I agree that the only true fans of the program are those who want to tear down the Rent and march upon Storrs with torches and pitchforks as those in charge won’t realize that the fan base wants to see a winning program unless we do something of that magnitude. Someone willing to accept a three or four win season in 2015 is in no way shape or form as good of a fan as someone who draws the line five or six wins as the minimally acceptable total. I’ve decided that I am going to be an even better fan than nearly everyone here. I will draw the line at ten wins and view anything less as a disaster.
That aside, as unexciting as it was to most posters, I am still very happy with hiring Verducci, entirely due to his red zone efficiency (something like 95%) at his last gig. In order to accomplish that there had to be very few, if any turnovers in critical spots and a minimal number of incidents where the offense shot themselves in the foot due to someone missing a snap count, blocking assignment or running the wrong pass route. With no other improvements, if we can improve on ball possession and maintaining assignments we will take a very large step forward as a program. I am very confident that our current coaching staff will be able to develop our players to the point where turnovers and blown assignments are very few and far between. What I am not sure of is whether a team comprised of 19, 20, 21 year olds can grasp all that is necessary within one offseason. That said I believe that looking at Labor Day weekend as a drop dead date for the program is a bit aggressive. I would love to see an error free offense against Villanova and I believe that if we can play an error free game we will win easily. I do however realize the size of the question marks on our offensive line and at QB. The error free games we are looking for may not arrive immediately. That is no reason to throw in the towel on the program or the coaching staff.
