The wildcard for UConn's 2013 season? The coach.

[Carl Spackler]

In case some may have missed it, here is a take on Weist's system.
Typically one back, spread attack. our FB(not a great blocker) is now a DE, and Vinci left.

http://www.theuconnblog.com/2013/7/11/4513874/from-least-to-weist-part-deux

been out to sea. LOL. But I do think - that the OL had lots of trouble early on, but did improve through the season, and I think that our backfield was very much sucking at blocking, and I think that there was nobody actually making effective blocking adjustments at the LOS last season.

These are all things, that most definitely need to be improved upon, and can, and should be expected to be improved upon, with the number of returning players we've got on offense.

 

[Bootsthemonkey]

Personally for my own satisfaction it's not just W-L. I think getting away from a predictable offense (a game we play in the stands is to guess the play and it's depressing how often we're correct), stop bringing in McCummings to run the direct snap run, and stop running LM up the middle so often on 1st and 2nd down. Losses also due to turnovers, drive killing penalties and clock mismanagement are what make you pull your hair out.

With better protection I think Whitmer will show vast improvement. He's shown when he has time he throws very well. The lack of protection and also I think the feeling of having to try to do too much lead him to poor decisions.

The schedule is more challenging. If you lose a game when playing well, creatively and soundly executing and the other team just outplays you that's one thing. It's when you lose games that are just painful to watch - that's when it's time to make changes.

We shall see...

 

[Srqhusky]

A little tidbit during the sny spring football special reveals things are going to be different.

Byron jones(cornerback) was quoted as saying tj weist is a high energy kind of guy. He has the receivers blocking us even after the whistle and that makes us mad.

 

[businesslawyer]

My 2 cents, which isn't even worth that......

Whitmer was fine last year. Wasn't good, wasn't bad, but showed me enough to believe that we could win with him.

The OL problems last year were due to a couple factors. Again just my opinion. The players just couldn't grasp GDL's concepts. And, they didn't like him. I am not putting that entirely on GDL. Players have to overcome that. But.....this led to way too many "air blocks". Instead of just lining up and hitting the guy in the mouth, our guys seemed to be thinking way too much. The offense needed to be simplified and to their credit, I think this may be the one adjustment the staff made on offense late in the year.

My #1 gripe about P is that he never adjusted what he wanted to do to fit what we had personnel wise. Asking guys like Kevin Friend and Steve Greene to be more agile zone blocking OL like you see at other places is not putting your players in the best position to succeed. Square peg meets round hole.

Let's just hope TJW gets it done.

Yes on all counts