Edsall Hints At 2019 Roster Additions On Twitter

[Drew]

Anyone have a list of transfers and grad transfers we’ve been linked to? (Paging @Exit 4 )

 

[Exit 4]

Well buddy, maybe it’s a couple guys from this list here:

NCAA Transfer Portal - The process

.. and QB.. with us NC State QB Micah Leon's twitter post about being thankful for the UConn scholly offer after his visit.. Looks more and more like we're going to a see even more changes than anticipated.. I'm all for it though... We gotta get/look better out there now.. not in 3 years.. Might...

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[LoyalFanCT]

Hope it comes to pass!

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Could Micah Leon begin to play this season if he comes to UConn? Does he have to sit out a year? Does it matter if he redshirted his last season?

 

[huskymedic]

Could Micah Leon begin to play this season if he comes to UConn? Does he have to sit out a year? Does it matter if he redshirted his last season?

Maybe...it appears he was a walk-on @ NCST

(My emphasis added):

>>One-time transfer exception: If you transfer from a four-year school, you may be immediately eligible to compete at your new school if you meet ALL the following conditions:

• You are transferring to a Division II or III school, or you are transferring to a Division I school in any sport other than baseball, men's or women's basketball, football (Football Bowl Subdivision) or men’s ice hockey. If you are transferring to a Division I school for any of the previously-listed sports, you may be eligible to compete immediately if you were not recruited by your original school and you have never received an athletics scholarship.
• You are academically and athletically eligible at your previous four-year school.
• You receive a transfer-release agreement from your previous four-year school.<<

 

[Hornet22]

Not for nothing but if anyone thinks he took this job as a coast towards retirement you’re mistaken. He genuinely seems to care and is working hard towards bringing this program back to respectability. Does he have some quirks? Sure. But hopefully more fans can rally around the fact that he’s trying- and doing it the right way ie coaching hires and utilizing the transfer portal. If more people could just turn out at The Rent and support the team it would be a great testament to complimentary football from a fan/team perspective. The players seem to have bought in- time for the fans to roll the dice and stand behind CT’s football team.

 

[Life Is Good]

Hopefully the student section will be filled for every game. That would be a good start!

 

[huskysupporter]

Not for nothing but if anyone thinks he took this job as a coast towards retirement you’re mistaken. He genuinely seems to care and is working hard towards bringing this program back to respectability. Does he have some quirks? Sure. But hopefully more fans can rally around the fact that he’s trying- and doing it the right way ie coaching hires and utilizing the transfer portal. If more people could just turn out at The Rent and support the team it would be a great testament to complimentary football from a fan/team perspective. The players seem to have bought in- time for the fans to roll the dice and stand behind CT’s football team.

More people will turn out when the University shows they are supporting the program.

 

[weyuo]

Fans won't pack the place til they start winning. Some say, "If the fans can only buy in". The fans bought in and what happened? Just as soon as the football team finally makes a major bowl the coach bails. Eight straight years of losing more games than winning(even in Diaco's bowl year they ended up losing to Marshall and finishing 6-7) it's time for the football team to put something on the field worth coming out to see. Fans will come to see a winner.

 

[Austin316]

Fans won't pack the place til they start winning. Some say, "If the fans can only buy in". The fans bought in and what happened? Just as soon as the football team finally makes a major bowl the coach bails. Eight straight years of losing more games than winning(even in Diaco's bowl year they ended up losing to Marshall and finishing 6-7) it's time for the football team to put something on the field worth coming out to see. Fans will come to see a winner.

It’s an unfortunate truth. Despite free tickets the students will come in waves with wins. It’s a beautiful site when the rent is packed to the rim.

 

[Hornet22]

Fans won't pack the place til they start winning. Some say, "If the fans can only buy in". The fans bought in and what happened? Just as soon as the football team finally makes a major bowl the coach bails. Eight straight years of losing more games than winning(even in Diaco's bowl year they ended up losing to Marshall and finishing 6-7) it's time for the football team to put something on the field worth coming out to see. Fans will come to see a winner.

I do agree that winning brings fans. But hopefully everyone knows that carting out a youngish team to an empty stadium- advantage visitors.
A loud packed house almost certainly gives the home team some extra juice. Not saying it guarantees wins but it makes things awfully tough on an average road team.

 

[bobbyinaz]

Edsall went from barely being involved in coaching with the Lions to making $1MM here.

Anyone who thinks he took a hometown discount to come save "his" program is crazy. It was the only job available and the fact that it paid $1MM/yr was a bonus.

Wait until we see run, run, run & punt over and over this season. Instead of giving up 60 points a game he"ll only give up 40 due to gaming the clock. Then he'll try to sell us on the improvement happening.

Unfortunately we are stuck with him and the program is more likely to die on his watch than succeed

 

[Life Is Good]

I can see where you are coming from but if he wants to win games he better open up the playbook.

 

[CL82]

I can see where you are coming from but if he wants to win games he better open up the playbook.

Mmm, maybe not with the existing personnel.

 

[Slick]

Edsall went from barely being involved in coaching with the Lions to making $1MM here.

Anyone who thinks he took a hometown discount to come save "his" program is crazy. It was the only job available and the fact that it paid $1MM/yr was a bonus.

Wait until we see run, run, run & punt over and over this season. Instead of giving up 60 points a game he"ll only give up 40 due to gaming the clock. Then he'll try to sell us on the improvement happening.

Unfortunately we are stuck with him and the program is more likely to die on his watch than succeed

I think you have to give him a little more chance then this.

 

[huskysupporter]

Edsall went from barely being involved in coaching with the Lions to making $1MM here.

Anyone who thinks he took a hometown discount to come save "his" program is crazy. It was the only job available and the fact that it paid $1MM/yr was a bonus.

Wait until we see run, run, run & punt over and over this season. Instead of giving up 60 points a game he"ll only give up 40 due to gaming the clock. Then he'll try to sell us on the improvement happening.

Unfortunately we are stuck with him and the program is more likely to die on his watch than succeed

Thanks for the hot take.

I have no problems with Edsall 2.0. He is putting forth the effort, trying to get the culture turned around. I also like that he is trying to upgrade talent through transfers.

My problem is with UCONN and their lack of commitment to program. Our head coach had to take money out of his salary to give to the OC and that still made a terrible salary compared to other OCs. Absolute joke.

 

[Husky68]

Mmm, maybe not with the existing personnel.

When you play more talented teams you don't beat them by doing something repetitively that they can stop and give them more opportunities to score than you give yourself. Navy and Georgia Tech were different offense/blocking schemes that when going well ate up the clock and took advantage of slower DL, smaller DB's and outnumbered LB's at point of attack (by faking ball so well); if HCRE2.0 just runs conventional offense with little to no deception and doesn't make other teams defense cover more than 10 yards deep it will be a long, long season on offense.

If the existing personnel for 2019 are not there for opening up the playbook, what changes in 2020? One of 3 QB contenders shows out? RB's for 2019 seem ok, how much better in 2020. OL seems on paper pretty experienced (and pretty good) and losing Pert in 2020 might hurt. Who are the 2020 TE's and WR's that are freshman and sophomores and high school seniors that will ramp it up in 2020?

Play to score. Could easily have won 5 games in year one of HCRE2.0 (with Crocker disaster defense), could easily have won 0 games in year two of HCRE (with Crocker even more disastrous defense). HCRE2.0 is the problem not the solution. I didn't pick his assistant coaches, he did. What a series of poor personnel decisions.

Coaching not to lose pretty much assures losing. Run or short passes when on your own side of field with the occasional long, ill designed bomb only insures the other team is mostly playing down hill on defense and has favorable field position on offense.

2019 starts with UConn looking for its 1st FBS win since October 2017. Yeah, let's go into 2019 with our personnel and a "conservative" HCRE1.0 type offense; sure that will get the results we are looking for and encourage all those 3 star skill players to put UConn on their "must look at" list.

 

[Pudge]

Edsall went from barely being involved in coaching with the Lions to making $1MM here.

Anyone who thinks he took a hometown discount to come save "his" program is crazy. It was the only job available and the fact that it paid $1MM/yr was a bonus.

Wait until we see run, run, run & punt over and over this season. Instead of giving up 60 points a game he"ll only give up 40 due to gaming the clock. Then he'll try to sell us on the improvement happening.

Unfortunately we are stuck with him and the program is more likely to die on his watch than succeed

Econ 101

We are past this. By a few years. We were lucky to get Edsall at the cool $1m. Disco Diaco could have buried us with what Warde contracted with her.

Were we in awful shape as 2.0 says. Yeah. That’s exactly this story. There was a severe lack of talent after BD. Let’s have optimism through Wagner.

 

[hardcorehusky]

When you play more talented teams you don't beat them by doing something repetitively that they can stop and give them more opportunities to score than you give yourself. Navy and Georgia Tech were different offense/blocking schemes that when going well ate up the clock and took advantage of slower DL, smaller DB's and outnumbered LB's at point of attack (by faking ball so well); if HCRE2.0 just runs conventional offense with little to no deception and doesn't make other teams defense cover more than 10 yards deep it will be a long, long season on offense.

If the existing personnel for 2019 are not there for opening up the playbook, what changes in 2020? One of 3 QB contenders shows out? RB's for 2019 seem ok, how much better in 2020. OL seems on paper pretty experienced (and pretty good) and losing Pert in 2020 might hurt. Who are the 2020 TE's and WR's that are freshman and sophomores and high school seniors that will ramp it up in 2020?

Play to score. Could easily have won 5 games in year one of HCRE2.0 (with Crocker disaster defense), could easily have won 0 games in year two of HCRE (with Crocker even more disastrous defense). HCRE2.0 is the problem not the solution. I didn't pick his assistant coaches, he did. What a series of poor personnel decisions.

Coaching not to lose pretty much assures losing. Run or short passes when on your own side of field with the occasional long, ill designed bomb only insures the other team is mostly playing down hill on defense and has favorable field position on offense.

2019 starts with UConn looking for its 1st FBS win since October 2017. Yeah, let's go into 2019 with our personnel and a "conservative" HCRE1.0 type offense; sure that will get the results we are looking for and encourage all those 3 star skill players to put UConn on their "must look at" list.

It's about the Jimmy's and Joe's. UConn did not have them and now they do but are too young still. You could have a coaching staff of Saban, Meyer, Lombardi and Bellichick and not much would have changed last year. G Tech and Navy had to recruit players to fit their systems and that got them pretty far. But it did not happen year one or two for them either.

 

[Bubba1957]

I'm surprised at the criticism over Edsall's offense. If anything it's been a bright spot over the last two years. Of course some with attribute it to the coordinators but the buck stops with Randy and the offense has been pretty good and fun to watch.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I'm surprised at the criticism over Edsall's offense. If anything it's been a bright spot over the last two years. Of course some with attribute it to the coordinators but the buck stops with Randy and the offense has been pretty good and fun to watch.

I agree that the offense in Randy 2.0 has been adequate. But...he lost Lashlee and Dunn, then promoted the offensive line coach. The belief is that with Pindell and Dunn gone, RE will be conservative Randy. If a QB steps up and Randy trusts them, maybe he won't be conservative. But the general feeling is that UConn will become more of a ground and pound team.

 

[Pudge]

Well. Not to point out the obvious. HOWEVER ... Norries Wilson & Rob Ambrose & Joe Moorhead are a damn good list of OC over the forgettable loathsome crew that succeeded them. Lashlee . Good. But gosh we did need to keep that UConn D off the field. Dunn . Better. I think Pindell & the offense looked pretty good. If Giufre is the guy Edsall feels has the chops & the kids certainly love the guy ... let’s do that. Philosophy? Well if we can keep teams under 35 you would think we’d win.

Crocker. Cox. Wholley. Gone. If you look back, HCRE 1.0 had a comparable exit after 2001. Yet he had some solid young guys in Orlando. Like what I’m hearing about Dottin-Carter and glad Perkins is back.

See. It’s easy to dump on 2018 UConn. Far harder to be positive now. Try

 

[#1 PA Husky Fan]

Micah Leon to UConn on Twitter! More to come, we’ll see.

 

[metsfan2323]

But the general feeling is that UConn will become more of a ground and pound team.

Its impossible to be more ground and pound than last year, that's pretty much all we did.

Beaudry, Washington , and Krajewski all have capable arms, we have an experienced offensive line, and enough speed/talent at WR to have a decent passing attack. If the new offensive coordinator can't develop the passing game he will be a one year coordinator.

 

[huskymedic]

Micah Leon to UConn on Twitter! More to come, we’ll see.

Are you referencing this edit?