Trick plays

[BlueandOG]

DON'T STOP THEM.

The offense is terrible. They scored 14 points tonight. The punter was getting leg weary. Our running game is okay but when Duke loaded the box and dared Evers to beat them, he couldn't. Pounding the ball doesn't work against an 8-man box. The tricks were meaningless, they didn't help or hurt us.

The special plays didn't work tonight but A LOT of plays didn't work tonight. The trick plays did not cost us the game. But they accomplish two things. They keep the defense honest and they give opponents something they have to work on. Those are two good things. Another good thing is the players love them. It keeps them engaged.

I knew someone would start a thread like this. But there is reason that the coaches think we need trick plays. And they are right.

I think one trick play per game is the max. Three in one game looks desperate.

 

[superjohn]

It’s funny, for years fans have been complaining how vanilla the offense is and that it’s just run, run, pass, punt. Sammis comes in throws in some wrinkles, has a little more complex of an offense, three things fail and everyone’s response is “with the OL we have stick to running”. Even with that narrative let’s give credit to why the OL is so strong, Gordon Sammis. Give the guy a break, we’re three games into him as OC.

UConn has been running trick plays unsuccessfully since Bob Diaco got here. We're awful at them.

 

[Patman]

UConn has been running trick plays unsuccessfully since Bob Diaco got here. We're awful at them.

even if we were good at them you don't do them all the time

 

[Stinger92860]

Last year, we had guys taking each other out in the backfield, so these didn't look as wonky.

lol

 

[ddent68]

Run plays that work. Those plays sucked. Putting Fagnano in was such a tell. Wasn't Honig a QB? Use him and do it better.

 

[UCan3]

As bad as it was at times and frustrating it might have been can we at least say my god it’s not that Edsall offense of your grandads 90’s ground and pound with no wrinkles and was an insult to a vanilla offense.

I agree. Too many people getting worked out because we tried something new.

We didn’t lose because of a trick play.

Interceptions, failure to convert on 3rd, bad passes, dropped balls - those are infinitely more important then a couple trick plays that resulting in no gain or slight loss of yards.

 

[SubbaBub]

These are the worst of the Diaco era bad. Knock them off, please.

How about a simple play action pass? Maybe try a few of those instead.

 

[phillionaire]

UConn has been running trick plays unsuccessfully since Bob Diaco got here. We're awful at them.

Fake field goal against Missouri was pretty great

 

[Devland]

I have alway been a fan of simplicity. Minimum amount of plays but execute them well. Too many OC's try to get cute. A team can perform great with only 10 plays a game if the execution is perfected. There can be a different 10 plays every game but do them right.

 

[Jacks5556]

We're running trick plays on normal down and distance because we don't think we can hit on a normal play. It's pretty obvious...

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