO, and this guy appears to be a fit.

In reality, all I want to see is an offense that can execute with some speed, get play calls in and out and line up and play. Not trip over ourselves all over the place and repeatedly chop block and combo block illegally. Is that too much to ask?

The reality, is that if this team is going to turn around and be competitive in 2015, it's not offense or defense that will do it - it's the kicking game. The shuffling of the staff there, I hope works out, and I hope the seniors we do have coming back, embrace that, and turn the kicking units into a mistake free, disciplined unit.

The quickest and surest way to turn a losing program into a competitive and winnign program is special teams. We've reached that low. That's where it starts to build it back up. I hope Coach Booby realizes it.
 
noeynox said:
I just want to see him get the plays in on time.
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I was thinking the same thing along with 4-5 guys coming and out after every play, sometimes well after the previous play ended. Made it hard to get any rhythm going regardless if running, passing or mixed. Hated when we ran wildcat which is a play that you run to catch teams off guard and we take forever to get play in and get snap off and by then the other team made their adjustment.
 
Pudge said:
But ... it totally refutes the Don Patterson built a GREAT QB position at Buffalo stuff we heard not too long ago. I dunno ...
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Patterson could have been schooling Lineberg for the QB coaching slot. Diaco and Patterson had a chance to see first hand, Lineberg's capabilities and obviously liked what they saw. Lineberg brings youth and vitality to the position and perhaps can relate a little better to the young QB's. This coaching staff appears to be a real team, willing to mix things up to achieve the best results. If nothing else, they will serve as an example to some of the players who may be asked to play a different position than was originally intended. Remember, according to Diaco, some of those tight ends are a couple of 5 guys cheeseburgers away from playing the O line!
 
Sprague03 said:
When the Gators hired him-
http://www.gatorzone.com/football/staff/verducci

When the irish hired him
http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011409aac.html

"In addition, the name Verducci in New Jersey high school football is legendary as both his father and uncle were coaching icons. This should aide our recruiting efforts in New Jersey and the Northeast.

He was brought in for 3 reasons:
1) Recruit from NJ
2) Build a run game
3) Help build the O-line with Cummings. This guy has a great resume coaching OL from Joe Thomas to Larry Allen
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so now wait a minute - with have a $300,000 a year OL coach that needs help?
 
I get the experience he has coaching OL and RBs, as well as recruiting. But it looks to me that for the second year in a row, we will have an OC with little play-calling experience. In 2009 at ND and 2011 at Florida, it looks like Charlie Weis was calling the plays.
 
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Carl Spackler said:
?????

I don't have any interest in Hayden Fry. I wanted an OC with a proven track record of installing successful offenses and the running them. We didn't get that, but recruiting trumps that, and we got a guy that should be able to help out recruiting quite a bit. So I'm not that unhappy.

On offense, we need an offensive concept/philosophy approach to the game that it is complimentary to the defense, the kicking game and our natural geographic advantages. That means running the ball with effectiveness to set up the pass IMNSHO, and this guy appears to be a fit.

In reality, all I want to see is an offense that can execute with some speed, get play calls in and out and line up and play. Not trip over ourselves all over the place and repeatedly chop block and combo block illegally. Is that too much to ask?

The reality, is that if this team is going to turn around and be competitive in 2015, it's not offense or defense that will do it - it's the kicking game. The shuffling of the staff there, I hope works out, and I hope the seniors we do have coming back, embrace that, and turn the kicking units into a mistake free, disciplined unit.

The quickest and surest way to turn a losing program into a competitive and winnign program is special teams. We've reached that low. That's where it starts to build it back up. I hope Coach Booby realizes it.
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Confident Carl...

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/the-base-of-hayden-frys-coaching-tree.64202/#post-1051114
 
Confident Carl said:
Patterson could have been schooling Lineberg for the QB coaching slot. Diaco and Patterson had a chance to see first hand, Lineberg's capabilities and obviously liked what they saw. Lineberg brings youth and vitality to the position and perhaps can relate a little better to the young QB's. This coaching staff appears to be a real team, willing to mix things up to achieve the best results. If nothing else, they will serve as an example to some of the players who may be asked to play a different position than was originally intended. Remember, according to Diaco, some of those tight ends are a couple of 5 guys cheeseburgers away from playing the O line!
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Yeah - thats it...and a demoted O/C as OL coach that needs help.
 
HomeKing93 said:
I get the experience he has coaching OL and RBs, as well as recruiting. But it looks to me that for the second year in a row, we will have an OC with little play-calling experience. In 2009 at ND and 2011 at Florida, it looks like Charlie Weis was calling the plays.
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Hey were uconn, we provide on the job training! !!

I'm only half kidding. If he gets the plays in on time and we limit the stupid penalties that turn a second and three into a second and 8, I will be happy. Those are back breakers when you are as anemic as we are on offense. My expectations have been whittled away that much, that no penalties due to OC ineptitude would make me happy.
 
Confident Carl said:
Dooley, based on your logic above, Dario Highsmith has been projected as a special teams player. With our QB shortage I have to think they may give him consideration as a 4th QB. It ads depth to the position and gives us a Deshon Fox type player. I could see him getting game action next year if he is as good as his highlight reel.
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WOW.

If we're playing a true freshman walk-on "athlete" at QB at any point in time next season we should shut the program down. We have 3 scholarship QBs and a preferred walk on QB to play before we would even get to this guy.
 
Pretty much agree with others. Not excited, but not totally disappointed. Results matter, not flashy hires. If the results are there, that's all we should all care about.
 
can anybody precisely answer why, with this kind of resume, he was at No. Iowa?
 
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Wait, so we just hired Northern Iowa's TE coach to be the OC?

Northern Iowa is a pretty damn good program for that level, but before I clicked on the article I was expecting to see a poor man's Brian Kelly.

Oh well.
 
WingU-Conn said:
WOW.

If we're playing a true freshman walk-on "athlete" at QB at any point in time next season we should shut the program down. We have 3 scholarship QBs and a preferred walk on QB to play before we would even get to this guy.
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I am with you, I trust that we have enough skill ahead of a freshman walk on. If we are going to run as much as everyone is predicting, having a speedy QB gives defenses something to plan for. We need QB's and perhaps they will give Dario consideration as a 4th. With injuries, you never know. We know he can run. He didn't pass for much at Middletown and I think they converted him back to running back. In a read based offense an athlete like Highsmith can perform a similar role as Dishon Fox.
 
I'm happy we have a bunch of experienced guys that can teach and prepare. But if none of them can coordinate and implement a gameplan on gameday it's a rudderless ship. Hopefully he can ease those concerns at a press conference or at least during Spring Ball. I agree with those taking a wait and see on this one. It's another comfortable relationship oriented hire by HCBD and there are good signs and unanswered questions.
 
Sounds more like bringing in someone Diaco trusts and approach will be less a OC coming in with his brand of offense but rather more of coaching by committee to run the type of offense Diaco wants. Although in perfect world would love to see an some up and coming offensive genius come on board, however with the long term relationships among coaches on staff think it would be tough for someone would little or no ties to them to come in and do what they please, therefore bringing a known guy to staff and Diaco is the right call.

Bottom line all that matters is getting the right plays and personnel in a timely basis with the players executing them and not turning the ball over. Not looking for Oregon here, just being average next year will be a big improvement as expect defense will be decent.
 
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WingU-Conn said:
We have 3 scholarship QBs and a preferred walk on QB to play before we would even get to this guy.
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I count 2 scholly QBs a walk on from last year(if he's still here) before we get to a true frosh scholly QB and a true frosh Walk on... we need to poach one from USC after their spring game.. they have 11 QBs on their squad... somebody's bound to bolt from that program....
 
can't deny the experience this guy has.. from all levels... NFL, FCS, FBS...

just checked out his bio... tons of OL experience... I don't see our coaching staff on offense staying settled even next year... just looks like a jigsaw puzzle a little... Is it just me?
 
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king conn said:
can anybody precisely answer why, with this kind of resume, he was at No. Iowa?
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"Verducci has been a resident of Iowa City, Iowa, for 24 years." Looks like it provided a close-to-home-in-between-jobs opportunity. Might have been tired of living away from home. It could be that what seemed like an inordinate amount of "search" time was spent convincing Verducci to move.
 
king conn said:
can anybody precisely answer why, with this kind of resume, he was at No. Iowa?
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It certainly couldn't have been for the pay. He got hired in April of 2014. His reported pay at Northern Iowa for that year was $7,615. I am hoping this is a Typo!

Database: State of Iowa employee salaries
EMPLOYEE DEPARTMENT POSITION COUNTY SEX JULY SALARY TRAVEL, ETC FY SALARY FY
VERDUCCI FRANK J University of Northern Iowa Program Assistant JOHNSON M $0.00 $0.00 $7,615.38 2014
JACOBSON BENJAMIN S University of Northern Iowa Head Coach BLACK HAWK M $550,000.00 $12,534.11 $542,181.06 2014
 
I'm not big on following coaching moves, but it looks like this guy has bounced around to a ton of places in the past couple of years. Notre Dame, Florida, NFL all look good, but do coordinators really move around this much?
 
Palatine said:
Obviously wish him great success.

The following is known as a fruit basket dance. Once you move the pear, you have to move the apple, then the banana.

With Verducci coming there has been a shift among the staff, too. Wayne Lineburg, who coached receivers and special teams last year will coach the quarterbacks. Don Patterson who coached quarterbacks will move tight ends and David Corley who coached running backs will move to receivers and special teams coordinator.

Please, I'm just noting the dance, it's not a positive or negative comment. I know some of the Boneyard can read into things.
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I never really understood this aspect of college football coaching. Can someone please explain? It seems that coaches are assigned to coach a particular position with no attention paid to whether that person had any playing, or coaching, experience in that position. Maybe I'm missing something, but I'd like my QB coach to have actually played that position, or coached it for many, many years. How can a defensive back coach, or wide receiver coach, teach the finer aspects of those positions without playing them? I don't get it, seems like college position coaches have no need to demonstrate any prior working knowledge of the position they coach...
 
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whaler11 said:
Interesting his history is slanted towards running the ball.
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Good.
 
ktuck911 said:
I count 2 scholly QBs a walk on from last year(if he's still here) before we get to a true frosh scholly QB and a true frosh Walk on... we need to poach one from USC after their spring game.. they have 11 QBs on their squad... somebody's bound to bolt from that program....
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I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not.

I said we have three scholarship QBs. Boyle, Shirrefs, and Davis.

Then the walk on Freshman QB. Maybe there's another one. Regardless, If we're playing a walk on true freshman (who isn't even a true QB) at QB, we are screwed.

(And we aren't poaching QBs from USC).
 
Randy Edsall played QB at Syracuse, a lot of good that did him as he was a better defensive/secondary coach than QB coach.
 
KOD594 said:
Sounds more like bringing in someone Diaco trusts and approach will be less a OC coming in with his brand of offense but rather more of coaching by committee to run the type of offense Diaco wants. Although in perfect world would love to see an some up and coming offensive genius come on board, however with the long term relationships among coaches on staff think it would be tough for someone would little or no ties to them to come in and do what they please, therefore bringing a known guy to staff and Diaco is the right call.
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I agree with this in that it's clear Diaco knows the type of offense he wants to run and if an OC wasn't going to go with that then they weren't going to be hired. Reminds me of when RE brought in Joe Moorhead to be OC and we all thought the offense would be opened up. Instead, the offense remained run first. Many of us would love to see us open things up and start flinging the ball around. However, Diaco doesn't wanna do that. To me it's gonna lead to boring football but if we're winning then who cares! It'll be interesting to see how this might attract the casual fan. Winning cures all but if the team is 6-6 or 5-7 and running a run first offense, wonder if it will raise interest.
 
Am I reading a discussion of playing a walk on true freshman RB at the QB position in 2015 as though that's a plausible scenario?

I need to rinse my eyes out with Clorox.
 
Well, I'm scratching my head. This guy is 57-58 and is essentially a career position coach. He's been just about everywhere and over the last 10 years has not stuck around more than a year or two at any one spot.

I really want to be positive, but on the surface this is...........my head itches.
 
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