Brown's defenses couldn't make that critical stop when they needed to.

[Waquoit]

This is bad thing. Our best coach poached was just poached by our regional rival. Makes us look lame no matter the spin.

 

[ruskin]

This is bad thing. Our best coach poached was just poached by our regional rival. Makes us look lame no matter the spin.

After they poached somebody we hoped might replace our lame-ass HC and will outrecruit us even in CT. . . Tyler Matakevich, anyone

 

[Srqhusky]

The big play given up in the late Temple drive came about because our defenders were chest-bumping to celebrate a sack on the previous play as Temple lined up to quick snap the next play. I don't think that's Don Brown's fault. I think it's the offense's fault, mainly, for putting so much pressure on the defense that they had to make no mistakes through multiple quarters and that made the final drive very emotional for the defense; and it's the defensive players' fault for not focusing on winning the game until the clock hit zero.

The defense did have a few bad games, eg WMU and Syracuse, but they also had some outstanding games, eg NC State and Pitt. If we hadn't lost our pass-rushing defensive ends they might have been much better in the takeaway category.

I don't see how you can take whatever defects the defense had as devaluing what they accomplished -- or what Don Brown accomplished as their leader.

this is exactly true we did not get back on d and paid for it. Same thing with the usf touchdown. I really wish our offense would try this trick. Its like the offense thinks its rude to snap the ball before everyone is ready

 

[whaler11]

After they poached somebody we hoped might replace our lame-ass HC and will outrecruit us even in CT. . . Tyler Matakevich, anyone

Matakevich was not an 'outrecruit'.

 

[uconnfan68]

For a healthy program his loss is not catastrophic, just a minor hurdle. What is catastrophic is the cumulative effect of keeping a coordinator who produces the #119 offense and losing one who produces the #10 defense. Keeping incompetence and losing competence makes the whole program look like it's regressing. Combined with the loss of conference status, it's demoralizing.

Pretty good summation. All of it.

 

[ruskin]

Matakevich was not an 'outrecruit'.

You're right, a 'non'. The vaunted PP/GDL CT recruiting connections really paid off with TM

 

[huskymedic]

You're right, a 'non'. The vaunted PP/GDL CT recruiting connections really paid off with TM

He wasn't recruited out of HS by UConn either.. Both current assistants and/or previous staff missed this one... Everyone else missed on Lutrus but UConn. It cuts both ways.