re: Sumlin-zona

I think it’s pretty obvious that he could tell that he wasn’t Jimbo’s first choice

Sumlin never recruited well at Houston either. He only recruited well for us because of who we were and what we spent. Sumlin had a chopper on stand-by here while Arizona has only given him 45 hours of Private Jet time for recruiting.

Massive difference.

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The offensive line is easily Arizona’s worst position group right now.

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I'm not anti-Sumlin by any means (actually wish him well), but this is a death knell for his system.

He may have one year where the schedule and his roster align and he has a pretty good result, but overall it won’t go well or last long.

Sumlin isn’t a bad HC, he’s not inept, but doesn't have the personal or program discipline or work-ethic to build a real winning *program*.

He caught lightning in a bottle TWICE. I just think the odds are against him being lucky enough for it to strike a third time.

First, he took over a UH system and players that was built/put in place/recruited by bad boy Art Briles, who is 10X the coach Sumlin is. AND he inherited an NFL-caliber 32 year old QB who’d been given 16 years of eligibility by the NCAA.

Then, he inherited the best offensive line in college football that year (by FAR) from Sleepy Sherm, AND a Heisman QB in Juan Manziel, AND brought with him Kliff Kingsbury, who was the best OC Sumlin has ever had and was PERFECT personality wise for coaching Manziel.

After he lost Kliff, the o-line Sherman built, and Cocaine Johnny, his result was worse every year. He was here long enough to establish a VERY clear, undeniable trend-line.

Sumlin will be able to recruit some guys because his personality and manufactured swag deal have their appeal to todays yoot, but they’ll find out as our guys did that that’s not really who he is and he’ll ignore them after they’re on campus, because he is inauthentic and lazy.

I also just don’t see how he can build anything with that joke Mazzone as OC. That’s basically a death-knell from the get-go. Mazzone is a hack and his RPO spread is a gimmick that he hawks on the internet. Sumlin brought him along because he can’t hire anyone better at this point. That tells you all you need to know!

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Tight ends came and went at Arizona without much utilization over the last six years. Now Arizona two legitimate threats at the position with an all-around tight end in Wolma, and a vertical threat with Nunley.

Peters and Williams provide great insurance and can get some solid game time experience to grow. Head coach Kevin Sumlin will coach the tight ends

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Ah I do not know where to even start or how to break the bad news to these poor guys

Here’s how tight end receptions played out during the Kevin Sumlin era:

2012 – 9 catches, 77 yards, zero touchdowns
2013 – 6 catches, 48 yards, two touchdowns
2014 – 5 catches, 34 yards, zero touchdowns
2015 – 3 catches, 10 yards, one touchdown
2016 – 2 catches, 21 yards, one touchdown
2017 – 10 catches, 104 yards, zero touchdowns

Total – 35 catches, 294 yards, four touchdowns
Average – 5.8 catches, 49 yards, .3 touchdowns

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The TE situation was always mind-blowing. You would think you’d accidentally throw to them more than that.

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I mean, a chance checkdown here, a busted play there.....SUMN

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Gimme a tight end or GTF off my lawn.

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I'll not only give you several tight ends but also a coach who will use them. Strange days ahead. In any case, I ain't on your lawn. Yet.

I'm curious what the source is for their expectation that Sumlin will make the TE position a significant part of his offense at Arizona. Certainly not based on past behavior. Sounds more like being misinformed due to an intel failure.

We also had some problems defending the opposing TE.

Whatever, I bet this won't be the last time the subject of the TE comes up in Arizona, just not for the reasons they might think now.

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However, Mazzone has a history of big-time TE use. That is what was shocking.

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