9/10 News & Notes

[DaytonIllini]

Originally Posted by DrewD007

Maybe a motivational tool?

I just assumed injury. I hope it is motivational.

[Dan]

Beckman: "Of course, disappointment. ...We win as a team, and we lose as a football team. There's no fingers to be pointed."

Beckman: "We could've all been better at everything on Saturday evening."

Beckman: "This team has resiliency. I look forward to how we perform on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then Saturday."

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[Dan]

Beckman: Miles Osei "dinged his ankle a little bit" and decided to go with O'Toole in 2nd half based on evaluation of 1st half

Beckman: "We did not play well, in any opinion, on any side of the football."

Beckman: All three quarterbacks practiced last night, including Scheelhaase, who he said "could've went in emergency situation."

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[illynifan34]

Beckman: All three quarterbacks practiced last night, including Scheelhaase, who he said "could've went in emergency situation."

Nate sure seemed ready to play, I expected him to come out once we had trouble early, but he didn't.

[Dan]

Beckman: Positives from Saturday included RBs "made plays when they might not have been there." OL came off ball better

Beckman on if he sits Scheelhaase this week: "We don't have any time to rest."

Beckman on Charleston Southern: "We have to control what we can control." Challenge this week is "to meet individual personal goals"

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[Dan]

Beckman: No WRs "graded out" except for Ryan Lankford. "We're limited in numbers and limited in age."

Beckman: Supo Sanni is "doubtful" for Saturday.

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[Dan]

Beckman: Illinois QB situation is "wide open." Will see how Nate feels this week and evaluate during the week.

Beckman: Steve Hull is getting scanned to see the severity of his shoulder injury. Same shoulder but different injury

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[Dan]

Akeem Spence said there was a good deal of confusion regarding the defensive play calls Saturrday vs. Arizona State. #dechr

Spence said some players thought one defense had been called while others were palying a different defensive set. #dechr

Spence said they worked Sunday on clarifying how plays are signaled, so as to fix the problem that caused so much confusion. #dechr

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[IlliniRunIn07]

While Spence's comments are undoubtedly alarming, is the confusion just a by-product of an early season game with a first year head coach at the helm?

[Groundhogday]

Originally Posted by RyanK

The issues at Wisconsin are deeper than the OL coach. That's for sure..

I haven't seen the OSU-UW game, but in the Northern Iowa game the change in coordinators was readily apparent. Whereas Bucky used to complement the power running attack with a downfield passing game, now they favor a ball-control, spread passing attack. This is Cannon's background, so we shouldn't be too surprised. But I think this is a huge mistake for UW. IF they want to control the ball, they do it by running the ball. The pass should be used to punish teams that cheat to stop the run.

[quhawks12]

Spence's comments are EXTREMELY alarming. This has nothing to do with a 1st year head coach. To me it's a sign of be unprepared for the team you are playing. And the guy in charge having the defense ready to play uptempo is the DC. This is why Banks needs to be on the field. It's too hard to relay calls from the booth to the sideline when you are playing a no huddle team. DC's NEED to be on the sideline. OC's it's a choice and a preference because you dictate how much time is used between snaps.

[Sure Shot]

Originally Posted by IlliniRunIn07

While Spence's comments are undoubtedly alarming, is the confusion just a by-product of an early season game with a first year head coach at the helm?

Well, that's actually a very encouraging thing, because as bad as that is, that's pretty easily fixable.

[Groundhogday]

Originally Posted by IlliniRunIn07

While Spence's comments are undoubtedly alarming, is the confusion just a by-product of an early season game with a first year head coach at the helm?

There is really no excuse for this sort of thing. Banks, Beckman and Ward all have extensive experience calling defenses.

[Groundhogday]

Originally Posted by quhawks12

Spence's comments are EXTREMELY alarming. This has nothing to do with a 1st year head coach. To me it's a sign of be unprepared for the team you are playing. And the guy in charge having the defense ready to play uptempo is the DC. This is why Banks needs to be on the field. It's too hard to relay calls from the booth to the sideline when you are playing a no huddle team. DC's NEED to be on the sideline. OC's it's a choice and a preference because you dictate how much time is used between snaps.

Either the DC needs to be on the field or the DC provides general strategy and guidance from the booth while another coach (e.g. Ward) calls the defenses from the sideline.

[quhawks12]

Originally Posted by Groundhogday

There is really no excuse for this sort of thing. Banks, Beckman and Ward all have extensive experience calling defenses.

This is a result from Banks being in the booth. VK was front and center signaling in plays against everyone. And that is so important against uptempo teams. There is no time for a buffer in that situation. Honestly, it should have been a halftime adjustment against ASU

[quhawks12]

Originally Posted by Groundhogday

Either the DC needs to be on the field or the DC provides general strategy and guidance from the booth while another coach (e.g. Ward) calls the defenses from the sideline.

Agreed. Problem is that all DC's call their own plays. So there will always be that filter which takes time.

[illiniobserver22]

http://youtu.be/q_g8M-xqVz0

[Groundhogday]

Originally Posted by quhawks12

Agreed. Problem is that all DC's call their own plays. So there will always be that filter which takes time.

We've been having related problems on the offensive side. Hard to play at a fast tempo when you can't get plays in quickly. And we have had WAY to many delay penalties so far. On the offensive side, I'm willing to cut some slack because neither Beatty nor Gonzales have been coordinators, nor have they worked together. I have less patience with Banks, who was a DC for five years before joining this staff.

[Groundhogday]

Originally Posted by quhawks12

Agreed. Problem is that all DC's call their own plays. So there will always be that filter which takes time.

Quick thought: Did Banks call the defense at Cincy? He was co-coordinator, so the other guy might have called the plays with Banks advising from the booth.

[quhawks12]

Originally Posted by Groundhogday

We've been having related problems on the offensive side. Hard to play at a fast tempo when you can't get plays in quickly. And we have had WAY to many delay penalties so far. On the offensive side, I'm willing to cut some slack because neither Beatty nor Gonzales have been coordinators, nor have they worked together. I have less patience with Banks, who was a DC for five years before joining this staff.

Agree. And all of these delay of game penalties are on COACH BEATTY NOT ANY OF THE QB'S. Let's make sure that's clear.

Agree with cutting slack with this issue on O as well. Sometimes it takes a few games to get in a groove.

Werner's latest quote makes me even more worriesome:

Jeremy Werner ‏@WernerConnectFM
Spence: #illini position coaches made play calls to position group last year. Now, one man signals in call while few others make dummy call

This is just ignorant. No reason for dummy calls on the defensive side. And if you want to adjust that do what VK did last year and have each position coach signal in the play to each position. Then you have 3 guys signaling just to different groups and each group knows where to look.

[quhawks12]

Originally Posted by Groundhogday

Quick thought: Did Banks call the defense at Cincy? He was co-coordinator, so the other guy might have called the plays with Banks advising from the booth.

That's a good question. I'm not sure??

[quhawks12]

ugh...this keeps getting worse:

Jeremy Werner ‏@WernerConnectFM
#illini CB Justin Green said defensive communication must be better but it can be fixed" by echoing call across the field

There was no time to "echo calls"!!!!!! Everyone needs to be looking at the coach and get the signal and know what to do!!! Which is why signaling to each position works so well.

[Ransom Stoddard]

Originally Posted by quhawks12

ugh...this keeps getting worse:



There was no time to "echo calls"!!!!!! Everyone needs to be looking at the coach and get the signal and know what to do!!! Which is why signaling to each position works so well.

The speed of the offense had a lot to do this. When ASU was constitently snapping the ball with > 20 seconds on the play clock it is very hard to get a play called in, especially if it has to come from the booth to the sideline first. This should have been corrected after the first quarter, halftime at the latest.

[Dan]

Spence: #illini position coaches made play calls to position group last year. Now, one man signals in call while few others make dummy call

Spence said players had some confusion who was making real call at times, and struggled to correct it bc of ASU tempo. Wasn't problem vs WMU

Spence said team worked on communicating D in practice yesterday. Usually have one guy making call in practice, had dummy calls yesterday.

CB Justin Green said defensive communication must be better but it can be fixed" by echoing call across the field

Banks wasn't available to media at press conference today. Will be Wednesday.

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[RyanK]

Couldn't this have been easily fixed after one possession?