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Adams promoted to Co-OC, Chiaverini to call plays

DrunkPanda said:
So we have 3 offensive coordinators now? That’s just awesome. Also love the way Adams keeps failing his way upward through the cu program. Next year if we have another terrible offensive year, I predict MacIntyre is gone and Adams gets named head coach with RG jumping the gun and giving him a 10 year contract
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Um in case you missed it, Lindgren is gone. Idot smh...
 
DrunkPanda said:
So we have 3 offensive coordinators now? That’s just awesome. Also love the way Adams keeps failing his way upward through the cu program. Next year if we have another terrible offensive year, I predict MacIntyre is gone and Adams gets named head coach with RG jumping the gun and giving him a 10 year contract
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Not sure, but I think we have around 20. There are 2 on the staff and 18 or so on this board.
 
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Wyo Buff said:
I agree, man. It's funny how people conveniently forget that the OL also run-blocks and was really patched together due to injury and many of those guys played with injuries that should have kept them out of action (Isaac Miller). Phil was awesome and a warrior but he would be the first to tell you he doesn't get the yards he does without effective blocking. Trust me, Klayton Adams knows what he is doing and is a great teacher and technician who understands the entire offense and scheme and has a great raport with his players. We couldn't hire a better young OL guy. He has the chance to be a head coach someday.
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I sure hope you are spot on. I dont' know much about Adams, and am not as familiar with the roster of linemen. I just grew weary of watching our QB run for his life or make hurried decisions on passing plays.
No doubt, CU's running game was strong.
If what you say is true, CU's OL will be a serious strength next year because should be past the injuries and the solid recruiting kicks in.
So the POTENT passing offense we heard about pre-season should come true based on what you say and what we know:
-Great OL players past injuries
-Solid OL recruiting
-Great OL coaching by Adams
-Stable of talented WRs
 
Duff Man said:
The only one of those schools somewhat close to the Hal Mumme version is Washington State.

Air Raid football is mostly losing football, especially with a suspect defense.
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The defense will be better......all these kids will have a years worth of reps, and getting Julmisse (not having him hurt), Falo, and Umu back will be huge if those reports are true.
 
I wonder what Mouse Davis is up to?

One thing that's for sure with these "hires"- MM is tied to the offense next year. He needed to make changes and he chose to keep his guys. If it doesn't work, I doubt RG is going to have much patience.
 
Paying $9 million to make HCMM go away is unlikely even after next year unless ADRG does some serious fundraising this year for that exact purpose. I think HCMM has at least two more seasons of leash because of the severity of his buyout (2018 and 2019).
 
Denver_sc said:
I wonder what Mouse Davis is up to?

One thing that's for sure with these "hires"- MM is tied to the offense next year. He needed to make changes and he chose to keep his guys. If it doesn't work, I doubt RG is going to have much patience.
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Maybe MM knows he is coaching for his job next year so would rather put it in the hands of his known commodities than a new guy that may take a full year to have a positive impact....not that it should, but maybe his worry/expectation. Will be very interesting to see how he fills the spots (both open now and those hopefully yet to open)
 
ahoelsken said:
The defense will be better......all these kids will have a years worth of reps, and getting Julmisse (not having him hurt), Falo, and Umu back will be huge if those reports are true.
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Better than 2017 is not exactly a huge hurdle to clear.

There are still going to be major front seven issues in terms of depth. Getting Umu back (if he comes back) is not as big as people are making it out to be. Going to the Air Raid would destroy the defense.
 
Duck Dog said:
I may be in the minority but I think some of the venom aimed at Eliot is displaced. I'm not arguing that he was an uninspiring hire, but I felt like the CU defense was decent in the first half of the year and was completely exposed down the stretch for having zero ability to stop a power running game.

There are those on this board that understand defense better than I, so please correct me if I'm missing something. But when I see our 350 lb NT repeatedly blown five yards off the ball on every play, my first thought is NOT that there is a schematic inadequacy by the DC. Our DL was just soft. Period.
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I covered this subject at length in a different thread.....but my quick two cents.

Football players are funny creatures....they constantly need to have good habits drilled into their heads via reps and in practice. I strongly believe that Leavitt was a stickler for relentlessly running to the ball on an every down basis. This is trained in practice via pursuit drills and coaches riding guys if they don't do it on every rep. Every great defense does this because they help each other in tackling, and good things happen (turnovers) when you have multiple guys around the ball. I maintain that the defense regressed during the course of the year because they lost these habits (i.e. Eliot doesn't emphasize it)....and the habits slowly went away as the year wore on. It was a very clear observation for me. I think Eliot focuses more on the X's and O's than the simple things that actually win games like drilling constant effort into the brains of your players.

I also think that our front 7 has much more talent than what was displayed this year (This is where people tend to disagree with me most). But the D Line, specifically, was being asked to line up 2 yards off the ball and "catch" the offensive line and hold their front. That doesn't work, and is a BIG reason why fans are so critical of our front seven. To me, this is not a talent issue....it's an issue of coaches putting our players in a position of significant disadvantage.
 
leftybuff said:
Yogi, noted expert, give me a break. Do you ever listen to that guy? My daughter, who knows precious little about football, laughs when he does the Buff games.
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Interesting, because I find him to be well informed, entertaining and one of the few analysts I can listen to. Klatt being one of the others. Can you ask your daughter who we should hire for QB coach?
 
Bill Cody said:
I covered this subject at length in a different thread.....but my quick two cents.

Football players are funny creatures....they constantly need to have good habits drilled into their heads via reps and in practice. I strongly believe that Leavitt was a stickler for relentlessly running to the ball on an every down basis. This is trained in practice via pursuit drills and coaches riding guys if they don't do it on every rep. Every great defense does this because they help each other in tackling, and good things happen (turnovers) when you have multiple guys around the ball. I maintain that the defense regressed during the course of the year because they lost these habits (i.e. Eliot doesn't emphasize it). I think Eliot focuses more on the X's and O's than the simple things that actually win games like drilling constant effort into the brains of your players.

I also think that our front 7 has much more talent than what was displayed this year (This is where people tend to disagree with me most). But the D Line, specifically, was being asked to line up 2 yards off the ball and "catch" the offensive line and hold their front. That doesn't work, and is a BIG reason why fans are so critical of our front seven. To me, this is not a talent issue....it's an issue of of coaches putting our players in a position of significant disadvantage.
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Are you making this assumption based on observations on game days, or do you have the benefit of knowing what goes on at practice?

Secondly, this "catching" thing is a change in 2017 vs 2016? I honestly do not know about this and I haven't observed it.
 
buffaholic said:
Interesting, because I find him to be well informed, entertaining and one of the few analysts I can listen to. Klatt being one of the others. Can you ask your daughter who we should hire for QB coach?
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The dude is a cheerleader, I can see why you like him. Klatt, I think, is a decent analyst.
 
buffaholic said:
Are you making this assumption based on observations on game days, or do you have the benefit of knowing what goes on at practice?

Secondly, this "catching" thing is a change in 2017 vs 2016? I honestly do not know about this and I haven't observed it.
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It is simply based on observation and knowing various defenses through the years.....I have always felt like I can tell when it is emphasized, and when it is not. It was obvious to me when Leavitt was here that it was a major point of emphasis, and the opposite when Eliot arrived. Further, I have a few friends that are DC's in college, and they have reiterated to me....they have to work this EVERY day, or else they can tell that their guys regress in this aspect consistently.

Catching isn't so much of a change at the nose, it was done a lot last year as well....and I didn't really understand it then either. But the difference is that our NG (Tuopo) would play with better leverage, would line up much tighter to the line of scrimmage in 2016 so as to not allow the OL to get a full head of steam (these are kind of one in the same to me, because often when a DL is so far off the ball, his first instinct is to stand up to see what is happening, creating a position of bad leverage), and our 3 and 5 techniques definitely played more up field.
 
Jeric said:
I don't have a problem with Yogi, but I've never seen him say anything that wasn't super positive about someone.
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I don't see that as a flaw. I see his "in-game" analysis as pretty spot on. Which is in contrast to some of the parrots I hear game after game. The PAC12 channel has a lineup of the worst in the business, other than Yogi.
 
Bill Cody said:
It is simply based on observation and knowing various defenses through the years.....I have always felt like I can tell when it is emphasized, and when it is not. It was obvious to me when Leavitt was here that it was a major point of emphasis, and the opposite when Eliot arrived. Further, I have a few friends that are DC's in college, and they have reiterated to me....they have to work this EVERY day, or else they can tell that their guys regress in this aspect consistently.

Catching isn't so much of a change at the nose, it was done a lot last year as well....and I didn't really understand it then either. But the difference is that our NG (Tuopo) would play with better leverage, would line up much tighter to the line of scrimmage in 2016 so as to not allow the OL to get a full head of steam (these are kind of one in the same to me, because often when a DL is so far off the ball, his first instinct is to stand up to see what is happening, creating a position of bad leverage), and our 3 and 5 techniques definitely played more up field.
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Thanks. On the "catching" thing, I'd find it odd that Eliot changed anything given Jeffcoat is the same position coach that MM has had for a long run now and I really don't think Eliot got that kind of input. He'd have a tough sell to convince Jeffcoat and MM to change what they had going in 2016. To me, it is just personnel. Our 350lb NT doesn't play the position like a NT and probably never will. He plays like a SDE, who is too short and too fat to play at this level. I continue to not be able to fault Eliot for that. I've got little insight into the fine points of DL, but I can see plain as day that he just stands up and then gets manhandled. I'm pretty sure Jeffcoat sees it too. The kid usually doesn't do that the first play of any series and then he seems to regress to bad habits.
 
buffaholic said:
The PAC12 channel has a lineup of the worst in the business, other than Yogi.
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The P12 Network is only a step or two above the community access channel on cable for distribution. It is a career death sentence to work as an on air talent at either.
 
Just reported on Coach Scoop - Co Offensive Coordinator Chiaverini will call plays going forward. Has to be true
 
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