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[Atross]

If UCONN is to have some hope they need a new HC. He should be a coordinator from a SEC
school. He would no the type of player to get. The SEC is preeminent conference and bringing their philosophy to UCONN could help them in the long run get into a stable conference.

 

[Atross]

Sorry for the poor grammar

 

[huskymedic]

I'll play along... and what Coordinator do you suggest would leave the SEC for UConn?

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Sorry for the poor grammar

I am the only one who saw the irony in having to appologize for poor grammar in a post about bringing in an SEC coach?!

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches..............

 

[pinchy]

If UCONN is to have some hope they need a new HC. He should be a coordinator from a SEC
school. He would no the type of player to get. The SEC is preeminent conference and bringing their philosophy to UCONN could help them in the long run get into a stable conference.

Make sure he brings the admission standards from the SEC with him and don't forget the bag of cash either

 

[Atross]

I'll play along... and what Coordinator do you suggest would leave the SEC for UConn?

I don't know in all honesty but UCONN has to be creative and think outside the box. That perception of why would he go to UCONN is one reason why UCONN is still on the outside during this period of conference realignment. Somehow that perception has to be changed.Hopefully Manuel has a list of potential coordinators. UCONN has to sell itself and what better way than to market SEC style football?

 

[ktuck911]

Make sure he brings the admission standards from the SEC with him and don't forget the bag of cash either

Vanderbilt's like the Ivy league school of the south... Aren't there admission standards like ours?

 

[Fishy]

Vanderbilt's like the Ivy league school of the south... Aren't there admission standards like ours?

All right, for the sake of expediency, whenever someone jokes about bringing "SEC football" to UConn, let's just assume they're not taking about Vanderbilt.....because they're not.

 

[Dooley]

All right, for the sake of expediency, whenever someone jokes about bringing "SEC football" to UConn, let's just assume they're not taking about Vanderbilt.....because they're not.

Agreed. Let's add Kentucky to that list while we're at it.

 

[BlueDogs]

Vanderbilt's like the Ivy league school of the south... Aren't there admission standards like ours?

Actually, Tulane carries the moniker as the "Harvard of the South", but maybe it should be Harvard of the Deep South, excluding Vandy and Emory.

 

[emshorts]

on the count of three, let's send subliminal messages to kirby smart of alabama. he said he would leave if it was the right fit...

 

[weyuo]

If your looking for the football program to have the same kind of success as the basketball programs have had then you need a lot more than a new football coach. I don't think it's the coach as much as it's the state we live in. According to the National Federation of State High School Associations in the 2011-12 school year 172 schools in Connecticut fielded a boys soccer team and only 146 schools fielded a boys football team. Compare that to PA where there are 586 schools participating in boys football and only 584 participating in soccer. Texas is the extreme of course. They have 1,118 schools fielding a football team as opposed to only 582 participating in boys competitive soccer. So in Connecticut your already fighting an up hill battle.

You can bring in the next Nick Saban but he's not gonna turn it around in under 3 years either so just give Coach P this next year to show improvement and upgrade the recruiting a little more. If he has a third losing season then I'll be right with everyone else wanting to see a change. But keep in mind your trying to turn a state that never has had a perennial top 25 football team into something that other states have had well over half a century head start on.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

You can bring in the next Nick Saban but he's not gonna turn it around in under 3 years either so just give Coach P this next year to show improvement and upgrade the recruiting a little more. If he has a third losing season then I'll be right with everyone else wanting to see a change. But keep in mind your trying to turn a state that never has had a perennial top 25 football team into something that other states have had well over half a century head start on.

I agree that we have a few inherent disadvantages, but i don't agree above.

A good coach will put the players in a position to be successful on the field...playing to their strengths. 1 or 2 years under a great coach, and the talent we currently have could be a BCS team. Not so with P & D.

Football, more (by far) than any other sport, is a coaches game. In basketball and baseball you need great players. In football, you need a great scheme more than great players. Im certainly not saying that great players arent needed....but a great coach is needed more.

 

[huskymedic]

I don't know in all honesty but UCONN has to be creative and think outside the box. That perception of why would he go to UCONN is one reason why UCONN is still on the outside during this period of conference realignment. Somehow that perception has to be changed.Hopefully Manuel has a list of potential coordinators. UCONN has to sell itself and what better way than to market SEC style football?

Geez - thanks for the lecture... You specifically mentioned a coordinator from the SEC. I don't care which conference a coach comes from as long as they can win and keep a program clean.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

I'm only posting to see if my new signature works.

 

[tduconn]

Vanderbilt is obviously a great academic school. Also, they are starting to turn the corner in recruiting top SEC type athletes.

I watched a few Vanderbilt games this year.......and ESPN commentators expressed amazement at the quality of athlete Franklin is bringing in.

I believe that during the Tennessee game, they suggested Vanderbilt, at that time, had a top 25 recruiting class(November) with 12 -4* recruits committed.
I would love to see UConn have a class populated with a dozen of that type of athletes. Everyone can postulate about the significance/insignificance of stars.......I can only attest to UConn's "success?" without that type of player.

I guess it helps when you beat Tennessee......Auburn.....and North Carolina State among others. Two consecquitive years in a bowl against meaningful competition.

S0 it is possible to have student athletes successful in both endeavors. Unfortunately for UConn, its schedule doesn't raise the eyebrows of very many top athletes. It will be very tough for any coach.....I don't care what name is suggested.......to lure local recruits from the eyes of the Big 10/ACC for the BE........very tough.

 

[businesslawyer]

It's really a shame that the boneyard needed a newbie to raise the issue of hiring a new coach now. We really ought to be ashamed that none of us had thought of that.

 

[RedSoloCup]

It's really a shame that the boneyard needed a newbie to raise the issue of hiring a new coach now. We really ought to be ashamed that none of us had thought of that.

can we get a "like again" button added to the site?

 

[ruskin]

Mike Bobo of Georgia (where Sue Herbst worked) is about to get a raise to $500K as Georgia's OC. Don't think he would dismiss out of hand a $1 million a year raise over that and PP-style buyout terms to take a shot up here and see what he could do in 3-4 years. Again, for the millionth time, not that many head coaching jobs paying what UConn can pay.

 

[huskymedic]

Again, for the millionth time, not that many head coaching jobs paying what UConn can pay.

We are just a little better than average in coach's pay. The 2012 average major college coach's salary was $1.64m

In 2013 - @$1.7m, there are almost as many schools paying the same or more than UConn (58 out of 124 FBS schools) than are paying less than UConn.

 

[ruskin]

Geez medic I get that we're 'average' I'm good at google too. But we're 'average' in rarefied air. Not Class S, M, L, LL or Division III, II, or I-AA. The point is there's only 60 or so jobs in the country like this (Im too tired to investigate how many football coaches there are at all levels in the country and then doing the division to show what a small percentile make the big coin).
Again, the point is if someone is making $500K as an assistant - no matter where they are - they will very likely entertain a job that would pay them $1.6 to $2 million a year. If we had an opening I bet Bobo and others of his ilk in the SEC would at least listen to the offer. You had a pretty quick trigger finger shooting down the newbie. "Who from the SEC would want to come here" This job doesn't suck as bad as the folks who currently hold the positions do and some fans try to make it out to be.

 

[huskymedic]

Geez medic I get that we're 'average' I'm good at google too. But we're 'average' in rarefied air. Not Class S, M, L, LL or Division III, II, or I-AA. The point is there's only 60 or so jobs in the country like this (Im too tired to investigate how many football coaches there are at all levels in the country and then doing the division to show what a small percentile make the big coin).
Again, the point is if someone is making $500K as an assistant - no matter where they are - they will very likely entertain a job that would pay them $1.6 to $2 million a year. If we had an opening I bet Bobo and others of his ilk in the SEC would at least listen to the offer. You had a pretty quick trigger finger shooting down the newbie. "Who from the SEC would want to come here" This job doesn't suck as bad as the folks who currently hold the positions do and some fans try to make it out to be.

I'm not trying to be an ... You said there aren't many school paying what UConn pays - I pointed out the number. I just happen to be trying to find out what USF ended up paying Taggart and was looking @ the "Coaches Hot Seat" database. It wasn't meant to be an attack.

Me thinks the "newbie" is a troll (could be wrong). I stated I'd play along and asked who because it seemed like someone had someone in mind (like when he recommended G McGee in past). It wasn't about some SEC coordinator turning down or taking a job for a half a million dollar raise.

Just get us someone who will win consistently when the time presents itself.