UCLA FOOTBALL: SVOBODA IS GIVEN PINK SLIP.Byline: BRIAN DOHN Staff Writer When UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX opens training camp in less than eight months, the Bruins will have a new offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during for the fourth time in Karl Dorrell's five seasons. Dorrell fired Jim Svoboda, who worked well in two seasons as UCLA's quarterbacks coach but was unable to make a successful transition to offensive coordinator in 2006. Dorrell said he might take over running the offense. ``That's something I've thought about heavily since the bowl game,'' Dorrell said. ``That's part of the consideration, but I'm also looking at some outside candidates as well.'' Also, sources said UCLA's former offensive coordinator, Tom Cable, was interested in returning. Cable spent last season with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a job after Jim Mora Jim Mora is the name of:
Dorrell's West Coast offense has failed to produce big numbers in three of his four seasons. He said an option was to implement another offense. ``We'll see about that,'' Dorrell said. ``I'm always looking for doing what's necessary for us to be competitive on offense.'' Svoboda excelled as an offensive coordinator at the Division II level, but his play-calling was highly criticized in the early part of the last season. At the midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. point of the season, Dorrell took a more active role in the offensive game-planning and play-calling, although he remained a staunch supporter of Svoboda. However, the Bruins failed to score more than 20 points in fiveof its 13 games. UCLA was 64th in the nation in scoring offense (23 points per game) and 71st in total offense (330.1yards per game). |
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