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

Hoophound said:
This is horribly uninformed. First of all, our facilities are amazing and our athletic department has a budget 35% higher than theirs. We have one of the very best athletic departments in the country. Our stadium is not new, but it’s nice and it has an awesome tailgating scene. Lastly, I’ve watched countless CSU games with empty stands (I’m a junky).

We are unique. We lost our Power Conference status. We were still bringing in 25k to watch community colleges and nearly sold out for Duke.

This is a west coast guy that loves the Rockies moving back west. It’s no big deal. I’m a New England guy in Florida. I’d take a job in CT that paid what I make here in a second. It’s home. Your roots run deep.
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Colorado state does average over 33,000 fans per game. Football is number 1 sport compared to number 3 sport at UConn. There is also a path to CFP. But I think Mora took the job to go back West
 
Hoophound said:
A buddy of mine is telling me Dave isn’t surprised and we have a candidate pool ready to go. This will move fast if we don’t strike out. He has a good source.
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Dave has a good record of hiring coaches (he was forced to hire Ollie). I have faith he'll get the right guy.
 
I am sure it’s been said before but I have mixed feelings on this…

1.) Do I think it’s a good move for him, and his legacy. No. He was building something here that he would be remembered for decades to come.
2.) Does it feel Edsall like? Yes. Skipping bowl game? Departure can’t wait for 3 weeks. For Colorado Ste…..hmmm… this feels like lateral move.
3.) Does it impact his legacy here now that it’s over… yes, a bit.
4.) Is our program finished? No.

It’s time for a reset all around and we should be looking to upgrade coaches - we’ve made some mistakes before - missing available and assistant coaches that turned out to be top notch.

I think we have to act quick so we lose many of our recruits / players.
Time is of the essence.
 
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Devland said:
I would imagine Benedict has a list of candidates to replace any coach. What if Geno all of a sudden decides to retire or Hurley takes an NBA job ....? You have to be prepared for anything and can't be caught off guard. I would love to get a peak at those lists.
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So true.

We can hang our heads this week but then we must move on - look at it as an opportunity.
 
I fear the general public will not be interested in the new HC unless it’s a very flashy hire and/or he goes above .500 next season and keeps UConn football looking relatively exciting.

It’s going to be another exhausting round of trying to coax people to come to games. We don’t have the luxury of other schools where huge crowds are turning out for football no matter what. Just a shame. God help us if we whiff again and/or next season is a disaster.
 
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Nameless said:
No, please no. I don't want a guy who is 13-35 at freaking Akron. His best season there is 5-7. The fact people in the national media have even suggested this shows how little respect people have for our football program
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Yeah no. He didn't want it after P, I don't want him now.
 
giddyup said:
Sorry, but, it’s a low character move after he literally begged for the opportunity. So sick of these guys that make promises and bail the minute things go their way.
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Wait to you see him take players with him to Colorado State.
 
I like the fact that he's leaving as a success. UConn is not where coaching careers go to die. He's shown players that they can get national attention here and he's shown coaches there is success to be had. The only downside is that we may never know if he did enough to make the P4s rethink us. DB has to keep the momentum (and the money) rolling.
 
Kolumbo said:
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.
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Really? Colorado St. is one of the best G6 jobs, the main reason he is leaving is that he gets the opportunity to win a Championship and get to the CFP, that's the deciding factor.
 
As I’ve had time to digest this, my initial thought was “why leave, that’s a lateral move” but the more I think about it that may be exactly why he left. He clearly loves the West Coast more, and although P4 jobs had his name floating around, he’d rather go somewhere that the pressure isn’t as high. He has proven he can build a weak program from the ground up, and let’s not kid ourselves, in the current climate we’re in he basically hit the ceiling of where UConn is going success-wise. He moves to a school with similar expectations (although a clearer but still difficult path to the playoff) vs going to Stanford or Cal where 7-8 wins season may not be enough. He checked multiple boxes by taking this job, gets back west but also not a high pressure job.

I am definitely bummed he is leaving, but from the timing I actually respect he made the move now vs waiting until after the new year for buyout reasons. Also gives us the chance to secure a coach and some potential new excitement before the bowl. Trying to stay optimistic here…
 
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mikeinmanila said:
Dave has a good record of hiring coaches (he was forced to hire Ollie). I have faith he'll get the right guy.
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That was Warde Manuel who hired Ollie. Unless you mean he was forced to hire Edsall by the board...
 
UCTitleTown said:
Who hired Diaco and Edsall 2.0?
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He tried to get Diaco to hire Jerry Kill as his OC which might have changed things. To his credit he pulled the trigger pretty quick when things weren't working out. Same for Edsall. Hard to fault the initial decision as both looked to be good hires on paper. They say your greatest lessons come from your biggest failures. Let's hope that the Mora hire was an indication that he's learned a lot...
 
FfldCntyFan said:
In all candor, I'd greatly prefer someone like Butch Jones (i don't see how Arkansas St is a better situation) than a gamble at this point.

Yes, there are some names that I would want nothing to do with even though I do believe they could win here (Brian Kelly tops the list), but one thing we cannot afford is striking out on our next hire. We may never be able to shed the label that we can only win with a very high quality coach who also will leave as soon as any other school offers him a job.
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I think that ship has sailed.
 
UConn Dan said:
That was Warde Manuel who hired Ollie. Unless you mean he was forced to hire Edsall by the board...
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Kind of like how he was forced to hire Hurley as well. Dave had Capel as the top candidate.
 
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mikeinmanila said:
He tried to get Diaco to hire Jerry Kill as his OC which might have changed things. To his credit he pulled the trigger pretty quick when things weren't working out. Same for Edsall. Hard to fault the initial decision as both looked to be good hires on paper. They say your greatest lessons come from your biggest failures. Let's hope that the Mora hire was an indication that he's learned a lot...
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Hiring Randy Edsall second time was a good decision? The contract had those weird incentive clauses. Hiring him was done because he was cheap.
 
Well, here we go back into the abyss another four years of rebuilding, hopefully the stadium doesn’t empty, I wonder who they could possibly get at this point, I was thinking, Chip Kelly only because he’s in New Hampshire guy and just got canned by the Raiders, but that’s probably a reach
 
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