25 Worst College Football Coaching Hires of the 21st Century

[Windham4th]

That's insane.

Paul went 5-7 and 5-7, should have went 7-5 and 7-5.

The collapse came due to Big East essentially going away, which was not Paul's fault and nothing to do with hire.

Diaco, though, absolutely shredded this program.

That said, I had a convo with Paul when the AAC was made. He said the league was gonna be good, better than what the Big East was. That was a problem. Because fans here thought the AAC was beneath them.

Paul had two under performing years, but 5-7 isn't like top 10 worst hires ever. Diaco was bad, Edsall 2.0 didn't have juice or resources.

He wasn’t a bad coach per se, he was just not all what we need in that time

 

[Duncan Idaho]

That's insane.

Paul went 5-7 and 5-7, should have went 7-5 and 7-5.

The collapse came due to Big East essentially going away, which was not Paul's fault and nothing to do with hire.

Diaco, though, absolutely shredded this program.

That said, I had a convo with Paul when the AAC was made. He said the league was gonna be good, better than what the Big East was. That was a problem. Because fans here thought the AAC was beneath them.

Paul had two under performing years, but 5-7 isn't like top 10 worst hires ever. Diaco was bad, Edsall 2.0 didn't have juice or resources.

Certainly not top 10 but there were 3 more wins out there in 2011 and four in 2012. You have always been the kindest to Paul.

 

[B1GEast]

He wasn’t a bad coach per se, he was just not all what we need in that time

The game had past him by. PP might have had success at a big time program, but we were rebuilding and what we needed at that time was a coach from a team like Northern Illinois or Buffalo. A creative coach that can take under the radar guys and compete with with bigger programs.

I always said why not grab a MAC coach that has already built a program. It would have been much easier to poach one of them than to hire guys like PP past their prime.

So many missed opportunities. What could have been.

 

[Greg]

From Chad Morris to Charlie Strong: College football's top 25 worst coaching hires this century

A number of programs ended up with severe cases of buyer's remorse in the last 25 years

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Posted on cbssports.com by John Talty earlier today. Paul Pasqualoni is the only UConn head coaching hire who makes the list, and only as a "Just missed the Top 25 cut."

Sorry, but Coach Red Pants and Edsall 2 should have made at least that "Just missed" list as well. I guess Diaco gets saved by the fact his first team made it to the St. Petersburg Bowl (and of course lost) in 2015. However, they should have added big extra points for his nonsensical words; horrible, disingenuous leadership and the ignominy brought on by the ConFLict and trophy he created with UCF that practically everyone, including UCF themselves, mocked. All of you football fans on here (yes, I am more casual than most of you on here, but I still follow along... I just rarely post on this board) know exactly what I mean. He was the biggest reason we started to be a laughingstock in college football.

Then Edsall finished the job. How he doesn't make this list I have no clue. We were literally one of the worst teams in all of FBS throughout his 2nd tenure, leading to an abysmal 6-32 record, 2-22 in conference (AAC). He easily belongs in the Top 20, if not Top 10.

Thank God for the respectability that Jim Mora has brought back to our football program. It can not be overstated how much he has meant since his arrival in 2021. I am looking forward to see if he is able to build upon last year's run at the end of the year and that awesome, convincing bowl victory vs. UNC at Fenway.

I am a Syracuse guy. Greg Robinson tops my list.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

It will never cease to amaze me how much of a grip Edsall has on this board.

Run right, run left, run up the middle, punt.

 

[Waquoit]

Run right, run left, run up the middle, punt.

Luckily the human mind helps one deal with trauma. I had forgotten the limited window of success his offense gave us. If UConn gained two yards or less on first down, we would rarely get a first down unless Pindell scrambled. If it was that Jack guy, no hope. If they gained between two or eight, there was a bit of hope. The trouble was doing that several times in succession. What really rankled thought was when it was 2nd and less than 2. It was always followed by two into the line, then punt.