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It's not NIL or the roster, Jim

JMick said:
So we don't want to mention the awful special teams every week? Or the decision to let McFadden keep kicking when Ruelas can regularly put it through the end zone?

Imagine being the special teams coach and head coach. You routinely have a kicker who puts it to the 10 and a kick off team that can't tackle and let's opponents start at the 40 multiple times per game

You have a kicker on your bench who can almost put it through the upright on the kick off and you don't let him kick off? He also has a better kicking history than the existing guy and you... don't make him the place kicker?

This is the stuff that costs us games and it's all coaching. Not putting the right guys out there and not playing to players strengths is coaching. It's terrible
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The determination to run McFadden out week after week when he isn’t getting it done and we’ve benched a starter from the prior year who did better is truly astounding.
 
businesslawyer said:
The determination to run McFadden out week after week when he isn’t getting it done and we’ve benched a starter from the prior year who did better is truly astounding.
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How many touchbacks does he have? Seems he can‘t reach the end zone. I think Ruelas has played one game so maybe he can redshirt.
 
Until the team gets serious about football, we have what we have. There are things that can be done, but Mora is right, with no conference the players he is getting are for the most part only what everyone else doesn't want. No conference means no national TV, and not talking about CBS Sports Network. So what we have is a bad team that really the best to hope for at least for now is maybe a bowl game. A low tier one. Playing before a 2/3 empty rent against nobody in particular. The answer is simple...CONFERENCE. Until then you ain't getting some great coach unless you find one at a lower level school on their way up. That is what we're dealing with.
 
Madmannsucks said:
Until the team gets serious about football, we have what we have. There are things that can be done, but Mora is right, with no conference the players he is getting are for the most part only what everyone else doesn't want. No conference means no national TV, and not talking about CBS Sports Network. So what we have is a bad team that really the best to hope for at least for now is maybe a bowl game. A low tier one. Playing before a 2/3 empty rent against nobody in particular. The answer is simple...CONFERENCE. Until then you ain't getting some great coach unless you find one at a lower level school on their way up. That is what we're dealing with.
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This is what every G5 school is dealing with and all are playing before empty stands.
 
king conn said:
Yes, the same players who won 6 games last year were told we were not in a conference in the off season and started losing.

Imagine if we told them we were in CUSA, we would be heading for another bowl!
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In the history of college football you can count on one hand the number of Independent programs that have thrived. Back in the day Penn State, Syracuse, and others decided to join conferences. The military schools will always have an audience. Then there is Notre Dame.
 
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If Mora can't see how bad his OC is, that's a problem with Mora. He's probably the worst offensive coordinator I've witnessed in many years watching football, pro and college. Mora's defense coaching is also a disaster. Those choices are on him.
 
Getting rid of Mora after he had our 1 respectable season in the last 8 years only last year would be crazy.

I do agree he has been terrible year and we should be 4-3 if we had better coaching, but he certainly earned a year 3 regardless of how bad its been. Were not getting killed in games.
 
I see the Yahoo patrol is out in full force. Last year you all were singing his praises except Mr. Negative who has not posted in a while .
 
Mora has not had a good 2nd year but NIL/No Conference is a killer. This roster has a lot of holes.
 
uconnbill said:
I see the Yahoo patrol is out in full force. Last year you all were singing his praises except Mr. Negative who has not posted in a while .
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I’m confused. Are you implying that folks someone shouldn’t be praising someone in any profession when they are over performing, and shouldn’t be upset when someone is underperforming?
 
Man I was draaaaaaaagged for being skeptical about a retread that couldn’t find a job anywhere else

It’s sad. How do we find a staff who cares, wins, and stays. Being independent is a killer
 
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BlueandOG said:
Wrong. I see no evidence of him quitting on the team.
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I think that speech last week said it all. Looking for an out. I would not have minded it post season, but not now, especially before a winnable game.
 
JMick said:
It's you and your coaching staff.

We have enough talent to be 4-3 right now and you guys pissed it away.
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I don’t know if it was due to the AD deficit, or driven by ego, but Mora being the DC arguable predestine us to failure this year. That and the former Maine head coach OC putting the Maine QB first almost guaranteed a bad season. Additionally, the OC poorly evaluated running backs vs. receivers. Our 3 best play makers were running backs but he insisted at playing only one at a time. Are QB play hadn’t been great but the drop passes also hurt.
The block extra point was the exclamation point of the head coach not being the CEO of the team but a niche technocrat.
A season that started with promise, disappointed. Even the weather did not cooperate to aid home attendance after NC State.
I have said this before and will say it again. Until UConn actually controls and profits from its home game locations, it will be very difficult to make the money necessary to be successful. Even if successful with good crowds, given the current arrangements our ceilings for XL and The Rent is to break even.
 
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giddyup said:
There are some serious problems that ultimately stop at the top of the organization. The decision to keep Charlton is on Mora. The decision to run without a DC is on Mora. The decision to allow an incompetent special teams coach to keep running special teams is on Mora. The decision not to pay up for quality coaches is on Benedict. The lack of an effective NIL program is on Benedict. The inability to close a deal with the B12 is on Benedict, the trustees and the State. Everywhere it matters we have failures to execute. Forget the players, the people at the top of food chain are delivering.
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Honestly, we failed the Big 12 at the College Presidents level. Dave did ok with the Big 12 Commissioner. But at some point conference realignment comes down to the Presidents level. It has been way too long since we have had a President as a plugged in influential member of that club.
As for NIL, I was seriously considering assisting with an event during October but unfortunately the only time it would have been successful was before the first game.
 
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businesslawyer said:
The determination to run McFadden out week after week when he isn’t getting it done and we’ve benched a starter from the prior year who did better is truly astounding.
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Maybe why the staff has offered a kicker
 
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TheWall said:
If Mora can't see how bad his OC is, that's a problem with Mora. He's probably the worst offensive coordinator I've witnessed in many years watching football, pro and college. Mora's defense coaching is also a disaster. Those choices are on him.
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You don't think Jolly throwing a pass is a great play?
 
Rocktheworld said:
Man I was draaaaaaaagged for being skeptical about a retread that couldn’t find a job anywhere else

It’s sad. How do we find a staff who cares, wins, and stays. Being independent is a killer
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Couldn’t find a job anywhere else? There are a lot of places that would have been happy to have him, but probably not NFL, but possibly P5. It’s not like he was bad anywhere.
 
TouchdownHusky said:
This is the first time I've posted this, but after 2 and a half years of Mora, please just go Jim. Don't hurt this program any more than it has been. And, the next time one of your receivers runs a route shorter than to the first down line, they should chase you off the field. 3rd and 9 or 4th and eight, require you pick up 8 yards. Why don't your receivers know that, Jim?
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I count 1 1/2 years.... did I miss something?
 
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JohnFSilver said:
Disgaree. Roster.
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Look at the scores. This team for whatever reason is unable to make the simple plays that win games. If they could they would be looking at a bowl.

Today on the final offensive drive they committed hold after hold. Most of them were away from the play. Just bad losing plays that were unnecessary. Take away those penalties and we are in a position to let BCU make the bad plays and give us the game.
 
Waquoit said:
Of course it's the talent level.
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We were overmatched (not by a large margin, but enough) on both lines of scrimmage today.

We had at least three critical dropped passes and continually gave large cushions to their receivers.

We missed a ton of tackles on defense.

All of the above can be traced directly to a shortage of physical/athletic talent or indirectly (due to schemes designed to limit the damage deficiencies can lead to) to shortage of talent.

Those who believe it is merely coaching/playcalling spent too much time believing video game football and actual football are interchangeable.
 
Can't catch the ball when they need to. Can't tackle when they need to. Can't get first downs when they need to. Can't get yardage after punts when they need to. Can't go without penalties when they need to. Can't contain the QB when they need to. AND can't win when they HAVE to.
 
I posted this elsewhere:

Players executing vs coaches making good calls- They seem to coincide about 25% of the time. The other 75% one fails the other, hence the overall s*** show.
 
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