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Duncan Idaho said:
He started and played an unheard number of underdeveloped freshmen and underclassmen. Claimed it would have been worse if he played Diaco's upperclassmen. Created a split in the roster. 2021 confidence was damaged after the first game, season over after 2nd. You should be worried about the D There was a precipitous drop off in tackling efficiency and turnover rate made up some after the UMass game. Stafford, Yates only held up or improved Y-Y. Dixon hopefully, Mollette seemed to come on a bit. Really don't know what you have after that until they play.
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Concerned would be better but it is the purpose in hiring of a DC to address.
 
giddyup said:
When haven’t we halfassed something? Hire a quality coach then a joker from Maine for OC and no DC. Hire Retread then bring in a great OC then run him out of town and keep the worst DC in FBS, and the list goes on…we just are incapable of making a good decision without hobbling it in the next. Program is really tries your patience.
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Technically they hired a DC he just so happened to be option D and the quitter quit before the season
 
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RSTuthill said:
And Madigan is regarded as a reliable source? (Sorry, I don't follow deeply enough to judge the Xerati.)
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Dan is a UConnblog editor

Not judging reliability, just adding context.
 
Buffett10 said:
He didn’t have a defense problem because he was using Paul’s recruits.
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And PP had RE recruits and JM had RE recruits. Doesn’t really matter as it is just an excuse. Likely if BD had stayed the D wouldn’t have been as bad but the offense would’ve much worse that season.
 
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Buffett10 said:
It’s not an excuse when Bobby recruited tall, fat and slow D3 players.
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It's what he promised at his press conference as he was bouncing off the podium and turning left and right like he's the point on a patrol all the while saying "we're going to compete for National Championships and we're going to get big guys". He just didn't mention fat and slow.......
 
Buffett10 said:
It’s not an excuse when Bobby recruited tall, fat and slow D3 players.
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The level of program success directly followed level of and amount of football talent. The coaches used the best players who were from the previous regime until Edsall pretty much ended that in 2018 by utilizing all those freshmen and took a beating trying to develop the roster his old school way.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
The level of program success directly followed level of and amount of football talent. The coaches used the best players who were from the previous regime until Edsall pretty much ended that in 2018 by utilizing all those freshmen and took a beating trying to develop the roster his old school way.
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I could only imagine what it would’ve looked like if edsall used the D3 players Diaco recruited.
 
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Buffett10 said:
I could only imagine what it would’ve looked like if edsall used the D3 players Diaco recruited.
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Exhibit A was Ryan Fines. Archetypal Disco recruit, but actually an HCRE2.0 recruit. I will always remember that 2018 Rhode Island game, 56-49. URI double teamed Travis Jones and left Fines unblocked. URI ran it up the middle all day long right past Fines. He was too slow to take a lateral step and get in the way.
 
Buffett10 said:
It’s not an excuse when Bobby recruited tall, fat and slow D3 players.
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who was the quarterback who DIaco said was as good as any player at his position in the country….Donovan Williams? Good times.
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
who was the quarterback who DIaco said was as good as any player at his position in the country….Donovan Williams? Good times.
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Michael Beaudry immediately springs to mind, but Disco was long gone by then. I think Beaudry had the worst performance to hype ratio of all time though.
 
RSTuthill said:
Michael Beaudry immediately springs to mind, but Disco was long gone by then. I think Beaudry had the worst performance to hype ratio of all time though.
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it was Williams..

His upside, at the end, all things being equal, it will be as high as any player at his position in America. He's that talented. He's big, he's fast, he's smart, he's got an excellent arm, he's got a quick release, he's elusive in the pocket."

www.courant.com

Diaco Praises Williams, Says QB’s Potential ‘High As Any Player At His Position In America’

With a four-game losing streak, a brand new quarterback, a coaching staff shakeup and just two games remaining in a generally miserable season, so much about the UConn football team’s current…
www.courant.com www.courant.com
 
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Duncan Idaho said:
The level of program success directly followed level of and amount of football talent. The coaches used the best players who were from the previous regime until Edsall pretty much ended that in 2018 by utilizing all those freshmen and took a beating trying to develop the roster his old school way.
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Unfortunately many of those he tried to develop by throwing to the fire didn’t last long at UConn.
 
It’s late January so either we are pulling from an NFL team still in the playoffs or we missed the quality deli cuts and are looking at picking through scraps. My guess is no DC and more of the same.
 
Hard to be successful if you are the youngest or one of the teams every year unless you recruit the top players.
 
RSTuthill said:
Exhibit A was Ryan Fines. Archetypal Disco recruit, but actually an HCRE2.0 recruit. I will always remember that 2018 Rhode Island game, 56-49. URI double teamed Travis Jones and left Fines unblocked. URI ran it up the middle all day long right past Fines. He was too slow to take a lateral step and get in the way.
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Hey, we are no better now with our Genius OC trying to run a speed offense on the edge against faster Ds. These guys get fixated on trying to make players do what they want versus designing schemes that help players do what they do best.
 
giddyup said:
Hey, we are no better now with our Genius OC trying to run a speed offense on the edge against faster Ds. These guys get fixated on trying to make players do what they want versus designing schemes that help players do what they do best.
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I agree. As much as people give the kids crap for developing brands with NIL, etc. The young coaches are doing the same. Grass, and money, is always greener on the other side...
 
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