Coach Pasqauloni

[huskynation]

Too old, too boring, and definately lagging a step behind. It makes sense cause the guy wasn't a head coach for almost six years, before he was hired last year. He's still catching up it. It always seems that we're being outcoached on a subtle level during the games. The reaction time is just a bit slow. NC state's DL was slanting the line, so our line couldn't adjust to the speed during the game. Pittsburgh last year, brought the safeties on blitzes and our line wasn't prepared to handle such an event. Deleone takes over the line, and suddenly they can barely run or pass block. Its just a constant bombardment of glitches and malfunction.

Is this guy, at 62 years old, really the person to bring this program into the next decade? Can anyone seriously say that he's building this program up? I mean with a straight face. 7-9 record, biggest wins against a maryland team coming off a 2-10 season, with a true freshman, qb, rb and wr, or was it beating syracuse, usf, and rutgers? Throw in a couple lossses to wmu, which pasqualoni will try to convince you that they're an elite team. (Only in his mind) Next year, he'll be complaining about losing so many seniors on defense. Last year it was a new system, Our OL didn't know the blocking schemes, now this year, its because the line is young and inexperienced. The vanilla offense, that it so complicated that it takes four years for your players to learn the nuances of it yet opponents can see it a mile away.

He's just stuck in his ways, and when you're in new and different surroundings, it doesn't always work out if you can't adapt. His teams will never achieve more than hovering around 500. The last time he coached a 10 win team was 11 years ago. There will always be disfunction, disappointment, and miscommunication. The offense will suck when the defense plays well, and vs. versa.

Pasqualoni is just an overall yawn, it shows during his press conferences. Then you throw in his siamese twin Deleone and its just too much to stomach. I Think his buyout is one millon dollars this year, 750,000 next year. Is it a waste of money to realize you made an mistake and cut your loses before the team transforms into a mac team.

Its just dissapointing.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Now we're getting it. Good post. It every green in regulation

 

[uconn34]

I hear Bobby Bowden is available and he is only 82, Dad Gum It

 

[TouchdownHusky]

I hear Bobby Bowden is available and he is only 82, Dad Gum It

Bobby Bowden is anything but boring. Plus he was an outstanding recruiter.

 

[husky210]

So we fire him midseason and suffer through distractions, interim coaching and probably only two more wins? That doesn't work for me. Let him play it out then make a change in January if need be.

 

[Mr Blueskin]

If we don't go bowling, it's going to get real interesting coaching wise...hopefully.

 

[Husky68]

I've learned that "your best loss is your 1st loss"; meaning as soon as you recognize you are in the "wrong" stock/bond/realestate/girl you pay what ever the exit fee is to get out. Take your loss and with your remaining assets get into the next thing that you think is a better chance to accomplish what you want with your money/time.
Question is "what would trigger the determination that is time to get out and you previous decision, whatever the rationale, no longer holds up"?
To me it is Wins/Losses; execution by players; schemes success; improvement of play. Kragthorpe and Grob were obvious mistakes (in hind sight for sure) and many fans caught on early. Were given 3 years or more to get it right and did not.
What would make me say "time to get out" with PP.
1. Recruiting - seems ok to me. Not worse than fhcRE and some think at least noticably better. Not a reason to fire or give extension.
2. Schemes - offense of using WC not working, poor play selection re other teams know what to expect, only use 1 running back, TE schemes with not much results, D doesn't handle short passes and slants, specials letting punts roll a lot, poor disguise of plays. From coach with lot of experience this shows limit on where can get to; is really a reason on to itself that would make me close him out in 2 years 'cause otherwise I'm saying "I want this coach with 40 years of experience to CHANGE HIS FUNDAMENTALS OF COACHING DECISION MAKING" - that would be a dumb expectation or request, a 40 year coach you get what you get.
3. Execution - too many penalties, missed assignments.
4. W/L - under 50% with a OOC schedule where are under 50% where really nobody should be. Loses close games and but for fhcRE out losing the Maryland game would have 3 close loses this year out of 4 games.
5. Team - seems players on field and off field are handling business; I'm not one to say team was flat or didn't get up for WM - they just out played and out schemed Uconn early and if QB wasn't hurt don't see game as even as close as turned out.

Overall just can't see pulling trigger on PP during year. If he coaches as has done to date, he will fire himself by the end of the year and WM will have the reason to pull plug after 2 years. I am sure that SH/WM are working on hypotheticals as I type as to "what if PP isn't our guy, what do we do, when do we do it, and how do we get the next Urban Myers". I'd take my boy at Louisiana Monroe in a heartbeat, also the WKU guy.

Less than 6-6 he is out this year. I'm actually worried about getting past 4 wins. Buffalo did put up 23 on Georgia. Current play is not good enough to beat Rutgers, Cin, LV; Pitt shows up with the good Pitt team; USF is a FG game; the USC game Syracuse will score a lot on Uconn; Temple is a toss up at best. WOW, we are the ol' Rutgers.

 

[uconndogs]

Most of the folks calling for P's head were also calling for Edsall's. I find that interesting...........

 

[Husky68]

Most of the folks calling for P's head were also calling for Edsall's. I find that interesting...........

Why would Maryland fans care about PP?

 

[CL82]

We needed to mend fences in Connecticut and Coach P was the right guy for that. Even so I'm not sure get take us a step up from where FUCHCRE had us, or even keep us where we were. There won't be a midseason firing, but it we don't go to a bowl again Warde has something thinking to do.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I find all of these derogatory comments about age to be very ignorant, insulting, and never mind wrong.

I have yet to make up my mind about P. I'll wait and see how the season plays out. But age won't have anything to do with my conclusion.

 

[Srqhusky]

I find all of these derogatory comments about age to be very ignorant, insulting, and never mind wrong.

I have yet to make up my mind about P. I'll wait and see how the season plays out. But age won't have anything to do with my conclusion.

I agree when I look at coach p I see a sixty two year old guy who probably runs three miles a day and who is in shape. I'm not sure what percentage if these critics could keep up with him. I am from Sarasota and I see plenty of older people that work out and keep in great shape and are in better condition than people half their age.

 

[Husky68]

I find all of these derogatory comments about age to be very ignorant, insulting, and never mind wrong.

I have yet to make up my mind about P. I'll wait and see how the season plays out. But age won't have anything to do with my conclusion.

Maybe BL can advise you as to why he had (not sure if he still has) reservations about PP related to his age based on his postings last year. Actually PP seems pretty young to me! Guess part of it comes from where you're lookin' from!

 

[Nostical]

It's not his age--Ronald Reagan was old. It's his demeanor. He does not inspire. True, there is no perfect coach, but PP's sardonic, phlegmatic, sideline demeanor is an absolute turn off. Show me some fire, get in their faces, wake up the echoes. And yes, its a lot more to it than that, but perception matters and right now there's a distinct lack of positive vibe from our sideline.

 

[businesslawyer]

Maybe BL can advise you as to why he had (not sure if he still has) reservations about PP related to his age based on his postings last year. Actually PP seems pretty young to me! Guess part of it comes from where you're lookin' from!

What the heck did I say? Don't I get into enough fights when I voluntarily open my mouth?

I did say I would have gone younger when he was hired. Why?

1. To move the program to a level above where Edsall had it is not a short term project. If we weren't going to have the coach for at least six to eight years, wasn't going to happen.

2. To recruit to a place that lags behind its peers in football prestige and historical accomplishments, you need to have something to sell. Being closer in age and experience to recruits is one thing that could help.

3. I didn't think P was the guy for a number of reasons not directly related to age that I haven't yet been proven wrong on. I didn't say he was a bad football coach, or guy. I didn't say I didn't see reasons for the hire, or that it was a dumb hire. But it was not the direction I would have looked had it been my choice. I still hope I'm proven wrong.

But that's all I intend to say because not even I care what I said two years ago. He is our coach and all that's important between now and the end of the season is how we're going to win more games.

 

[B1GEast]

How old is Kansas St coach Bill Snyder?

72, that's how old, enough said.

 

[noeynox]

It's not his age--Ronald Reagan was old. It's his demeanor. He does not inspire. True, there is no perfect coach, but PP's sardonic, phlegmatic, sideline demeanor is an absolute turn off. Show me some fire, get in their faces, wake up the echoes. And yes, its a lot more to it than that, but perception matters and right now there's a distinct lack of positive vibe from our sideline.

You must have missed him mother Taylor mack when he got a personal foul against UMD. I may have joked about deleones age but ill admit it is silly. Like Jimmy, im not sold that P can't get it done here. I just think there was more talent left here than the results indicate, even if the offensive was left lacking a little.

 

[Srqhusky]

It's not his age--Ronald Reagan was old. It's his demeanor. He does not inspire. True, there is no perfect coach, but PP's sardonic, phlegmatic, sideline demeanor is an absolute turn off. Show me some fire, get in their faces, wake up the echoes. And yes, its a lot more to it than that, but perception matters and right now there's a distinct lack of positive vibe from our sideline.

Not sure if you saw the Maryland game but he looked pretty fired up on the sidelines. He was giving it to the online guys pretty good.
Some prefer the hot head Bo Pelini type an then there is the bill belicek stone cold look. I think coach p is somewhere in between.

 

[noeynox]

How old is Kansas St coach Bill Snyder?

72, that's how old, enough said.

Snyder is the football version of jim Calhoun. Those guys that could build a powerhouse program from the ground up don't come around all that often.

 

[huskymedic]

. Show me some fire, get in their faces, wake up the echoes.

You mean like Woody Hayes get in their faces??

 

[JayRU09]

We needed to mend fences in Connecticut and Coach P was the right guy for that.

I never understood this. CT doesn't produce enough talent to worry about relationships with HS coaches, and even looking at your recruiting now I see three players from CT, one 2* and two low end 3*. That's not enough to make a fuss over hiring a coach to recruit CT for a BCS conference team. You need a guy who can sway kids who would never go to Storrs to go there, much like what happened in basketball.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[JayRU09]

How am I trolling?

During the hiring of Pasqualoni I kept reading how Edsall turned off Connecticut HS coaches and PP could fix that. But there really isn't enough talent in CT to make that a prime reason to hire someone, which was the one positive that seemed unique to him.

 

[businesslawyer]

How am I trolling?

During the hiring of Pasqualoni I kept reading how Edsall turned off Connecticut HS coaches and PP could fix that. But there really isn't enough talent in CT to make that a prime reason to hire someone, which was the one positive that seemed unique to him.

No one here has any idea how much that perceived ability factored into the decision to hire him. It was one thing that P brought to the table -- fwiw, his relationships with the north Jersey catholic football factories was another -- but no one here knows if it was a factor, a material factor, an important factor or a critical factor.

 

[JayRU09]

Ok then, I could see how the media could spin that as a reason to hire him despite it not being at the forefront of the administration's thought process.