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Why don't we just get off the dime and hire 'The Boneyard?' God knows that 'The Boneyard' knows EVERYTHING and can do a better job than any one person that Dave might hire.
 
geordi said:
Why don't we just get off the dime and hire 'The Boneyard?' God knows that 'The Boneyard' knows EVERYTHING and can do a better job than any one person that Dave might hire.
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Hahaha, well some of us know everything, but I don't know enough to even be dangerous. So count me out.
 
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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He wasn’t fired. He quit. And we were abysmal. Nobody good was lining up to take Dave’s calls.

This time it is apparently much different. They have many more options to screen and consider.
 
I will say it again even though I got mocked with reaction emojis the first time. The HC's of NoDak St, Montana St, and Montana should be looked at. I thought Chesney should have been taken last time by UConn and now he is a level above us and unreachable. Those three FCS coaches should at least get interviews, at least one or two.
 
ZooCougar said:
He wasn’t fired. He quit. And we were abysmal. Nobody good was lining up to take Dave’s calls.

This time it is apparently much different. They have many more options to screen and consider.
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No no no. He said that was his last season and he would finish it out. Then he had a tumultuous meeting with AD David Benedict and was told to leave immediately.
 
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RSTuthill said:
No no no. He said that was his last season and he would finish it out. Then he had a tumultuous meeting with AD David Benedict and was told to leave immediately.
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He had an email informing him to take the rest of the season off after announcing this would be it for him and discussing it with nobody. It’s amazing how you are wrong about pretty much everything.
 
RSTuthill said:
I will say it again even though I got mocked with reaction emojis the first time. The HC's of NoDak St, Montana St, and Montana should be looked at. I thought Chesney should have been taken last time by UConn and now he is a level above us and unreachable. Those three FCS coaches should at least get interviews, at least one or two.
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Oregon State couldn’t even get the Montana State coach.

These guys would be a fish out of water in the northeast.
 
SonsOfNutmeg said:
I heard a rumor that Butch Jones is the "former SEC head coach" interested in the job... I could 100% get behind that.

Also, here's another one - Dan Mullen from UNLV.

He's an east coast guy and UNLV has money issues, they've been open that they can't afford his full 5 year $17.5M deal beyond next year. Who knows?
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For anyone that listens to the TNT College Football Podcast's UConn Football Chat, in their podcast today they mentioned conversations have been had with Mullen around the 18 minute mark.
 
Nameless said:
Where? Just did a couple brief searches and didn't find anything.

I want Cahill so this would suck if true
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For one, Solid Verbal podcast but I've heard a lot of JMU people talk about this mid season expecting Chesney to go to Penn State or something.
 
ZooCougar said:
He had an email informing him to take the rest of the season off after announcing this would be it for him and discussing it with nobody. It’s amazing how you are wrong about pretty much everything.
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Yup, and that was after his tumultuous meeting. By any measure, that is called getting fired. He only gave his end of season notice to avoid getting fired anyway. My point stands.
 
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ZooCougar said:
Oregon State couldn’t even get the Montana State coach.

These guys would be a fish out of water in the northeast.
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You mean the 2-10 Oregon State that plays in the PAC-12 leftovers conference? That Oregon State? THEY couldn't get the Montana State coach?

Those guys coach in the north. That is all that is required. Who knows, might get lucky and one of them has a spouse from the east.
 
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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I don’t think that is true actually. They’ve done it for assistants as a proforma thing. But I don’t even think they have done that. I’m not even sure it is 5 days.
 
RSTuthill said:
You mean the 2-10 Oregon State that plays in the PAC-12 leftovers conference? That Oregon State? THEY couldn't get the Montana State coach?

Those guys coach in the north. That is all that is required. Who knows, might get lucky and one of them has a spouse from the east.
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Yeah the same conference that just took our coach.

The current Montana coach tried FBS once and fell flat on his face.

Those programs are huge compared to the rest of FCS. Of course they are good.
 
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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I believe HCRE announced early on that he was going to coach until the end of the season and then retire. DB said Randy that's not your decision to coach for the rest of the season and promptly fired his ass.
 
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RSTuthill said:
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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Unless you happen to be Penn State
 
superjohn said:
If we can get Dan Mullen it's a no brainer, get him. He's the best name that's been thrown out there and he's a better coach than Mora.
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SonsOfNutmeg said:
I heard a rumor that Butch Jones is the "former SEC head coach" interested in the job... I could 100% get behind that.

Also, here's another one - Dan Mullen from UNLV.

He's an east coast guy and UNLV has money issues, they've been open that they can't afford his full 5 year $17.5M deal beyond next year. Who knows?
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I know it'd be exciting to think we had SEC level coaches interested, but Jones has a less than stellar record at Arkansas St. and even in the best three of his five years there (the last three) he's only 20-18. I have to believe we can do lots better.
Mullen has a much better record.
 
Mullen would be a great get. I doubt he leaves UNLV already though.
 
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ZooCougar said:
Well, it turns out UNLV admitted that they can’t afford to pay him. Also he’s possibly looking to move east.

The TNT Podcast says there have been multiple contacts between parties.
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But can we afford to pay him?
 
ZooCougar said:
Well, it turns out UNLV admitted that they can’t afford to pay him. Also he’s possibly looking to move east.
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So, if they can’t pay him does he sue them, or do they release him and he leaves? What are his options?
 
mikedog10 said:
It sounds like Matt is responsible for the new state tax credit you can qualify for by donating to the UConn NIL. He was behind the latest renovations to the civic center and is talking about Rentschler needing improvements. Can we make this guy governor already?
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No.
 
mikedog10 said:
It sounds like Matt is responsible for the new state tax credit you can qualify for by donating to the UConn NIL. He was behind the latest renovations to the civic center and is talking about Rentschler needing improvements. Can we make this guy governor already?
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He was also one of the politicians who questioned if a move to the Big XII would be the right thing for UConn.

Ritter acknowledged the likely financial benefits of joining one of the nation's premier football conferences but said he worries about travel, not only for UConn's high-profile basketball and football programs but also for athletes in other sports, as well as "the loss of some regional rivalries, which I think has helped to recruit in the Big East."
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also from the article:
"I think it's a difficult decision, if you're going to the Big 12, there's this hope and assumption that at some point there will be other eastern school in the Big 12 with UConn, but there's a bit of a leap of faith with that."

"We would obviously want to understand the numbers, if this is real, if this is what UConn wants to do, they would need to walk us through why it made financial sense for the university."
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