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Sprague03 said:
I'm going to guess it's someone who's worked with in the past, someone he trusts. Just like the coaching staff he's compiled here. Charley Molnar might be a good example, but he did get fired as the UMass head coach. He's from NJ, coached in the northeast, and coached with Bob Diaco at ND and at Cinci in '09.
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I think it's pretty clear based on all his other coaching hires that this will be someone he's coached with before. I may be in the minority but I would be really happy with Molnar or Quinn. Both have had successful offenses that earned them head coaching gigs. Quinn was a Broyles award finalist for his work at Cincinnati. Molnar was OC for those great CMU teams with LaFervor at QB. Hopefully whoever it is that gets hired can lure in a few recruiting surprises.
 
HobokenHusky said:
I think it's pretty clear based on all his other coaching hires that this will be someone he's coached with before. I may be in the minority but I would be really happy with Molnar or Quinn. Both have had successful offenses that earned them head coaching gigs. Quinn was a Broyles award finalist for his work at Cincinnati. Molnar was OC for those great CMU teams with LaFervor at QB. Hopefully whoever it is that gets hired can lure in a few recruiting surprises.
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Were they the ones calling the plays too? Serious question.
 
HobokenHusky said:
I think it's pretty clear based on all his other coaching hires that this will be someone he's coached with before. I may be in the minority but I would be really happy with Molnar or Quinn. Both have had successful offenses that earned them head coaching gigs. Quinn was a Broyles award finalist for his work at Cincinnati. Molnar was OC for those great CMU teams with LaFervor at QB. Hopefully whoever it is that gets hired can lure in a few recruiting surprises.
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I'd be happy with either of those guys. Truth be told tho, I'd be happy with anyone that provides an actual vision for the offense. Seems like we couldn't make up our minds on what system to run last year. Pro style, spread, fast and exciting or power downhill running game, don't matter to me as long as we show improvement in the W column
 
HobokenHusky said:
I think it's pretty clear based on all his other coaching hires that this will be someone he's coached with before. I may be in the minority but I would be really happy with Molnar or Quinn. Both have had successful offenses that earned them head coaching gigs. Quinn was a Broyles award finalist for his work at Cincinnati. Molnar was OC for those great CMU teams with LaFervor at QB. Hopefully whoever it is that gets hired can lure in a few recruiting surprises.
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No...I'd be underwhelmed with either of those guys...more so Quinn...Molnar maybe not so much....seemed like he was a guy players liked to play for when he was a coordinator
 
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ktuck911 said:
Molnar's bio.
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Other than possibly being available on the cheap as an Idaho assistant, what's so enticing about Charlie Molnar? Did he actually call the O plays at Notre Dame before antagonizing past UMess players and the school's few fans?
 
I wonder about any offensive coach linked to Brian Kelly at Cincy or ND. I hope the person we pick has experience calling plays. We'll see.
 
There are so many viable options out there, but here's links to bios of the three names as a follow up to an earlier post I made.
Joe Conlin Yale OC profile - came up under Chip Kelly at UNH, in a year has turned Yale's offense into a top 10 FCS unit, has NE ties
Brian Scott ODU OC profile - all they do is score TD's and crank out yards, has NE ties (Maine grad)
Ryan Carty UNH OC profile - NE ties, track record of coordinating productive offenses, recruits N. NJ and parts of MA.
Also, Jagodzinski is now the Offensive Coordinator at Georgia State, transitioning them from start up to FBS. That guy could coordinate an offense.

I know many want the sexy hire, a name guy form a name FBS/BCS/P5 program, etc, etc.... Me, I'll take a proven record of leading offenses that can move the ball and score points. What's more impressive is more often than not the three teams above are doing it with talent deficits compared to their opponants (from a speed/skill/rating pov), and still cranking yards and points.
 
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BlueDogs said:
If BD takes in TJ, I'd say there is a guy with a real set of balls whose willing to set aside ego and get the right guy to get the job done. I think those two would be a great match.
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Well...we heard from a lot of people that he wouldn't have the balls to do anything about Cummings. So he probably doesn't do this, but he isn't just monitoring the situation.
 
I'm excited about getting a new OC, but this is probably the most important hire of BD's HC career so far. With the offensive HC's coming in this conference, UCONN is going to need to be able to go into to a shootout with guns blazing, not bringing a knife to a gun fight like we have been. I'm encouraged that BD demoted Cummings after one year of offensive ineptitude and I believe he will bring in the right guy for the job.
 
SAMCRO said:
There are so many viable options out there, but here's links to bios of the three names as a follow up to an earlier post I made.
Joe Conlin Yale OC profile - came up under Chip Kelly at UNH, in a year has turned Yale's offense into a top 10 FCS unit, has NE ties
Brian Scott ODU OC profile - all they do is score TD's and crank out yards, has NE ties (Maine grad)
Ryan Carty UNH OC profile - NE ties, track record of coordinating productive offenses, recruits N. NJ and parts of MA.
Also, Jagodzinski is now the Offensive Coordinator at Georgia State, transitioning them from start up to FBS. That guy could coordinate an offense.

I know many want the s e xy hire, a name guy form a name FBS/BCS/P5 program, etc, etc.... Me, I'll take a proven record of leading offenses that can move the ball and score points. What's more impressive is more often than not the three teams above are doing it with talent deficits compared to their opponants (from a speed/skill/rating pov), and still cranking yards and points.
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I like your post but from what I've seen of HCBD so far, unfortunately, I can't see him looking past guys he already know... I hope there's a bigger crop of guys other than Molnar and Quinn that he tossed out a net for... Success breeds success... We need to bring in a guy that breeds that. But my gut tells me it's gonna be somebody Diaco already knows...
 
UconnFamily said:
Exactly what I had thought and supposedly Cummings wouldn't move from OC to OL... Lol

I'm glad he moves to OL and now let's hope we can bring in a really good OC
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did he take a pay cut?
 
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Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
How are you so confident Diaco independently made the call?
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Your right. I assuming he made the call but it could be Manuel. Although I think it would be a little premature for Manual to intervene after a coach's first season on the job. Especially with a coach he hired.
 
CTMike said:
It's the right call, but we are in for another year of offensive transition... Which terrifies me.
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It's OK because we can't fall any further. All we want is signs of a coherent scheme boiled down to things we can become proficient at and some improvement over the course of the season. An upswing in productivity will suffice until we can build consistency. Let's look like we're a threat to do something positive that other teams have to adjust for.

Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree; minimum of six years of full-time experience as an offensive football coach at the collegiate FBS, FCS or NFL within the past 10 years
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And if you already had your guy I would assume you would maximize this number. Isn't 6 rather odd? Wouldn't be surprised if it it is exactly 6 years of last 10.

I too am concerned if HCBD limits himself to guys in that comfort zone of past associations. Need to break out of that bubble.
 
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Jimdish255 said:
It's OK because we can't fall any further. All we want is signs of a coherent scheme boiled down to things we can become proficient at and some improvement over the course of the season. An upswing in productivity will suffice until we can build consistency. Let's look like we're a threat to do something positive that other teams have to adjust for.



And if you already had your guy I would assume you would maximize this number. Isn't 6 rather odd? Wouldn't be surprised if it it is exactly 6 years of last 10.
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Now that you pointed to that . . . I am thinking it's probably Matt LaFleur, no? Has been active as coach for about 10 years, has NFL experience also (would not need to throw that in for Quinn or Molnar), has the Diaco ties. . . . I think theuconnblog.com may have found the guy.
 
Matt LaFleur
Career history as coach:
Well not sure if the math works out. Needed to look twice. Doesn't he basically have 10+ years experience FCS/FBS/NFL minus Ashland and Northern Mich?
 
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Jimdish255 said:
Matt LaFleur
Career history as coach:
Well not sure if the math works out. Needed to look twice. Doesn't he basically have 10+ years experience FCS/FBS/NFL?
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I have to ask, what does an "Offensive quality control coach" actually do?
 
Jimdish255 said:
Matt LaFleur
Career history as coach:
Well not sure if the math works out. Needed to look twice. Doesn't he basically have 10+ years experience FCS/FBS/NFL?
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If you take out the "assistant" and "quality control coach" years, it's about 6 right?

Also, this is the guy that flipped Brandon Wimbush , the #1 NJ Prospect and #3 dual threat QB in the country, from Penn State to Notre Dame, so if this is the guy he can recruit.
 
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Bonehead said:
A source - I cannot believe that someone in the AD office couldnt just confirm this and put their name to it - everything is so secretive around this Football program. When my kids are this secretive something 'not right' is ocurring or there is a surprise party being planned for me - and I dont do parties.

Is this for competitive advantage as well??
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I was just going to say that- why is everything related to this program now like top secret under Diaco?? I like the guy, but The Burton is like Fort Knox now. lol
 
Jimdish255 said:
Maybe he keeps the footballs underinflated.
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Maybe that was our problem - our balls were OVERINFLATED - made it harder to throw and catch them...
 
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