Fiedorowicz feeling comfortable in new offense

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Fiedorowicz Feeling Comfortable - Iowa Official Athletic Site

From article:

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Even with a first-year offensive coordinator and new playbook, University of Iowa tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz is as comfortable as he has ever been as a Hawkeye.

"I learned more this spring than I did my first year and a half," said Fiedorowicz, a 6-foot-7 junior. "I was still struggling with the (old) offense, but now I am more comfortable with what coach (Greg) Davis is trying to do.

"I wouldn't say I am 100 percent comfortable, but I feel good about it."

Fiedorowicz's newfound comfort level is the result of Davis' new playbook that lays out in detail what the tight end needs to do on every play.

"In the old offense it would tell the play, but it wouldn't tell us what the tight end was doing," he said. "I would have to remember what the tight end was supposed to do. Now it is telling me what I am doing, so it's a lot easier for us."

"I learned more this spring than I did my first year and a half. I was still struggling with the (old) offense, but now I am more comfortable with what coach (Greg) Davis is trying to do. I wouldn't say I am 100 percent comfortable, but I feel good about it."

A comfortable Fiedorowicz is a good thing for the Hawkeyes. He began to produce after moving into the starting lineup against No. 13 Michigan on Nov. 5. Fiedorowicz made 13 catches for 126 yards with three touchdowns over the final five games; he had 16 receptions for 167 yards during the course of the season.

 

[hawkeyegamefilm]

Fiedorowicz Feeling Comfortable - Iowa Official Athletic Site

From article:

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Even with a first-year offensive coordinator and new playbook, University of Iowa tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz is as comfortable as he has ever been as a Hawkeye.

"I learned more this spring than I did my first year and a half," said Fiedorowicz, a 6-foot-7 junior. "I was still struggling with the (old) offense, but now I am more comfortable with what coach (Greg) Davis is trying to do.

"I wouldn't say I am 100 percent comfortable, but I feel good about it."

Fiedorowicz's newfound comfort level is the result of Davis' new playbook that lays out in detail what the tight end needs to do on every play.

"In the old offense it would tell the play, but it wouldn't tell us what the tight end was doing," he said. "I would have to remember what the tight end was supposed to do. Now it is telling me what I am doing, so it's a lot easier for us."

"I learned more this spring than I did my first year and a half. I was still struggling with the (old) offense, but now I am more comfortable with what coach (Greg) Davis is trying to do. I wouldn't say I am 100 percent comfortable, but I feel good about it."

A comfortable Fiedorowicz is a good thing for the Hawkeyes. He began to produce after moving into the starting lineup against No. 13 Michigan on Nov. 5. Fiedorowicz made 13 catches for 126 yards with three touchdowns over the final five games; he had 16 receptions for 167 yards during the course of the season.

I talked with CJ after the spring game some. His comments here matche up with what I talked with him about. He thought the play calls were clearer and that the routes for TEs in Davis's system were a better fit for him.

Just observing Davis's history he's tailored his system to his players strengths pretty well. Not just WRs either, he had some pretty good TEs go through his system at Texas and they put up some decent numbers. Jermichael Finley, David Thomas and Bo Scaife are the big names he had while at Texas. He also made good use of a talented pass catching RB in Chris Ogbonnaya, who had 46 catches in '08.

Pretty excited to see what he does with his passing schemes to adapt them to a more pro style QB & Iowa's receiving targets.

 

[DuffMan]

boner

 

[Hawkeye27]

Excited to see what he does this year. i expect great things.

 

[Cyhawk]

F-wicz will be a beast next year. He will lead team in TD's

 

[WildTurkey]

F-wicz will be a beast next year. He will lead team in TD's

Keenan Davis will have the most TD's. Write it down..

 

[tksirius]

Fiedorowicz Feeling Comfortable - Iowa Official Athletic Site

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"In the old offense it would tell the play, but it wouldn't tell us what the tight end was doing," he said.

WTF?

 

[WildTurkey]

Fiedorowicz Feeling Comfortable - Iowa Official Athletic SiteFrom article:"In the old offense it would tell the play, but it wouldn't tell us what the tight end was doing," he said.

WTF?

Maybe CJ just didnt have themselves brain to comprehend KoKeefes offense. Clark, Myers, Chandler, Moeaki didnt seem to have a problem.. Simplify it for the moped man!

 

[WildTurkey]

haha damn auto correct! them/themselves whatever..

 

[DeputyHawk]

how could he not have been comfortable with the old offense? my grandma could have figured it out.

 

[HawkForce]

how could he not have been comfortable with the old offense? my grandma could have figured it out.

lol Exactly what I am wondering!! If I was calling the plays before they happened from my seat....it couldn't have been THAT hard to pick up on...

 

[aeischeid]

WTF?

RIGHT?

 

[cmhawks99]

lol Exactly what I am wondering!! If I was calling the plays before they happened from my seat....it couldn't have been THAT hard to pick up on...

But you weren't.....as I’ve said many, many times, it isn't that hard to guess plays. We all have agendas and we “squeeze†reality to fit them. You pick the team and I or you for that matter can watch the game for just a little while and have solid success calling out the plays…..

Now if you’d said, “for some reason it seems that we weren’t doing a good enuff job of teaching our offense to some kidsâ€â€¦.then I’d have had to agree with you. Our offense was not that simple even though I know we had several vociferous posters who wanted that to be the reason we failed.

 

[HomerChampless]

CFed. A McQueef hater?

 

[Hawksel]

I'm not a football strategy expert, but could he be referring to a difference in offensive play calling philosophies? Whereas in some situations, there's a specific place where players go, in others it relies on players to read the situation, find holes in the zone, etc. Maybe in the O'Keefe's system, tight ends had more discretion (with some suggestions) to read defenses after releasing from the line of scrimmage but CJF didn't feel comfortable with that. So for Davis it could be that the tight-end has a more specific set of choices for the route tree.

Just a thought. Either way, if he's feeling more comfortable that will mean good things this fall.

 

[Foval21]

i think what he means is what he specifically was meant to do. such as a block and release or whether he was a decoy route. some offenses the qb knows the progression but that isnt always told to the receivers.

 

[IowaTeddy]

WTF?

Some offenses are made so that the cadence is based upon the TE. Others are not designed that way. The way I am reading CJ's comments, it sounds like the new Iowa offense is one that calls it's plays with direct communication to the TE.

For example, the formation call to align the offense in a classic I-form with the TE on the right would be "right" or "I right" and that directly refers to the TE, everyone else just has to know based off that.

And some simple pass plays are named after the TE's route, with everyone else inferring their responsibilities. For example, "Right, Y Cross" is a play where the TE runs a drag (cross) and everyone else fills in with their routes.

If this is what CJ is talking about, I can see why it would be easy for him now. Maybe under KOK the play calling cadence style was different and made for more interpretation for the TE. If this is the case, under Davis's offense, the QB just tells him exactly what to do.

 

[cmhawks99]

I'm not a football strategy expert, but could he be referring to a difference in offensive play calling philosophies? Whereas in some situations, there's a specific place where players go, in others it relies on players to read the situation, find holes in the zone, etc. Maybe in the O'Keefe's system, tight ends had more discretion (with some suggestions) to read defenses after releasing from the line of scrimmage but CJF didn't feel comfortable with that. So for Davis it could be that the tight-end has a more specific set of choices for the route tree.

Just a thought. Either way, if he's feeling more comfortable that will mean good things this fall.

I would wager this is the case......some people would prefer it be cut and dried what they do. That however doesn't make it less predictable but rather more so......

Your last point though is the best...if he is more comforatble, then that is a good thing.

 

[hoffahawk]

lol Exactly what I am wondering!! If I was calling the plays before they happened from my seat....it couldn't have been THAT hard to pick up on...

But you weren't.....as I�ve said many, many times, it isn't that hard to guess plays. We all have agendas and we �squeeze� reality to fit them. You pick the team and I or you for that matter can watch the game for just a little while and have solid success calling out the plays�.. Now if you�d said, �for some reason it seems that we weren�t doing a good enuff job of teaching our offense to some kids��.then I�d have had to agree with you. Our offense was not that simple even though I know we had several vociferous posters who wanted that to be the reason we failed.

Agreed. Play action pass, bootleg, run right,run left isn't calling plays. I guarantee not many on here could figure out specific route combos or OL blocking assignments. I will be the first to say KOK's O wasn't that complicated to guess if run, pass, play action was coming but it was far from easy to understand where a certain position was suppose to be on every play especially at a position like TE, which aside from QB and RB has the most to learn in a system like Iowa's old one.

 

[desihawk]

Some offenses are made so that the cadence is based upon the TE. Others are not designed that way. The way I am reading CJ's comments, it sounds like the new Iowa offense is one that calls it's plays with direct communication to the TE.

For example, the formation call to align the offense in a classic I-form with the TE on the right would be "right" or "I right" and that directly refers to the TE, everyone else just has to know based off that.

And some simple pass plays are named after the TE's route, with everyone else inferring their responsibilities. For example, "Right, Y Cross" is a play where the TE runs a drag (cross) and everyone else fills in with their routes.

If this is what CJ is talking about, I can see why it would be easy for him now. Maybe under KOK the play calling cadence style was different and made for more interpretation for the TE. If this is the case, under Davis's offense, the QB just tells him exactly what to do.

In this scenario, would it mean that the thinking-hat merely gets transferred from the TE's head to some other position? i.e., now is there a (newly) befuddled player at another position (perhaps the slot receiver) whose assignments aren't as clear-cut anymore?