While NCAA rules limit the time Hinshaw and the coaching staff can work out players during the offseason, there have been opportunities to learn certain basic concepts before the start of spring camp in March. It’s allowed Hinshaw time to work with the three scholarship quarterbacks:
John Rhys Plumlee, Tommy Castellanos and
Timmy McClain.
“We’ve installed routes and a route tree,” said Hinshaw. “The first day was sloppy and didn’t look good, but we’ve improved.”
“When you first start throwing a lot of different routes in different situations and getting the receivers on the same page, it’s taking some time, but the good thing is, from the first day we started to where we are right now, it’s a massive improvement and it’s the foundation of building a vertical passing.”
The next step is installing the offense, which Hinshaw says includes much of what the Knights were running in the two seasons under Malzahn while adding his own concepts and ideas. That includes changing most of the terminology and the signals.
“We’ve changed everything we’re doing,” said Hinshaw. “It’s going to be new, but it’s all going to look a lot of the same in many ways.”
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