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Edsall stepping down immediately

NEXT year's football begins now. THIS year's hockey and basketball begin (for real) in October.
 
Yardigan said:
Getting lots of crawler time on the Ol' Miss blowout and while it may not always be true....when you have hit rock bottom, there is no bad pr...
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Gonna be discussed on halftime show coming up soon…
 
businesslawyer said:
Yes. This is the point. Edsall didn’t retire before talking to the AD so he wouldn’t be fired. They were both on board before the announcement yesterday. Something happened between yesterday afternoon and today.
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This hurts the entire AD department. Have to be on the same darn page with your coach. On second thought, get your ass out of here?

Then Feldman, who invisibly talked to someone in the program, said there were fireworks behind the scenes.

I love Bruce, but what kind of fireworks? You can’t say a player issue unless I have examples.


I would say it was more his coaches who are like, wtf?

Someone needs to take control.

I am not excusing the AD here. Not gonna do it.
Good job on big east and Hurley, but the home hoops sked sucks. They are paying through the nose to get into the Big East.

We run a $40m deficit. We fire diaco pay a ton, fired Ollie, disaster, any time he touched football it’s been a disaster.

He fired Bob and brought Randy back. You want him to pick the next guy?

Add to that he never takes questions. Why should Spanos kick off the presser on Tuesday? He in charge or the AD?

And they have an interim president. I mean, someone needs to manage this .
 
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Having HCRE done as of today is a new lease on life for the players and I hope they make the most of it. With any bad thing that would have happened it would have been all on Edsall who has been a colossal failure for 3 seasons and 2 games now. It was a negative cloud that has been removed and really the future starts now. Randy was drinking his own cool aide this second time around. He had clearly lost it.
 
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JohnFSilver said:
This hurts the entire AD department. Have to be on the same darn page with your coach. On second thought, get your ass out of here?

Then Feldman, who invisibly talked to someone in the program, said there were fireworks behind the scenes.

I love Bruce, but what kind of fireworks? You can’t say a player issue unless I have examples.


I would say it was more his coaches who are like, ?

Someone needs to take control
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Someone did take control. Dave told Randy the way things were going to go. Edsall was insulted that AD Dave thought he was going to call any shots whatsoever. AD Dave showed him the door. Dave didn’t see it coming that Randy would be that stubborn. Dave hasn’t known Randy as long as we have.

No big deal. We have a good AD who does what he needs to do. There isn’t any crisis here beyond the one we already had after the Fresno game. Not sure why you are worked up.

He brought Randy back to get rid of Diaco on the cheap. It wasn’t a terrible experiment until Edsall pushed Lashlee out the door.

The basketball schedule is pretty good when you account for early tourneys. JC liked a weak OOC schedule too. We are looking to end seasons at 32-3.
 
When are we going to learn not to hire retreads with 4 years left to retire. They are not motivated do not have the energy or incentive to excel.
 
aburks41 said:
1) this is playing out like the episode of the Office when that fat guy Tony Gardner quits and then Michael fired him instead so they have to pay him a severance package

2) firing RE is a good thing, who cares about optics. Edsall had to go and he had to go now
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Exactly right in the money all I care is that he is gone!
 
Chin Diesel said:
0-2 start, dreadful offense, dreadful defense, coach just canned. Other than McFadden and Jones, you think any player is comfortable with their spot on the two deep. Competition for playing time just got amped up.
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I think both of the Jones Boys are safe on Defense. Same for Ross and McFadden on Offense. After that, be ready to work.

From what I was told about the QB situation, it may get darker before we see ny light.
 
MilliniumPrince said:
I think both of the Jones Boys are safe on Defense. Same for Ross and McFadden on Offense. After that, be ready to work.

From what I was told about the QB situation, it may get darker before we see ny light.
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Ross out for the year.
 
aburks41 said:
Nothing. By all accounts Benedict has likely saved UConn's athletic department. Moving basketball to the Big East and hiring Hurley was massive. And going Indy + securing a national TV deal for the "worst" program in CFB over the past decade...the Indy scheduling has been awesome too. He didn't have much of a choice with the RE2.0 hire. We had no money and a Diaco buyout hanging over us. This time he gets a clean slate and 5 months to open up the donors pockets to make a splash hire
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Best thing that could of happened, a chance to try to salvage the season and put out feelers for a young creative offensive minded coach. Enough with this 3 yards and a cloud of dust.
 
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UCFBfan said:
Our recruiting class for next season apparently. Don't remember which of the multiple threads I've read that someone posted the tweet, but two of our recruits tweeted that they were with Corey to the end..... he's going to be vital to keeping a lot of this really solid class together.

I think he is one of the most important pieces of this staff.
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I agree, talk about a guy in an unusual situation. Having said that, I think it’s critical we keep Corey. As Chief has said previously, unlike his dad, Corey will listen and adjust. Keep in mind perhaps 2/3rds of the $1.25M has already been paid. Chief thinks some of the well meaning casual fans are missing that aspect.
 
Steve Krajewski has a tough job. His best two receivers are gone. Still, he has skill, as does Tyler from what I understand. I continue to believe we have some talent. Edsall identifies players very well. He doesn’t coach teams nearly as well.
 
It's too bad he was allowed to resign. Or I guess by him resigning they're saving $?

At the end of the day it shouldn't be forgotten that Randy Edsall abandoned his team after getting destroyed in the Fiesta Bowl for a job at Maryland. Like, he flew to Maryland after that loss instead of home with the team.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice? Ugh.

Come on UConn. Get it right this time.
 
WestHartHusk said:
Why do you keep on with this nonsense in every thread? And who is your family member on the football team?
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Don't even have a friend of a friend of a friend with a kid on the team. You seem to be in denial. It is right in front of your face.
 
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Exit 4 said:
Maybe true about QB… but there are players that perform better in game than in practice…so
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In the few vids that I saw, ML, while he may be 6-5, seemed to throw sidearm. Is that true? Does anyone know? If so, that negates a lot of the advantage of being that tall.
 
RSTuthill said:
Don't even have a friend of a friend of a friend with a kid on the team. You seem to be in denial. It is right in front of your face.
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So DB wanted to keep Edsall but the players vetoed him...is that your position?
 
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JohnFSilver said:
We disagree here. Has done good. But the budget deficit and football are an anchor.

He has spent a lot of money to get where we are.
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John what would you have done in his position?
Why is he to blame for the financial issues?
 
UCTitleTown said:
Benedict reads the Boneyard. He saw the fans reaction to Edsall staying.
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That’s what I was thinking.. when we were looking for a coach to replace Ollie, Hurley was the hot coach a the time and lot of us wanted him to get the job. Then Hurley was hired. This weekend we were all frustrated and wanted Randy out, he was kicked out today. It can be a coincidence but I think he’s checking in the boneyard.
 
hardcorehusky said:
Here is why I don't see it as a PR nightmare- UConn football is being talked about and mentioned - if we were UMass or some other inconsequential program, we would be a blip on the screen. This shows the name is still relevant. Man, if we give Purdue a good game or even beat them, we will continue this pr roll.
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A bit like that old Hollywood adage, "Don't care what they say about you, just make sure they spell your name right".
 
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