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FDNY99 said:
You and I are on the same page then...the only guy I don't want to see here is Rob Ambrose...I work with. guy who played at Towson and the stories he hears about him as an alum are not good!
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My issue with Ambrose is not that he wouldn't be qualified, it's that he appears to be a total .
 
We will not be able to land any big-name coaches on our coaching staff budget. But if money were less of an object, my list would include (in no particular order):

Eric Mangini - CT guy, Belichick disciple; young and incredibly intelligent; not sure how well he'd recruit but all he'd have to say to a kid is "NFL" and "Belichick" and that will open ears
Steve Addazio - not likely he would leave Temple for UConn (how said is that??), but it's definitely worth a tire kick because he's a local guy, great recruiter and MUCH better game coach than our current administration
Bobby Petrino - incredible baggage but you can't argue with the immediate shot in the arm that he brings his programs. Likely would leave in 2 years if successful but hopefully by then, UConn will be prominent again to attract the next coach
Tony Sporano - the mastermind of the wildcat offense shows me that he's innovative; CT guy
Kirby Smart - anybody in the Saban/Belichick tree needs to be considered even if he's a defensive guy; would need to be heavily compensated to lure him away from powerhouse Bama (or likely to be hired by Tennessee if Dooley is fired)
Chad Morris - watch Clemson's offense and tell me that doesn't get the blood pumping; young and could open recruiting grounds in the southeast
James Coley - FSU boasts some serious offensive firepower and would open recruiting in Florida
Gus Malzahn - not sure why he wasn't considered more in the last coaching search
 
for crying out loud some 1 call todd monken please before illinois gets him.
 
Monken or Sonny Dykes too
 
FDNY99 said:
One thing about Petrino and this is Bill King's line every time someone calls his show about him...he has ALWAYS played by NCAA rules! He has made some VERY bad decisions in his personal choices...but he can flat out coach! As far as the D-2 or 1AA guy...is they have never coached at this level I don't want to hear about them! And I don't think you will find them making the list of our AD. There is a BIG difference between 1AA and BCS level football...never mind D-2. If we go with that kind of a guy it is the sign that the white flag is being run up the flag pole regarding this program and where it is headed...what the future has in store. Chip Kelly was OC at Oregon first...he got to learn the differences between the CAA and the Pac-12. He wasn't just hired as head coach out there.
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My only problem with Petrino is the way he left Atlanta. Arkansas is easy to recruit to. If he comes here, and finds he can't get his type of player, he is the kind of guy that might disappear in the middle of the night. I don't really care about the personal stuff. If somehow they can figure out a way to make sure he is committed, I'm ok with it.
 
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Sonny Dykes
Willy Taggart (although if UK doesn't hire him they are dumber than I thought)
Chad Morris
Guz Malzahn
 
J187Money said:
My only problem with Petrino is the way he left Atlanta. Arkansas is easy to recruit to. If he comes here, and finds he can't get his type of player, he is the kind of guy that might disappear in the middle of the night. I don't really care about the personal stuff. If somehow they can figure out a way to make sure he is committed, I'm ok with it.
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Petrino keeps making his bosses look bad. Winning is great, but why would anyone doing the hiring go for someone who, eventually, will make them look bad
 
businesslawyer said:
I think you could get Sporano for P money. I would think that is a conversation worth having.
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Sparano was runner up for NFL coach of the year in 1998 and he is known to prefer power blocking schemes over zone blocking schemes (Seriously). He is also a favorite of Tommy Coughlin who recommended him to Bill Parcells when Parcells took over the Cowboys. Sparano started out pretty low on the Cowboys coaching staff but quickly rose up the ranks to become offensive coordinator. When Parcells took over the GM job at Miami he hired Sparano as head coach. Year 2 at Miami was torpedoed when Pennington went down for the season in game one, after that there was an ownership change there and the new owner started fishing around for another coach which really undercut Sparano.

IMO he is doing a solid job as Jets offensive coordinator, he has greatly improved their line play and running attack. Sanchez is a coach killer and the Jets have little talent at WR (Santonio Homes out for the year) and RB. Their rookie Stephen Hill looks like a player but he drops every other pass thrown to him.
 
Excalibur said:
My issue with Ambrose is not that he wouldn't be qualified, it's that he appears to be a total .
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You have hit a home run with that...my co-worker and Towson alum says that is the rep he has
 
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Just to throw out some salary info
P makes $1.7 mill per year
Ed Daigneault told me on twitter Don Brown makes "roughly the same per yr as the DC at Wisconsin" and Cersosimo made "more than $175,000 last season"
He also told me Kirby smart makes "just shy of $1 million dollars"
 
coachcap said:
If you're going with an out of left field choice: Black Jack Cochran. Knows offense, knows how to put talented players in the best position to succeed.
Points off for off the field baggage, has irritated the Connecticut High School Coaching fraternity, trouble can find him anywhere. Just keep him away from the purse strings. Never been a coach on the college level.
Points for: Will put fannies in the seats, games will be exciting.
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Coach you seem like a nice guy, however, I think you may want to stop posting for a while. You're starting to make zoo cougar and huskyfandan seem reasonable by comparison
 
Skiblets said:
I was thinking we might go after a very experienced coach, who's had a lot of success in the Big East, good NFL experience with excellent ties locally who might be willing to bring in an offensive coordinator with Uconn ties.
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Shouldn't it read: I was thinking we might go after a coach past his prime, afflicted with wildcat-itis, game-management brain farts, who's been on a downward spiral in the Big East since Dwight Freeney, NFL experience that removed him from game day coaching to position coach with regional ties to the only people that were desperate to hire him after Randy bailed ship and might be willing to bring in a fellow geriatric offensive coordinator with Uconn ties just to relive memories of old time glory.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Coach you seem like a nice guy, however, I think you may want to stop posting for a while. You're starting to make zoo cougar and huskyfandan seem reasonable by comparison
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I DID couch that post by saying it was out of left field. It was meant as sarcasm. There's no way I'd serious;y consider elevating a former h.s. coach to a FBS head coaching position.
 
coachcap said:
I DID couch that post by saying it was out of left field. It was meant as sarcasm. There's no way I'd serious;y consider elevating a former h.s. coach to a FBS head coaching position.
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Sober now? lol
 
businesslawyer said:
Petrino keeps making his bosses look bad. Winning is great, but why would anyone doing the hiring go for someone who, eventually, will make them look bad
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Bobby Petrino is the college football version of Larry Brown. They both have that vagabond gene as a dominant trait.
 
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The prodigal son Kirk Ferentz. Iowa is tanking, could use a change of scenery would be a massive hit with fan base/local talent
 
CAHUSKY said:
Coach you seem like a nice guy, however, I think you may want to stop posting for a while. You're starting to make zoo cougar and huskyfandan seem reasonable by comparison
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I'm unreasonable? OK. You and DeLeone are the only ones left on the planet who still want to run the Wildcat. Don't change dude.
 
thatguyed said:
REALISTICALLY, who should be available next year and a DEFINITE step up that UConn can AFFORD? Let's stay away from the ridiculous options that have zero chance of happening. Who are the real up and comers? Or established and maybe just not in the right situation but are still fairly young? I'm going to assume we can keep Coach Brown as DC and not potentially ruin a great thing - or lose him altogether.
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UConn better be able to afford top notch coaching talent. They can't afford not to. Let's start acting the part of a Big Time program if we are ever gonna get there.
 
Dooley said:
We will not be able to land any big-name coaches on our coaching staff budget. But if money were less of an object, my list would include (in no particular order):

Eric Mangini - CT guy, Belichick disciple; young and incredibly intelligent; not sure how well he'd recruit but all he'd have to say to a kid is "NFL" and "Belichick" and that will open ears
Steve Addazio - not likely he would leave Temple for UConn (how said is that??), but it's definitely worth a tire kick because he's a local guy, great recruiter and MUCH better game coach than our current administration
Bobby Petrino - incredible baggage but you can't argue with the immediate shot in the arm that he brings his programs. Likely would leave in 2 years if successful but hopefully by then, UConn will be prominent again to attract the next coach
Tony Sporano - the mastermind of the wildcat offense shows me that he's innovative; CT guy
Kirby Smart - anybody in the Saban/Belichick tree needs to be considered even if he's a defensive guy; would need to be heavily compensated to lure him away from powerhouse Bama (or likely to be hired by Tennessee if Dooley is fired)
Chad Morris - watch Clemson's offense and tell me that doesn't get the blood pumping; young and could open recruiting grounds in the southeast
James Coley - FSU boasts some serious offensive firepower and would open recruiting in Florida
Gus Malzahn - not sure why he wasn't considered more in the last coaching search
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You know there are good football coaches who aren't "Connecticut guys" which half your list seems to be. Mangini has flopped at 2 NFL stops. so you want to give him a chance to flop at a college one too? In my opinion we should just keep away from NFL guys anyway. While they occasionally work out, I think it is better to get a college coach or coordinator, or at least a guy with significant college experience.
 
freescooter said:
You know there are good football coaches who aren't "Connecticut guys" which half your list seems to be. Mangini has flopped at 2 NFL stops. so you want to give him a chance to flop at a college one too? In my opinion we should just keep away from NFL guys anyway. While they occasionally work out, I think it is better to get a college coach or coordinator, or at least a guy with significant college experience.
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If Mangini wanted the job, I would listen to him, and want to hear his philosophy and plan for the program.

Pete Carroll flopped at two NFL jobs too, he's not my favorite coach, but he had some success at USC.
 
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HuskyBarker said:
Shouldn't it read: I was thinking we might go after a coach past his prime, afflicted with wildcat-itis, game-management brain farts, who's been on a downward spiral in the Big East since Dwight Freeney, NFL experience that removed him from game day coaching to position coach with regional ties to the only people that were desperate to hire him after Randy bailed ship and might be willing to bring in a fellow geriatric offensive coordinator with Uconn ties just to relive memories of old time glory.
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The back-up Quarterback taking the snaps on designed QB runs as opposed to the starter does not a wildcat offense make. What it does do is make the back-up a sacrificial lamb on said designed runs.

The Wildcat was initially intended to cause confusion for a superior defense with direct snaps to a non-QB under/behind center (See: Brown, Ronnie). It also involves at least some possibility of a pass, thereby making runs a little easier to come by. McCummings comes in for a shotgun snap and runs off-tackle on almost every play he's behind center. This is more reminiscent of the Florida Gator Offense when Tebow would spell Chris Leak during, circa 2006.
 
freescooter said:
I think it is better to get a college coach or coordinator, or at least a guy with significant college experience.
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Completely agree. Here's the guy we should be looking closely at.

Seth Litrell, the OC at Indiana (under Head Coach Kevin Wilson). He's young. Dynamic. A leader. A winner. Played for Oklahoma. Coached at Arizona and Texas Tech. A great recruiter. Look at his bio--then watch and listen to some of his comments after a game. He's got the same position as GDL. Notice how he takes the blame for a few wrong calls. Can you imagine GDL doing that? Don't be influenced by his low key appraoch here, which is typical of an Asst Coach. His players love playing for him--our players despise GDL. He'd love having his own program to build. He's be affordable. I say give him the reins and let the doggies run. BTW, although IU's record is 4-5, this is Seth's first year there and his offense has had IU in every game (check the final scores). They play Wisconsin this Saturday and still have a shot at the Big 10 Championship Game. For those of you who know IU, that's pretty darn amazing.

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result
09/01/12 vs. Indiana State W, 24-17
09/08/12 at Massachusetts W, 45-6
09/15/12 vs. Ball State L, 41-39
09/29/12 at Northwestern L, 44-29
10/06/12 vs. Michigan State L, 31-27
10/13/12 vs. Ohio State L, 52-49
10/20/12 at Navy L, 31-30
10/27/12 at Illinois W, 31-17
11/03/12 vs. Iowa W, 24-21
11/10/12 vs. Wisconsin 12:00 p.m. ET
11/17/12 at Penn State 12:00 p.m. ET
11/24/12 at Purdue TBA
12/01/12 Big Ten Championship Game TBA

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...o_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012Littrell.pdf

 
Why are you all doing this to yourselves? PP and GDL will be back on the sidelines next year, no question. Might as well prepare for the worst and not pretend these guys want to come to CT.
 
Simple exercise, list all current HC's at MAC Conf schools and see how amny you would rather have at UCOON vs the present HC. You'll be surprised how many are immediate candidates!
Be realistic, we are not getting a high profile, proven college HC here. Need a young guy who has achieved success as a HC at a smaller conference school, or an Asst Coach from a winning program.
Bottom line: ABP (Anybody but Pasqualoni!)
 
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