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JwittersPAC said:
Still have to be able to smooze players. Dan hated that part of the job and did not recruit well while at Florida. Just cannot cut the biggest checks.
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Yeah I agree. Recruiting was not his passion at Florida. But. Those teams were actually decent. I am not sure if he has figured out the whole NIL thing yet at UNLV. They are great on offense….and awful on defense. Sound familiar?

I don’t think he would be the worst choice if DB was confident he figured the NIL stuff out
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
Yeah I agree. Recruiting was not his passion at Florida. But. Those teams were actually decent. I am not sure if he has figured out the whole NIL thing yet at UNLV. They are great on offense….and awful on defense. Sound familiar?

I don’t think he would be the worst choice if DB was confident he figured the NIL stuff out
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Was he the coach that made the QB quit for unfulfilled promises?
 
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CTBballfan243 said:
The modern game has passed Jon Gruden by.
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I watched him break down quarterbacks, and he didn't lose anything. I think he likes what he is doing and would only come back for the NFL, not college, unless it was something really special
 
CTBballfan243 said:
The modern game has past Jon Gruden by.
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If he enjoyed recruiting he'd be very good here. He's probably untouchable as far as hires go, but we don't need the best scheme. We need a game manager that brings in ballers.
 
giddyup said:
We lived this already. Neither will be around in due time. Sammis will bolt when he doesn’t get the nod as HC and Brock isn’t hanging around to get let go by the next guy. Had a good thing going but Mora flipped the match and burned it down and we will have deal with the smoldering mess and re- re-re-re- build.. it gets tiring.
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I think if Sammis was the guy, he would have been named already. Why wait? Guessing that Dave Benedict is chasing someone pretty specific. I’d hope to see the announcement sooner rather than later but it isn’t my decision
 
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freescooter said:
I think if Sammis was the guy, he would have been named already. Why wait? Guessing that Dave Benedict is chasing someone pretty specific. I’d hope to see the announcement sooner rather than later but it isn’t my decision
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That's my sense as well. It's radio silence while he closes the deal. That's the right way to do it, though it's frustrating for us being on the outside and not being able to see any material signs of progress. We do need to get someone in sooner rather than later to stop the hemorrhaging and start bringing in new talent.
 
weyuo said:
But didn't we understand at the beginning of this season the defense was going to struggle due to the turnover after last season? Still, they played well enough to win 9 and take the 3 losses to overtime. Granted the offense made the season for us but still being understaffed I thought they did more than what everyone expected at the beginning.

I'm just looking at it from a recruiting standpoint. Potential recruits and portal transfers will see some continuity where if you bring in a new HC and he's not a brand name they are going to keep looking. A new HC has to start from scratch once again and how many times do we have to go through that? Every 3-4 years we have to deal with a new HC making grandiose statements to appease the base just so we can watch him sink or swim and 3 years later he's either canned or off to his "dream job". That's getting real old and you wonder why the fan base isn't growing.
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That’s been our problem.
Until Mora, or HC hires have been abysmal.

You could see the rationale for each, but none panned out.

PP- NFL, UConn guy, HS ties, college success
Diaco- upcoming talent, Broyles recipient, high energy
RE 2.0- cheap
Mora- NFL, college success, intangible factors aligned

If this is an argument for Sammis and continuity, I just don’t buy it.
Sammis has 2 years of OC experience. Prior to UConn, he’s basically a OL coach.

His success here is largely predicated on players before him. I like what he’s done as OC. I hope whoever we hire would give him a shot. I like that continuity.

But this hire is way to important to gamble on a a coach that hasn’t been HC ever, and has 2 years as OC.

Not a knock on Sammis, he just needs some more experience beyond 2 years as OC
 
CL82 said:
That's my sense as well. It's radio silence while he closes the deal. That's the right way to do it, though it's frustrating for us being on the outside and not being able to see any material signs of progress. We do need to get someone in sooner rather than later to stop the hemorrhaging and start bringing in new talent.
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Especially with Part 1 of Nationaling Signing Day being tomorrow (correct?)
 
Windham4th said:
Recruiting is way different now. It's more like hiring temp workers.
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You just give kids a plan and and hopefully you hit the right number. It’s like speed dating. I think coaches might like it better now.
 
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The portal happens to everyone. Our issue is really we are more or less out of things at the moment.
 
They will try and get someone before the bowl game to hopefully retain players.
 
CCSUblue said:
Still no posting. No new rumors. No nothing. It's frustrating when MSU and Kentucky can fire and announce a hire in 2 days.
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It is a little different when the coach quits rather than getting fired. You don't fire someone, ideally, until the replacement is already lined up. And most states don't make you post senior executive level positions for five days. That is just a ridiculous requirement.
 
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RSTuthill said:
The moment the job listing hits distribution, we will know they have got their guy. Then it will be five days to the announcement.
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This has held true in the past. I can’t recall: was it the case with Mora’s hire too?
 
Husky92 said:
This has held true in the past. I can’t recall: was it the case with Mora’s hire too?
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HCRE2.0 was fired early mid season and there was a long time before the portal or whatever preceded it opened up. As I recall they were just trying to get through the season, hiring a consultant to help with that. And like you, I cannot recall the timing. Thinking this one should be much quicker. The need is urgent. And it is a more attractive opening now.
 
RSTuthill said:
HCRE2.0 was fired early mid season and there was a long time before the portal or whatever preceded it opened up. As I recall they were just trying to get through the season, hiring a consultant to help with that. And like you, I cannot recall the timing. Thinking this one should be much quicker. The need is urgent. And it is a more attractive opening now.
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Mentioning Consultant, i am suprised nobody has brought that offensive guru consultant yet. Or maybe I missed it
 
I'm hearing Cahill to JMU could get done pretty soon, so there's another name off the board.

While I'd personally look into a guy like one of the Kellys (Chip or Brian) or other big names just as a stop game to hopefully be bowl eligible the next couple years and force our way into a conference, I don't think UConn is looking that way. I think we'll see some pretty crazy lists with names like Brian Kelly but also some other former NFL/College guys (Malzhan?) but the source will be their camps, not UConn. I like the concept of Matt Patricia but I also fear a second Chris Ash and I think Ohio State would probably pay to keep him at DC more than we'd pay for HC with the success they are having.

I have a feeling other than Cahill, none of the guys they were highly interested in are going to move around in the short term and we might be one of the last teams to fill the occupancy and it's going to be a guy with head coach experience but maybe even from FCS rank. I don't know what we can do to pouch a good G5 coach from a "less-prestigious" east coast school. I just have faith Benedict will get someone.

Unrelated side note: Penn State looks to be the ultimate loser in this. I don't know why they didn't take Chesney, especially at a school where there is a bit more of a leash than other really big time top 15 programs due to Big 10 being fairly weak on the bottom half and Penn State getting a pretty easy conference/OOC schedule the next few years. If they don't get the BYU guy they are screwed.
 
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