Is there a Dan Hurley type FB coach out there?

[StunningSteve]

Hurley was a good PR boost to basketball with his family name and connections to grassroots.

While his first year results weren’t exactly good, he seems to have a lot of fans who enjoy him and have even put his face on their avatars.

Is there a football coach out there with a similar collection of traits, to appeal to this specific fanbase, to perhaps rudder the program (and has Northeast appeal)?

Not saying Edsall deserves to go, at all. I just think this job has become 90% PR. Need buy in.

 

[gtcam]

Lets wait and see what both Dan Hurley and RE2 do before we start threads like this
Both are making inroads and neither have shown any real results as far as w/l records

 

[CTMike]

Bob Diaco?

 

[don356]

Whomever is the future they will need to be a real salesmen. Getting the level of talent you will need to be competitive as an "independent" will be much, much more difficult that being in a conference which failed. Tough, tough job.

 

[XStorrsion]

 

[Buffett10]

Hugh Freeze

 

[Pudge]

Please go away

We succeeded. And pumped money into your school from our Big East legacy & two Men’s Basketball National Championships. Take the gift and run.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I would stay with Randy Edsall for now. In the midst of all this chaos he has been able to recruit some interesting/promising players and he knows the key officials at UConn. I think he cares about the program. I am sure he would love to see it flourish, and some day take the next step to Power 5 -- however challenging that seems right now. If he calls it quits in the next couple of years that could be a sign UConn football is heading to its final demise. Hope Fox and SNY can help the team move forward.

 

[storrsroars]

Bob Diaco?

I'm too lazy to call up the original thread, but man, when Diaco did his first press conference as HC, y'all looked like the carp at Pymatuning Lake going crazy for bread crumbs.

 

[Austin316]

I wouldn’t mind the next coach making the jump from D1AA or D2 level. I really hope we can get one of those diamond in the rough type coaches that no one perused. It would take a lot for a P5 coach to drop down to our level of recruiting and succeed. Recruiting and the overall mindset of a player has changed since RE1.0 it takes a special man to coach our program. We need RE3.0, C-3PO, or R2D2 to emerge after RE2.0 establishes himself and brings some stability before the relationship is done.

 

[John]

Bottom line is Hurley hasn't done anything yet. Let's see how he does in the next year or two.

 

[BlueDogs]

Bottom line is Hurley hasn't done anything yet. Let's see how he does in the next year or two.

He and Geno sure were quick to do a dance on footbsll’s grave. Zero respect. JC on the other hand gets it.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

SB Nation reports It is unclear if head football coach Randy Edsall, who is operating under a memorandum of understanding since taking over more than two years ago, has signed his contract. Hurley signed his.
Dan Hurley Signs Contract, Exerts One-Year Option