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1 - Seg 1 FB Show w Jason Candle 9/9 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: It's the UConn Football Coaches Show. We get together every
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  Speaker 1: week with Jason Candle. I'm Mike Crispino.
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  Speaker 2: Huskies off a.
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  Speaker 1: Big win to start their campaign against Lafayette 56-7. And Coach,
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  Speaker 1: the big thing that came out of it, among others,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you're going to have lots of things to
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  Speaker 1: talk about, but you got a lot of people involved.
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  Speaker 1: 13 receivers, five running backs, two quarterbacks, and a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of people that, you know, got some reps on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that's a good script if you can
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  Speaker 2: plan it out that way.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think it's– and it wasn't easy–
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  Speaker 3: not an easy for the old guys making the great
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  Speaker 3: sheets prior to the– after the game, right? I mean,
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  Speaker 3: just keep adding names because there's so many guys that
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  Speaker 3: got involved, so many guys played.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah, valuable.
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  Speaker 3: Experience for young players. You know, it's a give and take.
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  Speaker 3: You wish you had more time with your top units
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  Speaker 3: to get more game-like reps. But– Also a very good thing,
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  Speaker 3: as you mentioned, to get those young players involved. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it keeps the morale of some of those
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  Speaker 3: guys that are down the line a little bit. You know,
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  Speaker 3: it keeps them engaged and keeps them going. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: if you want to have a great program, you've got
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  Speaker 3: to continue to develop and you've got to continue to
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  Speaker 3: put those guys in position to be successful that way, too.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, a lot of positives to come out of that.
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  Speaker 1: Caleb Osborne, your QB, wears number seven. He's a junior,
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  Speaker 1: played some for you last year at Toledo. I'm just
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  Speaker 1: remembering some of the things you talked about when you're
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  Speaker 1: deciding about your quarterback. You want a guy making great decisions, accurate,
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  Speaker 1: good footwork, extends some plays, social leadership skills, arm strength,
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  Speaker 1: pocket presence. How do you think he rated in that
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  Speaker 1: first game?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it was very efficient.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was really good pre-snap, which I think
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  Speaker 3: slows things down once you get the ball in your hands.
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  Speaker 3: There's going to be some moments where some things break
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  Speaker 3: down throughout the course of a football game and didn't
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  Speaker 3: quite go the way it should look and maybe what
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  Speaker 3: you scripted it out to be. And his ability to
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  Speaker 3: improvise and to get the ball tucked down and go
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  Speaker 3: make plays with his legs, you can't coach that. So
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  Speaker 3: it was valuable to allow him to be able to
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  Speaker 3: get into some of those. He actually got hit. No
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  Speaker 3: more of this wear a red jersey, nobody touches me.
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  Speaker 3: You get into the flow of the football game and
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  Speaker 3: you actually feel like a football player And I think
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  Speaker 3: in his case, I think that's where he's he's at
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  Speaker 3: his best. So I saw some high level things from
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  Speaker 3: him Saturday. And, you know, we've got to figure out
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  Speaker 3: how to take some of the mistakes that were on
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  Speaker 3: the tape off and bottle up the good if we can.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's Caleb went 19 to 26, a couple of touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: But as you say, he he tucked it and he
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  Speaker 1: ran for 92 yards. How would you describe to our
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  Speaker 1: listeners who maybe didn't watch the game or weren't there,
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  Speaker 1: his ability to be elusive? He's kind of a, he's
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  Speaker 1: not a, I don't know how to describe it. Not
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  Speaker 1: spectacular athletically, but he's really shifty, I thought.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, first thing, if you weren't there, you better
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  Speaker 3: get there this weekend. But I think his style is, you.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of described it, right?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, his ability just to, you know, feel through
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  Speaker 3: the course of the game, right?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're not in a panic. You're not rushed.
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  Speaker 3: You're not hypersensitive to the first thing that doesn't go
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  Speaker 3: your way. And you can certainly just, you know, you
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  Speaker 3: can kind of be the calm and the chaos, right? And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the really good athletes and really good players,
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  Speaker 3: they tend to have that innate ability.
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  Speaker 2: And this kid's no different.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we talked about Kenji Christian and Sincere Bowers before
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  Speaker 1: the game, the season started. Obviously, they had good starts
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  Speaker 1: to their season, but Trey Cornish, senior guy, wears number six,
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  Speaker 1: six carries, a bunch of yards, 76, 5'11, 225, comes
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  Speaker 1: out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Again, the depth in that running
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  Speaker 1: back room, I think it could be significant as this
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  Speaker 1: season progresses.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you're going to need them. There are bumps, there
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  Speaker 2: are bruises.
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  Speaker 3: Those guys get hit and they take a beating, but
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  Speaker 3: another one of those weird situations from that game right
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  Speaker 3: you'd love to see the stat sheet where kenji had
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  Speaker 3: 15 carries and see what he could really do with
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  Speaker 3: that and you know then it gets a point in
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  Speaker 3: the game where you look out there and it's a
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  Speaker 3: one-sided game and you know you're you're saying to the
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  Speaker 3: assistant coaches get him off the field right i mean
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  Speaker 3: yeah you're the dumbest guy in the world if you
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  Speaker 3: get that guy hurt in the 34 35 point lead
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  Speaker 3: so you know uh another one of those give and
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  Speaker 3: take scenarios where you get a lot of guys involved,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, you wish you would have, you had
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  Speaker 3: more time and a little bit more with that first
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  Speaker 3: unit with him and, you know, trying to figure out
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  Speaker 3: the rhythm with that offensive line. But in Trey's case specifically,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he, he had a great game. He had
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  Speaker 3: one really big time individual effort on the one long
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  Speaker 3: run he had. And, but a kid that brings a
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  Speaker 3: great competitive spirit to the practice field each and every day.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's a guy that's the same guy every day,
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  Speaker 3: whether he's running the ball, he's protecting the passer or
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  Speaker 3: asking him to go out there and catch passes.
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  Speaker 2: And, that's infectious with your teammates.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm really glad we have him here and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: continue to grow off of what he's capable of doing. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he's a guy that maybe his role does increase.
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  Speaker 1: With Jason Candle on the UConn football coach, that's been
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  Speaker 1: not surprising, but it's been satisfying for me to watch
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  Speaker 1: and listen to some of the guys and what they're
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  Speaker 1: talking about in developing chemistry and communication. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: talk to John List a little bit later and and
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  Speaker 1: Ty Chan and the offensive line and where, where communication
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  Speaker 1: is so important, developing that quickly for a football team,
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  Speaker 1: that's gotta be one of your things that you're looking
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  Speaker 1: to do. I would think.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think in today's day and age, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you put together a team in January and really this
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  Speaker 3: has become a, you know, whether you like it or not,
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  Speaker 3: it's become a one year thing as you build a
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  Speaker 3: roster and you know, you, you know that there are
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  Speaker 3: storms that are coming at you and it's not just
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  Speaker 3: smooth sailing. So how do you prepare for those storms?
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  Speaker 3: How do you, you know, how do you lead a
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  Speaker 3: group of men into adversity and expect them to come
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  Speaker 3: out of that with really, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, good results.
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  Speaker 3: And then, you know, after the fact, really learn from
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  Speaker 3: those adverse moments. You have to prepare them and you
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  Speaker 3: have to you know, you have to learn about one another,
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  Speaker 3: you have to communicate, you have to be connected, you
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  Speaker 3: got to be able to be together and be on
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  Speaker 3: the same page. And you have to have enough humility
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  Speaker 3: about yourself to celebrate the success of others equally as
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  Speaker 3: much as you celebrate the success of your own self. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, easier said than done for 17 year old
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  Speaker 3: people sometime and 18 year old guys sometimes. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: to be able to get a group of guys in
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  Speaker 3: a room and to really buy into one another and celebrate,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like I said, other successes, I think that's a,
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  Speaker 3: That's a really difficult thing to do, and it's more
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  Speaker 3: of an art than it.
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  Speaker 2: Is a science.
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  Speaker 3: There's not a book you go to Barnes & Noble
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  Speaker 3: and figure out in today's day and age how to
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  Speaker 3: build a football team.
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  Speaker 1: All right, you've got to look for leaders.
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  Speaker 2: You've got some.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk about Kavion Sherman and some of the other
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  Speaker 1: guys' special teams as well coming up. Jason Candle with us,
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  Speaker 1: the UConn Football Coaches Show here on Learfield. Stay with us.