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

Look Mora has done a nice job here. He’s a good coach. He’s not a great coach. I wish he was here next year. But he’s not Calhoun , Geno, or Hurley.
He had a good year but of the 9 wins only one team with winning record. The 3 losses were to bad teams.
He never fixed the Defense this year. The Defense was awful. Move on.
 
Conclusions
-wanted to be closer to Idaho
-Play for conference championship and CFP
-Play games in a stadium on campus
Checks all three boxes
 
upstater said:
Based on? I've known several people who lived there and they reported the opposite. Cow town, flat, kind of hick-y. Non-descript.
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So you’ve never been…it’s the quintessential college town. It’s town center was literally the inspiration for Disney’s Main Street USA and it’s an hour from Rocky Mtn national park.
 
Nicklo28 said:
Look Mora has done a nice job here. He’s a good coach. He’s not a great coach. I wish he was here next year. But he’s not Calhoun , Geno, or Hurley.
He had a good year but of the 9 wins only one team with winning record. The 3 losses were to bad teams.
He never fixed the Defense this year. The Defense was awful. Move on.
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You are comparing UConn basketball to UConn football……
 
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gioff2323 said:
Initially I was shocked it was CSU. But he was leaving, period. And one fact was the key driver - independence. He wanted to be in a conference. He always did. Our status makes zero sense. The players and staff gave it time. There’s a reason 3 dozen kids walked on “senior day”. He believes there was an implicit promise to get UCONN fb out of this self-inflicted desert we operate in. He tired of waiting. The fact that CSU is now a step up needs to resonate with everyone.
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(Not picking on you.) What is the solution? It's not like conferences are just on hands and knees begging us to join and we're turning up our nose at offers. And anyone coming in here to coach football has GOT to understand that.

P4 aren't going to let us be basketball only. And any conference below that is going to want us to bring in the basketball program too. I understand football drives the bus, but you can't play it desperate when it comes to joining a conference.

Besides, even if we joined a conference, unless you're P4 you're extremely likely to get snubbed by the CFP no matter what. The big boys have their club and most aren't in it. It's P4 or bust and those doors aren't opening any time soon barring some miracle shift (or we find some oil reserves under the state and can start throwing around stupid money).
 
CL82 said:
Yeah, I haven't read through all 13 pages yet, but I think it's kind of sh.itty to announce this before our bowl game. Even more so before our bowl selection. Everyone gets to make their choices of where they want to work, but the timing of this sucks. At least Randy waited until after our bowl game.

I'm with those who are thinking "why Colorado State?" Unless they're backing up an absolute truckload of cash, I suspect it's a lifestyle issue and he enjoys being in Colorado more. Again, I can accept that, but the timing feels classless and surprises me.
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Same camp, but he didnt wait until players were back on campus. Told them all to go home for a week and not think about football. Do it in person. And still no statement from him.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Perhaps my frustration here, our frustration possibly, is brought on by considering that Colorado State is a more appealing job than UConn. That's a gut punch. We sometimes fancy our independence as a badge of virtue, elevating us above the G5 in terms of prestige. But that is probably illusory.
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I really don’t see it that way. With what we know about Jim Mora, taking a job in Colorado makes all the sense in the world. I won’t be surprised if he buys a home there in the mountains and sells his place in Idaho.
 
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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No, no, no, no, to Joe Moorhead.
Season 5 No GIF by The Office
 
Had some unstated concern regarding CSU never shared here. Reasons: conference affiliation, possible greater BCS playoff access, relative proximity to Mora’s 90 year oldish parents (S. Cal), siblings in Seattle & Bend, his Sun Valley home, nearby Rockies recreation, he lived in CO for several years growing up when his father was a Colorado assistant, potential relatively similar CSU compensation offer?, program budget?, similar or possibly higher assistants’ compensation budget, low current contract buyout, next season’s comparably challenging opponents for UConn, etc.

Moving on, ideally win potential bowl game, hope not too many players depart, hope incoming HC and staff’s are positioned to leverage NIL to compliment existing & enhance roster, hope for best with new staff, continued .500+ records until likely ACC & possible Big 12 shifts later this decade, etc.
 
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I don't know if we could get him to come here but James Franklin's DC Jim Knowles is technically a free agent. That to me would be a great hire.
 
buddy said:
I have learned over the years to trust no one, not even your mother. Screw him.
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Yeah. I hear you. Never looked at my parents the same once I learned Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny were, um, you know.
 
Makryspost said:
Same camp, but he didnt wait until players were back on campus. Told them all to go home for a week and not think about football. Do it in person. And still no statement from him.
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To add. What makes me think he is contacting who he wants to bring w him. Player and coach.
 
More than anything This too worries me as far as an invite to the BIG12 or ACC is concerned…safe to say it’s not imminent so ACC 2030 or bust.
 
Mora did a tremendous job turning the program around. He left this place in a far better spot than he inherited it.

Wish he would have stayed, but I get him looking at next year's schedule without Joey F, Bell and potentially others and cashing out at the right time.

A shot at the CFB playoff - hell even a bowl tie in - are important things too. Going back to the Mountain west is a strong draw for him as well.

Disappointed but let's see who AD Dave brings in.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
Mora did a tremendous job turning the program around. He left this place in a far better spot than he inherited it.

Wish he would have stayed, but I get him looking at next year's schedule without Joey F, Bell and potentially others and cashing out at the right time.

A shot at the CFB playoff - hell even a bowl tie in - are important things too. Going back to the Mountain west is a strong draw for him as well.

Disappointed but let's see who AD Dave brings in.
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I did he did as much as he could here and he knows it. I also think even AD Dave knew that this was a temporary stop for Mora. When he lashed out at the media recently it was definitely a sign that he term was ending. I also cringe myself, when I heard a certain basketball player talk about how great it is to be at a basketball school. Like a slap in the face to other sports, especially football. None the less, certainly put a damper on the upcoming bowl game. I was always taught to trust no one. It is so true.
 
bendm said:
More than anything This too worries me as far as an invite to the BIG12 or ACC is concerned…safe to say it’s not imminent so ACC 2030 or bust.
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Actually it could help. The narrative until today would have been yes they are good now but it's all their coach, what happens when he leaves, we saw how bad they were.

Now we can get ahead of that. Much like they said we were all Calhoun in hoops.
 
JwittersPAC said:
I never said his son went to CSU. I was responding to someone else who said that and only replied it was a nice place to live. Never said it was a great place but better than Storrs.
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It’s close to great skiing and fly fishing. That’s where he wants to be.

It’s a lifestyle move. Pencil necked academia types get repelled by such things.
 
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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still blaming KO for everything... when Disco was arguably the worst hire ever to mankind... and we were happier paying him to go away giving us nothing... zero memories of good times.. absolutely nothing but jibberish for interview answers... I still think something's wrong with that guy....
 
Hoophound said:
It’s not relevant and no way would Jim Mora know about it even if it was about to happen. DB has been burned by people having loose lips and it won’t happen again.
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please. if DB knew we were getting an invite to the BIG12/ACC next summer then Mora would not be leaving. this could have derailed an invite. how do you think news of Mora leaving for a midmajor is playing in BIG12 country? i bet they arent spinning it as him wanting to go skiing.
 
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