Praising new defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, Vaughn Meatoga said:
"He's a genius. He knows his football. It's ridiculous. You put a pen and a pad in his hands, he can draw up every single formation and defensive scheme in the world." (HA)
About how he loves coaching, Aranda said:
"I love the work. My wife will probably say I love it too much." (HA)
About how he believes in "Mack's system" that blitzes from all points, Aranda said:
"I'm a believer in a defense that attacks and dictates, rather than sits back and defends. We want to build two things: schemes that are easy for us and hard for them, with 'them' being the other team." (HA)
HA Note: "Aranda coached the defensive ends in 2008 and the defensive tackles last season. He said working with the linebackers is a natural fit for a coordinator because it allows him to see the back end (defensive secondary) and front end (defensive line)."
About how there is a "sense of urgency" to establish their defense this offseason, Aranda said
"I see a lot of gray that needs to be worked out to black and white. We're in the process of doing that. This has been the best offseason, in terms of coaches working together to get the gray out." (HA)
About how he is committed to UH's four-wide offense, new offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich said:
"You can win throwing the ball. We're not going to change the offense or the mindset." (HA)
About how they can attack through the air with their offense, Rolo said:
"We need a killer instinct. We need a knockout-blow attitude as far as throwing the ball. ... What we need to do is instill the confidence into the players. I think when everybody feels the way I do about the offense, fear goes out the window." (HA)
HA Note: "Last season, the Warriors were dead last nationally — 120th — in red-zone offense, converting 61 percent of the drives inside an opponent's 20. Rolovich said the solution can be found in fewer turnovers, sticking with schemes that "worked for a decade," and avoiding poor down-and-distance situations."
About needing to avoid bad down-and-distance situations, Rolo said:
"Fourth-and-16 is not a real successful down." (HA)
Rolo added that their red-zone problems:
"can be cleaned up." (HA)
Asked about his aggressive approach, Rolo said:
"I'm a pirate 200 years too late." (HA)
About becoming the offensive coordinator at UH, Rolo said:
"If I was going to have this position, the one place I'd want to have it would be here. Especially after playing here, being part of the program, understanding the success that's been here and what this offense can do. I'm going to keep that at the front of my mind. I am very fortunate and I have a responsibility to carry this on." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Rolovich was given the play-calling responsibilities in the second week of the Warriors' 6-7 season, while Aranda was gradually given a greater voice in calling the plays as the season progressed."
About the responsibility that Mack has given him, Aranda said:
"(McMackin has) put a lot of faith and trust in me, so I feel that and I take the responsibility very seriously." (HSB)
About how he will have more time to focus on the WRs now, Ron Lee said:
"Everybody is on the same page; now I can really focus on the receivers." (HSB)
About how he isn't going to change even though he has new responsibilities now, Rolo said:
"I'm going to be the same guy. I'm going to coach the same way, be positive, spontaneous, being open to different ways to get points across. I just have responsibility over more guys now." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Likewise, Aranda isn't planning on overhauling the defensive scheme. He spent part of the offseason visiting with the staff of the Philadelphia Eagles, who run the same defensive system the Warriors have used during McMackin's tenure."
About how he isn't going to change their defensive scheme, Aranda said:
"This particular scheme has been an attacking, aggressive scheme, and I see our defense as that way. Coach Mack is an aggressive defensive coach and I believe the same way. I believe you don't play defense to defend. I really believe you play defense to attack. There is talent coming back. ... The No. 1 thing we can do is play together. If we do that, along with playing with great effort, then the defense we're talking about is going to come to fruition." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Aranda first worked with McMackin as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech in 2000 and '01. He spent two seasons coaching linebackers at Houston and was defensive coordinator at California Lutheran and Delta State before joining McMackin at UH."
About how he has confidence in Aranda, Mack said:
"(Aranda) knows the package and can teach the package and I've got complete confidence." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Tuioti, a former UH defensive tackle, is a former head coach at Kalaheo and served as defensive coordinator at Silverado High School in Las Vegas in his last on-field coaching stint."
About being able to coach on the field now, new DT coach Tony Tuioti said:
"Whether I was going to be on the field or not, I was really excited about this season just because of the depth and the quality of guys that we have coming back. On and off the field we have class guys, that's the important thing. I had an opportunity to watch it all from a distance and to actually get your hands dirty with the guys is going to be fun." (HSB)
HSB Note: "After yesterday's announcement of revised assistant coach assignments, McMackin said that in addition to getting the titles and higher pay, offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich and defensive coordinator Dave Aranda would be the ones calling the plays this season. That wasn't the case with the former DC, Cal Lee. McMackin called the defenses in 2008, and at the beginning of 2009, with Aranda gradually taking on the role. Former offensive coordinator Ron Lee called the plays in 2008, but quarterbacks coach Nick Rolovich took over that job in the second game of the 2009 season."
About letting Aranda and Rolo call the plays, Mack said:
"When you have good coaches you have to let them coach. I believe in these guys and I'm going to let them do their work." (HSB)
HSB Note: "That makes me wonder if UH's record the past two seasons would be better than 13-14 if McMackin had embraced that philosophy from the beginning. If Cal Lee had been allowed to pick the defenses in 2008, it would've given McMackin more time to work on overall game management."
My Note: Does this imply that Mack did not think that Cal Lee and Ron Lee were good coaches?
UH FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF
Greg McMackin: head coach
Cal Lee: assistant head coach/defensive ends
Rich Miano: associate head coach/defensive backs
Dave Aranda: defensive coordinator/linebackers
Nick Rolovich: offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Ron Lee: assistant offensive coordinator/receivers
Chris Tormey: special teams coordinator/safeties
Tony Tuioti: defensive line
Gordy Shaw: offensive line
Brian Smith: running backs
George Lumpkin: director of player personnel
Inoke Funaki: graduate assistant (quarterbacks/receivers)
Ryan Biesemeyer: graduate assistant (linebackers)
Chris Williams: video coordinator
Tommy Heffernan: strength and conditioning
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