I've been tyring so hard not to write something, but i have to. Best way I can describe Edsall in leadership terms is that the guy always reminded me of a career lieutenant who thinks he's way further up the chain, but struggling to get that captain promotion and always passed over. Many good results, many bad ones in his position. Many things done right, many not, questions of who's actually responsible for what, and lots of people above and below wondering if the guy really knows what he's doing.
To be fair, I really liked Edsall. The guy showed an incredible ability to adapt and overcome obstacles, and really came from nowhere as a head coach. But he stopped growing, in my opinion, at UConn in recent years. I don't know if the pages exist anymore online, but I wrote right here about a little less than a year ago that I looked very much forward to seeing Edsall take the program forward, because winning the title and getting to the BCS game is one of those steps along the way, where that lieutenant is either clearly going to start advancing, or is going to stay right where they are until their career's over, and Edsall never struck me as a guy that would stay put when he's got a challenge in front of him. But he took that accomplishment he reached at UConn and went in a completely different direction.
And again, in true form to the career lieutenant, there's lots of reasons for the plateau Edsall hit at UConn, and what's happening in Maryland right now, but nobody's really sure who did what and who's responsible for what. Difficulty recruiting. Academic standards. Maybe poor relationships with superiors. maybe poor relationships with some key players or coaches (inferiors). Etc. Etc.
I think Edsall can still get there, but he'll have to do things differently than he did at UConn, and up til now, I haven't seen anything different watching from afar. I've also remarked the same here recently.
