Moonman
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Rhett Lashlee took a $250k pay cut when he left Auburn to be the OC at UCONN under Randy Edsall in 2017, after having been under Gus Malzahn's wing for almost 20 years. He played for Malzahn in HS, winning two state championships, and coached for Malzahn at Springdale HS, Arkansas St and Auburn. His first short stint as an OC was at Samford in 2011. In 2016 Malzahn handed him the play calling duties at Auburn after a disappointing 2-2 start. Auburn would win the next 5 games by an average score of 43-13. At UCONN he was given complete autonomy over the offense by Edsall, a defensive coach. UCONN was 122nd in the country in total offense in 2016, the year before Lashlee's arrival. In 2017 UCONN finished ranked 50th in total offense behind the arm of Bryant Shierreffs...brother of former UM QB Evan Shierreffs. UCONN's best offensive performance of the 2017 season came at home against ECU in a disappointing loss. I wanted to see Lashlee call plays on his own without the influence of Malzahn or Sonny Dykes, an air-raid disciple, who he would coach under at SMU. I'm sure Lashlee picked up a few things from Dykes while at SMU but I wanted to see an untainted version of Lashlee's play calling...and the 2017 ECU game is probably the pinnacle of that IMO. ECU burst out to a 27-7 lead in the 1st half before Lashlee would catch fire. His play calling was masterful beginning with the final minutes of the first half and ending unfortunately with a missed FG at the end of the game. The video below is definitely worth your time.