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The show this year will be broadcast from the Canyons at Destiny USA in front of Cantina Laredo. I don’t know if they will take questions from the audience there but they say you can watch the show whereas when it was a t a restaurant, their table tended to be in a secluded location. You can call in questions at 1-888-7-Go Cuse (746-2873) or, locally 424-8599. You can also send them in advance at this site:
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
(I do both so they can be prepared to give me an informed, reasoned answer.) You can also contact them via Twitter (@SUSportsNetwork) using #AskShafe. The football show is an hour in duration, (Coach Boeheim’s basketball show is usually 2 hours).
They’ve actually been kind enough to post a schedule in advance:
The show will air at 7 pm on the following dates:
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Thursday, Sept. 11
Thursday, Sept. 18
Thursday, Sept. 25
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Thursday, Oct. 9
Thursday, Oct. 16
Thursday, Oct. 23
Thursday, Oct. 30
Thursday, Nov. 6
Thursday, Nov. 13
Wednesday, Nov. 26
The show can be heard in Syracuse on AM 1260 or FM 97.7.
My Question(s)
Coach, Terrell Hunt had a great game running the ball against Maryland but he didn’t throw the ball well. A fellow poster at Syracusefan.com came up with these statics from the last two games: When Terrell passed before making a run in a possession, he was 24 for 34 for 332 yards. If he’d already run the ball in that possession, he was 8 for 23 for 56 yards. Is it possible that his running the ball so much takes away from his passing abilities?
The Show
(I sometime re-arrange the comments so that statements made on the same subject are reported together, even if they came at different points of the show.)
Coach said he was looking forward to the Notre Dame game and that he had had coached against Brian Kelly and members of his staff in the MAC. (That’s a relevant point- people complain our staff if the “MAC mafia” but Kelly and some of the Irish staff have the same background). “They will be one of the more athletic teams we play.” Everett Golston has really grown as a player, using his feet and making intermediate passes. He’s not always looking to run. He keeps plays alive. We’ll have to do a good job of changing things up. “ Matt noted that Notre Dame, (like Syracuse) likes to distribute the ball to a lot of running backs and receivers. Coach: “We can’t stare at two guys. I think back to games where we’ve met a quarterback like this- Teddy Bridgewater- when we’ve done well we’ve made the run go away and made them throw the ball….defensively they have a four down look and a three down look, (I assume he means a 4-3 and a 3-4), much like us. Everything starts out front, with their front seven”
Matt noted the history of the series, (we’ve split 6 games), and called this a “modern version of the Yankee Stadium game” (1963). Coach said it was the second winningest program in history vs. #15.
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin...1869&end=2013&team1=Syracuse&team2=Notre+Dame
“Challenge = Opportunity. That’s why you coach and play the game.”
I called in my question. Coach said that the numbers I gave were “not really interesting because they cover such a short time. Terrel continues to work toward his growth potential. He’s done some good things and competed hard. He was disappointed by his play in the second half. He missed some reads, some open windows and other things you don’t necessarily see.“ Then he assured me “I’m into the numbers and now that you’ve brought it to my attention I*’ll be looking at it.”
Matt then asked him “What’s the next step, (for Terrel) ?” Coach then said “I don’t follow stats as much as some people, (but he’s “in to numbers”), but Coach Lester is a math major. He’s big on tracking time, making reads, throwing a catchable ball. Was the ball tipped? Did a lineman get in the way so he couldn’t make his reads? I worry about everything but mostly: how do we get our next win? Terrel is extremely competitive and does what we ask him to do.”
They went through a bunch of crazy questions submitted by the audience:
“Boxer or briefs?” Coach: “You’ll never know. I think I know what lady submitted that one.” Matt: “It was a man.” Coach: “I guess it’s not my night.”
“Star Wars or Indian Jones?” Coach: “Indiana Jones. It’s a little more realistic and honest.. How about you, Matt?” Matt: “I’m not really good at suspension of reality.”
“Chandler Jones or Arthur Jones?” Coach: “Neither one is the toughest member of the family; And neither is Johnny Bones. It’s Mom. You can’t choose a favorite in a family. They all like hitting people and knocking them around and enjoying it.” Matt noted that Arthur vs. Notre Dame had had 17 tackles, 8 of them for losses as a defensive tackle. That game may have put him in the NFL.
They talked about the number of New York Giants who expressed interest in this game. “Justin Pugh will probably lead us out of the field. He’s having a great time being a young NFL player in new York, learning his positon. I love the brotherhood of college football. We get so many players coming back to talk to our team. I talked to Shamarko Thomas, who barely said anything in three years here, (while Shafer was coaching him). Now he’s speaking at banquets.”
Ashton Broyld’s swelling is down. He’ll be out a week or two. We’ll check him every 2-3 game. The knee is not made to play football. Brisley will probably get a few more opportunities.
A question came in about how to improve our performance in the “red zone”, (within the oppositions’ 20 yard line). Shafe: “We’ve scored 87% of the time, which is pretty good. But Notre Dame is at 100%”. Matt went over our numbers: Syracuse has scored 12 times in 14 trips to the red zone, 8 of them touchdowns. Our opposition has scored 7 times in 9 trips, only 3 of them touchdowns.
Coach gave a rather technical description of the interception. I think I wrote this down right. “It was a smash and jerk route. It’s a play that scared me to death as a defensive coordinator. They are in a cover 4 or a cover 2. The receiver ruins a high-low jerk route. The smash sits down and the linebacker drives to the smash. Terrel didn’t get the jerk park. It was a communications problem and you can’t have that. Steve Ismael was wide open and it would have been a touchdown for us.” So it was a 14 point turnaround in a 14 point game. You can see Ismael reacting in total frustration in the shot from the end zone, (which I am unable to find just now). Defensively “You’ve got to have well-disciplined eyes: look for misdirection and pick routes, which don’t ever get called.”
Someone sent in a question about why we don’t “get more aggressive on the opponent’s side of the field” and not punt so much. Coach: “It depends on the situation. Believe me, I love to be aggressive. We’ve gone for it on fourth down several times. If I knew we’d make them all I’d go for them all.” He focused on the most controversial punt. “It was with 6 minutes left in third quarter. We’d be moving the ball well and our defense was pitching a shutout, (in the first eight minutes of the second half). We wanted to pin them down, hang it good and high and maybe get a turnover. If we go for it and don’t get it, the defense has only 50 yards to defend. We went for the field positon. Criticism- that’s what I signed up for. Bring it on!”
They talked about avoiding “turnovers, mistakes and self-inflicted wounds”. Coach: “Now there’s something for which we have real stats over several years. Of you are even in turnovers, you have an even chance to win. +1 and you are 50% more likely to win. +2 and you’ve got a hell of a chance to win. We had two turnovers. We dropped two interceptions, one that we bobbled and the receiver got it. We got phenomenal rushing yardage. We’ve got to protect better in the kicking game and we’re going to fix that right now.
The talked about Sam Rogers the long snapper, who keeps getting honored for his charitable work. He’s gone to Haiti to teach kids to read and done things in the community. Coach joked, “I’m trying to find a guy like him to date my daughter. I can’t say that about all of our players…or Paulie”. (Paulie is their producer.) Matt said that Sam “proves that good things can come out of State College.” Coach: “We’ll leave that one alone and move on.”
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
(I do both so they can be prepared to give me an informed, reasoned answer.) You can also contact them via Twitter (@SUSportsNetwork) using #AskShafe. The football show is an hour in duration, (Coach Boeheim’s basketball show is usually 2 hours).
They’ve actually been kind enough to post a schedule in advance:
The show will air at 7 pm on the following dates:
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Thursday, Sept. 11
Thursday, Sept. 18
Thursday, Sept. 25
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Thursday, Oct. 9
Thursday, Oct. 16
Thursday, Oct. 23
Thursday, Oct. 30
Thursday, Nov. 6
Thursday, Nov. 13
Wednesday, Nov. 26
The show can be heard in Syracuse on AM 1260 or FM 97.7.
My Question(s)
Coach, Terrell Hunt had a great game running the ball against Maryland but he didn’t throw the ball well. A fellow poster at Syracusefan.com came up with these statics from the last two games: When Terrell passed before making a run in a possession, he was 24 for 34 for 332 yards. If he’d already run the ball in that possession, he was 8 for 23 for 56 yards. Is it possible that his running the ball so much takes away from his passing abilities?
The Show
(I sometime re-arrange the comments so that statements made on the same subject are reported together, even if they came at different points of the show.)
Coach said he was looking forward to the Notre Dame game and that he had had coached against Brian Kelly and members of his staff in the MAC. (That’s a relevant point- people complain our staff if the “MAC mafia” but Kelly and some of the Irish staff have the same background). “They will be one of the more athletic teams we play.” Everett Golston has really grown as a player, using his feet and making intermediate passes. He’s not always looking to run. He keeps plays alive. We’ll have to do a good job of changing things up. “ Matt noted that Notre Dame, (like Syracuse) likes to distribute the ball to a lot of running backs and receivers. Coach: “We can’t stare at two guys. I think back to games where we’ve met a quarterback like this- Teddy Bridgewater- when we’ve done well we’ve made the run go away and made them throw the ball….defensively they have a four down look and a three down look, (I assume he means a 4-3 and a 3-4), much like us. Everything starts out front, with their front seven”
Matt noted the history of the series, (we’ve split 6 games), and called this a “modern version of the Yankee Stadium game” (1963). Coach said it was the second winningest program in history vs. #15.
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin...1869&end=2013&team1=Syracuse&team2=Notre+Dame
“Challenge = Opportunity. That’s why you coach and play the game.”
I called in my question. Coach said that the numbers I gave were “not really interesting because they cover such a short time. Terrel continues to work toward his growth potential. He’s done some good things and competed hard. He was disappointed by his play in the second half. He missed some reads, some open windows and other things you don’t necessarily see.“ Then he assured me “I’m into the numbers and now that you’ve brought it to my attention I*’ll be looking at it.”
Matt then asked him “What’s the next step, (for Terrel) ?” Coach then said “I don’t follow stats as much as some people, (but he’s “in to numbers”), but Coach Lester is a math major. He’s big on tracking time, making reads, throwing a catchable ball. Was the ball tipped? Did a lineman get in the way so he couldn’t make his reads? I worry about everything but mostly: how do we get our next win? Terrel is extremely competitive and does what we ask him to do.”
They went through a bunch of crazy questions submitted by the audience:
“Boxer or briefs?” Coach: “You’ll never know. I think I know what lady submitted that one.” Matt: “It was a man.” Coach: “I guess it’s not my night.”
“Star Wars or Indian Jones?” Coach: “Indiana Jones. It’s a little more realistic and honest.. How about you, Matt?” Matt: “I’m not really good at suspension of reality.”
“Chandler Jones or Arthur Jones?” Coach: “Neither one is the toughest member of the family; And neither is Johnny Bones. It’s Mom. You can’t choose a favorite in a family. They all like hitting people and knocking them around and enjoying it.” Matt noted that Arthur vs. Notre Dame had had 17 tackles, 8 of them for losses as a defensive tackle. That game may have put him in the NFL.
They talked about the number of New York Giants who expressed interest in this game. “Justin Pugh will probably lead us out of the field. He’s having a great time being a young NFL player in new York, learning his positon. I love the brotherhood of college football. We get so many players coming back to talk to our team. I talked to Shamarko Thomas, who barely said anything in three years here, (while Shafer was coaching him). Now he’s speaking at banquets.”
Ashton Broyld’s swelling is down. He’ll be out a week or two. We’ll check him every 2-3 game. The knee is not made to play football. Brisley will probably get a few more opportunities.
A question came in about how to improve our performance in the “red zone”, (within the oppositions’ 20 yard line). Shafe: “We’ve scored 87% of the time, which is pretty good. But Notre Dame is at 100%”. Matt went over our numbers: Syracuse has scored 12 times in 14 trips to the red zone, 8 of them touchdowns. Our opposition has scored 7 times in 9 trips, only 3 of them touchdowns.
Coach gave a rather technical description of the interception. I think I wrote this down right. “It was a smash and jerk route. It’s a play that scared me to death as a defensive coordinator. They are in a cover 4 or a cover 2. The receiver ruins a high-low jerk route. The smash sits down and the linebacker drives to the smash. Terrel didn’t get the jerk park. It was a communications problem and you can’t have that. Steve Ismael was wide open and it would have been a touchdown for us.” So it was a 14 point turnaround in a 14 point game. You can see Ismael reacting in total frustration in the shot from the end zone, (which I am unable to find just now). Defensively “You’ve got to have well-disciplined eyes: look for misdirection and pick routes, which don’t ever get called.”
Someone sent in a question about why we don’t “get more aggressive on the opponent’s side of the field” and not punt so much. Coach: “It depends on the situation. Believe me, I love to be aggressive. We’ve gone for it on fourth down several times. If I knew we’d make them all I’d go for them all.” He focused on the most controversial punt. “It was with 6 minutes left in third quarter. We’d be moving the ball well and our defense was pitching a shutout, (in the first eight minutes of the second half). We wanted to pin them down, hang it good and high and maybe get a turnover. If we go for it and don’t get it, the defense has only 50 yards to defend. We went for the field positon. Criticism- that’s what I signed up for. Bring it on!”
They talked about avoiding “turnovers, mistakes and self-inflicted wounds”. Coach: “Now there’s something for which we have real stats over several years. Of you are even in turnovers, you have an even chance to win. +1 and you are 50% more likely to win. +2 and you’ve got a hell of a chance to win. We had two turnovers. We dropped two interceptions, one that we bobbled and the receiver got it. We got phenomenal rushing yardage. We’ve got to protect better in the kicking game and we’re going to fix that right now.
The talked about Sam Rogers the long snapper, who keeps getting honored for his charitable work. He’s gone to Haiti to teach kids to read and done things in the community. Coach joked, “I’m trying to find a guy like him to date my daughter. I can’t say that about all of our players…or Paulie”. (Paulie is their producer.) Matt said that Sam “proves that good things can come out of State College.” Coach: “We’ll leave that one alone and move on.”
