Who is calling the plays???

[Bonehead]

Who is calling the plays???

I dont know and I dont care - doesnt matter when the HC shuts down an aspect of the offense.

Can we get some Green Right Slot Spider 2 Y Banana this week please? If we are down 14 to USF and have to shut it down to stay in the game if we go down 7 to Temple Shut It Down!

 

[sportsart]

My guess is Cummings has designed a list of plays for situations like....3rd and 5 inside our own 20, 2nd and 4 near mid field or 2nd and 10 in the red zone.

Patterson then chooses a play from the list based on the defense he is seeing the opposition play. Maybe there are 3 or 4 plays for each situation.

 

[FAIRTIDES]

Parsing these quotes from the article

"Each decision is made on a daily and continuous basis,"

"The game plan is built by Mike Cummings and his staff all week so the offense goes to the game with a scripted plan then everyone has jobs to execute that plan,"

"For example, you're doing a speech and standing next to you is a sign language specialist. Is the sign language specialist doing the speech or are you doing the speech?
"Mike Cummings details out the game plan for the day and then he's giving jobs to his staff to accentuate assets and limit liabilities."

Patterson followed Cummings' plan, which wound up being altered by Diaco to scrap the passing game because of a combination of issues including weather conditions, field position, pass protection problems and simply not be able to execute because of penalties.
But Cummings maintains control of the offense.
"He's a manager of a unit and the way we present that is that there are certain jobs that need to be done and he organizes and coordinates assets and liabilities to decide who should do the jobs," Diaco said. "From drawing cards, to writing scripts, to recruiting hand-written letters to marketing campaigns to video productions to running the copier and everywhere in between, and we also don't feel like any one job is more important than the other as it relates to calling the game."
So why was Cummings on the sideline?
"We need those four quarters of coaching," Diaco said. "We don't want to minimize those four quarters of coaching. We want to maximize those 3 ½ hours to get even more coaching done there. That's why I called him out of the [press] box and had him on the sideline."
"Mike is a demonstrative personality, the coordinator setting the energy and coaching the unit for four quarters ... so I made that change," Diaco said. "Because it's not just last game, it's all season long – the game is pre-called based on what we believe to be the profile and how we want to attack and then we have people in the chain of custody of information during the game. Don Patterson is one of those people. "




I'm sorry but WTF is he saying? Seriously.

RD is like my wife and new MBA's, I might add. Ask. "what time is it?" and they'll tell you how to build a clock.

A better answer might have been, "We have a script. The OC was following the script.I saw stuff I didn't like and jumped in to alter the script." Nuff said! He's trying too hard to offer the perfect explanation.

 

[FAIRTIDES]

My guess is Cummings has designed a list of plays for situations like....3rd and 5 inside our own 20, 2nd and 4 near mid field or 2nd and 10 in the red zone.

Patterson then chooses a play from the list based on the defense he is seeing the opposition play. Maybe there are 3 or 4 plays for each situation.

Many coaches script the first 15 to 25 plays including most of the NFL.

 

[freescooter]

Please support your conclusion that he knows how to get it done? Just because he was a coordinator a ND? Because some sweat from Kelly hit him and he inherited winning DNA? Diaco is the anti Kelly when it comes to coaching. No screaming at the kids. No calling them out during a game when they screw up. And certainly way more conservative in his offensive philosophy.

Given the performance of the O, who is calling the plays is a legitimate question. Diaco's strength was D prior to Uconn. And he was as conservative of a DC as you could find but with a D that had great athletes.

It is my opinion that Diaco has set low expectations and continues to tell the media and the fans to expect very few wins this season. Uconn will therefore have game plans that reflect that expectation. The game plan, as I have seen it unfold over 4 games, is to minimize injury and promote personal/positional growth more than wining. That is why the game plans are pre-scripted. That is why it does not matter who calls the plays. The outcome this year does not matter since throwing this year away is part of a larger plan and is only the first step in the "process".

I think there is a lot of truth in this. While Diaco says he wants to win, and I believe him, he isn't going to change the overall "process" just to win a football game. He isn't for example, going to identify a feature running back and give him carries. We'll continue to see 4 guys rotating in and out. He isn't going to go with his top 5 linemen. He will continue to rotate those guys too. We'll continue to see Davis on the sideline in critical situations when its isn't "his turn" in the rotation. Basically, every game is approached like a scrimmage, where he has things he wants to see and goes with them. If they win, that's terrific. He hopes that things work out such that they do win. But he isn't changing how he does things to win.