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

[ktuck911]

But UConn - no way! Lmao.

April Fool's early...

 

[Kowalski]

Plus, realistically, where UConn is right now, winning 9 games and getting a bowl bid is close to the ceiling, and he's done that in consecutive years.

I sure hope Mora doesn’t make a disrespectful statement about taking UConn as far as he possibly can, like Edsal did when he left. I think the realistic goal for UConn is to consistently be among the top G5 FB teams. Uconn had a very good year but I still don’t think they were at the level of teams like JMU, Memphis or USF, mainly because UConn’s defense was just not good. We’ll see how much more he can do at Colorado State.

 

[ZooCougar]

Vail and Breckenridge are only two and a half hours away
Aspen is four and half hours away

That's great skiing within an easy drive.

Rocky Mountain National Park is right there too which is fanatastic in the summer.

 

[Palatine]

DanO is doing more for the UConn brand right where is is NOW.

 

[coachcap]

Just putting this out, not sure if it's the right thread:
With National Signing Day approaching, UConn''s oral commitments will most likely take a hit. Recruits will want to know the coaching style of the incoming head coach before putting pen to paper.
Secondly, unless a new coach is hired quickly, the Huskies will be behind the 8-ball with NIL (Husky players leaving vs. incoming players signing as replacements).
AD Dave MUST be working the phones to fill this vacancy....

 

[bendm]

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.

yes we can get in front of it by 2030 in time for an ACC invite and will need to, that was my point, but we cant demonstrate anything before next summer other than we lost our coach to a midmajor conference.

 

[huskymedic]

Ignore the senior/junior:

 

[UCan3]

I wonder if Hurley would still be here if 1 reporter showed up to an availability and asked 2 questions the week of a big game early in his tenure like was done to Mora before the Duke game.

I posted about this at the time and made a comment that if he leaves, this would be one reason that could be it.

That was an abysmal move by the press that decided to skip that press conference. And also since that was bad and I posted it on it when it happened.

 

[DoctorWho85]

a lot of people won't be happy until we're Seton Hall State U.

They're rather keep seeing UConn play Seton Hall, St Johns, Villanova and Georgetown than go to a conference that not only can continue the success of basketball and most likely greatly improve it with even more resources, but also skyrocket football to a whole other level.

The whole thing with the CT Sun should show you that literally no one outside of CT gives to flying poops about basketball and they just want the TV markets to increase revenue for the league. College is almost the same way. Football will get the us the adult money to play with. RIght now we're on a kids allowance.

 

[DoctorWho85]

If I am AD DB, my first call is to Dan Orlovsky.

Dan ain't leaving ESPN. He probably makes more and is one of their more well liked personalities.

 

[superjohn]

They're rather keep seeing UConn play Seton Hall, St Johns, Villanova and Georgetown than go to a conference that not only can continue the success of basketball and most likely greatly improve it with even more resources, but also skyrocket football to a whole other level.

The whole thing with the CT Sun should show you that literally no one outside of CT gives to flying poops about basketball and they just want the TV markets to increase revenue for the league. College is almost the same way. Football will get the us the adult money to play with. RIght now we're on a kids allowance.

Who is they? Who would rather see this?

 

[upstater]

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.

Very close friends taught and lived there. Not anymore.

BTW describing it as Disney Main Street USA doesn't make it appeal more.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Yeah he cashed in and checked out right after.

Weird how you keep forgetting that.

With mostly Calhoun recruits.

weird how they keep forgetting that too.

 

[Hoophound]

please. if DB knew we were getting an invite to the BIG12/ACC next summer 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.

There isn’t anything imminent. However, if there is any discussion going on, the coaches do not know about it. Those orders come from the top. The past B12 thing was a debacle. I know this to be true from the same person that told me me AD DB was not caught off guard by Mora leaving. He is also the same person that told me Dave wasn’t going to ASU or anywhere else a couple of years ago.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Who is they? Who would rather see this?

They are a good sized portion of the basket team's fan base who believe that our football pursuits will be detrimental to the basketball program's success and will end their beloved rivalries with Providence, Seton Hall, wtc.

 

[Purple Stein]

I sure hope Mora doesn’t make a disrespectful statement about taking UConn as far as he possibly can, like Edsal did when he left. I think the realistic goal for UConn is to consistently be among the top G5 FB teams. Uconn had a very good year but I still don’t think they were at the level of teams like JMU, Memphis or USF, mainly because UConn’s defense was just not good. We’ll see how much more he can do at Colorado State.

Mora is a class act and he understands the consequences of his words. He is not going to throw any shade our way.

The 9 wins have been great, but what has most impressed me with Mora is that every single time a kid got hurt -- major player, role player, twisted ankle or big injury -- Mora went out with the training staff to look after the kid. Tells you something about Jim Mora the leader and the man.

He's not a perfect coach but he's been an advocate for our players and our program and I suspect he will continue to be in the ways that he can.

 

[superjohn]

They are a good sized portion of the basket team's fan base who believe that our football pursuits will be detrimental to the basketball program's success and will end their beloved rivalries with Providence, Seton Hall, wtc.

This is so far from the truth. August West is really the only one who thinks that and his brain is melted.

 

[bendm]

This is so far from the truth. August West is really the only one who thinks that and his brain is melted.

they must be referring to rejoining the AAC or joining the PAC....they cant be referring to the ACC/BIG12. but it's even dumber of a football fan to think joining the AAC/PAC would help basketball, than it is dumb of a bball fan to prefer the BE to the ACC/BIG12.

 

[HuskyAlum012]

With mostly Calhoun recruits.

weird how they keep forgetting that too.

Just saying Jim Mora won with Edsall recuits. Cam Edwards, Jackson Mitchell, Jelani Stafford, Durante Jones, most of the very good OLineman... Our defense fell apart this year without the Edsall guys.

Mora hit on Fagnano and Bell, I will give him those.

 

[Waquoit]

Just saying Jim Mora won with Edsall recuits. Cam Edwards, Jackson Mitchell, Jelani Stafford, Durante Jones, most of the very good OLineman... Our defense fell apart this year without the Edsall guys.

Mora hit on Fagnano and Bell, I will give him those.

So what? Edsall didn't win with Edsall recruits.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Just saying Jim Mora won with Edsall recuits. Cam Edwards, Jackson Mitchell, Jelani Stafford, Durante Jones, most of the very good OLineman... Our defense fell apart this year without the Edsall guys.

Mora hit on Fagnano and Bell, I will give him those.

I wonder if he poaches Nuiheisel from UCLA for OC like he tried this year.

 

[ktuck911]

With mostly Calhoun recruits.

weird how they keep forgetting that too.

Weird you and whomever supports your position forget KO's commitment to the school as a student athlete as well as coach as well as what he does even now in this state...

let it go... appreciate what was good...

when you oppose the guy completely like that it says a lot about you and whomever else feels the same sentiment... that attitude will do nothing for the UConn brand but limit it... folks aren't stupid.. they resent this assessment since it's long gone now...

 

[B1GEast]

Ignore the senior/junior:

This makes it make sense. I personally think that his name should have been connected to bigger programs.

Colorado State doesn't make much sense until you see the relationship.

A friendly AD is a huge plus for any head coach, a good relationship with the AD or even deputy AD will shield the coach from loud donors, boosters and even the BOT.

All of the above can eat away at a coaches focus.

A good relationship will allow the coach leverage to make their choices and decisions about a lot of things, like scheduling, NIL, travel and so much more.

I don't know much, none of us do, about the type of relationship Mora had with Benedict and University staff, but this move now makes a ton of sense.

Mora left for more control.

 

[Kolumbo]

Randy Edsall coached in the Fiesta Bowl and bolted for an ACC program
Jim Mora is bolting before the Whatever Bowl for a lousy program in a G6 conference
Success is relative I guess

UConn rebounded but I have a feeling Mora knows he was pretty good and very lucky. If he was excellent he would know he could replenish the roster by recruiting and portalling and continue to build the program. He may know he was extremely fortunate by landing a few exceptional pieces and that this is his high-water mark. The iron will never be this hot again. If he's settling for a program currently ranked much closer to UMass than UConn, then I don't think he has much faith in himself to be anything mora. This makes the pill a little easier to swallow.

 

[CTBballfan243]

The Kelly's are looking for work, Brian and Chip.