Sanchez has the personality of a coach that could be a winner, but something is amiss. I don't know if it's a lack of football intelligence, a lack of attention to detail, if he hired the wrong coordinators, or if the guy is great at talking but not putting in the work, or what.... I'd be speculating if I said it was any of those things, but I'm guessing it's gotta be one of them at least.... In the end though, we're not all that great at very much. I think our pass defense has improved this year from day 1 to now.... but the run defense right now really sucks. We're predictable on offense, and after a quarter or two, teams that do a solid job of adjusting, can really shut us down (Air Force, Utah State, BYU, etc...)
With all of Tony's energy, I was hoping he'd be similar to a younger Urban Meyer....who was also an energetic young coach (only more proven)... but Urban is, and was, hands on. Urban coached the special teams when he was at Utah... he didn't delegate that, but as the head coach, he coached an often overlooked aspect of the game, and if you don't remember, his special teams, were SPECIAL. They would regularly have huge returns, and against us one year, I believe they took two returns the distance on us..... they were creative, disciplined, and held responsible for their play.... Not one quality that UNLV currently has in any of the three aspects of the game....hell, we average 16 yards per kickoff return....which has to be one of the worst in the country....and we seem to give up 25 to 30 yards on return.... pathetic!
In my opinion, for a team like UNLV to rise from the bottom and get to the top, there needs to be much more of an out-of-the-box approach to the game than what we've had/ have UNLV. IMO, Tony needs to comb the ranks of college football and find coordinators that doing things that have turned a few heads, and needs to get those guys here at UNLV. It may be that he needs to find those guys in the subdivision level... because if their in the FBS level, why would they come here? Regardless, he needs to find a few guys that can match the creativeness with his energy level....or his energy and vocalness just falls on deaf ears. It's like the equivalent of having Conor Mcgregor doing the press conferences, but then handing over the reigns to Pete McNeeley to fight in the ring...
With all of Tony's energy, I was hoping he'd be similar to a younger Urban Meyer....who was also an energetic young coach (only more proven)... but Urban is, and was, hands on. Urban coached the special teams when he was at Utah... he didn't delegate that, but as the head coach, he coached an often overlooked aspect of the game, and if you don't remember, his special teams, were SPECIAL. They would regularly have huge returns, and against us one year, I believe they took two returns the distance on us..... they were creative, disciplined, and held responsible for their play.... Not one quality that UNLV currently has in any of the three aspects of the game....hell, we average 16 yards per kickoff return....which has to be one of the worst in the country....and we seem to give up 25 to 30 yards on return.... pathetic!
In my opinion, for a team like UNLV to rise from the bottom and get to the top, there needs to be much more of an out-of-the-box approach to the game than what we've had/ have UNLV. IMO, Tony needs to comb the ranks of college football and find coordinators that doing things that have turned a few heads, and needs to get those guys here at UNLV. It may be that he needs to find those guys in the subdivision level... because if their in the FBS level, why would they come here? Regardless, he needs to find a few guys that can match the creativeness with his energy level....or his energy and vocalness just falls on deaf ears. It's like the equivalent of having Conor Mcgregor doing the press conferences, but then handing over the reigns to Pete McNeeley to fight in the ring...