Colorado State is expected to make UConn coach Jim Mora the school’s next head coach.

[JohnFSilver]

we need names! Lol.

Any rehab candidates like Mora?

 

[HuskiesFourLife]

If this is true he won’t stay for the bowl game.

 

[RitzLuce1]

Well this next hire will tell us a lot. The fact the best coach we’ve had just left us for Colorado state doesn’t give me confidence.

 

[gsmooth]

Well no sleep for me tonight. I really thought he would finish up here create a lasting legacy ala Calhoun, Geno, and Penders.

Damn I know. I go to bed reading the BoneYard until I snooz. I really didn't want to see this.

 

[UConn2SF]

Nobody wanted the guy when we hired him. He was washed up and done smh.

Nobody still wants him apparently if he's really going to Colorado St.

 

[IndyLives]

UConn's AD should be fired. Period. Why are we not in a Power conference by now, with all the success of UConn's basketball, baseball, and recently football teams?? We should be in the ACC by now. UConn can't survive for long without Conference money. Anyone could see this coming for the last several years. This is turning into a disaster for all UConn stakeholders involved.

 

[IndyLives]

Someone get Brian Kelly on the phone asap before we lose more recruits!

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Have to think this is about moving back closer to his roots on the west coast to a nice area in and around the mountains …. whether that was driven by him or his wife or family.

Otherwise this doesn’t make a lot of sense.

 

[superjohn]

Wow, didn't see that coming. People talked about him leaving for a legit program in a power conference and I thought he would have loyalty and finish what he started here. Leaving for Colorado State of all places and doing it before the bowl game makes me think a bit differently about the man.

 

[gsmooth]

 

[Huskyforlife]

I knew after the last B12 debacle, but this is the blaring alarm sign that we’re never getting the power conference invite. He wouldn’t leave if it was on the horizon, this program is officially on the clock.

 

[gsmooth]

I mean, you have to make the call to Chesney right?

Chesney made about 800k including bonuses. AD Benedict should offer him what he would have offered Mora. I am sure there would be James Madison players that would follow him to UConn. If Chesney is holding out for a P4 job then they should consider the North Dakota St coach , but he did sign 5-year contract for 330k annually so I don't know how that can be finagled. UConn has to find a coach that is a program builder and knows how to build a successful program whether it's an eager P4 coach that got canned or G5 or FCS coach that knows how to do this with limited resources.
UConn has to keep the momentum going. I would hate to see this program fall back into the abyss.

 

[snoopy]

I knew after the last B12 debacle, but this is the blaring alarm sign that we’re never getting the power conference invite. He wouldn’t leave if it was on the horizon, this program is officially on the clock.

Define “on the clock?” I don’t think we’re screwed! But it is a setback, a sad one at that.

 

[FightOnCT]

I don’t think he has an extra info on our power conference prospects. He probably wants to be closer to home and jumped at the first opportunity; CSU has similar standards to us in that him restoring the program would make him a hero but also highlights the question, why leave then?

Anyways, it’s a setback and a red flag on staying independent, but not directly linked to Big 12/ACC prospects. Just make the right hire from here

 

[Huskyforlife]

Define “on the clock?” I don’t think we’re screwed! But it is a setback, a sad one at that.

We couldn’t put a big enough offer on the table to keep him from leaving for a non power conference school. The implications here are very obvious.

I’m not convinced the state powers care that much about this program, if we go back to losing seasons quickly, I’m afraid of what could happen. This wasn’t the moment to be cheap if you really believe a power conference invite could happen in the future.

 

[JwittersPAC]

Wow, didn't see that coming. People talked about him leaving for a legit program in a power conference and I thought he would have loyalty and finish what he started here. Leaving for Colorado State of all places and doing it before the bowl game makes me think a bit differently about the man.

Surprised about Colorado State. But coaches would like to be in new jobs prior to thanksgiving for high school and portal recruiting.

 

[JwittersPAC]

Chesney made about 800k including bonuses. AD Benedict should offer him what he would have offered Mora. I am sure there would be James Madison players that would follow him to UConn. If Chesney is holding out for a P4 job then they should consider the North Dakota St coach , but he did sign 5-year contract for 330k annually so I don't know how that can be finagled. UConn has to find a coach that is a program builder and knows how to build a successful program whether it's an eager P4 coach that got canned or G5 or FCS coach that knows how to do this with limited resources.
UConn has to keep the momentum going. I would hate to see this program fall back into the abyss.

Chesney would be an upgrade. Unfortunately, I cannot see him coming to UConn given the P4 opportunities Chesney has right now.

 

[JwittersPAC]

We couldn’t put a big enough offer on the table to keep him from leaving for a non power conference school. The implications here are very obvious.

I’m not convinced the state powers care that much about this program, if we go back to losing seasons quickly, I’m afraid of what could happen. This wasn’t the moment to be cheap if you really believe a power conference invite could happen in the future.

Yeah no way to spin this if this is true. Only thing I can think of Jim really wanted to go back west.

 

[JwittersPAC]

What really sucks if the news is true is Jim will take players with him to Colorado State. Happens now every time a coach leaves for a new job given the transfer portal.

 

[ThabeetDown]

Hire the Yale coach and bring his QB son with him — originally started out at South Carolina.

 

[ThabeetDown]

No way Jim Mora goes to Colorado State. It's a crappy, really crappy G6 job and he'd be sucking ass in the MWC/PAC. He already left UCLA. why waste away losing to Boise State and SDSU? No way. NO WAY. If he were to leave Jim Mora would be dead to me. Dead. Along with UConn Football. But he ain't leaving.

Jim would have to be just another money grubbing blowhard looking for a safe bankroll to take the Colorado State job. Let's see what he says. Bullshit takes the bus.

He gone and it has everything to do with location and the ability to compete for a championship. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

Puts him closer to Sun Valley - in the Rocky Mountains…in a medium expectations environment. Makes sense for a mid-60’s coach, but not the best look for us.

 

[JwittersPAC]

He gone and it has everything to do with location and the ability to compete for a championship. Nothing more, nothing less.

I agree

 

[HuskyFan16]

This sucks. I suppose it’s better to know now and have more time than less to do a search. But this really stings. CSU is so random and middling I honestly thought the story was fake when I saw it on Facebook, until I came here.

 

[upstater]

I'm thankful for everything Jim did for us, but this is not the end of the world. It kind of makes sense for him to leave after losing his star QB/WR (maybe Edwards too?). He probably wants to ski 3 months a year in the offseason and Mohawk Mountain has nothing on the Rockies.

The NIL infrastructure will remain with Mora gone. He showed the proof that it can pay off, now it's time to get the guy to bring us to the Big XII.

I didn't realize it until looking it up just now, but Colorado State has been pretty bad for a while. Last year was their only bowl appearance since 2017. I guess the Pac-12 will be a little better than the current Mountain West?

I will say that I hope he stays for the bowl game. It'll feel a little worse if he leaves us high and dry to cap off our best back-to-back seasons in almost 20 years.

Fort Collins is pretty flat, more a Plains state kind of feel. The nearest ski resort is 1 1/2 hours away.