Our offensive philosophy

[Fishy]

The offense seems designed to safely transition from first down to a successful punt. I am guessing we succeed about 70% of the time.

Twenty-percent of the time, we give the ball away and the other ten percent results in some sort of positive calamity that puts points on our side of the scoreboard.

Occasionally, to break up the conservative vibe, we throw in something completely inane just to see if the fan base still has a pulse.

Semi-related note, I would like to punch Jeff Hathaway in the face.

 

[LRock34]

The person you should want to punch in the face is Paul Pasq. PP wasn't a bad hire but his decision to bring Deleone along with him was a horrible idea.

 

[coachRD]

The person you should want to punch in the face is Paul Pasq. PP wasn't a bad hire but his decision to bring Deleone along with him was a horrible idea.

Good point! Don't forget the corollary to that decision-INCREASING DeLeone's role by demoting our O-Line coach who has been behind some dominant O-Lines in recent years.

 

[ruskin]

Sorry but PP was a bad hire in many different ways. Backward looking and lazy (on Hathaway's part) are the first words that come to mind. the only comforting thing is that I'm guessing Warde Maunel has a pretty good short list already cooking.

 

[Adios]

We need an offensive genius.

 

[pj]

I like P. He's improved our recruiting and with Don Brown he's got the best defense we've ever seen at UConn -- including our opponents.

The offense has to be fixed. Randy Edsall ran away because he knew the cupboard was bare on that side of the ball. The key players are inexperienced - Whitmer, Geremy Davis, Nick Williams, Lyle McCombs, Osiecki, etc.

As for DeLeone, he hasn't performed yet but give him time. We have to judge coaches based on how the team progresses. If Whitmer will just check down to an open receiver, the penalties and fumbles stop, and if they call more of the plays that work 40% of the time and less of the ones that work 5% of the time, then the offense might get quite a bit better.

 

[coachRD]

Sorry but PP was a bad hire in many different ways. Backward looking and lazy (on Hathaway's part) are the first words that come to mind. the only comforting thing is that I'm guessing Warde Maunel has a pretty good short list already cooking.

Hathaway didn't do much right, but I think the PP hiring was fine. Clearly a successful coach, and UCONN isn't exactly a "destination" job, especially considering the storm cloud of conference realignment that was hanging over the BE. Like the fans here I see the potential for UCONN to become a solid national team, but there wasn't a lot to offer that was going to attract what I would have considered a much more attractive HC choice than PP. We have great facilities, but so do lots of other schools; we are in an area that is underrated for its talent, but still not in a "hot bed" of talent by any stretch of the imagination; we have Admissions that certainly aren't of Stanford level, but tougher than almost any Top 25 school. Add that to the uncertainty of our conference's future and I think the PP hire was fine.

 

[coachRD]

"As for DeLeone, he hasn't performed yet but give him time. We have to judge coaches based on how the team progresses. If Whitmer will just check down to an open receiver, the penalties and fumbles stop, and if they call more of the plays that work 40% of the time and less of the ones that work 5% of the time, then the offense might get quite a bit better."[/quote]

You certainly are correct, with a new QB we need to see if the offense progresses, but I think I made the EXACT same post last year about taking a "wait and see" approach. To my eye, our offense did NOT make progress last year. This is a new year though...

 

[RedSoloCup]

I am no pasquilonist, but I am okay with the hire as well. he's growing on me.

Deleone, not so much.

 

[Calhoun's Court]

Good point! Don't forget the corollary to that decision-INCREASING DeLeone's role by demoting our O-Line coach who has been behind some dominant O-Lines in recent years.

+1

 

[zls44]

Semi-related note, I would like to punch Jeff Hathaway in the face.

Gee gosh-golly well PP is a swell fella and is gonna do a dag-gum good-diddly-good job, gee willikers.

Jeff Hathaway is such an incompetent AD that no school with a football program would touch him with a 10-foot pole...but a team that ELIMINATED football did.

 

[LRock34]

As for DeLeone, he hasn't performed yet but give him time. We have to judge coaches based on how the team progresses. If Whitmer will just check down to an open receiver, the penalties and fumbles stop, and if they call more of the plays that work 40% of the time and less of the ones that work 5% of the time, then the offense might get quite a bit better.

LOL! If you had listed one thing to be patient about you might have a point but those are a lot of issues that need to be corrected, how long should a coach be given to correct all of those things? It doesn't matter, he is going to make it through this season no matter how many single digit scores we put up. If the offense is moving the ball and scoring by the end of the year and we go to a bowl game he will keep his job. But the things you mention shouldn't take more than half a season to fix, if it takes longer than that he should be gone at season's end. I assume you agree with that.

 

[RS9999X]

You gotta admit that the Randy Edsall offense facing a Deleone offense has got to be some perverse scheduling poetic justice or irony to it. The 7-6 MD win against William & Mary may not be Maryland's lowest scoring win this season,

 

[Fishy]

I like Coach P - I think he's a bright guy, nice guy, honorable guy, etc. I didn't like the last guy who was here because I thought he simply pretended to be those things.

I even talked myself into liking his hiring, but I was wrong.

In hindsight, that was a MAC hire - hiring a guy who used to be the guy back in the day. I really hope he does well here, but good lord, how the duck* can mid-majors fling the ball around the field with abandon while we go down the field like we're climbing Everest.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I am still a firm believer in running a handful of formations with a couple of plays available to each formation, basically using few plays but running all to perfection and not considering expanding on this until you can run all to perfection. Unfortunately, our offensive guru (the self-proclaimed owner of the largest playbook in captivity) prefers running as many different plays as possible, regardless of whether the offense has any clue as to how to execute these plays.

 

[businesslawyer]

Hathaway didn't do much right, but I think the PP hiring was fine. Clearly a successful coach, and UCONN isn't exactly a "destination" job, especially considering the storm cloud of conference realignment that was hanging over the BE. Like the fans here I see the potential for UCONN to become a solid national team, but there wasn't a lot to offer that was going to attract what I would have considered a much more attractive HC choice than PP. We have great facilities, but so do lots of other schools; we are in an area that is underrated for its talent, but still not in a "hot bed" of talent by any stretch of the imagination; we have Admissions that certainly aren't of Stanford level, but tougher than almost any Top 25 school. Add that to the uncertainty of our conference's future and I think the PP hire was fine.

I'm floored. So all the factors that were irrelevant to why Edsall couldn't beat Top 25 teams explain our limitations in hiring another coach.

 

[businesslawyer]

I am still a firm believer in running a handful of formations with a couple of plays available to each formation, basically using few plays but running all to perfection and not considering expanding on this until you can run all to perfection. Unfortunately, our offensive guru (the self-proclaimed owner of the largest playbook in captivity) prefers running as many different plays as possible, regardless of whether the offense has any clue as to how to execute these plays.

It can't be said much better than that.

 

[businesslawyer]

I am no pasquilonist, but I am okay with the hire as well. he's growing on me.

Deleone, not so much.

Here is the thing: P came with Deleone, and everyone knew or should have known that. They are tied at the hip and have been for years. You either like the P hiring, with Deleone, or you dislike the P hiring, with Deleone. But it's a fantasy to say P is fine if we just had a different OC. Deleone is P's guy.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

[quote="Fishy, post: 324070,

In hindsight, that was a MAC hire - hiring a guy who used to be the guy back in the day. I really hope he does well here, but good lord, how the duck* can mid-majors fling the ball around the field with abandon while we go down the field like we're climbing Everest.[/quote]


Abso...frigging...lutely. Why is UConn so offensively challenged year after year?

 

[jdb50]

If P wants to keep working here he may have to reconsider this "his guy" relationship.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I'm floored. So all the factors that were irrelevant to why Edsall couldn't beat Top 25 teams explain our limitations in hiring another coach.

No offense BL, but I'm in no mood to hear any defense of Edsall at the moment.

 

[businesslawyer]

No offense BL, but I'm in no mood to hear any defense of Edsall at the moment.

Nor am I. My point is addressed to excusing the worst offensive performance I've ever seen.

 

[Fishy]

Nor am I. My point is addressed to excusing the worst offensive performance I've ever seen.

If anything, I was impressed with the level of complexity UConn showed today while achieving the similarly miserable result that Edsall seemed to produce with much less effort.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

If anything, I was impressed with the level of complexity UConn showed today while achieving the similarly miserable result that Edsall seemed to produce with much less effort.

LMFAO. Brother , you are in the zone tonight. Great stuff.

 

[Srqhusky]

Edsall still managed to go three games without an offensive touchdown. Oh yes he did just do that