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Topic: •Kentucky offense under new coaches Gran and Hinshaw is going to get intense
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eleem
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posted 01-14-2016 08:02 PM
Perhaps a regular thing that Darin Hinshaw says to his quarterbacks is something that the new coach and his cohort should say to the Kentucky offense.
“I tell them on the field, ‘I apologize. Guys, I apologize right now, OK? I’m going to get intense,’” Hinshaw said with a half-laugh in an interview with a small group of media Thursday.
Both Hinshaw and Eddie Gran, the Cats’ new assistant head coach of the offense, talked a lot about intensity and discipline and trying to fix what ails the Kentucky offense.
Each offered plenty of examples from their three years coaching together at Cincinnati of how they had to encourage each other to dial back the fervor.
“Coach Gran is, he is intense; I’ll just tell you that right now,” Hinshaw said of his boss.
In practice, if Gran sees a receiver catch a ball and then jog after the catch, he gets a little touchy.
“He is going to be screaming at you at the top of his lungs from across the field,” Hinshaw said.
And it becomes a style that permeates through the offensive coaching staff. They hope the discipline and fundamentally sound play eventually will equal wins on the field.
“It doesn’t happen overnight,” continued Hinshaw, the Cats’ new co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. “There’s some things that are going to have to change here and we’re going to get that done — and we’ve already started. We’re working on it right now.”
All of the Kentucky coaches go on the road for the next two weeks recruiting. But they’ve already been in the weight room to visit with players, who are on their third offensive boss in as many seasons.
Gran demands “eliminating the clutter” from players’ lives.
“If football is important to them then they’ve got to be able to put that iPad down, the iPhones and all the stuff they have,” he said. “Put it away for a while, and let’s get locked into what is important and focus on what we’ve got to do to get better.”
Each player will get his second chance to make a first impression with his new coaching staff. “The eye in the sky doesn’t lie,” Gran said. “If you produce, you’ll play.”
The coaches have watched video clips of plays from the past couple of seasons. Gran has seen every single run by Boom Williams and Jojo Kemp.
Their evaluation will start long before the first snap of spring practice. When winter workouts begin in February, the coaches said they will learn a lot about the players they are coaching.
“I want to see what they do when they get tired and their coach is in their rear end, to see how they look at you, see what their body language is,” Gran said. “That’s what I’m looking for.”
After winter workouts and then spring practice, the players will be encouraged to make football an even bigger part of their daily lives, to take it seriously.
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Tiptree
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posted 01-15-2016 08:46 AM
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If football is important to them then they’ve got to be able to put that iPad down, the iPhones and all the stuff they have,” he said. “Put it away for a while, and let’s get locked into what is important and focus on what we’ve got to do to get better.
Well, all I have to say is "good luck, coach". Getting my kids to give up their devices and focus on studying has thus far been an agonizing exercise for both parties.
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boomdaddy
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posted 01-15-2016 09:39 AM
Maybe having a designated QB coach will help. In my opinion, the QBs have not progressed and they have not had a decent QB since Hartline. That says a lot to me, as some of the QBs that have been brought in have been more highly regarded than him coming out of high schoool, but have not produced. Is it that they have just missed on the talent or is it that they haven't had the proper coaching to develop the talent?
By the way, I consider Woodson to have been a great college QB, by Kentucky's standards. It took his Junior season before he "got" what was going on.
There needs to be competition at QB. Last season's starter for most of the season transferring rather than competing for the job for this upcoming season, speaks volumes about his character more than it does about the coaching staff. I am glad he is gone. He never got any better and kept making the same mistakes, then leaves when he is benched.
Somebody needs to get some positive growth and production from the QB position and have them looking better at the end of the season than they do during the start. I hope Hinshaw is the man for that job.
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