No, you're not basing it on numbers. You're basing it on the fact that they wear UConn uniforms. Whaler has laid it out. The numbers for some of the kids you mentioned are there in black and white. Some kids you've mentioned, like Rutherford and Schafenacker, have nothing on their resumes to support your claims. Yes, Edsall sucked at recruiting QBs. We know that. And his last few classes didn't pan out. That's on him and the criticism is fair. You have a win over UCF, a close call against ECU, and holding Boise St's RB to a season low in your argument. Those are your "facts". Here are mine.
5 wins in 2 two years against the 2 softest schedules we've ever had.
No all conference players in a miserable league (far worse than the Big East, when we regularly put multiple plays on the 1st and 2nd teams).
I'll give credit to P for bringing in Campenni and Mikal Myers who both look like players. But everyone else you've mentioned your optimism is based on blind faith. Newsome has shown flashes. But our best RB (by far) was a late pickup by Diaco last year. Lemelle, Marriner, Tommy Myers, Walsh, Clax I have no idea what facts you're using to back up those claims.
It's been said here already. A total incompetent like P was able to win 10 games in 2 years with Edsall recruits against tougher schedules. We were told there was an #uptick in recruiting under P. Judgement Day on that claim is coming. I'm hope to God I'm wrong.
Your reading comprehension is starting to suffer. When I listed the names of the players, I said the following: "
I think that we have already seen or are going to see some really great things from..." The names of the players were not what I was using as facts. I was using the UCF / ECU / Boise games as facts. I was using the depth chart as a fact, where underclassmen had supplanted upperclassmen. Here is the depth chart from the UCF game (duplicate players in different positions were not counted as 2), and you'll see that the Pasqualoni underclassmen outnumber the Edsall upperclassmen by about 2.5 to 1 (the paste job lost the color coding...sorry about that):
Edsall (14), Pasqualoni (34), Diaco (5)
LT: 71 Richard Levy (RSo., 6-6, 305)
74 Paul Nwokeji (RJr., 6-6, 287)
LG: 65 Gus Cruz (RSr., 6-4, 296)
77 Trey Rutherford (Fr., 6-5, 289)
C: 73 Alex Mateas (RSr., 6-4, 309)
70 Kyle Bockeloh (RSo., 6-3, 284)
RG: 60 Tyler Samra (Jr., 6-2, 288)
63 Ryan Crozier (Fr., 6-4, 297)
RT: 53 Andreas Knappe (RSo., 6-8, 300)
62 Thomas Hopkins (RFr., 6-6, 298)
TE: 49 Sean McQuillan (RJr., 6-3, 239)
80 Tommy Myers (RFr., 6-5, 238)
WR: 85 Geremy Davis (RSr., 6-3, 216)
8 Thomas Lucas (RFr., 6-2, 198) OR
5 Noel Thomas (So., 6-1, 187)
QB: 10 Chandler Whitmer (RSr., 6-0, 192)
14 Tim Boyle (So., 6-3, 216)
FB: 34 Jazzmar Clax (RFr., 5-11, 241)
36 Matt Walsh (So., 6-1, 227)
TB: 22 Arkeel Newsome (Fr., 5-7, 180) OR
3 Ron Johnson (Fr., 6-0, 217)
44 Max DeLorenzo (RJr., 5-11, 210) OR
26 Joshua Marriner (RFr., 5-9, 193)
WR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
1 Dhameer Bradley (So., 5-9, 166)
DE: 95 Kenton Adeyemi (RJr., 6-4, 268)
57 Cole Ormsby (RFr., 6-3, 248)
NG: 90 Julian Campenni (RJr., 6-0, 299)
92 Mikal Myers (RSo., 6-1, 312)
DT: 97 B.J. McBryde (RSr., 6-5, 304) OR
93 Folorunso Fatukasi (RFr., 6-4, 307)
DE: 47 Reuben Frank (RSr., 6-4, 246)
15 Luke Carrezola (Fr., 6-3, 242)
LB: 46 Marquise Vann (RJr., 6-0, 226)
55 Jon Hicks (RSo., 6-2, 236)
LB: 32 Jefferson Ashiru (RSo., 6-2, 233)
39 Junior Joseph (RFr., 6-1, 242)
LB: 2 Graham Stewart (RJr., 6-1, 227)
59 Vontae Diggs (Fr., 6-4, 207)
CB: 21 Jamar Summers (Fr., 6-0, 180)
7 John Green (RSo., 5-10, 179) OR
11 Javon Hadley (So., 5-10, 164)
S: 22 Andrew Adams (RJr., 6-0, 197)
28 Jordan Floyd (RSo., 6-0, 206)
S: 20 Obi Melifonwu (RSo., 6-3, 210)
23 Junior Lee (RJr., 6-0, 214)
CB: 6 Jhavon Williams (RSo., 5-10, 190)
33 Brice McAllister (Fr., 5-11, 191)
K: 17 Bobby Puyol (RSo., 5-10, 174)
94 Chase Briley (Fr., 5-11, 165)
P: 42 Justin Wain (RSo., 6-3, 204)
94 Chase Briley (Fr., 5-11, 165)
HL: 82 Blake Feagles (RFr., 5-10, 205)
42 Justin Wain (RSo., 6-3, 204)
KR: 22 Arkeel Newsome (Fr., 5-7, 180)
26 Joshua Marriner (RFr., 5-9, 193)
PR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
18 Brian Lemelle (So., 5-10, 165)
LS: 66 Dominick Manco (RJr., 6-0, 213)
67 Adam Mueller (RSr., 6-1, 212)
That is the data that I'm talking about. Edsall's upperclassmen should never be outnumbered 2.5 to 1. And the fact that a team that was that "Pasqualoni heavy" beat the best team in our conference supports my argument, not yours. But they're young. They're inconsistent and they're learning on the job. That's to be expected from a young team. And that's why a team like that can lose to Army.
The thing that I don't understand is why the heck you've ever complained about Diaco at all. I mean, if you feel that Pasqualoni's recruits suck, and that they aren't FBS caliber, well then none of the performance last year should have been Diaco's fault.....right???