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I have decided that I am anti anti-Edsall. I have no energy or desire to defend his coaching over the last three years. What's the point. The results have sucked. But I find myself so annoyed by the irrational need to complain about everything of the anti-Edsalitas -- he's not ruthless enough, he's too ruthless, he shies away from publicity, he tweets when he gets a verbal instead of understanding we hate him and he should shut up at all times, too much deadweight transfers out, we aren't fair to the players he's inherited, we didn't call this play, we are a desirable job, doesn't matter no one comes to games anymore, whatever -- that I find myself feeling sympathetic for Edsall just for having to deal with the nonsense of those who oppose him. And that's without even talking about idiots who are still mad at him for a career choice he made a friggin decade ago.
So I will say this one more time and then try to refrain from weighing in on the various threads.
1. For three years we have sucked. Bigly.
2. I don't think he maximized our very limited potential over those three years.
3. For those two reasons, if he is fired, that's fine with me. I won't lose a single night's sleep over it.
4. That having been said, Nick Saban and Dabo Sweeney aren't taking the UConn job and even if one did the last two years we still would have had losing records. (I don't dismiss the possibility that a great coach coming in who wanted to try to get to 6-6 in 2017 without worrying about the future could have done so.)
5. This is an incredibly undesirable job at the moment. Does that mean we couldn't get someone to take it? Of course not. Any FCS or Div II coach not on the verge of a FBS job, or any MAC or Sunbelt coordinator, or a high school coach, or many others would take the job. But is that change for change sake or is there really going to be a rational argument that they are better prepared to rebuild this program than Edsall is with a 3 year head start? One may or may not agree that Edsall should be given a fourth year, and I'm fine if you don't, but it is perfectly rational for Benedict or anyone else who accepts how bad the situation Edsall inherited was to want to give him a full roster of his players before moving on. Period.
So I will say this one more time and then try to refrain from weighing in on the various threads.
1. For three years we have sucked. Bigly.
2. I don't think he maximized our very limited potential over those three years.
3. For those two reasons, if he is fired, that's fine with me. I won't lose a single night's sleep over it.
4. That having been said, Nick Saban and Dabo Sweeney aren't taking the UConn job and even if one did the last two years we still would have had losing records. (I don't dismiss the possibility that a great coach coming in who wanted to try to get to 6-6 in 2017 without worrying about the future could have done so.)
5. This is an incredibly undesirable job at the moment. Does that mean we couldn't get someone to take it? Of course not. Any FCS or Div II coach not on the verge of a FBS job, or any MAC or Sunbelt coordinator, or a high school coach, or many others would take the job. But is that change for change sake or is there really going to be a rational argument that they are better prepared to rebuild this program than Edsall is with a 3 year head start? One may or may not agree that Edsall should be given a fourth year, and I'm fine if you don't, but it is perfectly rational for Benedict or anyone else who accepts how bad the situation Edsall inherited was to want to give him a full roster of his players before moving on. Period.
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