Edsall confident UConn football program heading in right direction (Gavin Keefe @ The Day)

[huskymedic]

Edsall confident UConn football program heading in right direction

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[CL82]

"You just worry about what you can control. I can't change the whole roster overnight. If I could, I would."

Ouch.

 

[Palatine]

Here's an idea.

Try to win. That's your job.

 

[Husky68]

Hard not to be heading in the right direction after last year. Not much room on the downside. Can't win less than 0 FCS games, can't be any worse than the worse defensive team in FCS history.

 

[uchusky32]

Hard not to be heading in the right direction after last year. Not much room on the downside. Can't win less than 0 FCS games, can't be any worse than the worse defensive team in FCS history.

Um, we could break our own record!

 

[Pudge]

"... Everybody thought this was easy what we did before. It was a lot of hard work. Then what happened, nobody did what they were supposed to do maintain it or make it grow. And then it went down. Now we've got to go back and do all the heavy lifting again to get back to where we were before. That's what people don't understand."

This I agree with.

The outstanding question is ... can he replicate the heavy lifting he performed as a younger man. And post-Maryland, you wonder if he’s wobbly from too many punches. Signs? It’s still May. I like Spanos hire & I believe the story on a bunch of key kids - particularly Defensive side. But there’s a lot of layers & details to be a good Product. We all know this.

 

[Ldandy]

"You just worry about what you can control. I can't change the whole roster overnight. If I could, I would."

Ouch.

I wish Edsall would refrain from publicly making comments like this. What good does it do? Is it supposed to buy him patience from the fan base or media? All it does is make the kids on the team look bad. If you want to gain some understanding from your fan base, quit blaming the players, the majority of which you had a hand in recruiting, and actually coach them up. You almost lost to Rhode Island Randy. Would you like to know how many FBS Players were on that team? The answer is zero. Zero FBS Players.

 

[minidarren]

"... Everybody thought this was easy what we did before. It was a lot of hard work. Then what happened, nobody did what they were supposed to do maintain it or make it grow. And then it went down. Now we've got to go back and do all the heavy lifting again to get back to where we were before. That's what people don't understand."

This I agree with.

The outstanding question is ... can he replicate the heavy lifting he performed as a younger man. And post-Maryland, you wonder if he’s wobbly from too many punches. Signs? It’s still May. I like Spanos hire & I believe the story on a bunch of key kids - particularly Defensive side. But there’s a lot of layers & details to be a good Product. We all know this.

How does he not understand that his leaving was the first domino to fall? Basically he is blaming the drop off on others when the need for the "others" was a direct result of Randy's actions. Stupid.

 

[Pudge]

I guess I agree

He stumbles often in public comments.

 

[Buffett10]

I wish Edsall would refrain from publicly making comments like this. What good does it do? Is it supposed to buy him patience from the fan base or media? All it does is make the kids on the team look bad. If you want to gain some understanding from your fan base, quit blaming the players, the majority of which you had a hand in recruiting, and actually coach them up. You almost lost to Rhode Island Randy. Would you like to know how many FBS Players were on that team? The answer is zero. Zero FBS Players.

Actually they had 6. About the same amount Diaco recruited in his time here.

 

[Buffett10]

I wish Edsall would refrain from publicly making comments like this. What good does it do? Is it supposed to buy him patience from the fan base or media? All it does is make the kids on the team look bad. If you want to gain some understanding from your fan base, quit blaming the players, the majority of which you had a hand in recruiting, and actually coach them up. You almost lost to Rhode Island Randy. Would you like to know how many FBS Players were on that team? The answer is zero. Zero FBS Players.

Let him make these comments and light a fire under these kids. If they don’t like it this ain’t the sport for them. And to be honest a lot of the upper classmen last yr should have never been on an fbs team. Same goes for a decent amount of the seniors and juniors this yr

 

[gtcam]

Here's an idea.

Try to win. That's your job.

sometimes folks post things because they are bored, looking for a laugh or a like or maybe just had a brain fart

 

[CTMike]

Here's an idea.

Try to win. That's your job.

Boy good thing you are here to suggest he do this.

 

[whaler11]

The guy left for a better job. It happens 40 times a year in FBS. It’s not on him they hired the biggest loser in CFB history after they struck out with a dinosaur.

 

[Hornet22]

I wish Edsall would refrain from publicly making comments like this. What good does it do? Is it supposed to buy him patience from the fan base or media? All it does is make the kids on the team look bad. If you want to gain some understanding from your fan base, quit blaming the players, the majority of which you had a hand in recruiting, and actually coach them up. You almost lost to Rhode Island Randy. Would you like to know how many FBS Players were on that team? The answer is zero. Zero FBS Players.

Quite frankly what I think he means by this is he would love to have these youngsters become seniors and red shirt seniors right away. I think he believes in his recruits he just knows they won’t be entirely productive until they develop more.

 

[Hornet22]

How does he not understand that his leaving was the first domino to fall? Basically he is blaming the drop off on others when the need for the "others" was a direct result of Randy's actions. Stupid.

Totally agree here

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Hard not to be heading in the right direction after last year. Not much room on the downside. Can't win less than 0 FCS games, can't be any worse than the worse defensive team in FCS history.

*fbs

 

[noeynox]

I guess I agree

He stumbles often in public comments.

One of the biggest dopes with his public comments I’ve ever seen in coaching.

 

[BlueDogs]

Any time you see a team regress in year 2 from bad to epically bad, it’s not a good sign. It’s time to perform in year 3 and win some games.

 

[Hoophound]

His comment that the roster is 60% freshmen, redshirt freshmen and sophomores was a warning.

 

[Pudge]

His comment that the roster is 60% freshmen, redshirt freshmen and sophomores was a warning.

And ... a signpost.

 

[Ha Who]

How does he not understand that his leaving was the first domino to fall? Basically he is blaming the drop off on others when the need for the "others" was a direct result of Randy's actions. Stupid.

Actually the first domino was the lawsuit filed in Rockville

 

[CL82]

Boy good thing you are here to suggest he do this.

If only he'd done it sooner. It could have saved us last season.

 

[CL82]

How does he not understand that his leaving was the first domino to fall? Basically he is blaming the drop off on others when the need for the "others" was a direct result of Randy's actions. Stupid.

Yeah, I don't know. You aren't obligated to coach at one school for life. Sure the way he left was tacky, but I don't think you can blame him for Red Pants and Idiot Twins. FWIW a lot of us, me included thought REv1 had taken us as far as he could and were ready for a change. We got one, just not the one we were hoping for.

 

[Palatine]

Here's an idea.

Try to win. That's your job.

sometimes folks post things because they are bored, looking for a laugh or a like or maybe just had a brain fart

Have you been around the program? All the coaches talk about changing the culture. Or they re-paint the facility. They talk about bringing in their kind of guys. They play lots underclassmen to season them rather than playing the best players.

What did Rich Rodriguez do when he inherited an offense that could NOT make a first down? -- He didn't re-paint the facility or change the culture or play the young guys. He invented an offense that allowed the players he had to get first downs. It was called the spread. He put on his coaching hat and figured out a way to make his players successful.

HE TRIED TO WIN. Compare and contrast that with P and D and Edsall 2.0. Capisce?