UConn Should Install the Triple Option

[Stainmaster]

Or we could just invest the money in hiring a real coach.

Or you could keep crapping on the coach on your UConn Football-branded Twitter account that current signees and recruits follow.

 

[Dooley]

Or we could just invest the money in hiring a real coach.

Bingo.

 

[Dooley]

What would have been more ideal is if we could have run the same offense we had last season but complimented it with a defense that could force an occasional punt or two. Randy needed to hold a bake sale and a car wash to keep Dunn here though and that was just too much for the UConn budget.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Or we could just invest the money in hiring a real coach.

Or you could keep crapping on the coach on your UConn Football-branded Twitter account that current signees and recruits follow.

Wait, do 2 such scenarios absolutely have to be mutually exclusive?

 

[Guapo]

Hey guys. Bumping this. I believe this could help us be successful as an independent.

 

[CL82]

Hey guys. Bumping this. I believe this could help us be successful as an independent.

Because everyone wants to play teams that have an offense built around cheap borderline illegal blocks which could potentially end the careers of their players?

 

[Guapo]

Because everyone wants to play teams that cheap borderline illegal blocks which could potential end the career of their players?

I’m not saying it’s clean but I think it’s the way you win with the talent UConn is able to recruit

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I’m not saying it’s clean but I think it’s the way you win with the talent UConn is able to recruit

Undoubtedly, an additional scheduling challenge makes sense.

 

[Guapo]

Undoubtedly, an additional scheduling challenge makes sense.

I’m not so sure I buy that argument. I feel like a UConn team that is consistently winning while running the option is a more attractive game than an awful cupcake UConn lining in the power I every down.

 

[UConnNick]

UConn should install the triple option.

Yes, I know it’s a “high school offense” and yes I am aware of the chop blocks.

However! It is the refuge for teams that can’t recruit the same caliber player that their compition can and yet it gives them a chance to compete against that competition. (Plus it’s pretty entertaining and will instantly get the program attention).

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that this program won’t be able to compete for comparible recruits with the top of this conference, much less most P5 teams.

If the goal here is to win and make Bowl games, please explain to me how becoming an option team is not the best *~option~* for this program going forward.

Thank you.

Nonsense. This rubbish about us not being able to recruit is immediately contradicted by Temple, a school in the same region of the country with a far more horrible history than ours.

 

[Guapo]

Nonsense. This rubbish about us not being able to recruit is immediately contradicted by Temple, a school in the same region of the country with a far more horrible history than ours.

Lol Pennsylvania is a vastly superior recruiting area to CT/New England.

 

[kemba]

I’m not so sure I buy that argument. I feel like a UConn team that is consistently winning while running the option is a more attractive game than an awful cupcake UConn lining in the power I every down.

Its not.

 

[UConnNick]

Lol Pennsylvania is a vastly superior recruiting area to CT/New England.

Who says you can't recruit PA? Edsall is FROM Pennsylvania. I've seen some really dumb things written here and this is one of the dumbest...acting like PA is next to California.

 

[Guapo]

Who says you can't recruit PA? Edsall is FROM Pennsylvania. I've seen some really dumb things written here and this is one of the dumbest...acting like PA is next to California.

There’s a difference between being near and being in

 

[huskyrob1]

UConn should install the triple option.

Yes, I know it’s a “high school offense” and yes I am aware of the chop blocks.

However! It is the refuge for teams that can’t recruit the same caliber player that their compition can and yet it gives them a chance to compete against that competition. (Plus it’s pretty entertaining and will instantly get the program attention).

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that this program won’t be able to compete for comparible recruits with the top of this conference, much less most P5 teams.

If the goal here is to win and make Bowl games, please explain to me how becoming an option team is not the best *~option~* for this program going forward.

Thank you.

Nice idea, but our top two QB's heading into August, Beaudry and Krajewski, I'm not so sure are suited for the triple option. Marvin Washington would have been great running the triple option but he's gone.
What we could do is use a halfback and fullback, and use the Tight End as the 3rd option. I think Rose will be our tight end this season.

 

[Guapo]

Nice idea, but our top two QB's heading into August, Beaudry and Krajewski, I'm not so sure are suited for the triple option. Marvin Washington would have been great running the triple option but he's gone.
What we could do is use a halfback and fullback, and use the Tight End as the 3rd option. I think Rose will be our tight end this season.

Fair!

 

[Guapo]

I obviously know that this will, almost certainly, never happen but I still believe this is the path of least resistance to UConn having a consistently winning football program

 

[MustangMan]

I obviously know that this will, almost certainly, never happen but I still believe this is the path of least resistance to UConn having a consistently winning football program

I agree. UConn’s biggest problem is recruiting. You simply can’t recruit on an even playing field agains P5 and most AAC teams for the same offensive talent. Running the triple option would allow you to recruit good (even great) players who don’t really attract the attention of other programs.

It is why the service academies have run the option for decades.

 

[huskyrob1]

I obviously know that this will, almost certainly, never happen but I still believe this is the path of least resistance to UConn having a consistently winning football program

I just hope these new kids coming in can shore up the defense. Miles Bell, Eric Watts, Justin Moore, Malik Dixon, Dillon Harris, Jackson Mitchell, Pierce DeVaughn (out last year and hopefully he bulked up a little), Kevon Jones moves to the DL, Tyler Coyle might be team captain, and DJ Morgan transfer from ND. Hopefully the best news is Travis Jones will be a sophomore. I think we got a couple other transfers on defense but can't remember the names. A lot of these new kids were 3 star recruits, and Dillon Harris had offers from several P5 programs, so I'm hopeful.

 

[UConnNick]

There’s a difference between being near and being in

Then explain how many blue chip national BB programs have routinely come into CT and plucked some of the greatest college BB talent in the country away from the Constitution State, including programs as far away as UCLA.

You also fail to mention that Temple isn't exactly the top destination in PA for in-state football recruits. They've got Penn State and Pitt scarfing up a lot of the best recruits, plus (heaven forbid!) there are many other schools from many other states, some very far away, that can read a map and find PA on it, including UCONN!

 

[Kolumbo]

The Veer
Is the triple option dying, or just getting started?

"This Army team is tough,” said Sooners linebacker Curtis Bolton after Oklahoma escaped with a 28–21 overtime win. “You can say what you want, the triple option is a little outdated but at the end of the day those guys are trying to win a football game."

 

[kemba]

Then explain how many blue chip national BB programs have routinely come into CT and plucked some of the greatest college BB talent in the country away from the Constitution State, including programs as far away as UCLA.

You also fail to mention that Temple isn't exactly the top destination in PA for in-state football recruits. They've got Penn State and Pitt scarfing up a lot of the best recruits, plus (heaven forbid!) there are many other schools from many other states, some very far away, that can read a map and find PA on it, including UCONN!

Straw-man argument. Being located in a good recruiting area matters. A lot. Doesn't mean you get every player in your backyard, doesn't mean you can't get players in other places. But it matters a lot. Basketball vs. football recruiting is apples and oranges.

 

[UConnNick]

Straw-man argument. Being located in a good recruiting area matters. A lot. Doesn't mean you get every player in your backyard, doesn't mean you can't get players in other places. But it matters a lot. Basketball vs. football recruiting is apples and oranges.

OK, then explain how Temple was so awful for so many decades if it's so easy to recruit in PA.

You people are like a continuous excuse machine. UCONN can't win because it can't recruit. UCONN can't win in the AAC. UCONN has to run the triple option because it can't recruit. One excuse after another. It must be miserable for you to root for teams that have zero chance because they can't do anything right.

 

[Guapo]

OK, then explain how Temple was so awful for so many decades if it's so easy to recruit in PA.

You people are like a continuous excuse machine. UCONN can't win because we can't recruit. UCONN can't win in the AAC. UCONN has to run the triple option because it can't recruit. One excuse after another. It must be miserable for you to root for teams that have zero chance because they can't do anything right.

Don’t you root for UConn? You know it’s miserable!

That’s why they should do something right and install the option

 

[kemba]

OK, then explain how Temple was so awful for so many decades if it's so easy to recruit in PA.

You people are like a continuous excuse machine. UCONN can't win because it can't recruit. UCONN can't win in the AAC. UCONN has to run the triple option because it can't recruit. One excuse after another. It must be miserable for you to root for teams that have zero chance because they can't do anything right.

It has been pretty miserable and we haven't done much right.

Our recruiting location is a major disadvantage. Doesn't mean it can't be overcome. We were successful in the Big East with low ranked recruiting classes. But it makes a big difference

 

[UConnNick]

Don’t you root for UConn? You know it’s miserable!

That’s why they should do something right and install the option

No, because unlike you, I do believe we can do the same thing Temple has done. It has nothing to do with recruiting. It has to do with investing in the program. Since our last season in a BCS league, the UCONN administration has treated football like an ugly, red-headed stepchild. All Temple did was make good coaching hires and invest in making their program better. They did it. UCONN could do it too with the right commitment to the sport. It makes no difference whether we're in CT or Alaska.

 

[Guapo]

No, because unlike you, I do believe we can do the same thing Temple has done. It has nothing to do with recruiting. It has to do with investing in the program. Since our last season in a BCS league, the UCONN administration has treated football like an ugly, red-headed stepchild. All Temple did was make good coaching hires and invest in making their program better. They did it. UCONN could do it too with the right commitment to the sport. It makes no difference whether we're in CT or Alaska.

What exactly has Temple done that so amazes you?

I believe we can be more than Temple if we are independent and instal the triple option

 

[don356]

It’s no coincidence you’ve seen Navy’s productivity drop each year they’ve been in conference. It’s much easier to be effective when teams don’t play against it every year.

Yep, the key to it is having speed to the edge on defense. Once you've seen it, unless you are physically over matched on defense it's not terribly difficult to defend. Team's make the error of jumping it to much when they don't see it, but once you're used to it the downside is basically no passing game. The other side is it leads to a lot of injuries typically. Lot of low blocking and guys get hurt on both sides.

 

[Guapo]

It’s no coincidence you’ve seen Navy’s productivity drop each year they’ve been in conference. It’s much easier to be effective when teams don’t play against it every year.

Any change of heart now that we aren’t in a conference?

 

[BlueDogs]

Do you believe that there is a coach out there who will be able to recruit to UConn at the level needed to compete toe to toe with the big boys both in and out of the conference?

Put a decent schedule together and we can recruit just fine. Play URI, Maine, Wagner, Kent State, Miami of Ohio, Central Connecticut and put the key in the door.