Jim Mora has been a tremendous hire. What he has done in short order has been simply incredible. The concern is if he wishes to chase a P4 job.
If Mora got the team right after PP left we'd have had a much better base of players than what we had at end of RE2.0. We'd be further along than we are now. This is not a knock on Mora at all.
That 2022 team got really lucky in quite a few wins, combined with a defense (mainly Jackson Mitchell) that forced a lot of timely turnovers. But our offense was pretty much nonexistent under Charlton.
Do we know this? I think he gets another year because I don't see how BCU has the money to pay him off and still have money to get someone good.
Folks who had business in Boise told me it would be a fun road trip. But I'm not leaving the city proper. I used to watch Twin Peaks.
Haha. I didn't venture out. I did have a local tell me they were out in Boise one night, got hammered and passed out on a bench in the center of the city overnight. They woke up and werent dead. And they still had all their belongings.
Made the trip to Boise when we played them. Great trip, would advise it for anyone if UConn plays on the blue carpet again.
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O'Brien did great at PSU, he has had Houston being the most successful in the NFL in recent memory and is a great coordinator. I honestly don't think he's the problem at BC. BC is the problem at BC.
I think Penn St. handcuffed themselves with the Franklin firing. It would be hard to justify firing Franklin and not bring in a proven winning P4 head coach even though that might not be the best hire. I think Chesney would be a great choice as he has won everywhere he has gone. He won his first year at James Madison after Cignetti left even though Cignetti took 13 JMU players to Indiana with him.
I don't believe he's even considering that. He's not a young guy, and he appears to be happy here. In another post above, someone lamented that we didn't do better in the portal, but I think word is getting out that he's a quality coach and guy, and he knows how to get young men to the league. We're keeping some top guys, and the new guys from the portal seem to be helping. Not terribly concerned about the guys leaving. They all have their own reasons.
i agree with you.
The more success Mora has, the more it shows how little was expected of RE 2.0. Night and day from where we were.
Would not be shocked if they don't just promote Knowles.
Like I said Wisconsin with Chryst did a FAFO. I would not be shocked to see Penn State struggle. Maybe they can lure back an Urban Meyer. That's the type of hire they're gonna need.
Only one that jumps out is Saban
Having visited BC, they have an incredible campus. Love the stadium. And yes, liked their fans, too. Those group of upper class Bostonites, know have a good time as they pull up in their Audi’s and BMWs to watch a football game.
Unless Mora is offered one of the college football jobs where winning a national championship is possible.
Is that his goal? If so he never would've come to UConn. I don't think he came here to leverage it into another job. It seems to me he was excited by and interested in the challenge that is our situation at the end of RE2.0. Not to say he doesn't want to win a championship, I just dont think that is driving him.
I think he had a hard time landing a head coaching job after the UCLA firing. UConn was willing to take a chance and it paid off. People now see that Mora is clearly a good coach by what he has done at UConn.
Bob