KYPack
05-08-2006, 09:25 AM
Ran across these camp notes. About the same as most of the stuff we've read, but part of this I love.....
Offensive line: McCarthy's commitment to a zone running game was evident. All the Packers drilled were four base zone plays. No guard pulled all weekend.
"Here's the deal," Jagodzinski said. "If there's a guy on him, he's blocking him. If no one's on him, he's going to the linebacker. It's not that hard. It's hard to screw that up."
The inside starters were left guard Daryn Colledge, center Scott Wells and right guard Junius Coston. Can the Packers win with them?
"Yeah, I think we can, because of what we're going to do and how we're going to do it," Jagodzinski said. "They're young but that's OK. They'll only get better."
Colledge, a second-round pick, lacks some weight and upper-body strength but his speed and balance fit the offense to a T. The 316-pound Coston played center at North Carolina A&T and left guard all spring before moving to right guard after the selection of Colledge.
"Well, somebody's got to do it sometime," Thompson replied when asked if Coston could jump from playing three snaps as a rookie to starting. "I think everybody is pleased with what 'Juice' did this weekend and throughout the spring."
Jason Spitz, a third-round pick, backed up Colledge and Tony Moll, a fifth-round pick, played extensively at left tackle.
"The whole staff talked today," Jagodzinski said. "With all the draft choices, what we saw on film is what we got. I told Moll to give himself to (strength coach) Rock Gullickson and he will reshape you. He was a tight end and he gained 50 pounds in a year. That's not all good weight. But he is very athletic."
Seemingly miscast in the new system, massive Will Whitticker got a chance to start as the emergency left tackle when Chad Clifton (knee) sat out and Adrian Klemm suffered a knee injury Friday afternoon in the opening 45 minutes.
Another wide body, Kevin Barry, spent all camp running No. 2 behind Coston at right guard after spending his first four years at right tackle. Barry is about 25 pounds overweight.
"I told him the 'U-71' package is done," Jagodzinski said. "He can't catch. It was a novelty and it was great. Now if he's happy being a four- or five-play a game guy, I told him we've got the wrong guy. I don't know if it's so much the weight. I want those guys to be able to move."
At 290, backup center Chris White was considered borderline too small by the previous staff but is a better fit for this system.
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I was so sick of the U71, it wasn't funny. That was a scheme that had seen it's day, but Shermy just wouldn't go forward. He stayed with it, ran it into the ground, even tho it wasn't fooling anybody (but us)
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I liked it back in the early days, but after the Bears blew it up and it cost us the game, that formation should've went to the "old plays home".
Not only didn't it work anymore, but Shermy and Beightol wouldn't let Barry play guard, so they could keep him in the U71. In the end, they didn't run at the stacked side of the formation or throw to Barry, they'd throw to the backside of the formation.
Looks like the starters on the Oline shake out like this:
left tackle Chad Clifton
left guard Daryn Colledge,
center Scott Wells
right guard Junius Coston
right tackle Mark Tauscher
Offensive line: McCarthy's commitment to a zone running game was evident. All the Packers drilled were four base zone plays. No guard pulled all weekend.
"Here's the deal," Jagodzinski said. "If there's a guy on him, he's blocking him. If no one's on him, he's going to the linebacker. It's not that hard. It's hard to screw that up."
The inside starters were left guard Daryn Colledge, center Scott Wells and right guard Junius Coston. Can the Packers win with them?
"Yeah, I think we can, because of what we're going to do and how we're going to do it," Jagodzinski said. "They're young but that's OK. They'll only get better."
Colledge, a second-round pick, lacks some weight and upper-body strength but his speed and balance fit the offense to a T. The 316-pound Coston played center at North Carolina A&T and left guard all spring before moving to right guard after the selection of Colledge.
"Well, somebody's got to do it sometime," Thompson replied when asked if Coston could jump from playing three snaps as a rookie to starting. "I think everybody is pleased with what 'Juice' did this weekend and throughout the spring."
Jason Spitz, a third-round pick, backed up Colledge and Tony Moll, a fifth-round pick, played extensively at left tackle.
"The whole staff talked today," Jagodzinski said. "With all the draft choices, what we saw on film is what we got. I told Moll to give himself to (strength coach) Rock Gullickson and he will reshape you. He was a tight end and he gained 50 pounds in a year. That's not all good weight. But he is very athletic."
Seemingly miscast in the new system, massive Will Whitticker got a chance to start as the emergency left tackle when Chad Clifton (knee) sat out and Adrian Klemm suffered a knee injury Friday afternoon in the opening 45 minutes.
Another wide body, Kevin Barry, spent all camp running No. 2 behind Coston at right guard after spending his first four years at right tackle. Barry is about 25 pounds overweight.
"I told him the 'U-71' package is done," Jagodzinski said. "He can't catch. It was a novelty and it was great. Now if he's happy being a four- or five-play a game guy, I told him we've got the wrong guy. I don't know if it's so much the weight. I want those guys to be able to move."
At 290, backup center Chris White was considered borderline too small by the previous staff but is a better fit for this system.
.................
I was so sick of the U71, it wasn't funny. That was a scheme that had seen it's day, but Shermy just wouldn't go forward. He stayed with it, ran it into the ground, even tho it wasn't fooling anybody (but us)
.
I liked it back in the early days, but after the Bears blew it up and it cost us the game, that formation should've went to the "old plays home".
Not only didn't it work anymore, but Shermy and Beightol wouldn't let Barry play guard, so they could keep him in the U71. In the end, they didn't run at the stacked side of the formation or throw to Barry, they'd throw to the backside of the formation.
Looks like the starters on the Oline shake out like this:
left tackle Chad Clifton
left guard Daryn Colledge,
center Scott Wells
right guard Junius Coston
right tackle Mark Tauscher