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freescooter said:
I don’t know what Mora will do. I think he ‘ll be here but if not Thank you Coach!

Mora is a professional in the best sense of the term. He knew what was needed and went out and did it. I think he was embarrassed about the 2023 performance and basically said that won’t happen again!

He is also a very good football coach. Maybe not Saban but put him at Bama with those resources and I wouldn’t be shocked if he won a title.
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Jim is a great manager of a program. Top notch. But he is not remotely close to Saban’s level. Saban was successful at three different universities - Michigan State, LSU one a title and at Alabama won 6 of them, you are trying to compare Mora to the greatest college football coach ever. Mora’s weakness is he is not very good at making decisions in a game and particularly halftime adjustments.
 
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I was at a friend's house who has three kids enrolled at FSU. Two were home today for Thanksgiving week. None of them were happy.
They also don't have $60m to affect the decision making process.
 
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Vowelguy said:
Getting trounced by a bad archrival doesnt help.
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I get it, but if you aren't sure who that next guy is... that's a program that has vacillated between dreadful and mediocre for most of the last 25 years and there's every chance that you pay the buy out and get worse. In the end it feels a bit like a director of football operations looking to make their mark by hiring their guy.
 
ScottVib said:
I get it, but if you aren't sure who that next guy is... that's a program that has vacillated between dreadful and mediocre for most of the last 25 years and there's every chance that you pay the buy out and get worse. In the end it feels a bit like a director of football operations looking to make their mark by hiring their guy.
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Mora and west coast job openings are de rigueur…
 
ScottVib said:
I get it, but if you aren't sure who that next guy is... that's a program that has vacillated between dreadful and mediocre for most of the last 25 years and there's every chance that you pay the buy out and get worse. In the end it feels a bit like a director of football operations looking to make their mark by hiring their guy.
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Riverboat Ron Rivera
 
UConnDan97 said:
He hired Mora and he hired Hurley. He came from Auburn where football is king.

What makes you think he'll get the next hire wrong, exactly?
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I generally love your positivity, not gonna blow smoke up your arse at all cuz I really respect your passion for UConn, but let's not conflate notions. Getting Hurley was absolutely brilliant, though UConn basketball was well established with 4 prior men's BBall championships, and Hurley knows full well of our legacy given his own Big East history. We don't really have issues with basketball hires (notwithstanding Ollie's later years).

Yes, Benedict came from Auburn... where he worked for just 2 years before becoming our AD. I think his SEC creds are an oversell TBH when it comes to football. I realize he was essentially forced to bring back RE. That said, if his SEC experience were that much of an asset he could've perhaps found a way to bring in better (assistant) coaches during RE2. Him getting Mora may not have been so much his singular doing but also Mora reaching out. There was a mutuality at play then.

So then why my pessimism now, it's predicated on several aspects. We've been drubbed ad nauseum about our lack of conference with nothing to play for (forget the CFP) and very little glory to achieve (high tiered bowl tie-in). We've been spurned by the 2 power conferences that had a passing fancy for us. We don't unfortunately recruit well from our home area, and no 4 star player is gonna waltz through our door. What talented and upcoming coach would willingly walk into that situation? We have top flight G6 facilities that can hold their own against many P4 schools, but so what? The 2010's showed that we couldn't get anybody decent to come here except a has been, a nut job, and spineless coward.

We need a tactician who can draft via the portal and spot the diamonds in the rough (yep, sounds exactly like Mora)...I don't feel confident that Benedict can convince that type of successful coach to come here (I think he can certainly find him, but hiring him would be a Herculean task). I don't see anybody competent who fits that mold and who has UConn as their preferred next job.

I will be happy to eat my words if I'm wrong and Benedict finds our next savior...I'll be even happier if this whole thing passes over and Mora stays several more years.
 
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KryHavok said:
I generally love your positivity, not gonna blow smoke up your arse at all cuz I really respect your passion for UConn, but let's not conflate notions. Getting Hurley was absolutely brilliant, though UConn basketball was well established with 4 prior men's BBall championships, and Hurley knows full well of our legacy given his own Big East history. We don't really have issues with basketball hires (notwithstanding Ollie's later years).

Yes, Benedict came from Auburn... where he worked for just 2 years before becoming our AD. I think his SEC creds are an oversell TBH when it comes to football. I realize he was essentially forced to bring back RE. That said, if his SEC experience were that much of an asset he could've perhaps found a way to bring in better (assistant) coaches during RE2. Him getting Mora may not have been so much his singular doing but also Mora reaching out. There was a mutuality at play then.

So then why my pessimism now, it's predicated on several aspects. We've been drubbed ad nauseum about our lack of conference with nothing to play for (forget the CFP) and very little glory to achieve (high tiered bowl tie-in). We've been spurned by the 2 power conferences that had a passing fancy for us. We don't unfortunately recruit well from our home area, and no 4 star player is gonna waltz through our door. What talented and upcoming coach would willingly walk into that situation? We have top flight G6 facilities that can hold their own against many P4 schools, but so what? The 2010's showed that we couldn't get anybody decent to come here except a has been, a nut job, and spineless coward.

We need a tactician who can draft via the portal and spot the diamonds in the rough (yep, sounds exactly like Mora)...I don't feel confident that Benedict can convince that type of successful coach to come here (I think he can certainly find him, but hiring him would be a Herculean task). I don't see anybody competent who fits that mold and who has UConn as their preferred next job.

I will be happy to eat my words if I'm wrong and Benedict finds our next savior...I'll be even happier if this whole thing passes over and Mora stays several more years.
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The deck is still stacked. Stability, increased resources (even incrementally), and savvy scheduling is the continued road forward. Mora has to be the guy for the rest of the decade. Fingers crossed. Joe Morehead ain’t it.
 
Rdkid said:
The deck is still stacked. Stability, increased resources (even incrementally), and savvy scheduling is the continued road forward. Mora has to be the guy for the rest of the decade. Fingers crossed. Joe Morehead ain’t it.
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Perhaps Mora is using this as leverage for Dave to commit more resources
 
I'm not sold on Mora leaving, and I absolutely believe that there may be one or two specific places that we would need to worry about, anywhere else would merely be someone throwing names in a hat. Stanford may be one of those specific places, but until I hear something real I will postpone panic mode.

If we do need to hire a new head football coach in the very near future I cannot say without any doubt that Benedict will hire the right guy. I can say without a doubt that I would rather have him make the hire than any AD we've ever had.
 
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KryHavok said:
I generally love your positivity, not gonna blow smoke up your arse at all cuz I really respect your passion for UConn, but let's not conflate notions. Getting Hurley was absolutely brilliant, though UConn basketball was well established with 4 prior men's BBall championships, and Hurley knows full well of our legacy given his own Big East history. We don't really have issues with basketball hires (notwithstanding Ollie's later years).

Yes, Benedict came from Auburn... where he worked for just 2 years before becoming our AD. I think his SEC creds are an oversell TBH when it comes to football. I realize he was essentially forced to bring back RE. That said, if his SEC experience were that much of an asset he could've perhaps found a way to bring in better (assistant) coaches during RE2. Him getting Mora may not have been so much his singular doing but also Mora reaching out. There was a mutuality at play then.

So then why my pessimism now, it's predicated on several aspects. We've been drubbed ad nauseum about our lack of conference with nothing to play for (forget the CFP) and very little glory to achieve (high tiered bowl tie-in). We've been spurned by the 2 power conferences that had a passing fancy for us. We don't unfortunately recruit well from our home area, and no 4 star player is gonna waltz through our door. What talented and upcoming coach would willingly walk into that situation? We have top flight G6 facilities that can hold their own against many P4 schools, but so what? The 2010's showed that we couldn't get anybody decent to come here except a has been, a nut job, and spineless coward.

We need a tactician who can draft via the portal and spot the diamonds in the rough (yep, sounds exactly like Mora)...I don't feel confident that Benedict can convince that type of successful coach to come here (I think he can certainly find him, but hiring him would be a Herculean task). I don't see anybody competent who fits that mold and who has UConn as their preferred next job.

I will be happy to eat my words if I'm wrong and Benedict finds our next savior...I'll be even happier if this whole thing passes over and Mora stays several more years.
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I appreciate your point of view. Keep in mind that Benedict also successfully replaced other legends at UConn. Gbandi and Rodriguez have replaced Reid and Tsantiris respectfully for the men and women's soccer teams, both doing very well.

And he's successfully navigated our exit out of the AAC and into the Big East / Independent football model; a journey that many on this board thought would kill football instead of reviving it.

We've got great people in Storrs right now, including at the very top. That's where I'll put my faith...
 
UConnDan97 said:
In order to fire Diaco. And then he fired Edsall. In other words, he cares about football...
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Benedict was hired when Diaco was here, it was already 6 feet under when he got here, and he talked to Jerry Kill who wanted to join the staff and Diaco said no, that was the final straw there that Diaco just doesn’t get it and has to go.

Then Benedict hired Edsall with no candidate interested then brought in Lashlee who Edsall ran off after after his 1 year here. Then Benedict finally talked with Mora and got him in early. If god forbid Mora left UConn is a much more attractive job now then it was previously but I have faith he stays.
 
Scoe said:
Benedict was hired when Diaco was here, it was already 6 feet under when he got here, and he talked to Jerry Kill who wanted to join the staff and Diaco said no, that was the final straw there that Diaco just doesn’t get it and has to go.

Then Benedict hired Edsall with no candidate interested then brought in Lashlee who Edsall ran off after after his 1 year here. Then Benedict finally talked with Mora and got him in early. If god forbid Mora left UConn is a much more attractive job now then it was previously but I have faith he stays.
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All of this is true. Sounds like we're on the same page. Benedict understands what football needs and will fight to make it happen.

And I think we all are hoping that Mora stays...
 
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Scoe said:
Benedict was hired when Diaco was here, it was already 6 feet under when he got here, and he talked to Jerry Kill who wanted to join the staff and Diaco said no, that was the final straw there that Diaco just doesn’t get it and has to go.

Then Benedict hired Edsall with no candidate interested then brought in Lashlee who Edsall ran off after after his 1 year here. Then Benedict finally talked with Mora and got him in early. If god forbid Mora left UConn is a much more attractive job now then it was previously but I have faith he stays.
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Edsall did not run off Lashlee. Lashlee was a rental as he had to get out from under Gus Malzahn to prove he could be an offensive coordinator on his own.
 
UConnJim said:
Edsall did not run off Lashlee. Lashlee was a rental as he had to get out from under Gus Malzahn to prove he could be an offensive coordinator on his own.
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Well regardless of the story we see Benedict has a proven track record of hiring the right offensive coaches, would even say Charlton was a good hire, compared to coordinators of the past then we upgraded to Sammis.
 
KryHavok said:
I don't think Benedict will get the next hire right, and that's what scares the tish out of me. We lucked into Mora, we'll not catch lightning in a bottle twice consecutively.
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Wasn’t any luck about it. Luck is opportunity meeting preparation. Dave was prepared for that opportunity. His hands were tied by finances after s__tcanning Diaco and Ollie, had to wait until he could pay. Randy was a wish and a hope
 
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traitor71 said:
I think part of it is that great race for "breaking news". There is so much fake Twitter stuff out there that it is hard to keep up. I'm just surprised he hasn't had them talking to Urban Meyer yet lol.
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Twitter is not news.
Never has been. Same as how I will never call it X
 
How Sway?! said:
I think Deboer has proven that winning National Championships at Alabama is not a given.
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This is his 2nd year. What has been proven is that anything other than an instant national title is viewed as a failure. The money has to be real good to subject yourself to that.
 
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