Good point. Perhaps Mora's swing and miss on the OC and DC positions is fatal. I HOPE he sees the mistakes and takes corrective action asap. If that happens, I'll stand by Mora. If he keeps the status quo, he is the problem.
We have seen posts here recently to the effect: "That is what we are, a basketball school." As long as that attitude prevails, the under investment in the FB program, most recently due to the BB program incurred liabilities regarding their previous men's coach, is going to continue. When you compare salaries of the basketball coaching staff to those of the football coaching staff, go back to when Hurley first came here, when UConn was a very mediocre BB program. How much did UConn pay Hurley to get him here and add to that the severance paid to his predecessor. (That severance amount must be booked to the cost of the Hurley acquisition as a cost of business, after all.) If UConn is not willing to lay out those kinds of dollars for FB, a sport that is three times as important as BB in the eyes of the TV market, then UConn does not want to play at the FBS P-whatever level. It is just that simple. Dress for the job you want, not the one that you've got.
This is what I also believe and have been thinking since the Georgia State game. He’s got 3/4 of a season left to make some demonstrable progress. I don’t think Mora quits in the manner that Edsel did, but he may decide the administration isn’t as supportive as they need to be and decide it’s better to leave than undergo another exercise in futility. Nothing short of winning will change the culture and narrative.
That is a garbage excuse. We have more talent than Georgia State and FIU. Those should be wins. That is on coaching, not resources (of which we have more than FIU or Georgia State).
Unfortunately BL, that is not the case and I don't think you are the only fan that thinks this way. While we have not increased our assistant pool in about 10 years, everyone else has been creeping up. Our top assistant makes more than the top assistant of 4 schools that we play on our schedule; James Madison, Georgia St., Sacred Heart, and UMass. According to the USA Today database, the median G5 top assistant pay for 2022 was ~$280k, or ~25% less than Charlton.
This is an odd take. So should every struggling mid-major basketball program drop down to Division 2?
that starts inside. UConn has to decide if it is a big boy school or not and so far, they're failing my bet in 2004 that they were. Folks, I could have gone to the University of Minnesota. I bet on you guys. Did I make a mistake?
Georgia State has a football stadium that is 1 mile from campus, and FIU has an on campus stadium and field house. Just saying. I know you dumbs dumbs have heard me pound this before but it’s an important aspect of building a program for a whole slew of reasons.
Lack of conference affiliation isn't the only reason but it certainly plays a significant part. James Madison, Marshall, Georgia State, Troy all benefit by being members of the Sun Belt. Being a member of the B1G or ACC would absolutely help boost recruiting so yes, conference affiliation matters big time.
We aren’t going to those two conferences so that idea is null. I said conference affiliation had nothing to do with our losses this year.
I dont know shizzle, we may think UConn has more talent than GSU & FIU, but the facts remain they both beat UConn despite near parity in yardage and time of possession. Coaching staff has remained somewhat comparable to last year with perhaps the biggest loss being the RB coach Barthel. Sooo somehow the coaches became ineffective from last year in teaching how to tackle, run, catch??? I won’t deny that the offensive play calling has been atrocious, though players are making worse mistakes than last year.
Loyalty and the desire to fix, rather than abandon, may be Mora's "tragic flaw". He clearly has seen and has publicly acknowledged some of the questionable decisions made by Charlton and has a knowledge that the offense was not " ready to play" at times this season. Or it may be that he thinks Charlton's schemes are solid and just not being executed.
The idea isn't null because the premise is, there is a huge benefit to being in a conference, no matter what it is called. I said conference affiliation matters big time.
Yes a middle of the road offense OC for 1 season before hired as HC
I know the Rent and Xcel center have structural problems
Or 4… he’s Brewton and Houston in size.Really 3 if you count Stafford
Maybe not new but certainly more pronounced. Look I’ve only been watching consistently for a few years but this is as bad as I’ve seen it. Maybe some of the more seasoned fans can tell me if I’m wrong but I don’t really know how you get worse than this. Especially offensively.
Three scholarship RBs: Rosa, Edwards, and Mitchell plus 3 walk-ons. And, Jelani Stafford.
