Edsall Dumpster Fire, Worse than P or D, by far.

[Dooley]

The fallacy is that a prosperous women's program prevents us from having a prosperous football program. And it is indeed a fallacy.

The rethink of football should include a higher commitment, not a lower one. And certainly not a lower commitment to another program that wins national championships regularly and keeps the good game of UConn in such high regard...

Agreed. I have no problem with paying Geno his money. He's a HOF coach and the absolute best in his field. If UConn just made a commitment to pay its football head coach whatever it pays Geno, then we would be able to offer a very good coaching candidate a very good salary. Tops in G5 and on par with a good number of P5 ADs. That sends a very strong message that UConn is committed to football and playing all of its sports at the highest possible level.

 

[Waquoit]

That sends a very strong message that UConn is committed to football and playing all of its sports at the highest possible level.

More messages? How many messages do we have to send?

 

[SirHypeAlot]

They had a lot of transfers from other programs which helps

Do they allow partial qualifiers?

 

[Dooley]

More messages? How many messages do we have to send?

I'd settle for one simple message that isn't "every school in the AAC prioritizes football more seriously than UConn".

 

[Adios]

I'd settle for one simple message that isn't "every school in the AAC prioritizes football more seriously than UConn".

They do it because it's easier for them. Memphis is all in on football and men's basketball these days.

 

[noeynox]

You guys are wrong that our 22 championships in other sports don't matter. Just saying. Also have market and location

How have they helped us to date?

 

[noeynox]

Agreed. I have no problem with paying Geno his money. He's a HOF coach and the absolute best in his field. If UConn just made a commitment to pay its football head coach whatever it pays Geno, then we would be able to offer a very good coaching candidate a very good salary. Tops in G5 and on par with a good number of P5 ADs. That sends a very strong message that UConn is committed to football and playing all of its sports at the highest possible level.

What's the old saying? "You get what you pay for!"

 

[Dooley]

They do it because it's easier for them. Memphis is all in on football and men's basketball these days.

Memphis being all in on football and MBB is a smart play for them. It's their only shot at making P5 money. If that happened, it would make for another commuter community college level school leapfrogging UConn.

 

[Dooley]

What's the old saying? "You get what you pay for!"

Spot on. Right now, we're getting exactly what we pay for. Nothing but blowout losses and excuses.

 

[Woof 101]

Agreed. I have no problem with paying Geno his money. He's a HOF coach and the absolute best in his field. If UConn just made a commitment to pay its football head coach whatever it pays Geno, then we would be able to offer a very good coaching candidate a very good salary. Tops in G5 and on par with a good number of P5 ADs. That sends a very strong message that UConn is committed to football and playing all of its sports at the highest possible level.

Easier said than done, one should realize the size of the staff has doubled since Randy's first stint. That was part of his offer of taking a bargain rate as Jeff would not find money to keep assistants.
No spitting match but the school is spending way more on football than WBB....

A Look At UConn's Top Teams' Attendance, Revenue And Expenses

Football Coaches - UConn Huskies | University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Basketball Coaches - UConn Huskies | University of Connecticut Athletics
Much different size of staffs here......Not to mention 85 schollies compared to a dozen.

 

[huskymedic]

Do they allow partial qualifiers?

They did in this scenario - partial qualifiers usually have to spend their first year in college/JUCO passing the classes they need to become a full qualifier. They can accept a scholarship, practice right away but CANNOT compete for 1 full year and then only granted 3 years of eligibility. They then have 4 years to play 3 seasons.

Since there was no football games scheduled in 2016 for UAB - they could enroll, study and practice getting ready for 2017 season. Unique situation.

 

[Chief00]

I want the most talent you can get to the point we just barely qualify academically. That’s the one Randy excuse I agree with. Lower the academic standards for any guy with a helmet and cleats.

 

[zls44]

The 2017 Class had 6 commits @ this point in time. (Actually it was 5 and PWO Keating).

If the numbers don't bumped up after the Early Signing Days in December (12/19>12/21) - your agita should rightfully increase.

Oh, yes, the vaunted 2017 recruiting class that's doing so well.

 

[UConnNick]

Temple, Pitt, Cuse, BC, Penn St... look at the seasons these schools are having. They aren’t losing to horrible teams by 30-40 points.

True, but the latter four schools you mention are all P5s, a built in recruiting advantage over us. Temple is our only peer institution in the same recruiting area.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Maybe we can trade Edsal to Maryland for a Football game...

 

[polycom]

To all the people who think we can play 3 coaches north of $2.5M a year where exactly is that money coming from? We aren't in the P5, and we don't have a culture of winning football how exactly is this money going to appear for us to pay for a Les Miles type of coach.

 

[noeynox]

To all the people who think we can play 3 coaches north of $2.5M a year where exactly is that money coming from? We aren't in the P5, and we don't have a culture of winning football how exactly is this money going to appear for us to pay for a Les Miles type of coach.

Maybe start cancelling some non revenue sports? Just spitballing. Hard choices need to be made sometimes.

 

[UConnDan97]

Maybe start cancelling some non revenue sports? Just spitballing. Hard choices need to be made sometimes.

It's already been mentioned that our athletic department is easily 20 million dollars bigger than the likes of cincy and others.

It's not about the other sports. Mismanagement? Sure. But not the other sports...

 

[noeynox]

It's already been mentioned that our athletic department is easily 20 million dollars bigger than the likes of cincy and others.

It's not about the other sports. Mismanagement? Sure. But not the other sports...

What are some examples of mismanaging. Last I checked UConn sponsored more sports than a lot of other schools, but its been a while since I checked. If we're talking things like buying out Diaco, all schools buy out coaches.

 

[UConnDan97]

What are some examples of mismanaging. Last I checked UConn sponsored more sports than a lot of other schools, but its been a while since I checked. If we're talking things like buying out Diaco, all schools buy out coaches.

We're talking about things like mismanaging contracts and such. Mismanaging ticket prices. Mismanaging the hires in the first place.

But it's NOT about men's swimming or women's tennis...

 

[junglehusky]

UConn isn't going to pay it's football coach the same as its HOF WBB coach with 11 rings. Other schools might, but UConn will not. If the constellations align, academic restrictions are loosened, and Edsall somehow hires a competent pair of coordinators and lets them call plays, the absolute ceiling for UConn football is still 7-8 wins with 30-ish k in the stands and a bid in the DiscountBarkMulch.com bowl. What administration is going to say "okay yeah let's raise student fees another 50%, totally worth it"?