UConn found there offensive coordinator as they make it official on Wednesday that former OC at Auburn, Rhett Lashlee would become to new coordinator for the Huskies.
The first thing that came to my mind was that if you can hire a coach to the same position from a power 5 school to a G5 school then you are doing something right. So for that, hats off to UConn AD David Benedict.
A stand out QB from Arkansas, Lashlee has been with Auburn for the last 4 years, but this was the first year he had control of the play calling duties. The Tigers were ranked 49th in scoring offense putting up over 31 points a game so Lashlee did do a pretty good job in his first year ever calling plays.
Randy Edsall must of done something to get him to come over to UConn because his taking a big pay cut. He'll only be paid 350,000 at UConn compared to 600,000 to Auburn, but that's the advantage the power 5 schools have. Lashlee was a Broyles award finalist in 2013 for the top assistant coach.
He will have has work cut out for him. In 2016 Bob Diaco put out the 2nd offense in the nation according to courant.com. The Huskies last 4 games they scored a combined 16 points including getting shutout in two of them and being outscored 130-16.
In other news, the Ohio State commit and 5 star recruit from Florida has commting to Cincinnati and Luke Fickell. Gibson redshirted his freshman year and then was suspended by Ohio State for his sophomore year. The reason why he was suspended was never said to the public, but our sources tell us that it was because he had a relationship with his tutor at Ohio State. OSU Head Coach Urban Meyer fought the suspension "very hard."
Gibson planned on playing wide receiver at Ohio State, but says he will pay QB at Cincinnati. This my be the reason why Gibson came to Cincy so he could play QB. So look for the Bearcats to run a lot more of the read option.
Gibson said to ESPN.com that he "Didn't like the way Ohio State handled his suspension and it was time for him to move." He also said that he has a great relationship with Coach Fickell and UC's strength coach Brady Collins.
In the end, Gibson will be huge for the new offense Fickell plans to install with a duel threat QB. IF all goes well, then Gibson could join Cincinnati by early may. He is currently enrolled at Cincinnati State to get his associates degree. Fickell is already making serious strides in recruiting this year and this just adds to it.
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