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Hey, Sweet Lou Marinelli, aren't you the guy who always lectures people about moving forward and not dwelling on the past? Does that only apply to your buddies Paul & George?
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Hey, Sweet Lou Marinelli, aren't you the guy who always lectures people about moving forward and not dwelling on the past? Does that only apply to your buddies Paul & George?
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Diaco has been around major and second tier and mid-major programs enough to judge talent for each, I would hope. If he is giving an offer early, he has to think that the player is able to contribute and play at a level that can make his program successful. Edsall's best classes, like 2004, had lots of early commits even if they were from kids that ended up not getting other offers. Edsall's classes ended up struggling on the field if he got to the fall with only 4-5 commitments.
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I just don't think this is the way it is. You all are putting too much thought into this. In Sales, YOU have opportunities. Sure ... it's not Notre Dame; but, truly few Programs can recruit like Notre Dame. Iowa? Virginia? Cincinnati? Do you really have any notion that we aren't looking at that type of kid ... in our footprint?
As Edsall proved, we need to reach and develop more than the next Program. We do need to go hard into Florida and Georgia. Edsall never quite got NJ; but, HE did have a ton from PA. I think Diaco will go both. And I say ... keep mining Eastern Canada.
MY view: we have a solid accomplished staff for recruiting. Talented. Diaco knew what he was doing & that is the start of getting good kids. Assembling the staff.
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The insinuation from some is that Diaco came here thinking that recruiting at UCONN would be akin to doing so at ND. God help us if that was the case, because that would make him more of an idiot than his predecessor by quite a long margin. The guys is not stupid and I think he's going about things much the way Edsall did trying to latch onto kids that are really athletic and before they get onto everyone's radar. Again, we won't know until the kids hit the field and the recruiting sites know just a little more than jack .
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I like what Diaco is doing. However, with the way recruiting goes, if one of these kids blows up their senior season, Diaco's biggest test will be being able to keep them committed when a SEC or B1G program comes sniffing. I keep thinking about A. Hernandez and how that all changed. This is why I don't bother with recruiting. It's too fluid and can change immediately. Diaco's biggest task will be keeping these kids committed should they have big senior seasons and bigger programs take note.
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Your right. Touche. I was trying to be funny about it but time to bury the hatchet and move forward. I liked Edsall up till the last season or two where it seemed he was only going to be able to bring the horse near the water. I'm kinda liking what Diaco has been doing so far. Engaging the masses, spreading the UConn Football word better than the past two head coaches. Getting kids to verbally commit before August. The kids might not be household names but neither was Donald Brown and he went pro. And...was happy to see Diaco able to corral Arkeel Newsome(I have a gut feeling by the time he's a junior he may be the next Donald Brown, just a step better), move Knappe to the O-line(where I thought he would fit or help the team better), weed out some of the bad apples and retain O-line coach Foley. Now if he can only convince Warde to put pressure on the uniform makers to replace that cartoonish looking helmet and eventually get some of our old Big East foes(Pitt, Cuse, WVU, BC) on the non conference schedule.
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Wish PP hadn't many a day - some coaches are smart and some are dumb.
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St. Mark's McLean emerging as a special talent
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/high.../st-marks-mclean-emerging-as-a-special-talent
>> With his attention on football, McLean began to emerge as one of Mass. top recruits; currently, he is ranked the No. 11 recruit in Massachusetts by ESPN. He drew attention from schools such as Boston College, Harvard and Yale and received offers, in addition to UConn, from Holy Cross and Bryant. But with the 2014 season quickly approaching, McLean opted to give his verbal commit early to ensure a scholarship and not worry about the possibility of schools offering other players.
“UConn had been my top school and I didn’t want to wait on it,” explained McLean on the decision to verbally commit early. “Some schools I talked to in the Ivy League, if I waited too long to make my commitment they could offer my scholarship to another player. So I just felt it made the most sense to commit to my number one and take the stress off heading into my senior season.”<<
>>Although it’s not clear what position UConn will line him up at on offense, one thing’s for sure, McLean is just excited for the opportunity that lies ahead but also looking forward to playing with his St. Mark’s teammates for one last season. “I’ve been told I could be playing anywhere from tight end to any of the wide receiver positions,” explained McLean, who also plays defensive back at St. Mark’s.”<<
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