Hope Randy's dream job was worth it

[ASweet3781]

I could never ever imagine putting in 12 + years into building a program from scratch, having success, only to leave at such a crucial time of change in college athletics as the program and all that work goes crashing into the ground in spectacular fashion.

 

[UC990411]

Dude

 

[UC990411]

Blame Hathaway not Randy

 

[uconnbill]

FHCRE was leaving because of Hathaway. I've been told this a number of times by higher up involved with the program for a number of years. UCONN was trying to get rid of Hathaway, but Edsall pulled the rip cord before it happened.

 

[Stinger92860]

He made a bad decision. Now he makes more money and coaches in the B1G.

C'mon, coaches move all the time.

 

[Skiblets]

His relationship with Hathaway had become irreconcilable. Unfortunately Herbst wasn't around yet so it was still months away from Hathaway getting shiite canned by her. I contend that if Herbst arrived a year earlier and moved on Hathaway, Edsall would still be here. For the want of a nail

 

[Dooley]

Yeah, any blame for the state of our program goes directly on Jeff Hathaway's shoulders. Nobody else. He ran the best coach in our program's history out of town while doing absolutely nothing to advance the program by way of stadium expansion, stadium improvements, more aggressive marketing campaigns, appropriately priced Fiesta Bowl packages (and other bowl games), and fund raising. In hindsight, as soon as Randy left, President Herbst should have sh1tcanned Hathaway so her hand-picked AD could be responsible for hiring our next coach.

Randy left because he didn't get along with Hathaway (not many did), got more money from a school who played in a Power conference that was rumored to be going to a better Power conference. All of that happened. Meanwhile, our program is dropping neutral site and home games against the likes or Army and SMU playing in one of the worst G5 conferences. Hard to blame Randy for wanting out.

 

[UConn9604]

I could never ever imagine putting in 12 + years into building a program from scratch, having success, only to leave at such a crucial time of change in college athletics as the program and all that work goes crashing into the ground in spectacular fashion.

It didn't become a "crucial time" until after he left (January 2011). Pitt and Syracuse were invited in September 2011, with WVU, Rutgers, Maryland and Louisville moving the year after that.

Randy left the program in its peak condition. Susan was hired in December 2010 and probably didn't have time to change his mind or convince him that Jeff was going to take a walk soon.

 

[Bonehead]

Its was well worth it for him, his family and career - plus he used a bunch of that money on the monument. Was it worth - hell ya!!

 

[Uconnalliance]

I could never ever imagine putting in 12 + years into building a program from scratch, having success, only to leave at such a crucial time of change in college athletics as the program and all that work goes crashing into the ground in spectacular fashion.

Please change the avatar, that puss head started the football demise , he should be skinned alive rubbed down with rich salt and then dipped in hot acid! I hate that face .

 

[FDNY99]

FHCRE was leaving because of Hathaway. I've been told this a number of times by higher up involved with the program for a number of years. UCONN was trying to get rid of Hathaway, but Edsall pulled the rip cord before it happened.

it's well known that McHugh wanted Hathaway out after hathaway went bonkers when he was not given his bonus by the BOT (after the Morande Ford/Ticket scandal and the Nate Miles issues)...Hathaway figured by hiring mcHugh's boy Pasqualoni and his buddy delete he could save his job and gain some serious brownie points with McHugh.

 

[Woof 101]

I could never ever imagine putting in 12 + years into building a program from scratch, having success, only to leave at such a crucial time of change in college athletics as the program and all that work goes crashing into the ground in spectacular fashion.

WOW and I mean WOW could one be more clueless? Imagine making much more money, having much more support from your employer and playing a schedule we all envy. Imagine a fan base that loves football. I can't imagine why anyone with the avi you have would be here. OOOPs my bad, troll dectector low on batt.....er..ies....

 

[ZooCougar]

You know those big foam blocks that bow hunters use for target practice? You see them at Dick's all the time. There could be a cottage industry built around putting Hathaway's likeness on one of those. That would be enough to get me to want to give archery a try.

 

[EJHarrington]

Edsall could be one of the top 10 coaches in all of college football. Look at what he did here vs. what it is now.

Coaches jump jobs all the time; he stayed here far longer than most coaches stick in one place.

I disagree with most UCONN fans about his departure. He stayed through the Fiesta Bowl whereas most coaches bail before the bowl game (e.g., Kelly for ND).

I would sever two of my non-critical fingers to have him back.

 

[sdhusky]

You know those big foam blocks that bow hunters use for target practice? You see them at Dick's all the time. There could be a cottage industry built around putting Hathaway's likeness on one of those. That would be enough to get me to want to give archery a try.

I miss the days when you complained about Randy as he won championships.

What was your favorite line?

Couldn't be worse?

 

[ZooCougar]

I miss the days when you complained about Randy as he won championships.

What was your favorite line?

Couldn't be worse?

Remember the time you were Randy's biggest apologist? And then we hired Pasqualoni and you said he would take us to the promised land and then you told us Randy was an idiot?

I do.

Good times.

 

[sdhusky]

Remember the time you were Randy's biggest apologist? And then we hired Pasqualoni and you said he would take us to the promised land and then you told us Randy was an idiot?

I do.

Good times.

Never said Randy was a idiot. Just a jerk.

I remember you never being happy. Ever. Always crying like a litttle girl. Good times.

 

[ZooCougar]

Never said Randy was a idiot. Just a jerk.

I remember you never being happy. Ever. Always crying like a litttle girl. Good times.

So you don't deny that you flip flopped three times.

When Fiasco leaves you'll flip flop again.

If I actually gave a crap I would go to scout and find your posts proclaiming that Pasqualoni was a masterful genius. Not good times, GREAT TIMES.

 

[sdhusky]

So you don't deny that you flip flopped three times.

When Fiasco leaves you'll flip flop again.

If I actually gave a crap I would go to scout and find your posts proclaiming that Pasqualoni was a masterful genius. Not good times, GREAT TIMES.

I supported Randy when he was here.

You said "how could it be worse?"

You are right.

I have always been in support of the coach and you have always been whining like a little baitch.

 

[John]

the great thing about Randy is I knew what I was getting when going to games for the most part. Win the ones we're supposed to, lose the ones we're supposed to, but with a few games that could swing either way. Block C helmets, smashmouth football, great running backs, the Big East. Holy cow, now I'm sad.

 

[Palatine]

Randy would have left the following year or very soon after. He had his eye on the door for a long time.

 

[gars44]

Randy would have left the following year or very soon after. He had his eye on the door for a long time.

A long, long time. Years. Interviewed every chance he got. Can't believe people thinking that RE would still be here but for this, that or the other. Or that the program would be in better shape.

 

[John]

A long, long time. Years. Interviewed every chance he got. Can't believe people thinking that RE would still be here but for this, that or the other. Or that the program would be in better shape.

other than GA Tech, what did he interview for?

 

[Carl Spackler]

other than GA Tech, what did he interview for?

Maryland and GTech are the only chances he got. GTech didn't offer the job, Maryland did.

Couple of steps that need to happen between looking, and interviewing.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

One of my favorite memories of the FHCRE era was the entire stadium chanting "B-C-S" when we beat Cincy at The Rent going to USF... Classic.

 

[Carl Spackler]

One of my favorite memories of the FHCRE era was the entire stadium chanting "B-C-S" when we beat Cincy at The Rent going to USF... Classic.

that was only 4 years ago.

What's really sad, and is the worst part of the past few seasons, is that the student body has been disengaged. Us old farts that piss and moan about it all, will most likely all sign the papers and re-up for another year when the time comes, we'll all just think about it a little more.

But we have now an entire 4 year class of students that have never experienced a winning football program and what it's like. That's difficult for the program, given our unique arrangements regarding the home field location, transportation, and conference environment, and it's those students, that are the ones who are going to turn into the old farts like us, making decisions about such things.

Winning, doesn't fix problems, but it tends to cover up all the problems really well.

 

[Jerry1714]

I could never ever imagine putting in 12 + years into building a program from scratch, having success, only to leave at such a crucial time of change in college athletics as the program and all that work goes crashing into the ground in spectacular fashion.

Do you still sit up at night and cry about the girl who dumped you in high school?

You could not sound like a bigger cry baby. Get over it, move on.

 

[amory]

I'm sure he's quite happy with his decision, considering he's coaching in the B10 and going to a bowl game.

Not everyone is Jim Calhoun. Edsall put us in a good spot and made a jump that was good for him and his family. Had we not made the worst hire imaginable, we probably would've kept the success going and ended up in a P5 conference.

Our predicament is not Randy Edsall's fault at all.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I'm sure he's quite happy with his decision, considering he's coaching in the B10 and going to a bowl game.

Not everyone is Jim Calhoun. Edsall put us in a good spot and made a jump that was good for him and his family. Had we not made the worst hire imaginable, we probably would've kept the success going and ended up in a P5 conference.

Our predicament is not Randy Edsall's fault at all.

If Diaco is able to hold the recruiting class together he's put together, and make good on the simple numbers of players that he is bringing in, we will have finally have corrected the simple numbers game slide with NLI recruiting cycles that started the year after Randy Edsall first interviewed for a job elsewhere. That being the end of 2007 for Georgia Tech, and then with the 2008 recruiting cycle. Pasqualoni started addressing it, bringing in as many players from everywhere and anywhere in 2 1/4 seasons, and trying to stockpile them in prep schools as was the model 25 years ago, and Diaco has been scrambling and recruiting to build a class that will be in excess of 25 new scholarship and approaching 30 new scholarship players by fall 2015.

That is most definitely Randy Edsall's fault, and why I dislike the man. I could care less about the manner in which he actually abruptly left, the way he did that, was just symptomatic of his personality.