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I’ve watched enough college football to know that improvement isn’t necessarily linear. Don’t often go from 1-11 to 11-1, but bad teams winning 5-6 games under a new coach happens fairly frequently.

FWIW, I also think coaching matters and is about more that recruiting. I remember one analyst saying of UConn in the RE1 era that they didn’t have the best players but they have the best team. Recruiting is important, sure. But especially at our level, coaching players up is at least as important.
 
Huskyforlife said:
The coaches main job is recruiting/talent improvement. Edsall and Mora could both teach us how to run cover 2, or which concepts to beat it. What butters their bread is which players they secure through recruitment, otherwise the best coaches, Saban for example, would recruit 3 stars and avoid the fighting for 4/5 star talent. It’s reality that Moras first season will probably end in underwhelming fashion if he’s still relying upon the FCS level talent from last year. In 2 or 3 years we’ll know if the transfers and recruits he’s brought in are upgrades, but it also isn’t fair to expect this years freshmen to completely steal the show from the current upperclassmen at most positions.
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You should go look at the offer list of the upperclassmen. Crazy to think we have FCS level talent, we literally had couple kids transfer out to couple p5 schools who were on the 1-11 team. You forget we had horrible qbs and Edsall didn’t play the best players but had favorites. What’s not fair is writing the kids off who were underclass men last year and referring them has low level FCS talent. Imagine if all our starters who are Edsall recruits transferred out, Mora will be starting basically from scratch like Edsall did. Mora already said this roster was already talented but seems you know more about the roster than more Mora.
 
businesslawyer said:
The amazing thing to me is how few of the transfers we brought in are starting. We will be better or not this year mostly based on how well players recruited by Edsall do. That doesn’t make me optimistic, but we will see what we will see.
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this is what "coaching up" implies to me. Could be that some Eddall guys are better than we think
 
As someone who believes they are rational and sane I feel like I have some irrational expectations because the “new” season is like hitting the reset button. My main reasons why I am on the bandwagon:

  1. New staff who are clearly “all in” and wanted this challenge
  2. I know with first hand information the culture of the team has changed for the better and quite a bit; Edsall lead team even last year was toxic at best
  3. As anyone who has played team sports knows when the team has “chemistry “ it leads to better results.
  4. Upgraded QB position talent overall
  5. Upgraded depth
I have been talking with my fellow fans leading up to this game that we will know a lot by halftime of Saturdays game. If it is same old crap (we will know it just by watching how the game unfolds regardless of actual score) It may actually throw me into a full on depression. I really never knew how important this team/program and it’s success mean to me until enduring this awful stretch.
 
"Irrational exuberance" is virtually the definition of being sports fan. The word fan is a shortened form of the word fanatic. Caring whether a sports team wins or loses is not rational. The definition of exuberance is "the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience." Those are exactly the qualities that makes people enjoy sports.

If you are NOT irrationally exuberant, what's the point?
 
Palatine said:
If you are NOT irrationally exuberant, what's the point?
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IDK- guess they just hang around to tell the fans that they are irrational which I guess is their sport.
 
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Palatine said:
"Irrational exuberance" is virtually the definition of being sports fan. The word fan is a shortened form of the word fanatic. Caring whether a sports team wins or loses is not rational. The definition of exuberance is "the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience." Those are exactly the qualities that makes people enjoy sports.

If you are NOT irrationally exuberant, what's the point?
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Could not agree more. We should all be applauded for hanging in there with maybe the worst program over the last 5 years. Saw a friend wearing an Alabama tee and though, "Alabama doesn't need another fan, but UConn sure needs us". So I'd prefer not to be overly objective or analytical about this. Yes, I'm setting myself up for disappointment, but there is always the next game.
 
Can someone clarify what position the FL is? I can't imagine this team is employing a fullback so is it another TE or WR position?
 
Guru13 said:
You should go look at the offer list of the upperclassmen. Crazy to think we have FCS level talent, we literally had couple kids transfer out to couple p5 schools who were on the 1-11 team. You forget we had horrible qbs and Edsall didn’t play the best players but had favorites. What’s not fair is writing the kids off who were underclass men last year and referring them has low level FCS talent. Imagine if all our starters who are Edsall recruits transferred out, Mora will be starting basically from scratch like Edsall did. Mora already said this roster was already talented but seems you know more about the roster than more Mora.
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The upgrade at QB alone could be worth 2 wins. And I'm not expecting 65% or better completion percentage and 300ypg throwing the ball. But but Roberson and Turner can get yards with their legs and can throw a deep ball. UConn hasn't had this type of depth of similar styles in forever. There's been a few who could tuck and run but if they got hurt, the back up was no where that level of being able to step in and continue.
 
Chin Diesel said:
The upgrade at QB alone could be worth 2 wins. And I'm not expecting 65% or better completion percentage and 300ypg throwing the ball. But but Roberson and Turner can get yards with their legs and can throw a deep ball. UConn hasn't had this type of depth of similar styles in forever. There's been a few who could tuck and run but if they got hurt, the back up was no where that level of being able to step in and continue.
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If any of the upgrades at QB can perform (from the start of the season) at a level as, say Tyler Lorenzen, then we've got something....
 
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ktuck911 said:
If any of the upgrades at QB can perform (from the start of the season) at a level as, say Tyler Lorenzen, then we've got something....
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Even a full year of what TP gave last year. Big difference is when a Lorenzen, Pindell, or a TP went down, there was no depth of a similar style QB to keep the momentum.

If Roberson can't perform, the coaches seem confident in Turner. If Turner can't perform there is a TP who hopefully is healthy to return. Millen is the only odd ball, but even with him, I've seen the videos of coaches encouraged by his mobility.
 
ktuck911 said:
If any of the upgrades at QB can perform (from the start of the season) at a level as, say Tyler Lorenzen, then we've got something....
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I agree. At minimum I would think we can expect our new QB to be able to tuck and run for 3-4 first downs per game like TL did.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Even a full year of what Tyler Phommachanh gave last year. Big difference is when a Lorenzen, Pindell, or a Tyler Phommachanh went down, there was no depth of a similar style QB to keep the momentum.

If Roberson can't perform, the coaches seem confident in Turner. If Turner can't perform there is a Tyler Phommachanh who hopefully is healthy to return. Millen is the only odd ball, but even with him, I've seen the videos of coaches encouraged by his mobility.
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According to Mora, Millen is the fastest of the bunch.
 
Stinger92860 said:
I recall the Victor Rosa video when his visited Florida or FSU. He was quick and his cuts tight. Is it possible that we could see Victor in this slot?

Rosa Florida Workout
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Get him the ball anywhere. He can be a like poor man's Christian McCaffrey for the team. Get him touches in a variety of formations. Are Brewton and Houston hurt? We heard they're the fastest 2 kids on the team and neither is listed on the 2 deep.
 
businesslawyer said:
Every team has players that improve year to year. Obviously having a real offensive coordinator is a good thing. Doesn't that make not having a real defensive coordinator a bad thing?

I will be in front of my television on Saturday rooting for this team as hard as I've rooted for any other team. And I made clear from the moment we lost to Holy Cross that Edsall couldn't stay. But the road back from where we are to where we were is going to be very difficult. I hope Mora is the guy to get us there and he then stays long enough to get us there. But we don't know any of that yet. All we know is that he had success at much higher levels and he's much better than anything we've had at social media, public relations and getting money from the school.

I fully admit I'm not drinking the Kool-aid on this -- I'm from Missouri. If that makes me a grouch, I'll go back to my trashcan.
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I'm hanging my hopes on the premise that any collection of low to mid level D1 players can beat any similar collection of players based on coaching and a commitment to execution. Edsall 1.0 was all about execution and a committment to physicality.

We have had either since. My guess is that Edsall 2.0 gave up as soon as he saw it wasn't going to work again and the players noticed.
 
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Having been on both sides of upsets, I believe it’s not the best team that wins but the team that plays best.
Here’s to hoping our guys are motivated and prepared.
 
Palatine said:
According to Mora, Millen is the fastest of the bunch.
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Boy kid must have some wheels. Thought the Penn State kid was a Pindel kind of speed guy so being fastest is saying something.
 
noeynox said:
Get him the ball anywhere. He can be a like poor man's Christian McCaffrey for the team. Get him touches in a variety of formations. Are Brewton and Houston hurt? We heard they're the fastest 2 kids on the team and neither is listed on the 2 deep.
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Funny that I was just thinking the same thing. Rosa looks like he has more muscles than a young kid should have and has shown lot of sprint speed so why not. Now I'm getting me some "irrational exuberance".
 
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Guru13 said:
You should go look at the offer list of the upperclassmen. Crazy to think we have FCS level talent, we literally had couple kids transfer out to couple p5 schools who were on the 1-11 team. You forget we had horrible qbs and Edsall didn’t play the best players but had favorites. What’s not fair is writing the kids off who were underclass men last year and referring them has low level FCS talent. Imagine if all our starters who are Edsall recruits transferred out, Mora will be starting basically from scratch like Edsall did. Mora already said this roster was already talented but seems you know more about the roster than more Mora.
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Mora said the same about UCLA after taking that job. It may have been true. Said they lacked toughness or something like that which could also be said of recent UCONN teams.
 
Bongo Fury said:
Mora said the same about UCLA after taking that job. It may have been true. Said they lacked toughness or something like that which could also be said of recent UCONN teams.
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I think, quite honestly, we didn't look tough at all, as a team. In small (small) spurts, yeah, but, we've looked a lot tougher in years past, especially on D
 
Exit 4 said:
Irrational exuberance is fun this time of year. Tis the season...which is often so very short. So for those that partake, enjoy....bottom ups.
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Exactly this!

It's okay to act undefeated while we actually still ARE undefeated...
 
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