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Not that most don't realize this, but Kevin Ollie is an anomaly. literally a 1 in a million fit and we are SO lucky to have him.

The closest we'll ever have to KO in football was Edsall, who ironically half this board STILL thinks was an average at best coach.

Hire Narduzzi hope he kills it for 3 seasons and hopefully we'll find ourselves replacing our coach after a few great seasons.
 
Dooley said:
EXACTLY. MSU won't pay him $2M/yr to be DC. Maybe another school can pay him that much to be head coach but he can win right away at UCONN. QB, WR, RB in place. Some good youth on D to coach up. Winning 4 games next year is technically an improvement (but easily attainable given the schedule)! People just like to bag on UCONN out there and I'm not sure why.
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Who said anything about $2 million/yr? I think Warde will offer him whatever it takes, so I would not be surprised if Narduzzi ask for and gets $3 mill. I would like to see Warde and Narduzzi agree on TJ as OC, but that might be wishful thinking.
 
huskyrob1 said:
Who said anything about $2 million/yr? I think Warde will offer him whatever it takes, so I would not be surprised if Narduzzi ask for and gets $3 mill. I would like to see Warde and Narduzzi agree on TJ as OC, but that might be wishful thinking.
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$3-$3.5 mill/yr is the kind of money you pay a coach who is winning at a similar conference level or in the P-5 and wants the challenge of building a winning program here. If Pat Narduzzi asks for $3 mill/yr and he is far and above the rest of the pool...that would still be a stretch for me. I can see him getting a similar offer that Pitt gave Paul Chryst when they hired him from Wisconsin. At the time Chryst was considered one of if not the top OC in the B1G...like Narduzzi is now as a DC.
 
Devland said:
Where were you forty years ago? I've made a career burning bridges.
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I was living and working the doors in the disco scene at the Ice Palace and a couple other joints in Manhatten in 77 as a 25 yr old after leaving the service and i wish I could go back, Ha Ha!
 
Narduzzi is actually a perfect fit for UConn.

From his perspective: UConn is great first job for him to take as a new HC. He's not likely going to be offered a top HC job as his first opportunity. But he is ready to take the reigns of a good and solid BCS program that's committed to success. This would give him the chance to learn on the job and prepare himself for a top opportunity in a few years. MS would love to have him come back as HC IF Dantonio decides to retire in a few years. I did read somewhere that he's already been dubbed as Dantonio's successor. He would quadruple his pay check too! He would likely be coming in at a salary that also eclipses his current bosses at MS ($1.96M). With his wife's family very nearby...he may view that as a huge selling point I believe.

From our perspective: Narduzzi would bring instant respect back to the program. He's proven himself as a great DC and assistant HC. For us he would likely open up new avenues for recruiting. He would likely elevate our level of play through good coaching as well as he has many contacts for assistant coaching positions and likely for recruiting purposes too. If the MS HC job were to open up in a few years, then we've benefited from all of the above and made ourselves into a much higher level program and a much more attractive destination for a future HC. The bonus would be if we were to gain admission to the B1G or the ACC partially as a result of that success. It's possible that he may just decide to continue as HC here at UConn if that were to happen. I think it's a win-win scenario!
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I am not a big fan of job candidates who become drama queens before they are even offered the job. If Narduzzi's agent is already leaking "he can do better", it may be best to move on to the next candidate.
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This is a something more important that three wins. If a guy isn't excited to be here, or is bummed out because better jobs aren't open then we shouldn't hire him. That's for Warde to figure out.
 
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FDNY99 said:
$3-$3.5 mill/yr is the kind of money you pay a coach who is winning at a similar conference level or in the P-5 and wants the challenge of building a winning program here. If Pat Narduzzi asks for $3 mill/yr and he is far and above the rest of the pool...that would still be a stretch for me. I can see him getting a similar offer that Pitt gave Paul Chryst when they hired him from Wisconsin. At the time Chryst was considered one of if not the top OC in the B1G...like Narduzzi is now as a DC.
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Aside from being a terrific get for UCONN if we get him, Narduzzi could also be instrumental in helping to get the B10 to take a serious look UCONN.
 
ruskin said:
Let's assume Narduzzi is confident in his own ability and not threatened by TJ's presence and wants to keep him, like Meyer did with Fickell, but TJ is pissed he didn't get the fulltime gig.

Where else is TJ going to make $475K-plus next season?
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Exactly. TJ obviously wants the UConn HC job, but not because of his love for UConn (please, he just got here, he is not Kevin Ollie). He wants it because he has a slight chance at an FBS head coaching gig, despite being just a WR coach last year. Nobody else is making him a HC at this level. I suppose some FCS teams might give him a look. But it is entirely likely that OC at UConn is the best, highest paying job he can get. He's not Ed Orgeron either, who was already a fairly successful HC at Ole Miss.

As it stands, UConn is the best opening available or 2nd to WF at worst. Boise is worse, and the others are much worse. Pelini is staying at Nebraska. Mullen, if he was on the hot seat, won't be now with a win over Ole Miss and bowl trip. Four straight bowls at Miss St. is about the best they can hope for. Narduzzi will never be more sought after than he is now, and since he doesn't fit at WF, we're the best he's going to do. If we want him (I think so).
 
There is no guarantee he gets the michigan state job if he stays either.
 
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That is just one weird article? The guys main premise is that he is such a good coordinator, he should just live comfortably as a DC forever? What? I would think that whenever you are No. 2, doesn't everyone strive to be No. 1 at some point. Why get in the coaching profession? Just a very weird article.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
I just can't wait until this is over. It was fun tracking Warde's plane, but I'm already sick of it.
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Where is Warde's plane today, BTW? Or has he moved to Husky2?

There is something to be said for the thrill of the chase.

And I hope Larry McHugh is in Florida this week.
 
SubbaBub said:
This is a something more important that three wins. If a guy isn't excited to be here, or is bummed out because better jobs aren't open then we shouldn't hire him. That's for Warde to figure out.
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If Narduzzi isn't excited to be here he won't take the job. He will be a first time head coach either here or somewhere else. He's going to be excited and invested wherever he goes.
 
Dantonio and MSU are looking out for their own best interests, which is to keep him in house and promote him when Dantonio leaves. Whenever that is.
 
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SubbaBub said:
This is a something more important that three wins. If a guy isn't excited to be here, or is bummed out because better jobs aren't open then we shouldn't hire him. That's for Warde to figure out.
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Tremendous point, Sub. Narduzzi my first choice, but if he gives off that sort of vibe, Warde should move on. Just the salary alone shoul get him excited. Not expecting him to be a lifer but would take 3-5 good years.
 
ruskin said:
Wow these Michigan guys love them some Narduzzi. . . .and not even a shot at UConn, just him leaving in general. Nice of them to be watching out for his family's financial future.

My wish for the nation saying "Why did he go there?" seems to be closer to reality

http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2013/12/6_things_michigan_state_footba.html?utm_source=mlive
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I can't blame them. They have a recipe for success in place, but keeping successful staffs together with star coordinators is the exception and not the rule. He could end up like Bud Foster, stuck in Blacksburg forever. His stock his high right now, he has to take a shot.
 
ruskin said:
Where is Warde's plane today, BTW? Or has he moved to Husky2?

There is something to be said for the thrill of the chase.

And I hope Larry McHugh is in Florida this week.
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I hope the Connecticut High School Coaches Association is in florida this week...or maybe marooned on a desert island with no forms of communication?
 
Bud Foster and Tom Bradley may have an opinion on that.
 
I was reading some postings on 247sports.com and the level of obviousness is astounding. These guys are talking about Warde having hired HCPP and the fact that the best UCONN has done was go to the "pizza" bowl as they referred to it as. Would someone with a subscription go and assist those fellas?
 
The thing to remember is that plenty of coordinators use programs like UConn to interview in order to let it be known to others in future years that they have higher aspirations. It has happened a lot in the past. People like Muschamp, Cutliffe and Mullen interviewed at other places and turned them down.
 
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Dantonio currently makes ~$2 mill. at Michigan St., which is around UConn is willing to pay. So his DC shouldn't leave to make as much as his current boss?
 
freescooter said:
I hope the Connecticut High School Coaches Association is in florida this week...or maybe marooned on a desert island with no forms of communication?
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There is nobody the CT (Good 'ole boy network)HS coaches can recommend. They $h*t their load with PP.
 
Top candidates get passed over all the time in interviews because it's perceived they look down on the company/school, etc. It's not that people get their emotions hurt by such attitudes, but they perceive the candidate will not support the company's/school's longterm goals.
 
is Dantonio in the mix for another job, or close to retirement?
 
amory said:
Exactly. I want the closest football equivalent to Kevin Ollie that we can get.
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But there's no way to replicate KO for the football team. The men's basketball team is tied for the sixth most NCAA championships of all time, and tied for ninth most Final Fours.

The analogy here is something akin to Florida in Football. They're a heavy weight right behind powers with longer traditions (Texas, Nebraska, Ohio State) and ahead of some (Michigan). Florida football is a destination job, not a stepping stone, although there are some schools you might leave it for. The same for UConn basketball. At Florida football or UConn basketball, you can get the coach that will almost certainly not leave for another college as well as the best coach. These are not mutually exclusive. For UConn football, though, it seems to be...
 
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