Spring Ball is here… Welcome to the New Age!

[hardcorehusky]

Not fact checked

Key comment from Mora: We will create roles for all of them

 

[ktuck911]

Haven’t seen this one before…

Swenson's pretty legit at tackling.. wanna see some of the other kids we've had do the same...

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

Haven’t seen this one before…

Wait, he wrapped his arms all the way around the guy on the tackle? Are we sure that’s allowed?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Gotta ask. On that throw do we want the QB throwing to the inside shoulder where a DB has a better chance of deflection or pick 6 or is that supposed to go to outside shoulder closer to the sideline?

 

[Palatine]

This kid go virtually no run last year as a short yardage back. Made absolutley no sense to me.

 

[History Geek]

This kid go virtually no run last year as a short yardage back. Made absolutley no sense to me.

Agreed. I'm still curious as to why. He played special teams so it (likely) wasn't an injury thing.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Millen also on campus observing practice…

 

[Palatine]

HUH? I thought the best way to improve is to take a year off and do a lot of push ups?

 

[gioff2323]

I love moras energy, but I gotta tell ya, I’m incredibly impressed with charlton. What a great addition. No nonsense, focused, positive. Can’t wait to see his O

 

[huskymedic]

I love moras energy, but I gotta tell ya, I’m incredibly impressed with charlton. What a great addition. No nonsense, focused, positive. Can’t wait to see his O

 

[Bongo Fury]

HUH? I thought the best way to improve is to take a year off and do a lot of push ups?

Made it sound like they were the only team practicing and lifting weights.

 

[ktuck911]

Loving what I'm hearing from Charlton...I think this staff will better prepare us to succeed on the playing field. I like the part about him talking about running base concepts with misdirection/window dressing. He implied that once we get it down it'd be hard for defenses to stop it... A lot depends on how well we practice... We seem to show a different energy level at least... Body language is lit...

 

[Bongo Fury]

For some reason I feel he will be successful and on to P4.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CTisballers]

These videos are just phenomenal

Inspiring. My son loves them. He’s like this how every team every coach should be like. Unfortunately he wants to go to Alabama but I’m still trying to convince him UConn is transitioning into a powerhouse

 

[UCONNRPh]

He's from Bloomfield Hills, MI which isn't far from the Toledo Blade. Toledo is in Ohio and parts of Ohio used to be Connecticut's western reserve, so ipso facto, Connecticut native. That's how I envision this digital SI content fact check going.

I may be incorrect, but I thought he was from Georgia when we recruited him

 

[noeynox]

Haven’t seen this one before…

Creative. I like it

 

[CCSUblue]

I may be incorrect, but I thought he was from Georgia when we recruited him.

Born in Michigan, went to high school in Georgia.

 

[huskymedic]

-> Roberson seemed to be enjoying himself for most of Tuesday’s workout. The Penn State transfer spent nearly all of the practice working with the Huskies’ first team. “For him or anybody quarterback it’s about reps and ultimately about leadership,” Charlton said of Roberson. “It has to be pretty organic but you have to cultivate it, too.”

Walk-on Jacob Drena worked with the second team, while junior Steven Krajewski was seemingly nursing a minor injury.

Another UConn quarterback, redshirt freshman Tyler Phommachanh, was held out of most contact drills as he continues to recover from his knee injury. But the Stratford native is getting closer to full strength, Charlton said. “He might start doing 7-on-7 here by the end (of spring practice),” Charlton said. “(Tuesday) was the first day he opened up and started throwing the ball hard.”

The Huskies will have two more quarterbacks in the fold soon. In fact, Cale Millen, a transfer from Northern Arizona and one-time Oregon quarterback, was in attendance to watch Tuesday’s practice. He will enroll in the school soon, as will Zion Tuner, the highly rated St. Thomas Aquinas High (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) star. “They’re going to have to catch up, but that’s just part of college football,” Charlton said. <-

 

[huskymedic]

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->“You could see on film he was banged up, but he powered through it,” Charlton said. “He is, like, our type of guy. He is what a UConn football player should be. He’s tough, he’s physical, he’s about it, here every day. At the end of the day, he’s a player you want to coach. There are gifts there, he has talent, but we need players who are about our culture.”

As the head coach at Maine, Charlton, recruited the Rochester, New York, area when Carter was captain and top runner for Bishop Kearney High. <-

-> Running backs coach E.J. Barthel has been pushing Carter on understanding the position and his role in the Huskies’ offense. Details like using his eyes to make the right reads, catching, blocking, picking up the blitz.

“I’m going to be better with the mental part of my game,” Carter said. “Understanding the schemes, the mental part of my position. Coach E.J. is really pushing me to get to that elite level. I need that pushing. If I want to get to a level I want to get to, I need a coach to push me.” <-

-> “He can do a lot of things,” Charlton said. “Nate’s stepped up, played multiple roles for us. We’re doing a lot of two-back stuff right now. In our one-back stuff, he’s getting the ball a lot, and he’s doing great things with the ball. He has some pretty natural pass-catching skills as well. The more skills you have, the more value you have. It’s harder to take you off the field.” <-