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If Sonny Dykes takes the Texas Tech job SMU would likely go after Herman.
If UConn Could Hire Joe Moorhead, Would He Be Your First Choice?
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Can SMU pay Herman what he wants? I feel like UConn is in a position to offer him more money for his salary and assistant pool.
This UConn win likley solidified Diaco getting a contract extension if I remember correctly. Worst UConn win ever!!
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Can't remember exactly, but i was shocked at Dykes salary...1.1 i think
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My eyes misted up when we beat Houston. I thought maybe we had turned the corner. I was still really worried about scoring points and the fact that Boyle looked pretty stiff but it seemed like Diaco would figure it out.
Games like that show you just how bad Edsall was this time around. Diaco won 6 games and went to a bowl. Even later as we got worse, we didn’t get crushed like Edsall let us get crushed.
“What kind of coaching pool can UConn get? When former AD Warde Manuel hired Diaco in 2013, he was one of the country’s top coordinators at Notre Dame. He beat out a pool that included Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman.”
Connecticut governor declares UConn is 'all in' on big-time college football despite its current spot at bottom
Any notion of UConn punting on football, de-emphasizing football or angling for football to drop down a division is strongly disputed.
Tom Herman was at running for the job before and was beat out by Diaco according to this article. Herman also coached north at Ohio State. I don’t see why we don’t have a chance.
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And he knows QB. Something we haven't had much luck with development since Dan O.
Aside from whether we could even sniff his resume (I don't think we could), something to know about Moorhead is that he is an interesting character. We are friends with a Connecticut family whose son played for Moorhead at Fordham.
Moorhead ran the offense and had a DC run the defense. The relationship between the offensive and defensive squads was quite testy and always competitive. They weren't fam and friends like a lot of teams. A very intense environment.
All that said, Fordham was an elite FCS team and in the FCS championship hunt most years. But he created winners by creating an openly edgy team environment.
Moorhead ran the offense and had a DC run the defense. The relationship between the offensive and defensive squads was quite testy and always competitive. They weren't fam and friends like a lot of teams. A very intense environment.
All that said, Fordham was an elite FCS team and in the FCS championship hunt most years. But he created winners by creating an openly edgy team environment.
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My impression of the Coastal coach is that he’s a true southerner. He’s from Tennessee and he’s coached several places in the south. I think he’d be looking for a job in that region. Maybe replace Clawson if he leaves Wake for a bigger job or something like that. I don’t see him in CT. I’d love to have him but I doubt he’s an option. If I were him, I’d stay right in that area where I know I can recruit and succeed. No point in taking a huge gamble at UConn. He’ll have opportunities within his comfort zone.
A guy like Tom Herman is different. He’s had experience in Texas and Ohio and probably elsewhere. He’s a guy that can go get players anywhere and bring them to CT.
A guy like Tom Herman is different. He’s had experience in Texas and Ohio and probably elsewhere. He’s a guy that can go get players anywhere and bring them to CT.
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tyler phommachanh would be a great fit with Moorhead
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TP will fit with anyone that will play his style. Stay healthy young man!
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Or Cincinnati if Fickell goes elsewhere
………..and a relatively new head basketball coach at that, who prior to UConn coached at URI and Wagner. Oh “what the hell”……….
He does know QB’s, flew down to Virginia to recruit Mike Nebrich who had broken just about every HS passing record in the state. He saw something in Nebrich that Pasqualoni, Deleon, and the rest of the coaches didn’t. When JM left UConn for Fordham, he called Nebrich after he left school and talked him into enrolling at Fordham. Unfortunately, Nebrich blew his knee a year (I think) later, and was never the same.
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He made Fordham into a contender every year. Moorhead completely turned around PSU's offense and got them in the top 10 consistently. He obviously wasn't given a proper chance down at MSU, but he's showing he can make competent offenses with Oregon. OSU has a very very good defense and Moorhead had schemes making them look awful. With Puma next here and Calhoun coming in, Moorhead has the pieces to make the offense one of the top in the country. If he can assemble an even mediocre defensive staff, that team can finished ranked next year.
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Love your enthusiasm! Has a couple of pieces but believe he would be the best to bring more to UConn.
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Costal Carolina was ranked with a significantly weaker schedule. Winning the majority of the schedule next year gets UConn to at least 25.
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You had me until ranked next year.
Hey, stranger things have happened. Look at UCF 0-12 in 2015 and a couple years later won it all. Got robbed of a National Championship.
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The Boneyard would erupt if we got Joe M here. And it would not be surprising that most of the male fans at the Rent would look like this when we scored our first TD of his regime.
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IDK- but UConn was a better football job when Diaco was hired. We were the next school or two to be selected for P5 or so the conventional wisdom was. Now we are an Independent being considered for the Confeence USA with loses this season to HC, UMass and Middle TN.“What kind of coaching pool can UConn get? When former AD Warde Manuel hired Diaco in 2013, he was one of the country’s top coordinators at Notre Dame. He beat out a pool that included Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman.”
Connecticut governor declares UConn is 'all in' on big-time college football despite its current spot at bottom
Any notion of UConn punting on football, de-emphasizing football or angling for football to drop down a division is strongly disputed.sports.yahoo.com
Tom Herman was at running for the job before and was beat out by Diaco according to this article. Herman also coached north at Ohio State. I don’t see why we don’t have a chance.
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If Oregon continues to roll I just don’t see how Moorehead doesn’t get a P5 offer.
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Wow didn't expect to be so attacked.
Yeah, maybe Mississippi State will hire him back.
The Conference consideration for C-USA was/is a dud. Was never going to happen. They wanted clout cause we have a brand. Come on chief UConn is still a football program with a lot of pluses that many have listed on here and so has Dave.
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You are a head coach - you get offered the same money to be head coach at UCONN or a P5 school. Which would you take?
He will have P5 options.
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