How Long…..

[Palatine]

Probably have to wait until the end of the season when many coaches will get let go and the great fruit basket merry-go-round begins.

 

[RitzLuce1]

UConn RB Continues Shake Up with Transfer Announcement

The most stable stretch of UConn Huskies football in over a decade has suddenly flipped over. Head coach Jim Mora, coming off back-to-back nine-win seasons and

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Losing Rosa for his final year hurts. I could see him getting more opportunities for swing passes out of the backfield next season.
Chadwick was our Elvis Patterson.

The obsession people have with victor Rosa is unbelievable. How does losing him hurt? He barely played. He wouldn’t have played next year either. I would certainly hope whoever we hire can bring an a more impactful player in the portal than that.

 

[businesslawyer]

The obsession people have with victor Rosa is unbelievable. How does losing him hurt? He barely played. He wouldn’t have played next year either. I would certainly hope whoever we hire can bring an a more impactful player in the portal than that.

The inability to understand why people were puzzled is unbelievable. When he stepped in as a freshman as an emergency due to multiple injuries in the RB room, he performed really really well. As a true freshman. And since he got hurt in his true sophomore year, no one saw him get a real chance, but only knew that with statistically insignificant touches he performed fine.

Why wouldn’t folks wonder how much better he could be three years later if given a chance?

 

[Windham4th]

People can't forgive he for the flip into the end zone apparently

Haha

 

[giddyup]

The inability to understand why people were puzzled is unbelievable. When he stepped in as a freshman as an emergency due to multiple injuries in the RB room, he performed really really well. As a true freshman. And since he got hurt in his true sophomore year, no one saw him get a real chance, but only knew that with statistically insignificant touches he performed fine.

Why wouldn’t folks wonder how much better he could be three years later if given a chance?

I think he has had enough reps to show he is a gamer and a good running back, not a great back. He has a bad tendency to bounce out instead of exploiting counterflow cutbacks. Got nothing but respect for a CT homer but I don’t think he’s a skill player that puts us at a level we need. I can understand a desire to get more PT and hope he does great wherever he ends up. He hung in with the traitor and deserves a place to play.

 

[psilotic]

Or falls off a motorcycle

solid petrino reference

 

[Dove]

…..until we hear anything? Until an actual hire? 24 hours has seemed like a month! What’s the betting population say with all their overs and unders and parlays??

20 minutes

 

[SwingDog]

This. I don't think him leaving was an indictment on UConn. Mora is an old man and probably wants to get back to the rocky mountains, where his family and home are. He turned down Stanford and OSU as well, two jobs certainly better than CSU. He was interested in the Colorado job before Deion

I think you're overstating the "old man" stuff. He is known to be in good health and apparently still enjoys coaching, and at 64 years of age could very well go another 6-8 years. If he just wanted a change of scenery, that's another story. We'll just have to see what he says on why he chose to leave but the timing seems abrupt to me.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I can state with a very high level of confidence that our next head football coach will officially be hired roughly five business days after the official posting of the open position.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The inability to understand why people were puzzled is unbelievable. When he stepped in as a freshman as an emergency due to multiple injuries in the RB room, he performed really really well. As a true freshman. And since he got hurt in his true sophomore year, no one saw him get a real chance, but only knew that with statistically insignificant touches he performed fine.

Why wouldn’t folks wonder how much better he could be three years later if given a chance?

Rosa was given the chance for three straight spring and fall camps.

There's a reason he never got above third string on depth chart when all RB's were healthy.

Wish him well. But he isn't getting more reps at any school at or above UConn's level.

 

[KryHavok]

I can state with a very high level of confidence that our next head football coach will officially be hired roughly five business days after the official posting of the open position.

I wonder why his profile is still up on the UConn athletics site as of this evening...take it down already, he's no longer our coach per his X page.

 

[DoctorWho85]

My guess is after the Conference championship games and before Christmas

 

[Hoophound]

Rosa was given the chance for three straight spring and fall camps.

There's a reason he never got above third string on depth chart when all RB's were healthy.

Wish him well. But he isn't getting more reps at any school at or above UConn's level.

Yep. However, Rosa might make it all the way to the NFL as a slot receiver. There’s tremendous potential there. That’s the chance he wants and he probably could have been very good for us in that role on a regular basis.

 

[CL82]

The obsession people have with victor Rosa is unbelievable. How does losing him hurt? He barely played. He wouldn’t have played next year either. I would certainly hope whoever we hire can bring an a more impactful player in the portal than that.

He's a local Connecticut kid. People like him. He's also had some decent runs. Losing him doesn't mean we have to fold the program, but it isn't surprising that people are disappointed to see him go.

 

[ScottVib]

Yep. However, Rosa might make it all the way to the NFL as a slot receiver. There’s tremendous potential there. That’s the chance he wants and he probably could have been very good for us in that role on a regular basis.

If Mora thought he had NFL ability in the slot position, he would've seen more reps especially in multiple wide receiver sets... guys like Victor who've been lower on the depth chart than they want are the kinds of players who can benefit from a change in leadership getting them a new shot with a fresh set of eyes to reset their role on the team and position on the depth chart... plus who knows what happens with the other guys on the depth chart.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yep. However, Rosa might make it all the way to the NFL as a slot receiver. There’s tremendous potential there. That’s the chance he wants and he probably could have been very good for us in that role on a regular basis.

How do you figure the third string running back at UConn may make it to the NFL as a lot receiver?

I like Rosa, but what in the world. He's 5' 11"and has caught 37 passes in 4 years here.

 

[Chin Diesel]

He's a local Connecticut kid. People like him. He's also had some decent runs. Losing him doesn't mean we have to fold the program, but it isn't surprising that people are disappointed to see him go.

Right. He played here. Gave is some good memories and wants a new opportunities. Not upset with him or his decision. Also don't think his roster spot is hard to backfill.

 

[ZooCougar]

…..until we hear anything? Until an actual hire? 24 hours has seemed like a month! What’s the betting population say with all their overs and unders and parlays??

Actual hire?

A few weeks. Everything else is just guessing.

 

[AllHusky]

The growing Portal list is depressing while waiting for hiring news. The Carousel is starting to spin wildly! I imagine our echelon of potential hires is waiting for the P4 stuff to shake out just in case there is an opportunity. This process has a Game of Thrones feel to it.(I've never actually watched it, but its how I imagine it)

 

[Rich]

Mark Stoops is available.

Amongst other achievements he coached DBs as part of the best team in the history of college football.

 

[TheDrifter75]

Mark Stoops is available.

Amongst other achievements he coached DBs as part of the best team in the history of college football.

There is no way he was coaching on the “71 Nebraska team.

 

[Rich]

There is no way he was coaching on the “71 Nebraska team.

'01 Hurricanes > '71 Huskers

 

[Milo65]

The obsession people have with victor Rosa is unbelievable. How does losing him hurt? He barely played. He wouldn’t have played next year either. I would certainly hope whoever we hire can bring an a more impactful player in the portal than that.

He walked on senior day, he was leaving even if Mora stayed.