Spring Football

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:31 am

Hopefully in the spring game they divide the guys and actually play a game and not just do a practice a la RR

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:55 am

Good stuff from the new corners coach.

Newportcat · Post by **Newportcat** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:59 am

ANGCatFan wrote:

Good stuff from the new corners coach.

All these guys seem like positive good motivators

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:05 am

Coach Springer is one high energy guy!

FlyonWall · Post by **FlyonWall** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:41 pm

ANGCatFan wrote:Coach Springer is one high energy guy!

Which journalist asked about the kicker's weight?

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:12 am

ANGCatFan wrote:

Good stuff from the new corners coach.

Wow! Thinking we will be in great shape at the corner spot with DM running the show. What kid wouldn’t want to come to Arizona and play for a coach like that?

Awesome!

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:18 am

Wow, is Meat good! Couldn't help but notice the difference between Meat and Springer. Meat teaches, has lots of energy, and praises when appropriate. He has lots of positive energy, but mainly he teaches. Springer, on the other hand, spent very little time teaching. He mostly ran around like an overly energetic madman. Hope there's more to him than that.

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:50 pm

Left me wishing for more.

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:00 am

More positive coaching this time from our one holdover coach on offense.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:02 am

From what I've seen so far I really like this staff.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:40 am

azgreg wrote:From what I've seen so far I really like this staff.

X1000

Small sample size thus far, but I’m digging Sumlin and his demeanor. Not having to watch a complete meltdown when a kid does something wrong is so appreciated & refreshing.

OSUCat · Post by **OSUCat** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:09 pm

Great to hear about the open practice and scrimmage! I hope some in town can give us some insight!

prh · Post by **prh** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:56 pm

OSUCat wrote:
Great to hear about the open practice and scrimmage! I hope some in town can give us some insight!

Awesome that the scrimmage is open. Notice Lev continuing to cry. He just had to make that tweet more about media access than the scrimmage.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:18 am

prh wrote:
OSUCat wrote:
Great to hear about the open practice and scrimmage! I hope some in town can give us some insight!
Awesome that the scrimmage is open. Notice Lev continuing to cry. He just had to make that tweet more about media access than the scrimmage.

Lev is the one guy who isn't the "bad guy" in that group. Give him some slack, he earns it, trust me.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:05 am

OSUCat wrote:
Great to hear about the open practice and scrimmage! I hope some in town can give us some insight!

Arizonafootballonline.net

Anything Black Oaks posts up is gold. Former O-Lineman with solid takes on practices, good stuff!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:55 am

Sid wrote: Arizonafootballonline.net

Anything Black Oaks posts up is gold. Former O-Lineman with solid takes on practices, good stuff!

Wow, haven't been to AFO in 15 years or so. Didn't know they were still around. Have no idea what my login was, or even what email I used to sign up.

Sure Black Oaks isn't ChiefZona?

Chief's distaste for the rugby punts was well known.

Re: Sumlin not dicking around with kickers
Postby Black Oaks » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:47 pm

I will say that Matt Aragon can kick it high and deep. He always has, but he never got to kick. The kid can punt the ball. One thing nice is there seems to be no real messing around with the rugby punts this spring. I never have been a fan of those kinds of punts. I understand the idea that they are good to use against some of the top punt returners because it gives the coverage guys a second or so more time to get down in the coverage. Also, it is hard for a rugby kick to out kick the coverage guys. My preference is to work on hang time, deep and high. Get the gunners down field and make the guy fair catch it.

Bearing Down on using the punt as a weapon when you can

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:30 am

Merkin wrote:Sure Black Oaks isn't ChiefZona?

I don't think they are the same guy. Their political takes are far apart.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:26 am

I mentioned Aragon on here before, he is a friend and ex-teammate of my son. Chief didn't think much of him.

He also played some QB and TE in high school. I think he practiced at WR last year.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:33 am

Merkin wrote:
Sid wrote: Arizonafootballonline.net

Anything Black Oaks posts up is gold. Former O-Lineman with solid takes on practices, good stuff!
Wow, haven't been to AFO in 15 years or so. Didn't know they were still around. Have no idea what my login was, or even what email I used to sign up.

Sure Black Oaks isn't ChiefZona?

Chief's distaste for the rugby punts was well known.

Re: Sumlin not dicking around with kickers
Postby Black Oaks » Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:47 pm

I will say that Matt Aragon can kick it high and deep. He always has, but he never got to kick. The kid can punt the ball. One thing nice is there seems to be no real messing around with the rugby punts this spring. I never have been a fan of those kinds of punts. I understand the idea that they are good to use against some of the top punt returners because it gives the coverage guys a second or so more time to get down in the coverage. Also, it is hard for a rugby kick to out kick the coverage guys. My preference is to work on hang time, deep and high. Get the gunners down field and make the guy fair catch it.

Bearing Down on using the punt as a weapon when you can

Me too Merkin. I think I was SJCAT or something close to that, no idea on my password? I believe Pat had a brief window to register with the new site and that was it. You had to get in and register or forever a lurker. Oaks played football for the Cats way before Chief.....

btfd16 · Post by **btfd16** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:14 pm

Worth signing up for arizonafootballonline?

Being at practice every day for 4 years, I have a hunch who Black Oaks is but don't want to speculate yet.

Tatanka · Post by **Tatanka** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:54 am

Scrimmage today at 11. It is great that Sumlin agreed to let it be public.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:12 am

Yeah I think I'll stop by and see how it is. Website says it'll just be the west side of the stadium that's open

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:05 am

Is nice to see like even just 200 people show up for a pre spring game scrimmage at 11 am when it's hot as hell outside.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:23 am

Tate has a GoPro or something on his helmet

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:41 pm

anyone have any thoughts on it?

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:54 pm

The camera is so the coaches can see where his eyes are and they can coach him up

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:00 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:anyone have any thoughts on it?

I only stayed for an hour until noon. Definitely was an informal scrimmage with not very intense plays but they worked lot on redzone plays. Tate made some throws and Rhett Rod played some as 3rd string. Not s lot of running by Tate, but I guess they just don't want him to get hurt. Offensive plays to my layman's eyes didn't look a lot different than RRs offense.

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:27 pm

My thoughts. Defense is ahead of the offense. Only a couple blown coverages and all 3 seemed to be on goal line situations. Broke up a lot of passes and had 3 tipped passes by the d-line. DFF had a pick 6 in his hands with the offense trying to work out of the endzone, but dropped the ball. Also, one safety mostly due to a play call with Rhett Rod faking a pass and then a delayed handoff from the 2. Good energy from the D and D-line looked bigger.

Offense struggled. Too many dropped balls and illegal procedure calls. Lane took 2nd team reps and Rhett Rod 3rd, but they mixed the RBs well with 1st and 2nd team. Generally, good tight end involvement and more use of bubble screens and swing passes. Tried a couple reverses with one blown up by the D and one for a first down. One trick play with a throw back to Tate, but the pass was off so more Brady than Foles. Longest run by Brandon Leon who generally ran with the 3rd team. Best cut back by Tilford who reversed field to score from around the 25. Almost even run pass, but the receivers lost most of the battles with the DBs. Lots of passes hit the receiver, but stripped by the DBs. Also, more quick slants than I was use to seeing from the last offense. Still good tempo, all shotgun snaps (which tended to be low), and only saw Tate given 1 play that looked like a designed QB run.

Special teams. Havrisik missed one long field goal during the scrimmage, but all the rest by him and Pollack were good. Glatting is still the number 1 punter with Aragon his back-up and only a limited look. Brightwell (who was the #3 RB in the scrimmage) and Peterson were primary on KO returns with JJ and Tilford also given a chance. Kickoffs were practiced in their own period just before the scrimmage.

Worst news of the day was the one possible injury. Brightwell looked like he tweaked a knee or an ankle while being gang tackled. Helped to the sideline and spent the rest of the scrimmage sitting.

Correction/update after seeing AZDS notes:

Anthony Mariscal, a safety turned running back, had a big day. He broke a 47-yard run to get Arizona near the red zone, then capped the drive with a TD run. (Not Leon like I said.)

Gary Brightwell was the No. 3 running back, but left the scrimmage on crutches.

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 4:19 pm

Good scrimmage notes from Ryan Kelapire at AZDS plus a must watch interview with RB Coach Clarence McKinney

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:18 pm

What a beautiful throw by lane!

OSUCat · Post by **OSUCat** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:12 pm

J. Wallace is having a day.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:20 pm

How many people are there? I would be there if I hadn't just had abdominal surgery on Thursday...

qwertyus · Post by **qwertyus** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:22 pm

Ooof, the offense looks quite bad.

OSUCat · Post by **OSUCat** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:29 pm

I like the spring game format. So much better than whatever RR did.

JohnnyGato · Post by **JohnnyGato** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:41 pm

Agree great format. Surprised to see how may reps there are .. probably over 200 plays when all done. Need to hope Tate stays healthy all year. Back ups need some work.

whatisee · Post by **whatisee** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:17 pm

spring game is back on again right now

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:43 pm

Strong article summing up the spring game from Rob Bowron at Wildcat Radio. He does a great job of keeping everything in perspective and should be a great resource for advanced stats when the real season arrives.

qwertyus · Post by **qwertyus** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:42 pm

ANGCatFan wrote:Strong article summing up the spring game from Rob Bowron at Wildcat Radio. He does a great job of keeping everything in perspective and should be a great resource for advanced stats when the real season arrives.

Don't worry about that, ANGCatFan. I'm gonna need you to start your 100-day countdown a little earlier this year.

How about next week? Saturday? Yeah, that'd be greeeeaaaat.

ANGCatFan · Post by **ANGCatFan** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:54 am

The season can't get here fast enough.

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