Delaware Post Game Meltdown

[AllHusky]

blame? I've been thinking a lot about Lew Perkins lately...

Nah, Jeff Hathaway

 

[ZooCougar]

UCONN football does not have trap games>

My take is that a trap game is when a clearly better team is playing a clearly lesser opponent and they take that team lightly because they have a game against a highly ranked opponent the next week.

UCONN is not good enough to have "trap" games.

I respectfully disagree. We’ve been doing this for 25 years and we spent a million plus in NIL. We have two coordinators in our second year.

We simply shouldn’t be losing a game like that. I expected a struggle but not a loss.

The fact that we lost is a big red flag on the leadership in my opinion.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Nah, Jeff Hathaway

Hathaway screwed it up but Perkins made me believe... That hurts worse.

 

[ktuck911]

I love Brock as our DC... Love him, the energy he brings... BUT, what's clear to me now, is we still have to learn how to trust one another on that side of the football. Way too many guys (who, yes, are vets and have experience) that are (IMO) currently playing like they are getting a 2nd chance to show what they can do, instead of settling down and focusing on how to work TOGETHER with the game on the line... Sorry, it is what it is, right now... We need each player to at some point LEAD, set an example, jump a teammates face (if you care about the guy next to you enough)... This is a violent sport, especially on the defensive side... We gotta start loving our brothers more on that side of the ball... just sayin...

And, back to our offense, our 7th yr leader needs to LEAD when we need him to...

 

[ktuck911]

To me, it doesn't look like the new QB coach has brought anything new, nor has improved Joe 1 bit. I wonder how he's doing with the rest of the QB room.

in all honesty, maybe our new QB Coach suits better with newer/younger QBs on the roster, that bring something a little different...

 

[ktuck911]

Line issues did not help us. On offense Tank came in at RT in the second half and was struggling in run and pass blocking. On D we had a redshirt soph #50 trying to play line in the second half and he was struggling to hold his own physically. We really missed Smiley. The comments about the 2 and 3 man line on D are on point. Those guys get ganged up on and wear down. D-line depth is a real issue for the rest of the season.

AND, I said this BEFORE we played them, Delaware is no sloutch... They carried a winning culture from the FCS level to this level... They know what to do out there... Just because we have more talent doesn't mean diddly squat....

IMO, we embarrassed ourselves late (again)...

 

[UCan3]

in all honesty, maybe our new QB Coach suits better with newer/younger QBs on the roster, that bring something a little different...

One thing my son said to me, which I agree his dad maybe we should start focusing on the future. If this season looks like it’s gonna be subpar why not start developing a new quarterback or start looking at ways to plan for next year.

I have no idea if Welliver was the real deal or not but I do know that you never really got the chance to show it in a game for an extended period. No one could expect him to just come off the bench and start firing away.

I think the future is all we have to deal with. I’ve often posted that players get tremendous exposure at UConn from the NFL and frankly the other division one teams. So when someone is good, they get more attention and more offers to leave. I think as well versus someone like Delaware.

But we have to start playing with the players we have and developing them and again maybe this time to try something a little bit different. What we’ve tried so far has left us losing to Delaware with prospects of a rough year next year.

 

[coachcap]

Nah, Jeff Hathaway

Having had a social relationship with Jeff Hathaway from his former incarnation as assistant A.D., I can vouch for him being a great family man & human being. Clearly he was in over his head with taking over the UConn program after "Big Lew" left. He & FHCRE butted heads, stoking the Randy to Maryland fiasco after the Fiesta Bowl. Now facing his signature hire, he went the safe route & hired Pasqualoni. I remember at the time the Fruit fans from RIVALS flooded our board, & said his hiring would be UConn's downfall in football.
I said at the time, instead of signing P.P., Hathaway should have hired the then toxic Mike Leach who had perfected the shotgun offense at Texas Tech & was available. When Leach was eventually hired at Washington State & later at Miss. State, he gave those teams credibility, something UConn lacked until the hiring of Coach Mora.
Okay, so much for the history session. Back to Husky football...

 

[BlueWolf25]

Having had a social relationship with Jeff Hathaway from his former incarnation as assistant A.D., I can vouch for him being a great family man & human being. Clearly he was in over his head with taking over the UConn program after "Big Lew" left. He & FHCRE butted heads, stoking the Randy to Maryland fiasco after the Fiesta Bowl. Now facing his signature hire, he went the safe route & hired Pasqualoni. I remember at the time the Fruit fans from RIVALS flooded our board, & said his hiring would be UConn's downfall in football.
I said at the time, instead of signing P.P., Hathaway should have hired the then toxic Mike Leach who had perfected the shotgun offense at Texas Tech & was available. When Leach was eventually hired at Washington State & later at Miss. State, he gave those teams credibility, something UConn lacked until the hiring of Coach Mora.
Okay, so much for the history session. Back to Husky football...

What could’ve been if we had gone after Leach

 

[coachcap]

One thing my son said to me, which I agree his dad maybe we should start focusing on the future. If this season looks like it’s gonna be subpar why not start developing a new quarterback or start looking at ways to plan for next year.

I have no idea if Welliver was the real deal or not but I do know that you never really got the chance to show it in a game for an extended period. No one could expect him to just come off the bench and start firing away.

I think the future is all we have to deal with. I’ve often posted that players get tremendous exposure at UConn from the NFL and frankly the other division one teams. So when someone is good, they get more attention and more offers to leave. I think as well versus someone like Delaware.

But we have to start playing with the players we have and developing them and again maybe this time to try something a little bit different. What we’ve tried so far has left us losing to Delaware with prospects of a rough year next year.

I agree about developing players, but the era of NIL has created an additional hurdle for teams like UConn. Once a player is developed, opposing teams throw boatloads of cash at them to transfer. If a Power-4 team comes calling & the money is too good to pass up, sayonara. UConn developed Justin Joly at TE, & he left for NC State. Coach Mora signed Durrell Robinson before last season with NIL, & he left after only playing one year with the Huskies.
This situation will only get worse until UConn gets into a conference, gets some big time donors to contribute to NIL, & has consistent winning seasons. It's Catch-22 in real life.