Post Mortem Army

[metsfan2323]

Im gonna be honest, Steven Krajewski showed a lot more against a much better defense imo. I'm not blown away by TD runs against Army's backups.

He short armed many, many throws. Including a wide open TD the receiver had to come back for. I'm hoping we can build am offense around him that limits throws to the boundaries, and emphasizes his legs. But from what it seemed like today, he wants to play like Russell Wilson, not a traditional college scrambler. Yes I know it's one game.

But hopefully more first team reps fix some accuracy issues.

The best ability is availability. Steven Krajewski is hurt. We have an offensive line that makes life difficult if not impossible for a pocket passer.

 

[Jimdish255]

Glad to see Spanos seeing what many of us just saw. Tyler P gave us a flow on offense we have not seen in a long time. Our OL has been bad, and Tyler avoided multiple sacks just due to his athleticism. His throws weren't bad, and he clearly can make long throws. Is he a pure pocket QB with a huge arm? No, but his quickness alone should make this offense better going forward.

I have to give Spanos some credit here. I think he has a good head on his shoulders and realizes aspirations going forward are limited. But he's just taking the job for what it is and trying to build a foundation for the future. Tyler Phommachanh has to be considered the number one QB moving forward.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Im gonna be honest, Steven Krajewski showed a lot more against a much better defense imo. I'm not blown away by TD runs against Army's backups.

He short armed many, many throws. Including a wide open TD the receiver had to come back for. I'm hoping we can build am offense around him that limits throws to the boundaries, and emphasizes his legs. But from what it seemed like today, he wants to play like Russell Wilson, not a traditional college scrambler. Yes I know it's one game.

But hopefully more first team reps fix some accuracy issues.

Not true.

Tyler Phommachanh was much better than Steven Krajewski and I have long advocated Steven Krajewski over Jack Zergiotis.

On the short throw to the receiver down the left side Tyler Phommachanh was rolling left and throwing across his body. Had the receiver come back to the ball 3-5 yards, the WR makes the catch and it's a first down. Instead WR half asses the come back and allows DB to make the break up.

When TO has his feet underneath him he is very good. Rolling left he underthrows a ton. He's physically small and a true frosh. He can't consistently throw against his body. When. He rolls right, he flatter on his throws but gets plenty of zip.

 

[Bomber36]

what else can we do? I watched every second of the game and I saw some improvement as the game went on.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Not true.

Tyler Phommachanh was much better than Steven Krajewski and I have long advocated Steven Krajewski over Jack Zergiotis.

On the short throw to the receiver down the left side Tyler Phommachanh was rolling left and throwing across his body. Had the receiver come back to the ball 3-5 yards, the WR makes the catch and it's a first down. Instead WR half asses the come back and allows DB to make the break up.

When TO has his feet underneath him he is very good. Rolling left he underthrows a ton. He's physically small and a true frosh. He can't consistently throw against his body. When. He rolls right, he flatter on his throws but gets plenty of zip.

He made a few nice plays, we know the Wrs didn't help, he still missed plenty of open throws and gave up a td because of his arm strength.

For him to be successful he's gonna have to embrace his running ability. He's not Pindell.

 

[pepband99]

Tyler Phommachanh was 11-26 passing. And that was with a full half against back ups. No one has "earned" the starting job if Spanos is honest with himself.

No one has "earned" the running back position either. No back has shown any wiggle, strength or explosiveness.

Brewton has earned the right to return kicks and punts (if there ever any punts).

Palatine: “bring in the backup” always

also palatine: “look at the backup suck. “. Somehow forgetting about his first statement.

that was EASILY our best qb performance this year. Take one of the drops away, much less more, and the numbers become undeniable.

 

[freescooter]

I thought he was limited but decent. And the kid who dropped the pass early who could have made it 14-7…he should walk back to Storrs. But at this level you really need to throw for more than 100 yards.

On defense, I assume they didn’t bother watching game film. I get Army scoring on a pass. But the first score not a soul around.

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

Tyler Phommachanh was 11-26 passing. And that was with a full half against back ups. No one has "earned" the starting job if Spanos is honest with himself.

No one has "earned" the running back position either. No back has shown any wiggle, strength or explosiveness.

Brewton has earned the right to return kicks and punts (if there ever any punts).

You gonna include drops in the passing stats? Yeah, he threw a couple worm burners and underthrew a few, but a few key drops as well. The kid is at the very least, interesting, and at best, exciting. I'll take either one at this point.

 

[Chin Diesel]

He made a few nice plays, we know the Wrs didn't help, he still missed plenty of open throws and gave up a td because of his arm strength.

For him to be successful he's gonna have to embrace his running ability. He's not Pindell.

It wasn't arm strength, it was a bad throw. Huge difference between those two. He showed he can put touch and air on a ball going 45-50 yards. That is plenty average enough.

Did he do that every play? No. But he has the arm strength to do it.

 

[mrl2016]

He short armed many, many throws. Including a wide open TD the receiver had to come back for.

What you forget from this play is his scramble to avoid the sack. Yes he missed the throw. But Jack Zergiotis and Steven Krajewski don’t even create the opportunity to make that throw

 

[06029]

TDS in a game against an FBS opponent. Take that as a positive. Scored late in the game on 4 th down. Kids playing until the end of the game. Positives. Negatives, still the same so ignore them for now. Based on this, maybe 2 wins are out there this year.

 

[Exit 4]

I thought Tyler Phommachanh, Q Evans, Brewton and at times M Dixon showed something today. The net results really weren’t there, but it was something to build on.

Needless to say we have miles to go- many many miles.

inflection point? Too early to say given it was Army- need more… need another game

 

[UConnDan97]

It's against Army's second team but it's pretty clear Tyler P can do a lot more things than the other 2 qb's. Who cares that he's a freshman, Edsall was a special kind of stubborn and stupid.

This.

What we currently know is that we have at least two guys that are better than the guy that Edsall picked to be our QB. Not one...TWO!

The fact that Edsall bungled the QB situation to the degree he did is a testament to how much every other area of this football team needs to be revamped...

 

[uconndogs]

i have never seen defenses this bad. It’s actually a wonder of college football. Army could have scored 100 today……..ARMY!

 

[Exit 4]

This.

What we currently know is that we have at least two guys that are better than the guy that Edsall picked to be our QB. Not one...TWO!

The fact that Edsall bungled the QB situation to the degree he did is a testament to how much every other area of this football team needs to be revamped...

I think this one of the reasons there was a coaching coup. Everyone in the building knew he wasn’t making the right calls on the QB position. Edsall was forced out; when the kids and coaches pushed AD David Benedict that Monday.

 

[Bomber36]

This.

What we currently know is that we have at least two guys that are better than the guy that Edsall picked to be our QB. Not one...TWO!

The fact that Edsall bungled the QB situation to the degree he did is a testament to how much every other area of this football team needs to be revamped...

Edsall exposed…not that we already didn’t know this.

 

[06029]

I thought Tyler Phommachanh, Q Evans, Brewton and at times M Dixon showed something today. The net results really weren’t there, but it was something to build on.

Needless to say we have miles to go- many many miles.

inflection point? Too early to say given it was Army- need more… need another game

Army is a good team. Not top 25 but a team that can play with almost anyone.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Today confirms what I was told about our QBs before the 1st game. The most capable is a freshman. The best arm has little poise. The one with poise has no arm. No one knows what to make of ML. The best QB is a senior in high school.

Summation of what I heard.

 

[Chin Diesel]

This.

What we currently know is that we have at least two guys that are better than the guy that Edsall picked to be our QB. Not one...TWO!

The fact that Edsall bungled the QB situation to the degree he did is a testament to how much every other area of this football team needs to be revamped...

Funny thing is RE kept using the nebulous term of "moxie" and "command". TO showed more of both than Jack Zergiotis ever did.

Maybe Edsall identified the correct criterion for QB but he screwed the pooch executing it.

 

[Bomber36]

I also felt the the D didn’t realize how fast Army’s O really was. Playing against the scout team vs the real thing means taking better angles…we didn’t and that’s on the coaches.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I also felt the the D didn’t realize how fast Army’s O really was. Playing against the scout team vs the real thing means taking better angles…we didn’t and that’s on the coaches.

Again, the downside of only scrimmaging for 18 months.

 

[Bomber36]

Funny thing is RE kept using the nebulous term of "moxie" and "command". TO showed more of both than Jack Zergiotis ever did.

Maybe Edsall identified the correct criterion for QB but he screwed the pooch executing it.

Tyler Phommachanh?

 

[Bomber36]

Again, the downside of only scrimmaging for 18 months.

Very true…the college game is all about speed but good angles on D can help alleviate the speed.

 

[coachcap]

My thoughts: saw improvement on offense with Tyler P. During the game & seeing the drops by wrs, lamented that our starters are out with injuries for the year. There were sovme VERY cTchable balls.
Defense needs work
Game was closer than the final scorrexwith 2 TDS called back.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Tyler Phommachanh?

Yeah. Dang autocorrect.