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Who will be UCONN'S starting QB by mid-season?

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I voted Pindell, but I think the OL is gonna have more influence than anything. It will still be bad even with adults in charge. If Pindell can adapt to that then he will start.
 
I think it'll be Pindell, I just don't see how starting Sherieffs can be good for this team or the fan base after the last couple years even if it wasn't his fault. Need a fresh start and a new face at QB.
 
SubZero said:
Given that Boyle was his competition, I wish Lagow had stayed and competed. He would have buried Boyle. Based on what else we had, he had nothing to worry about.
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We have to all accept that Boyle in practice had to be much better than Boyle in games. Unless we think not just P and D were idiots, but also Weist. Lagow left because Boyle was beating him out in practice. He didn't wait long enough to see Boyle on the field would never perform like that.
 
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businesslawyer said:
We have to all accept that Boyle in practice had to be much better than Boyle in games. Unless we think not just P and D were idiots, but also Weist. Lagow left because Boyle was beating him out in practice. He didn't wait long enough to see Boyle on the field would never perform like that.
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I don't buy that for one second, Pasqualoni chose the wrong QB twice. Was Johnny McEntee beating out Mike Nebrich too in practice? Pasqualoni was a CT guy, knew Boyle's coaches, and was well aware of Boyle from his years playing at Xavier High, Boyle came to Uconn with a lot of fanfare. His high school team was one of the best in the state in quite a few years at that time. Paul Pasqualoni was a coach who needed talent to be already there, and with Boyle he thought it was. He could mold a team but only with good sound players, which is why his success in the NFL and at Syracuse, he was terrible at measuring a kids potential, recognizing talent and fostering that talent, especially with quarterbacks. Uconn was not a good fit for him or the school.
 
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huskyrob1 said:
I don't buy that for one second, Pasqualoni chose the wrong QB twice. Was Johnny McEntee beating out Mike Nebrich too in practice? Pasqualoni was a CT guy, knew Boyle's coaches, and was well aware of Boyle from his years playing at Xavier High, Boyle came to UConn with a lot of fanfare. His high school team was one of the best in the state in quite a few years at that time. Paul Pasqualoni was a coach who needed talent to be already there, and with Boyle he thought it was. He could mold a team but only with good sound players, which is why his success in the NFL and at Syracuse, he was terrible at measuring a kids potential, recognizing talent and fostering that talent, especially with quarterbacks. UConn was not a good fit for him or the school.
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Which explains why TJ started Boyle for 4 straight games how?
 
huskyrob1 said:
I don't buy that for one second, Pasqualoni chose the wrong QB twice. Was Johnny McEntee beating out Mike Nebrich too in practice? Pasqualoni was a CT guy, knew Boyle's coaches, and was well aware of Boyle from his years playing at Xavier High, Boyle came to UConn with a lot of fanfare. His high school team was one of the best in the state in quite a few years at that time. Paul Pasqualoni was a coach who needed talent to be already there, and with Boyle he thought it was. He could mold a team but only with good sound players, which is why his success in the NFL and at Syracuse, he was terrible at measuring a kids potential, recognizing talent and fostering that talent, especially with quarterbacks. UConn was not a good fit for him or the school.[/QUO

PASQUALONI found Andrew Adams. I also believe he recruited Obi. He could find talent. It was his utilization of the talent which was the problem. Idiot boy couldn't identify talent or develop it or coach it.
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businesslawyer said:
Which explains why TJ started Boyle for 4 straight games how?
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I don't think he had any choice by that time. Lagow was long gone, and Boyle certainly had experience by that time and maybe he bought into Pasqualoni's old man wisdom. Weist later went with Cochran, didn't he? Which proved to be somewhat of a success IIRC.
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Bryant Shirreffs IS Chandler Whitmer.
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Not even close. Whitmer was a bit more accurate. But he was a weak runner who never stepped up on the pocket to make a throw in his life. Every time there was pressure from he edge he tried to escape backwards and to the outside, and every time he did it he took a sack. Over and over and over and over again, he just ran right into the pressure instead of stepping up and buying himself a second or two to make a throw.
 
businesslawyer said:
We have to all accept that Boyle in practice had to be much better than Boyle in games. Unless we think not just P and D were idiots, but also Weist. Lagow left because Boyle was beating him out in practice. He didn't wait long enough to see Boyle on the field would never perform like that.
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Let me add here, even if Weist saw some things in Lagow that PP didn't and missed, PP was so rigid and inflexible in his decisions, that whatever Weist saw in Lagow, the decision was for Boyle and that was it. That whole series of events is almost a carbon copy with respect to Joe Morehead liking Mike Nebrich over Johnny McEntee. If PP had been a more flexible head coach, and was willing to trust the instincts of his OC, to try something different. Both Lagow's and Nebrich's tenures at Uconn might have been quite different, as well Morehead's tenure. Nebrich was Moreheads star recruit, and if he becomes the starting QB over McEntee, maybe Morehead doesn't take the Fordham job.
 
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uconnbill said:
I think a number of you will be disappointed as I think Bryant Shirreffs will be the starter on day one and as long as he is healthy he will be the starter for the entire year.
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I'd be pretty happy if that were the case. Bryant is a quality guy willing to put his body at risk for the team. He's genuinely pretty likable. I'd love for him to be able to produce in an intelligent scheme with adequate protection.

That said, I think it will be Pindell but that may just me falling for the tendency to assume the new guy will play up to his highlights.
 
ktuck911 said:
This...

No way BS starts.. I'd be shocked... Brand new system implemented.. Yes, he's great using his legs but arm strength is where he lags behind a little, along with accuracy on crossing patterns... If Pindell shows better in those aspects, he's the starter....
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I agree - if Pindell shows any mobility close to BS, because he can throw the long ball and most any other ball with a sense of accuracy, he will start over BS.
I can't see the staff getting this guy who probably won't redshirt (like incoming Frosh) or letting him hold a clipboard or make wild antic signals from the sideline.
New (at least for argument sake) coach, new staff = new schemes and new players
 
Fwiw Boyle got the start in Weist's first game as head coach and started 3 others before Cochran took over for good. It is likely he was as much to blame as Pasaualoni, for poorly evaluating the quarterbacks. P might have been pushing for the change but Weist was in position to countermand that decision before it ever happened.
 
I don't expect it to happen this year at all (and will be somewhat disappointed if it does - unless he's the second coming of Tommie Frazier). I'm really high on Marvin Washington for the future. Started for two years on the #15 overall ranked team in all of Florida, can make all of the throws, and has speed to boot. A redshirt year to clean up his drop back technique (or lack there of) and get used to the speed and playbook and I think he's in the running to start for 2018-2019.
 
Gut reaction is the job is between Shirreffs and Pindell. Since Shirriffs is already here and we don't know if Pindell has arrived yet, the advantage, a small one, goes to Shirreffs at this time.
 
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I assume Pindell has the play book, tons of video and instructions from the staff. He's not walking in cold in August, is he?
 
DCUconnfan said:
I don't expect it to happen this year at all (and will be somewhat disappointed if it does - unless he's the second coming of Tommie Frazier). I'm really high on Marvin Washington for the future. Started for two years on the #15 overall ranked team in all of Florida, can make all of the throws, and has speed to boot. A redshirt year to clean up his drop back technique (or lack there of) and get used to the speed and playbook and I think he's in the running to start for 2018-2019.
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OK, I have forgotten or I am slightly confused. As a JUCO does Pindell have two or three years of runway ahead of him? Thought it was only two. No?
 
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My guess is that both Shirreffs and Pindell will play vs Holy Cross and the better performer in that game will start vs USF. We are fortunate to have so much talent at the position.

Esdall has quickly restocked the talent at the offensive skill positions. Can't wait for the USF game. Charlie Strong is going down!
 
metsfan2323 said:
My guess is that both Shirreffs and Pindell will play vs Holy Cross and the better performer in that game will start vs USF.
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That's always possible I guess, but Holy Cross is not a scrimmage, it's a game we can't afford to lose or barely win. A good coaching staff should know after late season practices and the preseason scrimmages who their guy is, and HCRE never struck me as a coach who liked to experiment and change horses in mid stream unless we had a substantial lead or some nagging injury was the cause. I think we'll only see a second QB if we have a good lead.

Speaking of the preseason, does anyone know if there will be an early open practice this year?
 
huskyrob1 said:
That's always possible I guess, but Holy Cross is not a scrimmage, it's a game we can't afford to lose or barely win. A good coaching staff should know after late season practices and the preseason scrimmages who their guy is, and HCRE never struck me as a coach who liked to experiment and change horses in mid stream unless we had a substantial lead or some nagging injury was the cause. I think we'll only see a second QB if we have a good lead.

Speaking of the preseason, does anyone know if there will be an early open practice this year?
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The old Randy absolutely hated QB controversies, and hated it when the media tried to make anything of them. It remains to be seen if the newer, perhaps mellower and more media friendly Randy won't get quite as defensive when it comes to deciding on a starting QB. If he's still anything like the old Randy, he won't want to feed the flames of any media storm regarding who his No. 1 starting QB is from and after the opening offensive series of Game 1.

I think once he makes his choice it's gonna be a done deal, unless No. 1 goes down with an injury. I seriously doubt we're going to see much in the way of a wildcat QB coming in for one or two plays at a time, or any kind of two QB platoon system utilized.
 
huskyrob1 said:
Speaking of the preseason, does anyone know if there will be an early open practice this year?
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I don't have an answer, but I remember the last late open practice I attended, August 18, 2013. I recall being appalled at DeLeon's on field demeanor, scowling and stomping around with his sunglasses on, just horrible coaching. Then a fight breaks out between a corner back and WR after a sketchy facemask. Really going at it punches flying. It was TJ Weist who calmed it down and took the athletes aside and got them to shake hands. Really appreciated that. Finally Sean McQuillan gets concussed on a viscous hit --taken off in an ambulance. Yeah, such a fun day.

I stood next to Lagow and his dad, all smiles. He was a big kid. Couple weeks later he was gone.

Here's a pic from the Courant. I'm the extremely handsome dude far lower right.:rolleyes:
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Bezzz said:
I don't have an answer, but I remember the last late open practice I attended, August 18, 2013. I recall being appalled at DeLeon's on field demeanor, scowling and stomping around with his sunglasses on, just horrible coaching. Then a fight breaks out between a corner back and WR after a sketchy facemask. Really going at it punches flying. It was TJ Weist who calmed it down and took the athletes aside and got them to shake hands. Really appreciated that. Finally Sean McQuillan gets concussed on a viscous hit --taken off in an ambulance. Yeah, such a fun day.

I stood next to Lagow and his dad, all smiles. He was a big kid. Couple weeks later he was gone.

Here's a pic from the Courant. I'm the extremely handsome dude far lower right.:rolleyes:
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I have old pictures like that, from my daughter's soccer games. Lol
 
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