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JSM1970 said:
The Fiesta Bowl thing is really an anomaly and a joke

The league was awful, it was guaranteed a spot. The national media thought it was a joke and that UConn was too. UConn got embarrassed 48-20 and confirmed their assumptions

In that same year UConn lost to 'Ville 27-0, Mich 30-10 and Temple 30-16

Edsall leveraged that to get his "dream job" and was a total ah*le when he left, especially to his players
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I've said this before, after talking to actual players. In the moment, they would have preferred not to hear about it from other people and having a conference call. That being said, the only people that seem to hold a grudge about this are BYers, and not the players.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Love hearing these buzzwords like invigorate a fanbase, sell the program, etc.

How long did that last under Diaco until the smart fans called out his bullcrap 1 game in vs BYU?

The Tulane game sure was invigor aged this season.

If Edsall wins, people will be back. If they don't come back when we are winning? Chances are the damage had been done and they were never returning anyways.
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What Edsall needs to do is prove he can allow a dynamic offense. I'd assume that was part of the deal, if he is being rehired.
 
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Redding Husky said:
I hope it all works out. He's the best coach we ever had. But he's 58, a defensive coach, and he's burned us once. Does he have any more "dream jobs" out there?
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IF JEFF HATHAWAY WAS MY BOSS ...

I would have burned you as well. I would have burned Rome and Atlanta. Frigging burned and ravaged that guys family. That has to be part of the story. Hathaway angered Calhoun ... Auriemma ... Edsall ... Herbst ... and probably Bob's Furniture and Webster Bank. But he got free cars and Ed Mitchell suits.
 
superjohn said:
Why do you post nonsense like this?
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Standard Boneyard joke. Lighten up a little -- our coaching situation is light years ahead of where it was on Christmas, and where we thought we would be at the end of the season. Let's see if he can get back to the level he was at and then we can start complaining that anyone can do better and he's hit his cieling again.
 
businesslawyer said:
Again, he was not my choice but that's just dumb. He coached so many levels above where we are now that you're making an absurd statement.
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You just asked me why I hate UConn football players and you're accusing me of making an absurd statement?!?? That is Waylon level stupid trolling.
 
superjohn said:
When I first heard the Edsall whispers I honestly thought it was a joke. If this is true, man we are a laughingstock.
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You are consistently freaky-deaky on both MBB and FB boards ... Congrats.
 
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Listen, I'm fine with Edsall -- especially since it looks like Moorhead wasn't interested and our options are limited.

But the amount of BYers who can look back at the glory days of Edsall but completely ignore the dumpster fire at Maryland are delusional, too.
 
Well, I wanted Foley back at UCONN. This is certainly one possible way to make it happen.

If the reports are true, I wonder if RE will go after Foley and I wonder how much money it will take to get him back...
 
businesslawyer said:
Standard Boneyard joke. Lighten up a little -- our coaching situation is light years ahead of where it was on Christmas, and where we thought we would be at the end of the season. Let's see if he can get back to the level he was at and then we can start complaining that anyone can do better and he's hit his cieling again.
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Sorry, didn't know it was a joke. I'm pretty upset right now with this hire.
 
Maybe not the coach we want, but hopefully the coach we need right now.


Diaco arrived to great fanfare, being the hot assistant and all. He didn't work. I'll gladly lose the press conference if it means winning on Saturday or Wednesday or whenever this godforsaken conference decides to play it's games.

I'm confident that I'll be able to get over whatever ackward feeling I have about this program running backwards at it's modest past, if they win enough games.

I agree getting Sherriffs back under center is a key for next season. He is an Edsall type guy, 100%. I think the team has a few more Edsall type guys.
 
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#1 PA Husky Fan said:
Do you guys think that AD David Benedict is going to hire Edsall if he is not comfortable with his plan to reinvigorate the offense? I have faith that he vetted it with Edsall.
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At this point AD David Benedict's endorsement really means nothing to me.

Good luck to Randy though. Welcome back
 
UConnDan97 said:
Well, I wanted Foley back at UCONN. This is certainly one possible way to make it happen.

If the reports are true, I wonder if RE will go after Foley and I wonder how much money it will take to get him back...
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Since Foley made $192K in his last year at UCONN and now makes $115K at UMASS - don't think that would be hard.
 
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For all Edsall's failings at Maryland -- and he did fail -- from what I saw of their play, their offense was more dynamic than what he had here. Now, whether that was adapting more modern ways, or just believing he had more speed throughout the skill positions and taking advantage of it, we'll have to see.
 
Nobody saw Benedict firing Diaco - no money. We didn't hear a peep or a tweet until it happened. Everything was in lockdown.

Now why would we suddenly have all these tweets about Edsell? Doesn't make sense. Benedict had the firing on lockdown, no leaks, and surprised everyone. Not sure I buy any of this.
 
amory said:
BS. How is it worse?

It's likely that very few people wanted this job. UConn football is currently garbage. If you consider that, Edsall is a godsend. Maybe not for the distant future, but we need to just get back on track.
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I agree. If he did not leave on his own, he would probably still be here as the coach. Nobody else would want this job.
 
Dont hate it but dislike, its a good move in terms of changing the culture and discipline. Edsall better get a good coordinator because teams in the AAC can score more so then the Big East.
 
BlueDogs said:
Very disappointing but tolerable.
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you wanted TJ Weist

Let me put a Confidence level on ... Weist given his attributes and Edsall given his attributes

Weist - 55% Confidence

Edsall - 70% Confidence

I would like 100% Confidence. But ... given my feelings on Diaco last Weds.- where I would have given him 20%, we are better off.
 
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