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UConn Should Install the Triple Option

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uconnphil2016 said:
We should just hire Drake to be our head coach. We'd get a bunch of 5 star recruits and then they could just coach themselves. We'd honestly be better than we are now.
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Guapo said:
Note, i am 100% sober, sitting in my cube at work.

However, I am surrounded by Georgia Tech alum so that may have something to do with this.
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You fool

This is akin to recruiting basketball players to play 2-3 zone

You deserve banishment

Yes this is my first moment of awareness of this thread, of which I’ve read nothing
 
Rocktheworld said:
You fool

This is akin to recruiting basketball players to play 2-3 zone

You deserve banishment

Yes this is my first moment of awareness of this thread, of which I’ve read nothing
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Syracuse playing the 2-3 zone while being adjacent to a recruiting hot bad IS the equivalent of Georgia Tech running the triple option in the middle of Atlanta, i'll grant you that

However, unlike the 2-3 zone, the triple option has a proven track record of success, especially for teams with recruiting disadvantages wishing to compete with "bigger, badder" schools.

Case in point (ironically) the Citadel beating Tech a couple weeks ago.
 
Guapo said:
Syracuse playing the 2-3 zone while being adjacent to a recruiting hot bad IS the equivalent of Georgia Tech running the triple option in the middle of Atlanta, i'll grant you that

However, unlike the 2-3 zone, the triple option has a proven track record of success, especially for teams with recruiting disadvantages wishing to compete with "bigger, badder" schools.

Case in point (ironically) the Citadel beating Tech a couple weeks ago.
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Yeah and Cuse is more accomplished via the 2-3 than GTech via the triple option

Not to endorse your taking my analogy at all seriously
 
Rocktheworld said:
Yeah and Cuse is more accomplished via the 2-3 than GTech via the triple option

Not to endorse your taking my analogy at all seriously
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Your comparing apples to, well, Oranges
 
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This mantra we can’t recruit talent is a giant pile of crap. It’s proven otherwise around the country in places that should be 10x worse.

I watched Hobart College v. Montclair State yesterday. Hobart could nearly match up pound for pound against UConn’s OL as a DIII. There’s a problem and starts with terrible recruiting effort. I’m not talking elite skill players. I’m talking horses to power a run game which is supposedly is REs job 1.
 
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Bump.

Navy offense on fire tonight in Tulsa. Navy up 28 to 3 at the half.

4th ranked (FCS) Kennesaw State puts up 45 in their win. Maybe the Kennesaw State staff would like a pay raise.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
Bump.

Navy offense on fire tonight in Tulsa. Navy up 28 to 3 at the half.

4th ranked (FCS) Kennesaw State puts up 45 in their win. Maybe the Kennesaw State staff would like a pay raise.
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<3
 
EJHarrington said:
Ok I’m sold. What the hell do we have to lose?
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Nothing to lose. It's probably the lowest risk hire UCONN could make at this point as it seems to work everywhere it goes.

To recap why its a fit for UCONN:

1) It plays to our recruiting level in that you don't need the best offensive recruits to make it work. For example we would be going after QB's deemed not good enough to run a regular passing offense, fullbacks, block first WR's..etc.

2) It's a ball control offense that keeps our defense off the field and wears out the opposing D, which again plays to our recruiting level on defense. Defensive recruiting could improve if the program starts putting up winning seasons. I also think going up against the triple option every day in practice makes defenses tougher, more disciplined, and better tacklers.

3) It would give us an advantage when the weather turns cold and windy. Perfect for a northeast program.

4) It would give UCONN a unique identity that is sorely needed. Now that GA Tech has dropped it we would be the only non-academy FBS team running it. BTW GA Tech made a bowl game 9 out of 11 years under Paul Johnson. GA Tech dropped the triple option because they decided they could never win a championship with it, which may be true but UCONN isn't in the P5 so we don't have to worry about football championships. (perfect fit)

We could be the new Georgia Tech which is a heck of alot better than our current situation.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
Nothing to lose. It's probably the lowest risk hire UCONN could make at this point as it seems to work everywhere it goes.

To recap why its a fit for UCONN:

1) It plays to our recruiting level in that you don't need the best offensive recruits to make it work. For example we would be going after QB's deemed not good enough to run a regular passing offense, fullbacks, block first WR's..etc.

2) It's a ball control offense that keeps our defense off the field and wears out the opposing D, which again plays to our recruiting level on defense. Defensive recruiting could improve if the program starts putting up winning seasons. I also think going up against the triple option every day in practice makes defenses tougher, more disciplined, and better tacklers.

3) It would give us an advantage when the weather turns cold and windy. Perfect for a northeast program.

4) It would give UCONN a unique identity that is sorely needed. Now that GA Tech has dropped it we would be the only non-academy FBS team running it. BTW GA Tech made a bowl game 9 out of 11 years under Paul Johnson. GA Tech dropped the triple option because they decided they could never win a championship with it, which may be true but UCONN isn't in the P5 so we don't have to worry about football championships. (perfect fit)

We could be the new Georgia Tech which is a heck of alot better than our current situation.
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Great points. Plus from a fan perspective it’s reduces the interminable TV timeouts and clock stoppages after incomplete passes.
 
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Guapo said:
I’d argue that while Tech could recruit better athletes than UConn; UConn can recruit better athletes than Navy.
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You need discipline and execution by the whole team as one. Just having a few better athletes won’t be enough.
 
Yeah but how does the Triple option stack up against stout defenses. I'm pretty sure anyone in the top 10 would steam roll Navy. It's a niche offense that only works if you are extremely disciplined and can't recruit players to a system everyone else runs
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
This is the last year of UConn football
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No it isn't dumbarse.

No to the damn triple option, just need more talent on defense, a better quarterback as I like the wide receivers and Mensah.
UConn needs to tackle better going forward as I have no idea when wrapping up a ball carrier stopped being done. Stop with trying to blow up the player on huge hits.
 
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