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We were all excited about this season as we had canned PP/GDL, TJ Weist had a three game win streak to end the season, and we hired an energetic assistant coach from Notre Dame to lead the program.
Before the season began, Diaco announced that Boyle would redshirt and he said Cochran and Whitmer were going to compete for the QB position. Cochran looked good at the end of last season and it looked like he would be our QB for 3 more seasons and Boyle would get a chance to learn. Unfortunately, Cochran got injured and Boyle's redshirt was gone. Whitmer played better than last year, but still made too many mistakes. Boyle was given about 3 snaps a game.
Once it was decided the season was over, the decision was made to start Boyle the last 2 games to see what he could do. Clearly, the coaching staff knew it meant possibly losing both games as Boyle had not shown in the preseason or during his 3 snaps a game that he was ready. After watching Boyle the past 2 games, it's clear, he wasn't ready. It had never been the plan to play Boyle this year.
We had heard Diaco was an odd duck at ND and he has shown those traits at UConn. But, he is young and seems willing to learn, so I hope he harshly evaluates his and his staff's performance this year. In my opinion, we need to see a tougher Bob next year. And, he needs to understand his press conferences can be very off-putting to the fans.
All that said, we all knew there were problems with the football program and guess what? They are worse than we thought. There were many holes in the roster especially at QB and OL and our roster depth was very thin. We know the strength and conditioning program had regressed in recent years.
We did see some progress this year. The OL went from dreadful to serviceable. Our RBs look better.
Going forward we need to see some things. A QB needs to be found. Player development needs to continue. Recruiting needs to be upgraded. And Diaco needs to improve the coaching staff's performance.
I still and always will support the Huskies. I'll continue to go to as many games as possible. This season was a throw away so I'm not concerned about the last two losses. But, in 2015, UConn needs to show major improvement over this year or we need to pull the plug on the Diaco experiment and hire an experienced head coach. There is too much at risk for UConn.
Before the season began, Diaco announced that Boyle would redshirt and he said Cochran and Whitmer were going to compete for the QB position. Cochran looked good at the end of last season and it looked like he would be our QB for 3 more seasons and Boyle would get a chance to learn. Unfortunately, Cochran got injured and Boyle's redshirt was gone. Whitmer played better than last year, but still made too many mistakes. Boyle was given about 3 snaps a game.
Once it was decided the season was over, the decision was made to start Boyle the last 2 games to see what he could do. Clearly, the coaching staff knew it meant possibly losing both games as Boyle had not shown in the preseason or during his 3 snaps a game that he was ready. After watching Boyle the past 2 games, it's clear, he wasn't ready. It had never been the plan to play Boyle this year.
We had heard Diaco was an odd duck at ND and he has shown those traits at UConn. But, he is young and seems willing to learn, so I hope he harshly evaluates his and his staff's performance this year. In my opinion, we need to see a tougher Bob next year. And, he needs to understand his press conferences can be very off-putting to the fans.
All that said, we all knew there were problems with the football program and guess what? They are worse than we thought. There were many holes in the roster especially at QB and OL and our roster depth was very thin. We know the strength and conditioning program had regressed in recent years.
We did see some progress this year. The OL went from dreadful to serviceable. Our RBs look better.
Going forward we need to see some things. A QB needs to be found. Player development needs to continue. Recruiting needs to be upgraded. And Diaco needs to improve the coaching staff's performance.
I still and always will support the Huskies. I'll continue to go to as many games as possible. This season was a throw away so I'm not concerned about the last two losses. But, in 2015, UConn needs to show major improvement over this year or we need to pull the plug on the Diaco experiment and hire an experienced head coach. There is too much at risk for UConn.
