Tyler Phommachanh

[Chief00]

Nate Carter, Keelan Marion, Aaron Turner. All freshman. Brian Brewton as well? Then you have Matt Drayton and Cam Ross hopefully back next year? That's a nice nucleus of young offensive guys. The next coach's 1st job has to be to recruit these guys to buy into what he wants to do.

Couldn’t agree more. Every good play yesterday Chief looked down at the program roster and a Freshman “Pivot Recruit” would be the guy making the play. A common denominator was speed and quite frankly being a football player type mentality, something that we lacked.
I am very proud of these young pups - let’s pray they turn into dwags at UConn.

 

[Ldandy]

Puma is young and as a result makes his share of boneheaded plays. That said he has what the rest of the QB's on the roster do not have and that is legitimate FBS Talent. Kid can make plays with his arm and his feet and as a result he's opening things up for other teammates like Carter and Mensah. Hopefully his teammates will start making some plays for him. There were a few tough catches that could have been made that weren't. A couple more completions to extend a drive and his confidence is going to grow.

 

[McLovin]

On arm talent alone, I understand why he was buried on the depth chart. But in a year where we needed a spark, the fact he wasn’t even in the game plan (at the start of the season) as a duel threat change of pace was criminal.

Kid is a talented athlete. I think the plan for this year should be to let him get as many reps as possible from the pocket because he isn’t a great passer at this point and needs the reps.

He has legs but we don’t want him getting hit a ton running the ball is a meaningless season. Save that weaponry for next year. Protect his body and give the next HC afoundation to build his offense around.

 

[coachcap]

Should we preserve TPhommachanh's redshirt? Not a fan of punting on a season but a 0-5 start with an interim headcoach and a bad o-line isn't really much to go off of. Having a talented starter locked in for the first 4 years of a competent head coach would be good

Herm Edwards?: "You play to win the game!"
At this point in the season, you play the best players. It gives the next coach a showcase on film to assess recruiting needs. It allows the player to get better with game experience.
As I stated in another thread: Once you catch lightning in a bottle with a Flutie or Orlovsky, you don't look back.
AND: If Tyler's goal is to graduate in 4 years & move on to either the League or his professional aspirations in the real world, he's right on target.

 

[CL82]

Every aspect of the game was better! Play calling much better but a couple of bad series too many 2nd and tens or longer. Tyler was better much more under control and didn’t take as many bad hits as in the Army game. Made the right decision throwing some away under pressure. A bad decision on interception in 4th quarter threw into triple coverage which lead to Wyoming’s last touchdown. He will learn from this once he sees it on film.
The next four games are winnable! Go Huskies!

You can totally see how a freshman would make that mistake. He was trying to make things happen. As you said, he’ll learn.

 

[Nextmanup]

Herm Edwards?: "You play to win the game!"
At this point in the season, you play the best players. It gives the next coach a showcase on film to assess recruiting needs. It allows the player to get better with game experience.
As I stated in another thread: Once you catch lightning in a bottle with a Flutie or Orlovsky, you don't look back.
AND: If Tyler's goal is to graduate in 4 years & move on to either the League or his professional aspirations in the real world, he's right on target.

Plus my understanding is everyone gets another year due to COVID. So really he will have 5 years to play regardless if he burns his redshirt this year or not.

 

[Waquoit]

You hate to see it…

Bettor loses $110,000 after Wyoming doesn't cover 31-point spread against UConn

The Cowboys had to fend off a late two-point conversion attempt to force OT in a 24-22 win.

sports.yahoo.com

If by hate to see it you mean love to see it, I agree with you!

TP showed great poise in the pocket I thought.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Plus my understanding is everyone gets another year due to COVID. So really he will have 5 years to play regardless if he burns his redshirt this year or not.

I thought that was for 2020-2021 season, not this year

 

[Chief00]

On arm talent alone, I understand why he was buried on the depth chart. But in a year where we needed a spark, the fact he wasn’t even in the game plan (at the start of the season) as a duel threat change of pace was criminal.

Kid is a talented athlete. I think the plan for this year should be to let him get as many reps as possible from the pocket because he isn’t a great passer at this point and needs the reps.

He has legs but we don’t want him getting hit a ton running the ball is a meaningless season. Save that weaponry for next year. Protect his body and give the next HC afoundation to build his offense around.

You are wrong about his arm talent. He had the best deep ball on the team and can make the other throws. His only drawback is height and he will have to often rollouts.

 

[JMick]

Puma is young and as a result makes his share of boneheaded plays. That said he has what the rest of the QB's on the roster do not have and that is legitimate FBS Talent. Kid can make plays with his arm and his feet and as a result he's opening things up for other teammates like Carter and Mensah. Hopefully his teammates will start making some plays for him. There were a few tough catches that could have been made that weren't. A couple more completions to extend a drive and his confidence is going to grow.

His best trait that he's shown so far is pocket awareness. That's incredibly hard to teach and something the other QBs on the roster haven't shown. I think his awareness as a freshman is really impressive.

 

[Exit 4]

His best trait that he's shown so far is pocket awareness. That's incredibly hard to teach and something the other QBs on the roster haven't shown. I think his awareness as a freshman is really impressive.

Second best trait- able to go threw his WR progression and always has his eyes downfield. Our other QBs tend to lock on one WR, sometimes telegraph throws and sometimes throw to the featured guy even when obviously covered.

Third best trait- calmly and confidently extends plays over and over again with this legs. Until we have a much better OL, our QB will have to be one that can dance and extend plays.

Thing to work on; sometimes he short arm/misfires.

 

[JMick]

Second best trait- able to go threw his WR progression and always has his eyes downfield. Our other QBs tend to lock on one WR, sometimes telegraph throws and sometimes throw to the featured guy even when obviously covered.

Third best trait- calmly and confidently extends plays over and over again with this legs. Until we have a much better OL, our QB will have to be one that can dance and extend plays.

Thing to work on; sometimes he short arm/misfires.

his arm strength is the only concerning issue. but that can be improved through strength training and more importantly, mechanics. his footwork isn't great. The next HC has to have experience developing QBs or have an OC and/or QB coach that can develop QBs. Why we cheaped out in that department so many times over the last decade is beyond me.

 

[Exit 4]

his arm strength is the only concerning issue. but that can be improved through strength training and more importantly, mechanics. his footwork isn't great. The next HC has to have experience developing QBs or have an OC and/or QB coach that can develop QBs. Why we cheaped out in that department so many times over the last decade is beyond me.

Arm strength and durability given his frame.

 

[HuskyV]

Should we preserve TPhommachanh's redshirt? Not a fan of punting on a season but a 0-5 start with an interim headcoach and a bad o-line isn't really much to go off of. Having a talented starter locked in for the first 4 years of a competent head coach would be good

In the age of the 24/7 transfer portal - play the best players should on the field.

If a player develops to an NFL caliber they are gone in 3/4 years. Or player/family/agent thinks it is best to spend year 4/5 playing for a P5 team roster. Or there is an injury. Or there is a superior future recruit.

Concern about 2025 is not high on the list of concerns for UConn Husky Football.

 

[the Q]

I couldn’t believe that play call on the 2PC. There’s not enough room to have a successful screen pass down there.

Also still too many instances of handing the ball off 6 yards behind the line of scrimmage. This offense is definitely starting to click though.

Agreed.

If you’re going to those, it’s gotta be out of the pistol so at least the back is already getting downhill before they get the ball.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Immediate needs for TP this year.

First option, look, go to second. If he can't "see" #2 or it's covered, take off.

Off season need is to improve accuracy on 10 yards or less routes. Have to be in numbers in stride.

Upper classmen years can worry about deep throws.

 

[the Q]

Nate Carter, Keelan Marion, Aaron Turner. All freshman. Brian Brewton as well? Then you have Matt Drayton and Cam Ross hopefully back next year? That's a nice nucleus of young offensive guys. The next coach's 1st job has to be to recruit these guys to buy into what he wants to do.

You would think that would be at least somewhat attractive to a potential hc.

Plus some really nice facilities.

It’s still a tough job, but doing this without their top 2 receivers is definitely encouraging

 

[superjohn]

Should we preserve TPhommachanh's redshirt? Not a fan of punting on a season but a 0-5 start with an interim headcoach and a bad o-line isn't really much to go off of. Having a talented starter locked in for the first 4 years of a competent head coach would be good

Of course not.

 

[PAGS]

Kid looked pretty good,gotta ask yourself did Edsall not use him?

He didn’t fit into Randy’s offense…this obviously isn’t the same offensive. Just wonder if they changed the offense for TP or changed the offense and picked him cause he was the best option for the new style. But Mazzone definitely has a huge part in the changes. Go with what works! I only see them improving as the season goes on and they playbook gets larger.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Goes to show you Edsall still had an eye for talent.

 

[Huskyforlife]

He didn’t fit into Randy’s offense…this obviously isn’t the same offensive. Just wonder if they changed the offense for TP or changed the offense and picked him cause he was the best option for the new style. But Mazzone definitely has a huge part in the changes. Go with what works! I only see them improving as the season goes on and they playbook gets larger.

The HC recruited a QB that didn't fit his offense? Why would he do that?

 

[Chief00]

Arm strength and durability given his frame.

From what Chief has seen he has really good arm strength to throw the deep ball. Maybe his velocity isn’t top tier, but it’s plenty good enough too.
During the games, as has been stated by others, he seldom has time to step into a throw or throw not on some kind of escape run.
I honestly think he can throw deep better than any UConn QB since Boyle, who many here did not see his full potential. Now we need to give him the time to do that.

 

[Chief00]

The HC recruited a QB that didn't fit his offense? Why would he do that?

Recruiting kind of went rogue the last two years as Corey and some of his younger assistants were open to new ways of doing things that Randy wasn’t. As Chief has said before, I give Corey the credit for managing that, and he was in a unique position to do so.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

stop me if u heard this one before: a haitian and a laotian meet in Bridgeport,
'Phommachanh’s father, Sam, was a standout quarterback at Harding High in Bridgeport in the early 1990s...'
wait, of course u haven't.
any son of a Harding qb, who played almost every game against staples, new canaan, trumbull, the patriots, etc, has the dna to be a really good scrambler. what's pops got now? 2 kids playing in the bigtime.
prolly heard at the dinner table when he was a kid, 'son, let me tell u aboot the game i ran for a couple of hundred yards.....'
'but dad, it only counts when u cross the line of scrimmage!'
the team needed a huge dose of his attitude and personality.
(“They came from different parts of the world and met up in Bridgeport,” said Tyler, who has a younger sister, Kaylah, a track athlete at Bunnell, and another older brother, Jordan, who played football as a lineman at Curry College in Milton, Mass.") bluebloods.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Immediate needs for TP this year.

First option, look, go to second. If he can't "see" #2 or it's covered, take off.

Off season need is to improve accuracy on 10 yards or less routes. Have to be in numbers in stride.

Upper classmen years can worry about deep throws.

Even on the long pass to Rose, Jay had to come back and catch it almost like a punt. Would love to see him make that play in stride but better off that than missing him by 40 yards

 

[Chin Diesel]

Even on the long pass to Rose, Jay had to come back and catch it almost like a punt. Would love to see him make that play in stride but better off that than missing him by 40 yards

I wouldn't consider pass to Rose a long pass, which amplifies my point. He has to get so much better on short to medium range passes.

Sure Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson were small but they were both high level MLB prospects who have cannons for arms.

 

[Life Is Good]

They were his favorites. Because Beaudry bought ice cream and Zergiotis had the it factor.

 

[Life Is Good]

You are wrong about his arm talent. He had the best deep ball on the team and can make the other throws. His only drawback is height and he will have to often rollouts.

I have to disagree Look at the deep balls SK threw in the UCF game and even the two he made against Purdue as he was getting hit. All of his passes were accurate and hit the receivers in stride. I’m surprised that Spanos said TP’s running ability gave the team the best chance to win but draw up plays that are strictly designed for a pro style quarterback.

 

[kemba]

Our best players are mostly freshman. It’s nice to see potential but they are closer to high school than fully developed. That’s not a knock - it’s just college football. We’ll be at our best when we can start seniors and juniors, and we can’t expect our frosh to hang against kids 3-4 years older than them. Next coach is gonna have to keep developing the potential year over year.

Yup.

And while its frustrating to STILL be talking about how young we are when I feel like we've been doing that during all of Edsall 2.0, I think in previous years it was strictly freshmen struggling and we just had to have blind faith and hope they would be better, whereas now we have several guys that you can see are going to be players and just need that time to develop. If the incoming coach gets these guys to buy in and can keep the incoming class together then this goes from a total rebuild to a pretty good opportunity for an up and coming coach.

 

[kemba]

Definitely need to run some sort of option play there. Going all in on a screen like that is not playing to our strengths

Would be interesting to hear if the 2 timeouts by Wyoming played a role and changed our plans at all