Shuffle the deck to spark the Offense

[Dooley]

I agree - the shotgun WCO would allow QBBS more time and more options - may open up the gut of the D

That's the irony. When you spread a defense out, it makes draws and inside runs more probable for success. It's hat on hat, as opposed to 6 or 7 vs 8 box stuffing defenders. We can open up our run game once we establish our pass game.

 

[pnow15]

The first three words of this thread were accurate. You, however, left out the crucial next 4 words: chairs on the Titanic.

 

[UCONN FB]

No... solid and consistent decision making is.

Because that's what the following Championship QBs were always known for: Vince Young, Cam Newton, Chris Leak, Tim Teebow, Jameis Winston, JT Barrett, Braxton Miller........

 

[JMick]

Because that's what the following Championship QBs were always known for: Vince Young, Cam Newton, Chris Leak, Tim Teebow, Jameis Winston, JT Barrett, Braxton Miller...

....yes? is that a question?

 

[huskymedic]

No... solid and consistent decision making is.

Because that's what the following Championship QBs were always known for: Vince Young, Cam Newton, Chris Leak, Tim Teebow, Jameis Winston, JT Barrett, Braxton Miller...

Well, let's talk about Newton:

>>Which skills of his will translate the best to the NFL? His mechanics are very good. His decision making is very good. He can make every throw that anybody asks. His decision making after things break down, I think that’s one of his strengths. At the next level, you have to have that, because things will break down with the amount of talent on the defensive side. He’s very coachable. He’s one of the most coachable players I’ve ever coached.<<

>> We can move onto JT Barrett if you like? >>And while he might not be able to break off nearly as many long, electrifying runs as his predecessor, the redshirt freshman has consistently given himself an edge against defenders and helped moved the chains thanks in large part to his brain more so than his legs. “It doesn’t make him any faster,” Herman said. “But it puts him in position to make more yards carrying the football when he makes the right read. I think grading the decision can sometimes be unfair because I’m not out there. I’m not seeing what he sees to say, ‘This is the standard.’<<

 

[WestCoastHusky]

BS is ideal as a wild cat formation QB. His throwing ability is not good. He is way too slow as a H back. We should start someone with better arm and put BS in for change of pace in the wild husky formation.

 

[Ldandy]

I might be an outsider but I've watched enough of your games to feel like I can comment.

Sherrifs is not the problem. He is a hard nosed kid who can make enough plays with both his arm and legs to win games in The AAC. He's never going to be confused for Tom Brady, but he doesn't have to be. The coaching staff needs to put him in a better position to be successful. They need to give him some easy completions early to get his confidence up. Bubble screens to Thomas or Mayala, screen pass to Newsome, quick slant to Thomas, A few short throws to the TE's. Get him going early in the game and he'll be more apt to survey the field a opposed to running when his first option is covered.

This board reads like every other college football board. Especially after a loss. All the coaches should be fired, and of course the back up QB is always the better option. Its a delusion that all football fan bases share. The thing is the starter is often the starter for more than what we see on Saturdays. He may have the best understanding of the offense, he may perform the best in practice, and may have the respect of his teammates. I suspect that is the case with Sherrifs. The fact that Andersen has played FB, Davis was moved to TE, and Williams' Shirt is a near lock to remain red tells me that Sherrifs is the guy.

 

[uconndogs]

I might be an outsider but I've watched enough of your games to feel like I can comment.

Sherrifs is not the problem. He is a hard nosed kid who can make enough plays with both his arm and legs to win games in The AAC. He's never going to be confused for Tom Brady, but he doesn't have to be. The coaching staff needs to put him in a better position to be successful. They need to give him some easy completions early to get his confidence up. Bubble screens to Thomas or Mayala, screen pass to Newsome, quick slant to Thomas, A few short throws to the TE's. Get him going early in the game and he'll be more apt to survey the field a opposed to running when his first option is covered.

This board reads like every other college football board. Especially after a loss. All the coaches should be fired, and of course the back up QB is always the better option. Its a delusion that all football fan bases share. The thing is the starter is often the starter for more than what we see on Saturdays. He may have the best understanding of the offense, he may perform the best in practice, and may have the respect of his teammates. I suspect that is the case with Sherrifs. The fact that Andersen has played FB, Davis was moved to TE, and Williams' Shirt is a near lock to remain red tells me that Sherrifs is the guy.

Wisdom!

 

[SubbaBub]

New play: Run for your life like a wounded squirrel on two.

 

[BlueDogs]

Sheriffs is a QB that runs. He is not a running QB nor a running back. Houston amply demonstrated he neither has the speed nor innate running capability to elude decent defenses on any meaningful basis. Breaking out of a pocket when a lane open is vastly different than running into the teeth of a defense.

 

[Milo65]

Thanks for your interest in UConn football.

 

[nk12311]

You are really, really dumb. Quite possibly the dumbest poster I have seen on this board and that is saying a lot.

1. The staff has already moved Davis from QB because he couldn't beat out Shirreffs or Anderson. So the kid has been on a weight training program for the H/F-Back position, hasn't been working as a QB for a year now, and your brilliant idea is to change all of that and just name him the starting QB now. That's freaking brilliant, you're a genius. Why aren't you a division 1 football coach?
2. Shirreffs is not as athletically gifted as any of our TE's, so you want him to take playing time away from them, who are barely seeing any action as is?
3. I've given my thoughts on the offense countless times, it doesn't mean I'm going to start a stupid uninformed uneducated thread with whatever stupid thought pops into my head because I'm not a genius. By your logic, let's play Newsome at QB because "he's an athletic guy." Or Noel Thomas. He's an athletic guy, let's give him a shot at QB! Because everyone know the only thing you really need to play QB is athleticism.

LOL. Toning down the sarcasm....
1) staff moved davis because there was no way he was taking over at QB after BS got us to bowl game. NO WAY!! Look at all the positions Davis fills. And Verducci has said Anderson could not make as much of an impact at F position like Davis could. But speaking of Anderson: too bad he came in so late at Houston. He changed energy and tempo. We wouldn't have won but it would have looked like a more honorable fight.
2) "gifted TE". -- When ball gets to them they make plays. However, BS doesn't roll through his progressions. If 1 is not available he runs. TE's were open all day at Virginia game. Not sure how to improve there...
3) I don't think a radical QB switch is necessary but if OL is not working out put GA, TD or even BB in for a play and change predictability.

 

[ktuck911]

Our current offense seems to be predicated off of our defense. Is it just me, or does it seem like it? It's like in practice our supposed strength, defense, bend but don't break, with the CBs give that nice 10 yard cushion to the wideouts. Only difference from real games is opposing team's offenses burn the hell out our D with short passes and slants then the deep one on one post routes.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

This thread is clear proof the so called heroin epidemic is real.

 

[UCONN FB]

Keep on Keepin on......don't change it up.....Better days are comin if we just stay the course......
Let's see, CBSSports.com ranking of all NCAA teams after this week's games,....aha UCONN is #91 out of 128; right behind the Golden Knights of UCF. Wonder if the Rent will be filled at 11:30 Saturday morning?????

 

[JMick]

Keep on Keepin on.don't change it up.....Better days are comin if we just stay the course.
Let's see, CBSSports.com ranking of all NCAA teams after this week's games,....aha UCONN is #91 out of 128; right behind the Golden Knights of UCF. Wonder if the Rent will be filled at 11:30 Saturday morning?????

Most here think there should be change. Maybe a change in scheme or frequency of certain types of plays/formations. Maybe use Newsome exclusively on passing downs out of the gun so Johnson doesn't whiff on another blitzer. Maybe less 1st/2nd/3rd and goal runs. But moving Shirreffs to "H-Back" and reconverting Tyler Davis to quarterback with no proof that he is any better than Shirreffs whatsoever is asinine.

 

[scottieskis]

Hey guys this thread seems stupid. But if our defense played liked it did last year we would be 4-1 and everyone would be extatic talking about how great we are. Our defense has not made any big plays this year and secondary has gotten burned time after time. While Bryant Shirrefs may not be the second coming of Tom Brady, you cannot say that he is the reason that we are 2-3.

 

[uconnbill]

I would like to see UConn run three tight ends with Thomas which would create mismatches with any secondary. Try something anything different then what they have been doing.

 

[Confident Carl]

Ok Lombardi, when opposing D Coordinators prepare for UCONN who do they have concerns about? Sorry to break the news to you but it ain't much after Noel Thomas. So putting Sheriffs in a position where he can make some athletic plays and giving the defense something else to think about is a bad thing? Davis is an athletic guy, play him as QB. Then guess what, the defense now has to play it more honest and UCONN has more opportunities to move the ball.
If your point is that Sheriffs is too small to play traditional H Back, that's probably true. Wouldn't have him lead blocking for running plays. He wouldn't be on the field for every play. Like many posters all you seem to be able to do is criticize others, that's easy. Whats your plan to improve the offense? That takes some thought and I know, that makes your head hurt.

UCONNFB has a point. The coaches need to shake things up. I just got this email from a friend who shared the following:

I didn't realize how "long term' this early scoring debacle has gone on:


Last 7 games Uconn started:


0-27 Temple

0-7 Marshall

0-7 Maine

0-21 Navy

0-10 Virginia

0-14 Syracuse

0-28 Houston

-------------------------

0-114 last 7 games


That is simply inexcusable


Also:


Uconn's 30 games under Diaco:


The offense has generated 24 points just 1 time, with the exceptions being high turnover games by their opponent, 3 incidents of scoring 31.37, and 40 points but opponent had at least 4 turnovers in each of those games.

I would agree you have to shake things up. For Pete's sake, let Thor play quarterback and just let him run the ball. At 6'9" 320 He can just fall forward and gain 3 yards!

 

[Jimdish255]

It's because the players came out flat.

 

[ktuck911]

This thread is clear proof the so called heroin epidemic is real.

rotflmao

 

[ktuck911]

It's because the players came out flat.

That's not a good sign... The "it's not how you start it's how you finish" mindset with the bend but don't break defense with the conservative playcalling in a close game late (after you started out slow in the first half)... Does this sound good to anyone? Please somebody... looking for a rebuttal here...

 

[UCONN FB]

UCONNFB has a point. The coaches need to shake things up. I just got this email from a friend who shared the following:

I didn't realize how "long term' this early scoring debacle has gone on:


Last 7 games Uconn started:


0-27 Temple

0-7 Marshall

0-7 Maine

0-21 Navy

0-10 Virginia

0-14 Syracuse

0-28 Houston

-------------------------

0-114 last 7 games


That is simply inexcusable


Also:


Uconn's 30 games under Diaco:


The offense has generated 24 points just 1 time, with the exceptions being high turnover games by their opponent, 3 incidents of scoring 31.37, and 40 points but opponent had at least 4 turnovers in each of those games.

I would agree you have to shake things up. For Pete's sake, let Thor play quarterback and just let him run the ball. At 6'9" 320 He can just fall forward and gain 3 yards!

"Shake things up"? Have an open mind to new ideas? Try something out of the ordinary?
Blasphemyy! How dare you suggest or support such an idea. You risk being excommunicated by the Hierarchy of the BoneYard. They may even call you "Dumb" or "Stupid". But that's easy for someone simple minded fool who hides behind a made up name on a site like this. Guarantee your last dollar that none of these "web site tough guys" would ever say any of these things to your face.
So let critics who lack any ability to offer a creative solution, hide themselves and let their name calling foolish posts reinforce their positions as the "Know it Alls" who really are the "Know nothings".
Intelligent people always welcome a dialogue which includes all perspectives.

 

[JMick]

"Shake things up"? Have an open mind to new ideas? Try something out of the ordinary?
Blasphemyy! How dare you suggest or support such an idea. You risk being excommunicated by the Hierarchy of the BoneYard. They may even call you "Dumb" or "Stupid". But that's easy for someone simple minded fool who hides behind a made up name on a site like this. Guarantee your last dollar that none of these "web site tough guys" would ever say any of these things to your face.
So let critics who lack any ability to offer a creative solution, hide themselves and let their name calling foolish posts reinforce their positions as the "Know it Alls" who really are the "Know nothings".
Intelligent people always welcome a dialogue which includes all perspectives.

tl;dr: "No one thinks my idea is a good one and I'm still upset about it."

 

[UCONN FB]

tl;dr: "No one thinks my idea is a good one and I'm still upset about it."

As usual you don't (can't) address the points made in the post you're responding to. You're way too predictable. And not entertaining or thought provoking. If you watched the game vs Cinn you should have seen some obvious points to support the original post in this thread.

 

[JMick]

As usual you don't (can't) address the points made in the post you're responding to. You're way too predictable. And not entertaining or thought provoking. If you watched the game vs Cinn you should have seen some obvious points to support the original post in this thread.

I didn't realize Tyler Davis lined up at QB yesterday. I did see us throw a lot of short passes out of the shotgun which is eerily similar to what I said I was hoping for.

 

[huskymedic]

I didn't realize Tyler Davis lined up at QB yesterday. I did see us throw a lot of short passes out of the shotgun which is eerily similar to what I said I was hoping for.

You're blind... it was the two passes to TB that he foreshadowed.

 

[psilotic]

When i saw this got bumped i was thinking there would be a reference to even split of run-pass on 1st down.

 

[UCONN FB]

I didn't realize Tyler Davis lined up at QB yesterday. I did see us throw a lot of short passes out of the shotgun which is eerily similar to what I said I was hoping for.

What you and your liked minded Chum don't see (or don't care to see) was an "athletic Sherriffs" making plays with his scrambling abilities , getting key first downs when he pulled the ball down and ran for it. He is a gutsy player and needs to be on the field. To be clear, I support him as a player. What was also clear yesterday and in previous games is that he is not an accurate passer. He missed open receivers a lot yesterday. Got bailed out by a couple of PI calls. Not doubting the penalties, they were good calls. If the Cinn CB played his technique correctly these would have been incomplete passes. Also saw several receivers running open that Sherriffs never looked to or threw to. You have a limited number of chances to succeed and score in any game. Yesterday the Coaches did a good job of putting players in a position to succeed. UConn won and that's great; but they should have had more points.

 

[huskymedic]

What you and your liked minded Chum don't see (or don't care to see) was an "athletic Sherriffs" making plays with his scrambling abilities , getting key first downs when he pulled the ball down and ran for it. He is a gutsy player and needs to be on the field. To be clear, I support him as a player. What was also clear yesterday and in previous games is that he is not an accurate passer. He missed open receivers a lot yesterday. Got bailed out by a couple of PI calls. Not doubting the penalties, they were good calls. If the Cinn CB played his technique correctly these would have been incomplete passes. Also saw several receivers running open that Sherriffs never looked to or threw to. You have a limited number of chances to succeed and score in any game. Yesterday the Coaches did a good job of putting players in a position to succeed. UConn won and that's great; but they should have had more points.

Look - arguing w/ you is like arguing w/ Chief. There in no argument on my behalf w/ the majority of what you just wrote above - but that in no way, shape or form substantiates the intent of your OP about "Shuffling the Deck to Spark the Offense":

Consider this; Sheriffs moves to "H Back" where he can utilize his running ability either by taking a hand off or catching a short pass and getting YAC. Insert Andersen, Tyler Davis or Donovan Williams as QB.

If BS continues to develop and makes good decisions there are more wins down the road this year.