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2Infinity said:
Didn't he say something at his first press conference like "we're gonna throw the ball...down the field"? If it wasn't those words exactly, it was something close....and most of all, it was damn inspiring and exciting too! ;)
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My take on P's hiring presser was:
A) He looked pissed at the world (it may have been a tough guy act..but it didn't come off that way at all)
B) He looked like he wanted to be any place but where he was
C) He wanted NO part of being asked any questions by the beat guys
 
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......
 
It must be Poindexter and Brown day... both just dropped.

Former NFL linebacker excited to be coaching at UConn
http://runwayramblings.blogspot.com/2014/01/former-nfl-linebacker-excited-to-be.html (Fuller)

Poindexter, Brown Plan To Light A Spark Under UConn's Defense
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...tball-0110-20140109,0,3696403.story?track=rss (Des).

>>"I don't believe this is a rebuilding deal here or anything like that," Poindexter said. "I just think the kids need to be infused with some energy, a new start. It's nothing against the last staff. We're not here to talk about what happened. We're talking about the future and what the players can get done. And clearly I think we can get some things done here or I wouldn't have picked up my family and come here.<<
 
I promised myself to keep the comments of UConn's former coaches (Holtz, Edsall, and Weist) and "coaches" (Pasqualoni) to a bare minimum, but what struck me as odd about the latter is that he could never seemingly find anything positive to say about his current team, while never failing to mentioning the likes of Dwight Freeney, Marvin Harrison, Marvin Graves, Donovan McNabb, and TeBucky Jones Sr. Yes, two of those guys have local ties, but they were successes of a far bygone era. That was probably the last straw in hoping that the game had not passed the old regime by.
 
huskymedic said:
desmondconner3:37pm via Twitter for iPhone
Michael Painter, most recently on staff at#UMass but worked with #UConnFootballCoach Bob Diaco at #ND, to be Director of Player Personnel

Defensive Grad Asst @UMass under Molnar
Defensive Grad Asst @ ND

Also was on staff @ University of Cincinnati and Central Michigan
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http://runwayramblings.blogspot.com/2014/01/painter-named-uconns-director-of-player.html

>>Friday, January 10, 2014 - Painter named UConn's Director of Player Personnel
UConn coach Bob Diaco's support staff continues to be finalized as it was announced that Michael Painter was named Director of Player Personnel for football team as he will assist in the recruiting process. Painter worked on the Cincinnati staff with Diaco in 2009 and Notre Dame staffs in 2010 and 2011. Painter was a defensive assistant and recruiting coordinator at UMass last season.<<

UConn Press Release here http://kendavisfiles.com/2014/01/10/uconn-football-names-director-of-player-of-personnel/


Thinking that leaves DOFO as only open position for now.
 
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Looks like GA Doug Shearer is heading to NC State to be a GA there according to coachingsearch.com:

>>NC State: Former UConn graduate assistant Doug Shearer has accepted a GA position at NC State.<<
 
huskymedic said:
Looks like GA Doug Shearer is heading to NC State to be a GA there according to coachingsearch.com:

>>NC State: Former UConn graduate assistant Doug Shearer has accepted a GA position at NC State.<<
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Yeah I thought he was the one GA that was staying? Not so much...
 
She looks like a good addition. Requisite sexist comment on her looks: She's quite attractive.
 
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Official announcement: http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011414aaa.html

>>STORRS, Conn. - Sarah Lawless, who has been a member of the football staff at Notre Dame since 2010, has been named the Director of Football Operations at the University of Connecticut. In her role at UConn, Lawless will assist head coach Bob Diaco in a number of duties including coordination of team travel, organizing preseason camp, budgeting and acting as a liaison to various constituencies.

Lawless spent the 2013 season as the coordinator of on-campus recruiting at Notre Dame. She organized all official and unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes, managed compliance and academic records for recruits, oversaw student workers and helped organize and direct gameday recruiting efforts.

Lawless worked for the football program as an operations assistant from 2010-12 while she attended graduate school at Notre Dame. She assisted with daily logistics, travel preparations plus organization and management of football summer camps.

Lawless earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. While an undergraduate, Lawless was a student manager all four years. She worked with the football team in her first three years at Notre Dame and was the senior manager for the women's basketball team in 2007-08.

She is a native of Morristown, N.J.<<
 
NHRJimFuller9:48pm via TweetDeck
Looks like Doug DeBoer, Nick Lezynski and Joshua Zidenberg have been hired as#UConn fb grad assistants Post original url/1bxX9BR

>>Grad assistants added?

While there has not been an official release, the staff directory on the UConn site lists Doug DeBoer, Nick Lezynski and Joshua Zidenberg as graduate assistants.

DeBoer was a graduate assistant at Central Michigan, Lezynski was a walk-on at Notre Dame who spent two seasons as the assistant secondary coach at Holy Cross while Zidenberg is a former Virginia running back who served as a grad assistant at his alma mater while also interning with Miami Dolphins.

UConn had four graduate assistants on last year's team but all have moved on including Shelton's Doug Shearer, who is an offense and special teams grad assistant at North Carolina State.<<
 
huskymedic said:
NHRJimFuller9:48pm via TweetDeck
Looks like Doug DeBoer, Nick Lezynski and Joshua Zidenberg have been hired as#UConn fb grad assistants Post original url/1bxX9BR

>>Grad assistants added?

While there has not been an official release, the staff directory on the UConn site lists Doug DeBoer, Nick Lezynski and Joshua Zidenberg as graduate assistants.

DeBoer was a graduate assistant at Central Michigan, Lezynski was a walk-on at Notre Dame who spent two seasons as the assistant secondary coach at Holy Cross while Zidenberg is a former Virginia running back who served as a grad assistant at his alma mater while also interning with Miami Dolphins.

UConn had four graduate assistants on last year's team but all have moved on including Shelton's Doug Shearer, who is an offense and special teams grad assistant at North Carolina State.<<
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Nick Lezynski and Joshua Zidenberg

I know nothing about Nick Lezynski and Joshua Zidenberg but I'm sure they'll account for less Zzzz's than this man:

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