No, he is not a coach with Dallas. A lot of guys know football and know defense, it does not make them a good HC hire, particularly for a school in the middle of conf realignment - only UConn would put a few HSFB coaches ahead of their own self-interests. Yes, he is a good coach and a better man - good guy, good family. And he let his affinity for a kid who hung out at his house and played with his kids but who was not a very good QB impact the success of the program. But all of those things aside, I think you missed the point - his hire was a huge signal to the ACC that we were not making the commitments that Ville was. His hire, not him, was the program killer. A solid hire after him would have us more competitive in the AAC - WFC! A solid hire after RE would likely have us playing in a P5 conference.
Edsall talks talent deficiency
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No, he is not a coach with Dallas. A lot of guys know football and know defense, it does not make them a good HC hire, particularly for a school in the middle of conf realignment - only UConn would put a few HSFB coaches ahead of their own self-interests. Yes, he is a good coach and a better man - good guy, good family. And he let his affinity for a kid who hung out at his house and played with his kids but who was not a very good QB impact the success of the program. But all of those things aside, I think you missed the point - his hire was a huge signal to the ACC that we were not making the commitments that Ville was. His hire, not him, was the program killer. A solid hire after him would have us more competitive in the AAC - WFC! A solid hire after RE would likely have us playing in a P5 conference.
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Sorry, not Dallas, Detroit. He's the DC for the Lions.
1. He wasn't a good hire because I don't think he was really up for the challenge and grind of coaching at a school like UConn.
2. No hire would have landed us in the ACC. That's a fantasy.
3. Diaco was a disaster. The program wasn't in dire straights when we fired PP, we just knew he wasn't
the right fit, mostly because of his offense.
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But he is capable of handling the grind as an NFL Defensive Coordinator? Guessing the grind is equal or tougher in NFL.
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I would think college head coach is harder because of recruiting.
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Exit 4 has clearly never played football. What a strange set of posts from him.
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It's so weird, Pasquoloni left his position as Defensive Coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys to come to UConn. Now he is Defensive Coordinator of the Detroit Lions.
All we heard when he was here was that he was the former Syracuse HC. And that he was a retread and no good. He must know something about football.
All we heard when he was here was that he was the former Syracuse HC. And that he was a retread and no good. He must know something about football.
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Doesn't mean he can put together a competitive Roster in New England nor manage a full modern college football program.
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Here to troll I see. Probably 70% of the posters here never played beyond 9th grade. Moreover, of the people that actually buy the tickets, attend games and financially support the program, it is probably closer to 80% never played football. Guess all those people should close their wallets and terminate their Boneyard accounts.
Agreed, nor could PP assemble the right set of coaches, particularly for offense. As stated and demonstrated numerous times, many can be coordinators, but far fewer can be an actual head coach. Its probably 2X the workload too.
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Nick Williams made the NFL and he couldn't get on the field outside special teams for PP. I don't know for sure but I don't think it was because of poor practice habits. PP shouldn't get the benefit of the doubt anymore, he didn't even open the cupboard to see what he had.
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Plain and simple PP was waaayyyyyy past his prime.. folks that didn't understand football made that hire.. move on...
Agree as to moving on, but this guy is not way past his prime as a D coach. Instead, he never hit his prime as a HC.
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PP was past his prime and 62 before he coached his first game at UConn. That might have been OK had he surrounded himself with young and energetic coaches, but he had a 63 year old offensive coordinator and a 56 year old defensive coordinator not to mention the DL coach was 54 and the OL coach was 55. Don't get me wrong, it's good to have some experienced coaches on the staff, and Brown, Hughes, and Foley were not past their prime, but this was an old staff that need more young blood.
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PP lost control of that team and program. You don’t get canned 4 games into a season unless something is seriously wrong. Who knows what the reason was for his performance, but his oversight was an unmitigated disaster.
Diaco polished it off recruiting for a basketball program.......and a slow one at that.
Diaco polished it off recruiting for a basketball program.......and a slow one at that.
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Point of clarification. "Grinder" is a euphemism, not acronym.
As far as the article, I liked it, but it was filler. No new information to the dwindling numbers of folks paying attention over the last 5 seasons.
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I will say that I am disappointed in Edsall in that I don't think it needed to get this bad. The Crocker experiment was an unmitigated disaster and the turnover of assistance suggests he didn't do a good job getting the fix started.
That all said, it's my strong sense he knows what type of athletes he needs to recruit and develop. His first stint at UCONN were teams of lightly recruited kids athletically were or became very good. Those kids were fast and physical. We seem light years away from that now, but my guess is Edsall can get those types of programs back into the program over time.
That all said, it's my strong sense he knows what type of athletes he needs to recruit and develop. His first stint at UCONN were teams of lightly recruited kids athletically were or became very good. Those kids were fast and physical. We seem light years away from that now, but my guess is Edsall can get those types of programs back into the program over time.
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I don't think Crocker is a bad coach. I think he inherited a bad and inexperienced roster for his schemes which made him look like a bad coach. I'm pretty sure that the defense will be better this year than last year because you won't see as many true freshman on the field.
That said, you can't be the worst defense in FBS and have the DC keep his job. The defensive players need a new voice to move forward.
I look at the player recruiting under Edsall 2.0 and I see the same characteristics I saw under Edsall 1.0. He is recruiting more athletes and speed than Diaco ever did and I think it will begin to show up on the field starting this year, but Edsall recruits typically take a couple years to develop.