Benedict and Mora

[huskymedic]

 

[cellocgg]

I don't see Mora leaving for Stanford or Oregon St. Both of these are arguably worse jobs than UConn in 2025

 

[ZooCougar]

I don't see Mora leaving for Stanford or Oregon St. Both of these are arguably worse jobs than UConn in 2025

Oregon State yes. At Stanford he would have amazing resources.

But not to worry there are like 6 guys more appealing that can be available, like Chesney and the North Texas coach.

 

[DB50]

Hi new to here! What is Mora current buy out?

 

[DB50]

Oregon State yes. At Stanford he would have amazing resources.

But not to worry there are like 6 guys more appealing that can be available, like Chesney and the North Texas coach.

I mean OSU bought a $1.5m QB.. they have more money than UCONN for football..

North Texas coach is getting interest from OKST and Auburn.. not UConn

 

[DB50]

I don't see Mora leaving for Stanford or Oregon St. Both of these are arguably worse jobs than UConn in 2025

OSU has worlds better facilities and money in football than UConn. I wouldn’t say that

 

[JwittersPAC]

Oregon State yes. At Stanford he would have amazing resources.

But not to worry there are like 6 guys more appealing that can be available, like Chesney and the North Texas coach.

Why do people keep listing Chesney. I think we missed our opportunity with him when he was at Holy Cross.

 

[ZooCougar]

Hi new to here! What is Mora current buy out?

$1 Trillion Dollars

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Hi new to here! What is Mora current buy out?

DB… you’re not fooling anyone!

 

[UConnJim]

I mean OSU bought a $1.5m QB.. they have more money than UCONN for football..

North Texas coach is getting interest from OKST and Auburn.. not UConn

You do realize UConn paid Mora more than Oregon St.'s head coach this year and the UConn Athletic Department is larger than Oregon St.?

 

[JwittersPAC]

You do realize UConn paid Mora more than Oregon St.'s head coach this year and the UConn Athletic Department is larger than Oregon St.?

I agree about Oregon State. But I think his second point is correct. North Texas coach getting interest from Oklahoma State and Auburn.

 

[DB50]

You do realize UConn paid Mora more than Oregon St.'s head coach this year and the UConn Athletic Department is larger than Oregon St.?

Bray didn’t need nor want more $$ he took a pay cut. You clearly have 0 clue.

Our NIL is much larger football wise. Lol you actually think UConn is better job than OSU. Oh my word.

 

[DB50]

You do realize UConn paid Mora more than Oregon St.'s head coach this year and the UConn Athletic Department is larger than Oregon St.?

Also if mora was paid more and given more why would he interview

 

[UConn2SF]

Oregon State is about to experience the abyss our program experienced from 2016-2021. It's going to get very bad there unless they somehow miraculously hire the next Saban or Smart. That program is all but dead without the benefits of Pac12 or being able to ride the wave Oregon generated for them for decades. I'd say the same thing about Washington St but they always seem to hire well.

 

[History Geek]

I take option 1a. Increase the assistant coaching and recruiting budget.

This. And throw money at Sammis.

 

[Waquoit]

Bray didn’t need nor want more $$ he took a pay cut. You clearly have 0 clue.

Our NIL is much larger football wise. Lol you actually think UConn is better job than OSU. Oh my word.

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[CCSUblue]

The question shouldn't be about mora leaving but what he does about coordinators. Will he be able to keep Sammis? Will someone get promoted if Sam is gets poached? Will he hire someone new? I love the speculation of the coaching carousel! It's almost as entertaining as real football!

 

[noeynox]

I’m really curious who AD Dave has on his secret candidate list.

I like the dude Ruffin at Souther Miss. Inherited a mess there and has them bowling year 1 after doing well at Marshall.

 

[Rdkid]

And remember, Andrew Luck is their GM. My guess is he either goes with a younger, analytical driven hire, or to your point, tie goes to the interim (and Luck’s former coach at Indy).

They are likely to take a Moneyball approach - 100%. Though Mora and Reich are good guys who treat people well - moving forward from the Troy Taylor imbroglio.

 

[ZooCougar]

 

[jskwrite]

Bray didn’t need nor want more $$ he took a pay cut. You clearly have 0 clue.

Our NIL is much larger football wise. Lol you actually think UConn is better job than OSU. Oh my word.

Oregon State is us when the Big East broke apart without basketball. They are nothing without a power conference around them. Like us, they have to win 11 or 12 games to get a playoff spot. I already see the mistakes they are making that UConn made "We were in a power conference" - no one cares - everyone is in this for themselves - when they start losing consecutive years to whatever Texas school is in that league, it's on them. They played 5 P4 games this year and lost 4 by multiple touchdowns. They play Texas Tech at home next year but then don't have another Power 4 conference team coming in to Corvallis until 2031. They are a Diaco hire away from being a complete joke. And the American is better than the new PAC so they aren't even in the best G5 conference.

As far as the comparison with UConn, they have a much better stadium situation, pretty similar training facilities and currently better NIL but not by much and that's going to fade away quickly. The Civil War is over for now; they can't play in 2026, so they lost that big rivalry advantage they had over UConn although it may return in the future. They have a much more difficult area to recruit (Oregon is now going to get everyone they want there and Washington is right near by, the California recruits at the 3 star level might like the more "local" conference). UConn is in conference limbo until at least 2029 but they also have back-to-back 9 win seasons. When Oregon State goes 5-7 next year in the new Pac 12 - they are just a G5 team that didn't make a bowl. No one cares that they used to be a power conference team, just like UConn and USF. Oregon State also doesn't have the brand of UConn in all sports. That's not debatable. Yeah, they have a great baseball program, a sport where Coastal Carolina has also recently won a title just two years before Oregon State. UConn has won Men's and Women's basketball and Field Hockey since then. UConn is also in a part of the country where all the other football teams are bad and they don't have a juggernaut Oregon team right up the road that won't even play them.

 

[ZooCougar]

Also if mora was paid more and given more why would he interview

Sounds like you couldn’t afford Mora.

 

[ZooCougar]

Why do people keep listing Chesney. I think we missed our opportunity with him when he was at Holy Cross.

Seriously? They might make the playoffs.

 

[Nameless]

OSU has worlds better facilities and money in football than UConn. I wouldn’t say that

Lmao. What are you smoking? Their facilities aren't even close to "worlds better." You can actually say they are "on par" with UConn's. We have incredible facilities, and the only people who don't seem to know this are the casuals who assume we have trash facilities because we are a "G" team. Have you even seen our facilities?

Where is all this money in football coming from? The incredible new Pac media deal? Lol. We have funded the football program well for the past 2 seasons with plans to keep increasing funding. OSU will not have substantially more money for roster building, if any more money at all.

 

[Waquoit]

The question shouldn't be about mora leaving but what he does about coordinators. Will he be able to keep Sammis? Will someone get promoted if Sam is gets poached? Will he hire someone new?

Jim's got this.