Juan Castillo: New OL Coach

[CuseMan4]

Castillo is extremely respected by his players AND coaches. That’s a good sign. Can’t say that for a couple of our past O-line coaches

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Does he do card tricks?

 

[Bulldog04]

This board is bipolar lol

Cmon that’s just rude. This is the most sane board ever that only posts relevant notions

 

[CanadianSU]

great offseason so far

 

[tep624]

Well we haven’t had anyone from his previous stops come on here yet and say how awful he is……so that’s a step in the right direction

I mean - you have a point, and we tried to convince ourselves that it wouldn’t be like this there….and then it was like that here lol.

So cautiously optimistic with Castillo - at the least the guy sounds like a relentless workhorse so it won’t be for lack of effort.

 

[SmilinBob]

Sounds like a solid hire. SU needs this group to improve their footwork and communication.

One thing that I like to see is to clear the lanes for Angeli to throw and minimize the batted balls.

 

[blizz]

Always wanted to say this [channeling Ed McMahon]: "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Juanny!!!"

 

[hoopsupstate]

We have a lot of young and potentially pretty good offensive lineman. This guy is supposed to be a very good teacher. Just what our linemen need. Sounds like Fran found the right guy for the right time.

 

[blizz]

I have no clue how to judge OL coaches, let alone if the hiring of one is a good move.

If he can drag the carcass of this OL from hideous to mildly OK it’ll be a huge win.

You should buy me a beer.

Have I got a story for you!!!

 

[23Zone]

Cmon that’s just rude. This is the most sane board ever that only posts relevant notions

We Cuse fans need a steady maintenance dose of haldol to maintain sanity lol.

 

[721Comstock]

We Cuse fans need a steady maintenance dose of haldol to maintain sanity lol.

Franax is my hopium of choice!

 

[Irt4su]

Tush Push formation being installed now

That’s what happened at Penn state and mostly off the field


Oof

 

[powdersmack]

That’s what happened at Penn state and mostly off the field


Oof

 

[Ttk.gman2]

From what I've read he focuses on winning your indivual assignments first and then builds off of that.
So should be able to adjust to any scheme.

Great that’s exactly what we need

 

[CA Monk]

Curious hire. I thought Casullo had retired.

 

[PAcuse]

Curious hire. I thought Casullo had retired.

He did

Juan Castillo as not

 

[Ozone!]

 

[pokercuse08]

I'm a lifelong Eagles fan and I was covering the Eagles when Castillo was there. He was widely considered one of the top few OL coaches in the NFL, if not the best. They definitely drafted a lot of OL in the early rounds, but Hank Fraley stands out as an undrafted guy he coached up into an above average NFL starter.

I'm not sure why he's bounced around in a bit of a weird career trajectory these last couple years, but he's probably one of the top 10 OL coaches in the NFL and CFB combined. Amazing hire.

(Terrible DC, though. He talked Andy Reid into that one and it was a disaster. He almost certainly has no idea who I am, but I actually asked the question in a post-game interview that resulted in an answer that got him fired. I briefly felt bad because he's a hard worker and seems like a great person, but it worked out great for him because he landed in Baltimore mid-season and won a ring.)

This hire should help us immediately if we're looking for OL in the portal. Anyone looking to get coached up to improve their draft stock would be fortunate to be coached by Juan.

 

[Irishsecra1]

I remember thinking Andy was nuts making him DC.
Great OL guy, horrific DC. Every bit as bad as Robinson
As far as I know, he never coached defense again

 

[sufandu]

Well, that's what we were missing last year. If the guy was an O Line coach for the Eagles for over a decade, you have to assume he is adequate at teaching both run blocking and pass blocking technique.

Yeah. I believe I saw a stat once that at times during the McNabb years their run/pass ratio was 35:65. Reid wouldn't have an oline coach that couldn't pass block.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Yeah. I believe I saw a stat once that at times during the McNabb years their run/pass ratio was 35:65. Reid wouldn't have an oline coach that couldn't pass block.

He had 5 different guys gain 1,000 yards in his time with the Eagles - Ricky Watters (3x), Duce Staley (3x), Brian Westbrook (2x) and LeSean McCoy (2x). That's a pretty good sign.

Plus, 7 of those 10 1,000 yard rushers were when McNabb was the QB.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I remember the first 17 games with Brown/Nixon. Pass first, good enough run game.

LaQuint got 1,000. I'd take that as "good enough" in a minute.

 

[ImperialOrange]

Castillo was (hopefully still is) a great OL coach. Not a name that I had even considered but elated that he is our new OL coach.

 

[sufandu]

He had 5 different guys gain 1,000 yards in his time with the Eagles - Ricky Watters (3x), Duce Staley (3x), Brian Westbrook (2x) and LeSean McCoy (2x). That's a pretty good sign.

Plus, 7 of those 10 1,000 yard rushers were when McNabb was the QB.

That's impressive considering how pass heavy Reid likes to have his offenses.

 

[pokercuse08]

He had 5 different guys gain 1,000 yards in his time with the Eagles - Ricky Watters (3x), Duce Staley (3x), Brian Westbrook (2x) and LeSean McCoy (2x). That's a pretty good sign.

Plus, 7 of those 10 1,000 yard rushers were when McNabb was the QB.

Watters was before Castillo and only one of McCoy's 1K years was with Castillo. McCoy's rookie year was 09, he got 1K in 2010.

But they were very pass-heavy during Reid's tenure, and often had a shared load in the backfield.

They also had the best screen game in the league that whole time.