Let's not get crazy and out of touch here now with what's being said in the press by the coaches. While Pasqualoni was a mixed review hire, without doubt, there was a general consensus about pride in a "home state guy" a guy that was a Connecticut native - etc. etc. He said all the pre-requisite things. Move the ball, score points, prototypical NFL size and speed in players, blah blah.
The fact is that Pasqualoni was hired in the wake of basically the entire football program being walked up to the altar finally after 12 years, and then being left standing. Edsall left at the very peak of what he had built - when the rest of the program was looking to the immense possibilities of future with the Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 2011, Edsall left in the middle of night.
Enter Pasqualoni, and the concept of pride in Connecticut, and UCONN, and everything that Edsall clearly showed he didn't have. (doesn't matter if Pasqualoni, didn't really care, because he didn't really seem to care, it was the image that counted - propaganda)
Now - here we are in January 2014, and the new coaching staff is saying all the appropriate things, after the transition that just happened. Building a program to players strengths and abilities, etc. etc. etc......if you think about the things that are most disturbed in the program and fan base about the last 3 seasons, everything being said publicly seems to be directed at soothing it over, just as the things that were said in 2011. 2014. Maryland was our coach's dream job? Bullspit. Connecticut and UCONN football mattered. 2014. NFL protoypes and zone blocking systems? Bullspit - recruit players and put a system in that works......It's all PR.
And you know what? It's good PR, and the program needs it, so keep it coming.
The reality is that whether or not the coaching structure will be successful, is entirely dependant on their ability to put together a team, that can compete against the competition on our schedule and win a lot more than they lose.
Captain Obvious to the rescue.
For the love Paul Duckworth......