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CL82 said:
So, again, who do you think was Benedict favorite, if you believe it wasn’t Randy?
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Saying Randy has backing of important people and firing would not be easy. Going back? Needed an offense minded coach. Ties to Auburn/MN. Lashlee, Kill, Morehead he he, Hc and or Oc @ James Madison. Ambrose?
 
Bongo Fury said:
Saying Randy has backing of important people and firing would not be easy. Going back? Needed an offense minded coach. Ties to Auburn/MN. Lashlee, Kill, Morehead he he, Hc and or Oc @ James Madison. Ambrose?
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So you still don’t have a name for a person can you believe was Benedict’s supposed first choice? Kind of seems like you were just talking out your butt when you said Randy wasn’t DB’s first choice to replace Diaco.
 
CL82 said:
So you still don’t have a name for a person can you believe was Benedict’s supposed first choice? Kind of seems like you were just talking out your butt when you said Randy wasn’t DB’s first choice to replace Diaco.
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You’re right! It was Randy. They seem to be very tight and respect each other greatly.
 
CL82 said:
So you still don’t have a name for a person can you believe was Benedict’s supposed first choice? Kind of seems like you were just talking out your butt when you said Randy wasn’t DB’s first choice to replace Diaco.
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He just listed some names....

God Almighty.
 
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Screw the boosters and Larry McHugh. I'm going to other games.

Lou Spanos looks like a solid hire, though.
 
Edsall gets a 4th year because you can't keep firing football coaches every 3 years and expect better results. Pasqualoni won 42% of his games, Diaco 29%, Edsall 2.0 is at 25%. Imagine the win percentage for the next guy?
 
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Butch said:
He just listed some names....

God Alrighty.
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Relax, Butch.

Listing names is different from saying Guy X was the number 1 guy Randy was #2. The reality is DB courted Randy and talked to him about the idea of coming back and coming back on the cheap. People may not like it and it may or may not work out, but Benedict did good work in bringing in an experienced coach who knew UConn and wanted to be here.
 
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Brochacho said:
Edsall gets a 4th year because you can't keep firing football coaches every 3 years and expect better results. Pasqualoni won 42% of his games, Diaco 29%, Edsall 2.0 is at 25%. Imagine the win percentage for the next guy?
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Or just stop hiring over the hill coaches or whack jobs who can't recruit?

There's is no good reason to UConn can't recruit at around a top 75 level and play near .500 ball.

The level of expectations are so low after the past decade that we need a reset.

Nobody expects a top 40 program given the loss of BCS affiliation but there's a sweet spot in between that and a middling FCS program.
 
CL82 said:
Relax, Butch.

Listing names is different from saying Guy X was the number 1 guy Randy was #2. The reality is DB courted Randy and talked to him about the idea of coming back and coming back on the cheap. People may not like it and it may or may not work out, but Benedict did good work in bringing in an experienced coach who knew UConn and wanted to be here.
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Boosters have more say than an AD.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Or just stop hiring over the hill coaches or whack jobs who can't recruit?

There's is no good reason to UConn can't recruit at around a top 75 level and play near .500 ball.

The level of expectations are so low after the past decade that we need a reset.

Nobody expects a top 40 program given the loss of BCS affiliation but there's a sweet spot in between that and a middling FCS program.
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It's not even the past decade. It's been since Diaco started recruiting.
 
Butch said:
Boosters have more say than an AD.
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Have you heard that we were looking at anyone but Randy to replace Diaco?
 
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Butch said:
That goes to prove boosters have more say than ADs.
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It also goes to prove Randy wasn't the second choice. He was the only choice.
 
This weekend:
Wyoming beats an SEC team (Missouri). Wyoming is not an easy place to recruit kids to.
Georgia State beats Tenn. GSU started their program in 2010.

How can RE defend the 5 year timeline to turn around a program with the geographical excuse and "I was left with a real mess" excuse. And the recruiting will only get tougher if we go 3-9 (though it will be spun as improvement)
 
I'm not quite sure where I stand on this. I really was not happy with the Big East move because it effectively killed this program.

Edsall is not working out but who is going to come in to an independent program and turn it around? Any of you who think we're paying $1 million a year for a coach to play an Indy schedule in front of 2k people, you're flipping crazy. If it doesn't work out with Edsall after his 5th year, I think there will be serious thought about what to do with the program, stay at FBS or drop to FCS. The only hold up will be the state and our stupid contract with The Rent.

I'm still holding out small hope that this somehow clicks at some point this season and we win some games. Many of you are very negative and the game didn't give us much hope, but there were other positives. I thought Thompkins looked explosive.

Anyway, rant over. Edsall will get his 5 years and then the program will need to be reassessed if it's still at it's current state. Ticket sales will continue to plummet with an Indy schedule, no matter what BS the AD is trying to spin.
 
UCFBfan said:
Edsall is not working out but who is going to come in to an independent program and turn it around?
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Who is going to go to Wyoming?
Who is going to go to Georgia State?

You think the prospect of making the playoff out of the MWC or the Sun Belt is realistic? You think players dream at night of winning the MWC or Sun Belt?

Army and Navy get kids despite the fact that you MAY HAVE TO SERVE IN WAR ZONES.

Affiliation is an excuse, nothing more.
 
zls44 said:
Who is going to go to Wyoming?
Who is going to go to Georgia State?

You think the prospect of making the playoff out of the MWC or the Sun Belt is realistic? You think players dream at night of winning the MWC or Sun Belt?

Army and Navy get kids despite the fact that you MAY HAVE TO SERVE IN WAR ZONES.

Affiliation is an excuse, nothing more.
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I'm not talking about making the playoff or any pipe dream like that. I'm talking about the reality of a schedule of UMass, Liberty, Coastal Carolina, a random ULM or ULL school every year. That is a schedule that generates zero fans in the seats.

People were talking about bringing in another coach at $1 million, I was saying it would be a waste of money. Sure, you're right, we could get someone. But the reality is that we'd need to take a hard look if after 5 years of Edsall we haven't made any growth.
 
UCFBfan said:
I'm not talking about making the playoff or any pipe dream like that. I'm talking about the reality of a schedule of UMass, Liberty, Coastal Carolina, a random ULM or ULL school every year. That is a schedule that generates zero fans in the seats.
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So is, objectively, an AAC schedule. ULM, Coastal, ECU, Tulsa, USF, even good Houston, Liberty, UMass. Its all the same crap.
 
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zls44 said:
So is, objectively, an AAC schedule. ULM, Coastal, ECU, Tulsa, USF, even good Houston, Liberty, UMass. Its all the same crap.
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I said this before. Does anyone really care if it's East Carolina or Western Michigan? Central Florida or Central Michigan? SMU or Rice? None are moving the needle all that much.
 
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We were willing to pay over $2,000,000 in the AAC. We will make more money as an Independent. We need to pay a good coach and win games. It’s really simple, get a good coach, accept more borderline players, win games, fill seats, enjoy prosperity.

Boise State pays their coach of 6 years 1.35 mill.
 
Also, people need to stop whining about attendance. I’m seeing half empty stadiums all over the P5. Take some pride in our fan base. We’ve been served shiz sandwiches for 8 years and we still have quite a few people show up for dinner. I can pretty much assure you things wouldn’t be better at FSU if they had our history. Their fans stop going to showing after they lose 2-3 games. Also, I don’t accept the crowd issue at FSU this weekend being due to the game being moved back to campus from Jax. Kids have been back at FSU for weeks and the student section didn’t impress yesterday either. Furthermore, all the people going to Jax could easily drive the 1.5-2 hours to Tally. The issue is fair weather fans. Last season, Doak was turning into a ghost town.
 
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Hoophound said:
Also, people need to stop whining about attendance. I’m seeing half empty stadiums all over the P5. Take some pride in our fan base. We’ve been served shiz sandwiches for 8 years and we still have quite a few people show up for dinner. I can pretty much assure you things wouldn’t be better at FSU if they had our history. Their fans stop going to showing after they lose 2-3 games. Also, I’m don’t accept the crowd issue at FSU this weekend being due to the game being moved back to campus from Jax. Kids have been back at FSU for weeks and the student section didn’t impress yesterday either. Furthermore, alll the people going to Jax could easily drive the 1.5-2 hours to Tally. The issue is fair weather fans. Last season, Doak was turning into a ghost town.
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attendance around the country was miserable this weekend
 
How I feel after opening a Whaler thread and ask myself why

46038
 
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whaler11 said:
attendance around the country was miserable this weekend
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I was surprised at the Stanford attendance. The game was played in the heat of the day and fans seemed to have migrated to the shade side but still people were obviously finding other things to do out there on Saturday.
 
whaler11 said:
instead of posting dumb nonsense in every thread you could put me on ignore you know right?

like that meme doesnt even make sense
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As much as your post on all things UConn football. It's like beating a drum over and over or hitting your head on the wall again and again. How's that for an analogy
 
uconnbill said:
As much as your post on all things UConn football. It's like beating a drum over and over or hitting your head on the wall again and again. How's that for an analogy
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have you realized yet that all you do is complain about me but never actually provide any actual
evidence to counter what i post.

you really can do yourself a favor an ignore me because you’ve proven you’ll never actually learn anything and clearly you don’t like to be confronted with dealing with reality
 
whaler11 said:
have you realized yet that all you do is complain about me but never actually provide any actual
evidence to counter what i post.

you really can do yourself a favor an ignore me because you’ve proven you’ll never actually learn anything and clearly you don’t like to be confronted with dealing with reality
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Is ignore begging becoming a thing now?
 
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