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Article about teams poaching Mora

Had he not worked at espn he probably wouldn't have taken the job. They did do something good for us.
 
If you have a coach you like, you have to do what you can to make him happy. That means compensation, staff compensation and monetary and non-monetary support for his program.

You also have to realize that, in football, there are a good number of programs that will simply be able to offer him more of all of these to make him happy, and if they do and he takes their offer it will suck but we will be in much better position for the next hire -- both because of Mora's buy out, which can be used to pay the next coach, because this year will certainly increase attendance and revenue and because he won't have to pull a program out of the toilet -- and Dave B just has to do his job again. But until we're a P-5 school or the whole landscape of college football changes, there will simply be a number of schools that can offer him more than we can and if he's performing he will have offseason decisions to make.
 
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Ajs120102 said:


Interesting quotes.
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The same would be true if he turned around a second tier B10 or even SEC program. Good coaches (except at a few elite schools) will be highly sought after.

It's a good problem to have. No one wanted to poach Edsall 2.0.

Which Ollie did you prefer, the one speculated for NBA jobs, or the one with under .500 seasons?
 
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Palatine said:
The same would be true if he turned around a second tier B10 or even SEC program. Good coaches (except at a few elite schools) will be highly sought after.

It's a good problem to have. No one wanted to poach Edsall 2.0.

Which Ollie did you prefer, the one speculated for NBA jobs, or the one with under .500 seasons?
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Disagree. Many here wanted to poach Edsall, but not the way you meant it. The way you poach a salmon.
 
Palatine said:
The same would be true if he turned around a second tier B10 or even SEC program. Good coaches (except at a few elite schools) will be highly sought after.

It's a good problem to have. No one wanted to poach Edsall 2.0.

Which Ollie did you prefer, the one speculated for NBA jobs, or the one with under .500 seasons?
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Bottom line for me is in my head I know obviously Mora would take a better job. I just want it to be after next year when we have a really solid foundation to hand off to presumably Charlton. it’s been an incredible year but to have to start over after one year isn’t sustainable for a program.
 
businesslawyer said:
If you have a coach you like, you have to do what you can to make him happy. That means compensation, staff compensation and monetary and non-monetary support for his program.

You also have to realize that, in football, there are a good number of programs that will simply be able to offer him more of all of these to make him happy, and if they do and he takes their offer it will suck but we will be in much better position for the next hire -- both because of Mora's buy out, which can be used to pay the next coach, because this year will certainly increase attendance and revenue and because he won't have to pull a program out of the toilet -- and Dave B just has to do his job again. But until we're a P-5 school or the whole landscape of college football changes, there will simply be a number of schools that can offer him more than we can and if he's performing he will have offseason decisions to make.
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This is why I would be in favor of an extension. Get him what he needs get the staff a raise. But also increase the buyout.
 
I don't think he's going anywhere. I believe him when he says UConn is where he wants to be. I got a kick out of "last time I won 6 games i got fired". My only point earlier was that if he does leave, he's already done a job we would all be grateful for in redefining the possible.
 
My opinion
  1. Coach Mora was excited to come here and seems even more excited with the results. I think it would be strange for him to come here on a mission #HuskyRevolution and then up and leave. I don't see it.
  2. I give Coach Mora all the credit in the world for having UCONN winning games this year. UCONN is a unique situation and HCJM was the right guy for the job. He's getting it done.
  3. HCJM can really do something special here. UCONN is a national brand and if he can bring the football program up near the level of the other sports, that would really be a huge accomplishment for Him and for Us.
  4. It takes more than one season to be "stabilized." Of course, the way things are going, I can see UCONN really taking off, but it's too soon to say it is stabilized.
  5. All that said, looking at this season alone, given the SOS and the teams they've beaten. I just don't think it makes sense for a big-time program to hire him right now. Look. There's a long list of coaches who had a run of success and then failed at a big-time program. At the same time, if there isn't a much brighter opportunity $$$$ for UCONN Football in the very near future and someone makes an offer, he just might take it.
  6. I'm all over the place. Go HUSKIES!
 
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He's coaching like he wants to stay. Which is how he will get a Big 5 offer. Turning CU Buffs around is going to be much harder than the Huskies. They will hire him for long term big money and it might be too much to turn down. We need to up the ante from his current deal.
 
Everything he has said is that he likes a challenge and hard things. Elevating UConn to national power is the hardest of them all from where we came. P5 opportunities have challenges that are easier to overcome. It's a certain type of person who wants to prove they are the best by taking on the hardest challenges and winning. He seems like that type of person who likes to fight for every inch and this is the place to do it. If he is that type of person, like I imagine he is, money for him isn't the motivator, it's the challenge.
 
You know why I don't worry about getting outbid? Because we're gonna get outbid. I accept the things I cannot change and I also had 2 Sip of Sunshines at the BB game tonight. A decent man isn't catching Grand Slam balls at the women's softball game and saying the this best group he's ever worked with one day and leaving town the next. Don 't confuse him with someone that says "I will be at UConn as long as you will have me" then just leaves.
 
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Storrs South said:
No coach is going to leave UConn to go to USF. Football, basketball, all the way down to rowing. That university has screwed up so many times, they deserve what's coming to them.
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Unless he likes warm weather.
 
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UCTitleTown said:
Unless he likes warm weather.
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warm weather, or extremely hot humid huge bug infested weather. HCJM is a mountain man.

get lost poachers!

the office finger guns GIF
 
Can we also appreciate how fantastic all of our assistants have been?! I'm more worried about an exodus from them. Sammis and EJ and Dalton Hilliard. The improvement seen in the OL and DB groups. The continued excellence of the RB group as each player had to step up. Need to ensure that we get what all the coaches need.
 
Any team with a head coaching vacancy that doesn't have Mora on their list is really stupid. The guy can coach. He makes players better. He makes teams better. He has one of the best resumes in college football.
 
Mora knows how easy the schedule was this year and next year. He's had plenty of other offers since his last gig. He said he wanted this job and reaching out to get it says that's true. He's not going anywhere so long as he is still enjoying life here. If there was a FB reason to leave then he never would have signed on in the first place.

It's a weird thing for the coaching carousel to understand. Hence, the speculation of a name coach doing well at a place beneath his reputation, why wouldn't he chase a "better job?"

Because it's not about the next job for him. The articles not only write themselves but almost demand to be written as click bait filler. We don't need to indulge them.
 
Waquoit said:
Don't be. We'll have plenty of good candidates to fill any position that needs filling.
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Way to be a voice of reason. That's no fun! But yeah, that is reasonable.
 
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Mora is at UCONN for his legacy. He's already had success as an NFL and college coach. He has a chance to make a generational impact on our football program like Calhoun, Geno, Stevens (field hockey), Cavanaugh (#IceBus), Morrone/Reid (men's soccer), and Penders (baseball). Mora's staying until we are legit in football.
 
Mora has good reason to stay and another to leave. He’s already said why staying makes sense—6 wins is not a satisfactory result. It’s promising, but there’s much more to do. We can up his pay, pay his assistants more and provide extra perks, but if his new wife (who he referenced by saying he’s finally “happy in life”) whispers ‘I don’t like it here, I’m not happy living here long term‘, I have little doubt that he’d parlay the current glow surrounding him into a new job.
 
Storrs South said:
No coach is going to leave UConn to go to USF. Football, basketball, all the way down to rowing. That university has screwed up so many times, they deserve what's coming to them.
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As much as I'd love to disagree, I can't. USF just got approved for an on campus stadium. USF is in one of the fastest growing state and if USF hired Jim Mora for the same amount, he'll be making more since there isn't an income tax in Florida. As much as we look down on USF, they are serious about athletics. They might be starting an ice hockey team since Jeff Vinick (NHL's Lightning owner), is offering them money for an arena on campus.

That said, isn't it wonderful that a football coach is being talked about NOT BECAUSE OF THEM BEING ON THE HOT SEAT, but because he might be poached?

I hope AD David Benedict can fine some $$$ in the cushions to pay HCJM more. We need him.
 
UConnJim said:
Hurely and Geno make $3 million per year so I think UConn can afford more than $1.5 million for a football coach.
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What do we think the magic number is though? Will enough donors step up to pay Mora $3-5M which is the going rate for a non-elite coach? Certainly can't fund it with football or media revenue.
 
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