BleedGopher
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per Austin Ward:
There was no certainty all those days of research, the hours of installation or the dedication of an entire spring camp would stick, but if they didn’t it clearly wouldn’t be for lack of effort.
After all, offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover wasn’t spending three days before practice opened with the Minnesota coaching staff just trying to figure out the best way to signal in plays just for fun.
If the old-school Gophers couldn’t make a smooth transition to a more up-tempo, no-huddle attack, they weren’t going to force the issue. They always could rely on a more traditional approach if they had to in the fall. But in leaving no stone unturned in learning, teaching, executing and completely committing to testing out the approach over 15 workouts in March and April, Minnesota quickly realized it hadn’t been wasting its time.
“We were really trying to find ways to take that no-huddle and tempo and fit that into what we really believe in, and that’s what has taken up most of our time,” Limegrover said. “Coach [Jerry] Kill presented it as, let’s jump in this thing. Let’s get both feet in the boat, let’s not have one on the dock and let’s really see where it takes us.
“We are having fun with it, but we had to be thorough to see if it’s something that can be a weapon for us. If we get to where we do an evaluation and say it just isn’t giving us what we thought, we know who we can be.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/118010/no-huddle-not-just-an-experiment-for-minnesota
Go Gophers!!
There was no certainty all those days of research, the hours of installation or the dedication of an entire spring camp would stick, but if they didn’t it clearly wouldn’t be for lack of effort.
After all, offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover wasn’t spending three days before practice opened with the Minnesota coaching staff just trying to figure out the best way to signal in plays just for fun.
If the old-school Gophers couldn’t make a smooth transition to a more up-tempo, no-huddle attack, they weren’t going to force the issue. They always could rely on a more traditional approach if they had to in the fall. But in leaving no stone unturned in learning, teaching, executing and completely committing to testing out the approach over 15 workouts in March and April, Minnesota quickly realized it hadn’t been wasting its time.
“We were really trying to find ways to take that no-huddle and tempo and fit that into what we really believe in, and that’s what has taken up most of our time,” Limegrover said. “Coach [Jerry] Kill presented it as, let’s jump in this thing. Let’s get both feet in the boat, let’s not have one on the dock and let’s really see where it takes us.
“We are having fun with it, but we had to be thorough to see if it’s something that can be a weapon for us. If we get to where we do an evaluation and say it just isn’t giving us what we thought, we know who we can be.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/118010/no-huddle-not-just-an-experiment-for-minnesota
Go Gophers!!