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I really believe we should reach out to Randy Edsall

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politics said:
Not saying RE was an offensive genius by any stretch, but think he was a lot better than others give him credit for. For starters, I believe he deserves at least some credit for the strong offensive line play that gave him the balls to go for it on fourth-and-1 at his own 20 against Pitt.
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A LOT better...are you kidding me! His offense against Wake Forest in the Meineke Car Care Bowl was beyond embarrassing on the national stage. Same with the first half against Buffalo in the All American game Bowl in Toronto. His offense was boring and he couldn't recruit a QB to save his life (he almost botched the recruitment of Dan O...but thanks to 2 members of his staff who doubled back to the house he chose UConn)...gee kind of like the guy who you want him to replace.
 
Edsall had something he wouldn't have now. A BCS autobid. As much as I respect his contribution, bringing him back would be an admission of defeat.

I expect our SEC AD to be able to find us a better coach. Charlie Strong will be available and unlikely to get another P5 job. I'd also take Major Applewhite but we probably couldn't get him.

Right now, Diaco will still be the coach next season in a win or get fired situation. The coaching staff lost yesterday. The players mostly executed well and didn't make mistakes. We got what the coaches drew up, which was a lot of bad situational play calling and a very exploitable defensive scheme. We could find 11 boneyarders and get at least 6 yards on that quick sideline pass.

BC is now a must win for Bob, regardless of what else happens. He will lose any fan support he has left if we lose that game.
 
FDNY99 said:
A LOT better...are you kidding me! His offense against Wake Forest in the Meineke Car Care Bowl was beyond embarrassing on the national stage. Same with the first half against Buffalo in the All American game Bowl in Toronto. His offense was boring and he couldn't recruit a QB to save his life (he almost botched the recruitment of Dan O...but thanks to 2 members of his staff who doubled back to the house he chose UConn)...gee kind of like the guy who you want him to replace.
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I'll put you down in the Edsall undecided camp. He won ugly. I get it. But he freaking won. Just to be clear, check my post above. I think it's a bad idea to bring him back.
 
politics said:
I'll put you down in the Edsall undecided camp. He won ugly. I get it. But he freaking won. Just to be clear, check my post above. I think it's a bad idea to bring him back.
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I liked Edsall...but thought that it was time for him to move on. He should have done it like a man but that is for another day.
 
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FDNY99 said:
I liked Edsall...but thought that it was time for him to move on. He should have done it like a man but that is for another day.
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Hathaway deserves as much blame as Edsall for the ugly departure. Best fallout of Edsall's departure was it led to Hathaway's.
 
Hiring a guy who flamed out at his last job? we tried that already. we also tried the hot shot defensive coordinator.

Just let the next Coach be an offensive guy. Can't take another guy that talks about keeping scoring down as exciting.
 
politics said:
Hathaway deserves as much blame as Edsall for the ugly departure. Best fallout of Edsall's departure was it led to Hathaway's.
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Edsall still had come to the point where it was time for him to move on. He got testy at any hint of criticism of his game plans...took shots at us..the fan base basically saying that we should just show up and cheer because we don't know about football. As for Hathaway...a complete incompetent genius who along with help from Austin and Hogan who enabled him...single handedly ruined UConn athletics!
 
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LOL, this thread may be about the most moronic I have ever read on this board. I'm serious, it's that bad!
 
UConnDan97 said:
Edsall was great for us and he built the program to a level of sustained success; bowl games, beating teams like ND, South Car., WVU, winning a pair of Big East Championships, and developing a bunch of players to the NFL.

But there is no way whatsoever that he could or should be brought back. That's just the reality, and I'm sure Randy would agree with that as well...
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I'm seeing the death spiral starting with Diaco, and Edsall is not the answer in anyway. We just needed a coach with a good track record and experience not green coach who's a D coordinator at best and doin OJT
 
FDNY99 said:
Yeah you go back and re-live the Edsall days...I will as well...and remember a offense so feeble in Toronto and Charlotte in Bowl games that it was an embarrassment! That time has come and gone...just like you should do now!
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UConn won in Toronto , lost in Charlotte.
 
noeynox said:
Hiring a guy who flamed out at his last job? we tried that already. we also tried the hot shot defensive coordinator.

Just let the next Coach be an offensive guy. Can't take another guy that talks about keeping scoring down as exciting.
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Or at least bring in a guy that understands ground and pound is all but eliminated for college and is able to hire an actual OC with a mentality from this century
 
uconnell said:
UConn won in Toronto , lost in Charlotte.
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Yeah I know...I was at both games...I also remember watching a putrid offensive performance in the first half in Toronto. Edsall wasn't Mike Leach offensively. He won games with ball control and defense...gee..kind of like what Diaco talks about doing.
 
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shizzle787 said:
I was thinking about Weist but remembered he went 3-5 as interim.
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It was actually pretty impressive considering how awful things were at that point.

That said... at the time... I think hiring him would have been viewed as a small time move.

But I do like him quite a bit and think he'll make a great head coach somewhere.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
Or at least bring in a guy that understands ground and pound is all but eliminated for college and is able to hire an actual OC with a mentality from this century
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Somebody needs to let Nick Saban know that "ground and pound" is, for all practical purposes, dead. They should also let him know, winning National Championships that way is so last century.
 
DefCONNOne said:
Somebody needs to let Nick Saban know that "ground and pound" is, for all practical purposes, dead. They should also let him know, winning National Championships that way is so last century.
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This is relevant to UConn Football... how?
 
Right, we should hire a guy pushing 60 who has been out of the game and failed in his last coaching job. Worked so well last time around . . .
 
1. No.

2. There's a reason Edsall got canned from his "dream job" at Maryland - they couldn't wait to get rid of him.

3. He's a defensive coach, just like the last 2 replacements we've had. Hit a home run with DanO but never was able to find another QB to get the offense back to that level. How about we give an OC a try at head coach?

4. Although we had better talent on Edsall's teams IMO, we were in the Big East facing the likes of WVU, Louisville, Pitt, etc. Not sure he could bring in the same level players now that we're stuck in purgatory.

5. No. Time to move on.
 
DefCONNOne said:
Somebody needs to let Nick Saban know that "ground and pound" is, for all practical purposes, dead. They should also let him know, winning National Championships that way is so last century.
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Lane Kiffen's offense isn't ground and pound but Alabama also has good players. So this post stunk.
 
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This message board is superior to Diaco's product. Sadly.
 
Butch said:
Weist was better than Edsall.

If only we had just kept Weist...
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Laughably and provably wrong. I certainly would not advocate for rehiring Edsall, but Weist is 3-5 as a HC. Edsall won two conference championships and went to a BCS bowl. There are absolutely no facts to back up this argument.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
If we are going to talk about replacing Diaco (and I'm not going to bother), that is the guy we should give a look to.
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How about reaching out to Joe Harasymiak, the Maine coach, Joe Moorhead and Weist? As HC and AHC. Forget Edsall, though Shizzles 8 points about FHCRE were pretty much on target, the ninth and tenth points which he left out are....9) Lousy recruiter, especially in state....10) Had the nack of being able to royally piss off everyone around him, including recruits and their parents.
That being said, he did recruit Mike Nebrich or more correctly Moorhead on his staff did. Had Edsall not left that year, Nebrich would have been redshirted his freshman year and would have started the following year. UCONN's fortunes in the ensuing 4 years might have been very very different. I say offer JM the HC job, and offer TJ and Harasymiak the OC (and maybe AHC) and DC. Offer Moorhead, at least as much as what Debacle is making now.
 
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