New offense, New Defense: still 1 problem

[NewEnglandBull]

Flying wedge is the answer to our problems. I don't care what Teddy Roosevelt says.

[Bulls2k]

 

All of the reports have said we would be. I would expect to be. I don't think Harlan would allow that news to be released without it being so. 

 

 

When was this news released  and where?

 

 

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/taggart-renovated-offense-will-be-fun/2211308

 

Before embarking on a brief holiday break, USF coach Willie Taggart spent an hour Tuesday afternoon with three local reporters in his second-floor office in the Selmon Athletics Center. All the front-and-center issues -- from Taggart's newest hires to the offensive renovations to the pressure he faces entering Year Three -- were addressed. Here are the highlights.

So what's your overview on the makeup of the new staff? (Ole Miss linebackers coach Tom Allen is the new defensive coordinator, while former Purdue coach Danny Hope is co-offensive coordinator with quarterbacks coach David Reaves)

"Very excited about it. I think both (Allen and Hope) bring some energy, both of them are very enthusiastic. People feel that way around 'em, just their energy and passion for being a football coach. Both of them bring something different but good to our football team."

How did the co-offensive coordinator concept come about, and how does it work?

"One, you just look at our football team and we're trying to find ways to score points. ... I know we've been struggling running the football and that's something we felt like we could get better at. I know Coach Hope's a really good offensive line coach and good teacher. ... I thought David could run the pass game. I thought he did a good job of understanding the pass game, he had a good feel for the pass game and I thought we all could work together."

How did Tom Allen get on your radar?

"Being pretty good friends with (Ole Miss coach) Hugh Freeze from the Sun Belt (Conference) days. I got in touch with Hugh and...got a chance to bring Tom down here, and I'm very impressed with him. I got a chance to watch film and watch his linebackers play, and was impressed with those guys and how hard they play; they're disciplined. ... But more importantly, his passion and his love for the kids and understanding it's all about them. And he understands the bay area too, he's been here."

So he'll recruit the bay area?

"Yeah. Everybody's gonna recruit this area. All 10 coaches, and that's counting me, have a part in the bay area. We're gonna milk the bay area. Every part of the bay area, we're gonna milk it. Every single coach is gonna have a part of it."

Is your offense gonna change? Are we gonna see an overhaul, a different style?

"I think you'll see some things differently. I think you'll see more up-tempo and going faster. I think you'll see us spread out a little bit. You're gonna see a lot of different things about it, but not get too far away from what our guys understand and know what we do. I think a lot of it is 

just formation. Everybody's running the same plays, it's coaching 'em up and doing it better, executing. I think that's one thing we want to be able to do offensively, is just execute, execute, execute. I know that's something that we struggled to do consistently, and I think a big part of that is simplifying some things and just letting 'em play so they can do it when things get tough (so) they can do it routinely."

So are you gonna have some spread looks, or is this gonna be a spread offense?

"We're gonna have a little bit of everything. It will be fun, I'll say that. It'll be fun and we're gonna put our kids in position to make plays, let 'em play football, let 'em go fast."

You have a run-game coordinator, a pass-game coordinator, a play-caller and a play clock. How will all that work on game day?

"I call the plays, simple. ... Again, I think there will be times where I'm gonna need a suggestion, then, 'Hey David, give me a pass play.' Or David might say, 'Coach, what do you think about this?' ... I'll call the plays and I'll get suggestions. ... We'll work really well together throughout the week to where we know exactly what we're gonna do as an offense."

Is (former Manatee High coach) Joe Kinnan gonna have a role in your program?

"Right now I'm trying to find a defensive backs coach, then I'm gonna work from there. ..."

Is he on the radar?

"Right now the only thing on the radar is DBs. If he can coach the DBs he can be on the radar."

After the last game, (athletic director) Mark Harlan said it was his job to do everything he could to help you get what you needed to build a winning program. What was your takeaway as you evaluated the season and looked ahead?

"First of all, I think we have ourselves one hell of an athletic director. He calls it like he sees it and is honest in what he sees and you can appreciate that. But he also wants to know what he can do to help. I will say he's done everything I've asked for and he's been very helpful. ... I think he's doing a great job. We talked about a lot of different things in where we can go and where we're at and where we need to go. I think we're all on the same page." 

You're on your third offensive coordinator in three years, and second defensive coordinator in three years. Are you concerned from a stability standpoint of what some of these older guys have had to withstand here?

"No, I'm not. One thing I've learned, our guys know how to adjust. ... A big part of it is just having a big structure plan for them and making all of those guys accountable to working with that plan. Again, when everyone's bought all in, it will take care of itself. It's not rocket science."

Edited December 24, 2014 by Bulls2k

[Gatorbull325]

I like Kean. I think he is going to win the job. His release is waaay quicker then the other options.

[BullFan98]

without a qb you have little

 

i think i have been saying this for a while

 

no one on our current roster looks like they can lead us to an aac title

Agreed. We need to recruit the best qb we can. Unfortunately White will be our starter again next year.

[CousinRicky]

 

 

All of the reports have said we would be. I would expect to be. I don't think Harlan would allow that news to be released without it being so. 

 

 

When was this news released  and where?

 

 

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/taggart-renovated-offense-will-be-fun/2211308

 

Before embarking on a brief holiday break, USF coach Willie Taggart spent an hour Tuesday afternoon with three local reporters in his second-floor office in the Selmon Athletics Center. All the front-and-center issues -- from Taggart's newest hires to the offensive renovations to the pressure he faces entering Year Three -- were addressed. Here are the highlights.

So what's your overview on the makeup of the new staff? (Ole Miss linebackers coach Tom Allen is the new defensive coordinator, while former Purdue coach Danny Hope is co-offensive coordinator with quarterbacks coach David Reaves)

"Very excited about it. I think both (Allen and Hope) bring some energy, both of them are very enthusiastic. People feel that way around 'em, just their energy and passion for being a football coach. Both of them bring something different but good to our football team."

How did the co-offensive coordinator concept come about, and how does it work?

"One, you just look at our football team and we're trying to find ways to score points. ... I know we've been struggling running the football and that's something we felt like we could get better at. I know Coach Hope's a really good offensive line coach and good teacher. ... I thought David could run the pass game. I thought he did a good job of understanding the pass game, he had a good feel for the pass game and I thought we all could work together."

How did Tom Allen get on your radar?

"Being pretty good friends with (Ole Miss coach) Hugh Freeze from the Sun Belt (Conference) days. I got in touch with Hugh and...got a chance to bring Tom down here, and I'm very impressed with him. I got a chance to watch film and watch his linebackers play, and was impressed with those guys and how hard they play; they're disciplined. ... But more importantly, his passion and his love for the kids and understanding it's all about them. And he understands the bay area too, he's been here."

So he'll recruit the bay area?

"Yeah. Everybody's gonna recruit this area. All 10 coaches, and that's counting me, have a part in the bay area. We're gonna milk the bay area. Every part of the bay area, we're gonna milk it. Every single coach is gonna have a part of it."

Is your offense gonna change? Are we gonna see an overhaul, a different style?

"I think you'll see some things differently. I think you'll see more up-tempo and going faster. I think you'll see us spread out a little bit. You're gonna see a lot of different things about it, but not get too far away from what our guys understand and know what we do. I think a lot of it is 

just formation. Everybody's running the same plays, it's coaching 'em up and doing it better, executing. I think that's one thing we want to be able to do offensively, is just execute, execute, execute. I know that's something that we struggled to do consistently, and I think a big part of that is simplifying some things and just letting 'em play so they can do it when things get tough (so) they can do it routinely."

So are you gonna have some spread looks, or is this gonna be a spread offense?

"We're gonna have a little bit of everything. It will be fun, I'll say that. It'll be fun and we're gonna put our kids in position to make plays, let 'em play football, let 'em go fast."

You have a run-game coordinator, a pass-game coordinator, a play-caller and a play clock. How will all that work on game day?

"I call the plays, simple. ... Again, I think there will be times where I'm gonna need a suggestion, then, 'Hey David, give me a pass play.' Or David might say, 'Coach, what do you think about this?' ... I'll call the plays and I'll get suggestions. ... We'll work really well together throughout the week to where we know exactly what we're gonna do as an offense."

Is (former Manatee High coach) Joe Kinnan gonna have a role in your program?

"Right now I'm trying to find a defensive backs coach, then I'm gonna work from there. ..."

Is he on the radar?

"Right now the only thing on the radar is DBs. If he can coach the DBs he can be on the radar."

After the last game, (athletic director) Mark Harlan said it was his job to do everything he could to help you get what you needed to build a winning program. What was your takeaway as you evaluated the season and looked ahead?

"First of all, I think we have ourselves one hell of an athletic director. He calls it like he sees it and is honest in what he sees and you can appreciate that. But he also wants to know what he can do to help. I will say he's done everything I've asked for and he's been very helpful. ... I think he's doing a great job. We talked about a lot of different things in where we can go and where we're at and where we need to go. I think we're all on the same page." 

You're on your third offensive coordinator in three years, and second defensive coordinator in three years. Are you concerned from a stability standpoint of what some of these older guys have had to withstand here?

"No, I'm not. One thing I've learned, our guys know how to adjust. ... A big part of it is just having a big structure plan for them and making all of those guys accountable to working with that plan. Again, when everyone's bought all in, it will take care of itself. It's not rocket science."

 

 

Am I the only one that read that and didn't feel a whole lot better about our offense next year?

[BullsFanInTX]

 

without a qb you have little

 

i think i have been saying this for a while

 

no one on our current roster looks like they can lead us to an aac title

Agreed. We need to recruit the best qb we can. Unfortunately White will be our starter again next year.

 

I still believe in White.  When he's on, he's unstoppable.  Unfortunately that wasn't nearly enough.  But I am hopeful that another year will bring the consistency that everyone is looking for.  

[NinjaPenguin777]

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/coach-taggart-expect-faster-usf-offense-next-season/2211322

 

 

 

TAMPA — Seated in a leather chair before three local reporters in his second-floor office Tuesday, expectant father Willie Taggart announced that he and wife Taneshia's third child, due this summer, will be followed by another possible bundle of joy.

After totaling 33 offensive touchdowns the past two seasons in a power-based, West Coast attack, the Bulls plan to shake things up.A revamped offensive package.

 

"I think you'll see more uptempo and going faster," Taggart said. "I think you'll see us spread out a little bit. You're gonna see a lot of different things about it, but not get too far away from what our guys understand and know what we do.

"We're gonna have a little bit of everything. It will be fun, I'll say that."

Taggart's revelation arrives two weeks after he dismissed both of his coordinators, a decision he said was solely his. Since then, he has hired a new defensive coordinator (Ole Miss linebackers coach Tom Allen) and co-offensive coordinators (former Purdue coach Danny Hope, Bulls quarterbacks coach David Reaves) and named himself the play-caller.

 

His next orders of business: finding a defensive backs coach (he says he's close on that), staging a strong finish to the recruiting season and traveling to a handful of spread-based programs to pick some brains.

"You hear the word spread, spread, spread," Taggart said. "People do a lot of the same things. They run a lot of the same formations that we run, they just do it fast.

 

"I just watched us last year. When we did score … is when we went fast and spread it out, and our guys didn't think much. They went and made plays and were having fun doing it. That was really eye-opening, like, 'Hey, let's make sure they do what they want to do.' "

An upgrade in production can't arrive soon enough. Another significant due date — on bowl eligibility — is looming.

Immediately after a season-ending 16-0 loss to UCF, athletic director Mark Harlan said USF is "too special" a school to not reach a bowl game. Since then, he and Taggart, 6-18 in his first two seasons, have met at length over virtually all of the program's facets.

 

As he enters a pivotal year both personally and professionally, Taggart says he feels no more pressure than when he was hired two Decembers ago.

"First of all, I think we have ourselves one hell of an athletic director. He calls it like he sees it and is honest in what he sees, and you can appreciate that," said Taggart, who returns 14 starters (six on offense) from last season's 4-8 team and expects no one to transfer.

"I think he's doing a great job. We talked about a lot of different things in where we can go and where we're at and where we need to go. I think we're all on the same page."

Contact Joey Knight at jknight@tampabay.com. Follow @TBTimes_Bulls.

Edited December 24, 2014 by NinjaPenguin777

[feardabull]

Key quote is when he said he realized that we scored more often in a wide open fast paced attack.

Epiphany! Lulz

[usfgrad84]

Only thing I took from this interview is he said was the coaching changes were his decision.

A little confused by what he said. "You hear the word spread, spread, spread. People do a lot of the same things. Teams run a lot of the same formations we run, they just do it fast.?

Hope this guy understands that the spread isn't running the same offense we have been just at a faster pace.

I agree with Cousin Ricky. This interview doesn't instill a lot of confidence that things will be any different. Just going at a quicker pace will mean the defense stays gets back on the field faster.

[BDYZR]

 

 

 

All of the reports have said we would be. I would expect to be. I don't think Harlan would allow that news to be released without it being so. 

 

 

When was this news released  and where?

 

 

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/taggart-renovated-offense-will-be-fun/2211308

 

Before embarking on a brief holiday break, USF coach Willie Taggart spent an hour Tuesday afternoon with three local reporters in his second-floor office in the Selmon Athletics Center. All the front-and-center issues -- from Taggart's newest hires to the offensive renovations to the pressure he faces entering Year Three -- were addressed. Here are the highlights.

So what's your overview on the makeup of the new staff? (Ole Miss linebackers coach Tom Allen is the new defensive coordinator, while former Purdue coach Danny Hope is co-offensive coordinator with quarterbacks coach David Reaves)

"Very excited about it. I think both (Allen and Hope) bring some energy, both of them are very enthusiastic. People feel that way around 'em, just their energy and passion for being a football coach. Both of them bring something different but good to our football team."

How did the co-offensive coordinator concept come about, and how does it work?

"One, you just look at our football team and we're trying to find ways to score points. ... I know we've been struggling running the football and that's something we felt like we could get better at. I know Coach Hope's a really good offensive line coach and good teacher. ... I thought David could run the pass game. I thought he did a good job of understanding the pass game, he had a good feel for the pass game and I thought we all could work together."

How did Tom Allen get on your radar?

"Being pretty good friends with (Ole Miss coach) Hugh Freeze from the Sun Belt (Conference) days. I got in touch with Hugh and...got a chance to bring Tom down here, and I'm very impressed with him. I got a chance to watch film and watch his linebackers play, and was impressed with those guys and how hard they play; they're disciplined. ... But more importantly, his passion and his love for the kids and understanding it's all about them. And he understands the bay area too, he's been here."

So he'll recruit the bay area?

"Yeah. Everybody's gonna recruit this area. All 10 coaches, and that's counting me, have a part in the bay area. We're gonna milk the bay area. Every part of the bay area, we're gonna milk it. Every single coach is gonna have a part of it."

Is your offense gonna change? Are we gonna see an overhaul, a different style?

"I think you'll see some things differently. I think you'll see more up-tempo and going faster. I think you'll see us spread out a little bit. You're gonna see a lot of different things about it, but not get too far away from what our guys understand and know what we do. I think a lot of it is 

just formation. Everybody's running the same plays, it's coaching 'em up and doing it better, executing. I think that's one thing we want to be able to do offensively, is just execute, execute, execute. I know that's something that we struggled to do consistently, and I think a big part of that is simplifying some things and just letting 'em play so they can do it when things get tough (so) they can do it routinely."

So are you gonna have some spread looks, or is this gonna be a spread offense?

"We're gonna have a little bit of everything. It will be fun, I'll say that. It'll be fun and we're gonna put our kids in position to make plays, let 'em play football, let 'em go fast."

You have a run-game coordinator, a pass-game coordinator, a play-caller and a play clock. How will all that work on game day?

"I call the plays, simple. ... Again, I think there will be times where I'm gonna need a suggestion, then, 'Hey David, give me a pass play.' Or David might say, 'Coach, what do you think about this?' ... I'll call the plays and I'll get suggestions. ... We'll work really well together throughout the week to where we know exactly what we're gonna do as an offense."

Is (former Manatee High coach) Joe Kinnan gonna have a role in your program?

"Right now I'm trying to find a defensive backs coach, then I'm gonna work from there. ..."

Is he on the radar?

"Right now the only thing on the radar is DBs. If he can coach the DBs he can be on the radar."

After the last game, (athletic director) Mark Harlan said it was his job to do everything he could to help you get what you needed to build a winning program. What was your takeaway as you evaluated the season and looked ahead?

"First of all, I think we have ourselves one hell of an athletic director. He calls it like he sees it and is honest in what he sees and you can appreciate that. But he also wants to know what he can do to help. I will say he's done everything I've asked for and he's been very helpful. ... I think he's doing a great job. We talked about a lot of different things in where we can go and where we're at and where we need to go. I think we're all on the same page." 

You're on your third offensive coordinator in three years, and second defensive coordinator in three years. Are you concerned from a stability standpoint of what some of these older guys have had to withstand here?

"No, I'm not. One thing I've learned, our guys know how to adjust. ... A big part of it is just having a big structure plan for them and making all of those guys accountable to working with that plan. Again, when everyone's bought all in, it will take care of itself. It's not rocket science."

 

 

Am I the only one that read that and didn't feel a whole lot better about our offense next year?

 

No.