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Tim Boyle

He needed one coach at UConn and not the switching of offensive coordinators as we witnessed the past 9 years. That has been the biggest hindrance for any quarterback. They need consistency at this level.
 
Austin316 said:
We’ll see. I’m a biased to say he is better than Finley.
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He definitely more upside than Finley (size & arm strength), but they have more invested in the NC State draft pick.

If the Bengals are going to keep 3 QBs on the 53-man roster (unlikely), they keep Dalton, Finely, and Dolegala. Jeff Driskel is expendable as a backup right now.
 
Stainmaster said:
Bottom line is, it doesn't matter how you look. Results are what matter.
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Cannot argue with that. Kid was thrown into the fire before he was ready, and combined with coaching ineptitude, it was just bad timing for him here.
 
CCSU97 said:
He definitely more upside than Finley (size & arm strength), but they have more invested in the NC State draft pick.

If the Bengals are going to keep 3 QBs on the 53-man roster (unlikely), they keep Dalton, Finely, and Dolegala. Jeff Driskel is expendable as a backup right now.
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My guess is they keep Finely and put Dolegala on the IR or some other injury pops up to stash him away.
 
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Chief00 said:
I agree. What many casual fans miss is many if his interceptions bounced off receivers hands first. He had a different velocity than what they were used to. The receiver routes also weren’t designed for a QB who could actually throw the ball. I will agree that Tim has improved his touch throws and that comes with coaching, maturity and practice.
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What casual chief misses is that the throws bounced off of fingertips because they were overthrown. That type of nuance is beyond those of limited understanding.
 
Excalibur said:
What casual chief misses is that the throws bounced off of fingertips because they were overthrown. That type of nuance is beyond those of limited understanding.
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But what the poster who recognizes what posters recognize about casual fans doesn't recognize is the passes bounced off finger tips because the receivers were a 1/4 step slow. Boyle was throwing where the ball needed to be thrown.
 
huskymedic said:
Before the revisionists stop by again...

www.thehour.com

John Nash Column: Tim Boyle is the final casualty of the Pasqualoni era at UConn

@:STORRS -- It might be fair to say Tim Boyle is the final football casualty from one of...
www.thehour.com www.thehour.com
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I was there through all of it. If Paul wasn’t coaxh, Boyle wasnt going to come.

Lagow, Paul wanted him to prep for a year because they got Tim last minute. Paul also thought both guys were very good. Boyle was going to start the week Paul was fired. Entire staff loved Boyle.

When Diaco came? No idea what happened. The coaches who were here under Paul were all behind developing Boyle. The new coaches? Never really took him seriously. No idea why.

Paul should have started Nebrich as a true frosh.
 
Chief00 said:
Wow - That is huge vindication of what we both believed when he was in college.
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I followed Boyle all through high school, Xavier back then had a great program. Boyles problem in high school was he played back up QB to Pat Damatto until his senior year. Damatto was a year ahead of him. Before his senior year, Boyle still played a lot but not at QB so much, so when he came to UConn he had tons of natural talent but he was greener than asparagus. Not redshirting him as a freshman was a huge error by the UConn coaching staff.
 
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JohnFSilver said:
I was there through all of it. If Paul wasn’t coaxh, Boyle wasnt going to come.

Lagow, Paul wanted him to prep for a year because they got Tim last minute. Paul also thought both guys were very good. Boyle was going to start the week Paul was fired. Entire staff loved Boyle.

When Diaco came? No idea what happened. The coaches who were here under Paul were all behind developing Boyle. The new coaches? Never really took him seriously. No idea why.

Paul should have started Nebrich as a true frosh.
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I've been saying that for years, and it's no coincidence that Moorhead resigned right after Thanksgiving of that year, got the Fordham job and brought Mike with him a few months later. Moorhead recruited Mike. PP did not know what he had, instead he saw McEntee's trick shot video and gave him the job (half kidding here). PP could not recognize talent if it hit him in the face, players or coaches. He demoted Joe Moorhead and then Moorhead turns around the Fordham program, then is named OC of the year two years in a row at Penn State.
 
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huskymedic said:
Funny, many of us have sat w/ a strong cocktail in hand pondering the same thing...
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Yes, just as many had done the same thinking about how ANY young qb would do behind the O line at the time.....
 
JohnFSilver said:
I was there through all of it. If Paul wasn’t coaxh, Boyle wasnt going to come.

Lagow, Paul wanted him to prep for a year because they got Tim last minute. Paul also thought both guys were very good. Boyle was going to start the week Paul was fired. Entire staff loved Boyle.

When Diaco came? No idea what happened. The coaches who were here under Paul were all behind developing Boyle. The new coaches? Never really took him seriously. No idea why.

Paul should have started Nebrich as a true frosh.
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Yep.
 
Excalibur said:
What casual chief misses is that the throws bounced off of fingertips because they were overthrown. That type of nuance is beyond those of limited understanding.
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Umm, I was at Boyle's first game against USF. Early on, he threw a bomb to Deshon Foxx...hit him right in stride...and the pass was dropped. Some in the stands were joking that he missed it because our receivers weren't used to seeing perfect passes. ;) Perhaps some truth there, others he threw later were too long, but that one, I believe it was his first long ball, was not overthrown at all. Thought it was an ominous sign at the time.
 
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Playing McEntee and depending on him early ... was the most eyerolling sequence on the Paul era. I simply think they could have managed the post HCRE 1.0 era better. (including Frey)
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
He was. As were all the QB’s who played for the previous disaster regimes. Chief Backing you pretty much solidifies that you’re wrong though.
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Chief was right about Boyle and the Packers agree. At least Serrano is keeping his losing streak alive.
 
Wrote this in 2013:
[Poll] Tim Boyle is...
Totally agree with you. You can tell by the way the ball comes out of his hand he's something special. Quick release, tight spirals and a cannon. They haven't had anyone who can do that since Dan. It's going to be great watching him develop into an NFL caliber QB
Took a long time to be right, but I'm happy for the kid. It is really an amazing story.
 
Some players take longer to develop and some are actually suited more for the next level. Boyle seems like a poor mans Rudy Gay in that he's going to have a better pro career than in college. I wish Boyle had better coaching and played better at UConn, but am still rooting for him to have a long career.

My concern with Boyle in college was, while he had an NFL arm, he didn't have the finesse needed to excel in college. Touch is probably more important than arm strength and I don't think he had it during the early part of his college career.
 
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