Jim Mora’s new staff coming together…
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Track team had a great meet in Beantown this weekend
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It's interesting to me how a guy that's been immersed as a Coach can fall behind and another who went on sabbatical for years can step in and be ahead of the curve.
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I would love to see where the athletic department change came from in the fact we have 20 more off -field personnel than before. Was RE held back or did he hold us back? I doubt he wouldn't have wanted the extra off field personnel.
Did Mora say he wanted this or did DB say this is what we need to do?
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Fresh. And the new guy got more tools to help him, guaranteed. It is always the way.
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Edsall is tightly sphincter. He controlled the recruiting process; as evidenced by his son having the most frequent + significant interactive relationships as this year progressed. We had a central function for talent acquisition; but, the eyeballs had to eventually be Randy Randy. This NEW staff is decentralized. Lots of experienced (and in many different regions + venues) and seemingly all the assistants and some support are front and center on the Offers and the process to visits; then commitments. Mora saw the P5 rush to layered staffing and the Chief of Staff type structure. We have the bulked up back office because its Mora's nature (and certainly started in NFL) and that is absolutely the wave of how the bigtime CFB pushed now. The feel I get is Mora has his finger on culture and make sure he is comfortable with character.
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Mora is more modern in his approach simple as that. Knows he needs help (especially from young minds) to connect and attract today’s talent. Knows he needs a diverse staff (they have emphasized trying to get more women in the office). More staff means more ideas on little things (what to serve for food on an official visit, what to serve players after game, how to get players to enter games and how they’re greeted when exiting planes etc.). More people allows for more ideas that seem minor but actually help attract kids. Edsall did not have a lot of people; which also meant that coaches and DPP and personnel staff, rather than operations staff, had to work on silly things like what the welcome to UConn packets will look like for recruits or how to use the copy machine lol. Having a larger recruiting staff will especially help the young position coaches so they can spend more time watching film and talking to athletes rather than figuring out how they’re going to travel or which picture to send the recruits from their visits etc
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During their little honeymoon I think Jim and Dave were both aware this had to be done to get back on a competitive level. But Dave had to make it happen and they both got buy-in somehow. It's possible RE just didn't prioritize additional staff and felt it wasn't an imperative..
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How easy is it to picture RE saying, "If that's what player X is worried about, then we don't need them..."?
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I don't believe that. As long as the kid was committed to improving, RE didn't have a problem. I do think he was sloppy and old school about sending kids on their way.
But the difference in staffing is stark and who outside of Bob Diaco wouldn't want extra administrative help? If this support was not available to RE, then can you totally put all the blame on him? I do not want to sound like an apologista and surely don't want to be looking backward, but this is truly remarkable when you see the staffing difference.
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I can see Randy rejecting the indirect staff. Like I said he’d rather lose or not improve than be proven wrong.
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Also this is likely as much Benedict as Mora.
Before Mora was hired Benedict said he wanted a coach and a program with a more modern engagement strategy.
With this support staff our coaches are less burdened with admin work and can focus on coaching and recruiting.
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It's early in the Mora era, but based on what we have seen so far, Mora is able to delegate more than Edsall did. Increasing the staff size doesn't really help someone that much who isn't a delegator.
Another major difference that I see of Mora vs Edsall is that Edsall seemed to believe some things were not possible like getting Connecticut kids to go to UConn and he seemed to have given up trying. Mora has a fresh perspective and it looks like he is going to make a major effort to try.
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at what school?
UConn, all the job postings have closed so they are now filling in the staff as the recruiting positions seemed to be filled not to long ago on the staff listing
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Oh wow.. I looked at the main sports site and didn't see them up there... Good stuff...
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Actually Randy had a plan to hire more staff. He just didn’t execute it.
Staff Directory looks complete with Mike Z. adding Asst GM to his title and Jake P. now listed as an analyst instead of QC.
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Are we certain that this is the Mike Ryan who played at UCONN and then was the Maine Defensive Coordinator last season?
I would assume so as Maine has a new DC , he has gotten follow from a good amount of staff including Mora.
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There are 2 different Mike Ryan's. One is a former a former UConn offensive lineman (2007-2011) from Pennsylvania. He was seriously injured in a car accident in Pennsylvania in June 2012, and also ran into some trouble with the law and served some time.
The other Mike Ryan is the one who is coming here to coach. He is also a graduate of UConn. He played one year of football at Salve Regina in 2006. He did not play football at UConn, however he did serve as a student assistant with the football team from 2008-2010. He's coached at Bates and Trinity. In 2014 he joined the coaching staff at Maine and was named Defensive Coordinator there in 2019.
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Grading every new coaching staff in college football
From USC to Florida, 247Sports ranks the 29 new coaching staffs in college football, starting with their new head coaches.
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247Sports Grading every new coaching staff in college football
17. (out of 29) UCONN: C+
Jim Mora is back in college football, and though no one remembers his time at UCLA fondly, it’s quite incredible the staff he built this offseason at UConn.
UConn is one of the worst jobs in the FBS and yet Mora lured an FCS head coach, an NFL assistant and four FBS assistants from mid-tier programs to Storrs. That’s quite remarkable and a testament to Mora’s clout. It might also show UConn is actually serious about football. Keeping Lou Spanos, who served as the interim coach, on board as defensive coordinator was a no-brainer, too.
Head coach: Jim Mora
New staff: Nick Charlton, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks (Maine, head coach); E.J. Barthel, running backs (Carolina Panthers, offensive assistant); John Allen, receivers (Louisiana Tech, outside receivers); Gordie Sammis, offensive line (William & Mary, offensive line); John Marinelli, tight ends (Illinois, analyst); Siriki Diabate, linebackers (Middle Tennessee, linebackers); Dalton Hilliard, defensive backs (Arkansas State, secondary);
Holdover: Lou Spanos, defensive coordinator
26. UMass D+
28. Akron D
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I'd prefer see grading on a curve. For where we were, our hire is closer to an A-.Grading every new coaching staff in college football
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17. (out of 29) UCONN: C+
Jim Mora is back in college football, and though no one remembers his time at UCLA fondly, it’s quite incredible the staff he built this offseason at UConn.
UConn is one of the worst jobs in the FBS and yet Mora lured an FCS head coach, an NFL assistant and four FBS assistants from mid-tier programs to Storrs. That’s quite remarkable and a testament to Mora’s clout. It might also show UConn is actually serious about football. Keeping Lou Spanos, who served as the interim coach, on board as defensive coordinator was a no-brainer, too.
Head coach: Jim Mora
New staff: Nick Charlton, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks (Maine, head coach); E.J. Barthel, running backs (Carolina Panthers, offensive assistant); John Allen, receivers (Louisiana Tech, outside receivers); Gordie Sammis, offensive line (William & Mary, offensive line); John Marinelli, tight ends (Illinois, analyst); Siriki Diabate, linebackers (Middle Tennessee, linebackers); Dalton Hilliard, defensive backs (Arkansas State, secondary);Ryan Osborne, defensive assistant (Michigan, analyst); Kenny McClendon, defensive line (Youngstown State, defensive line); Dough Shearer, special teams (Miami Ohio, special teams)
Holdover: Lou Spanos, defensive coordinator
26. UMass D+
28. Akron D
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I'd go with a B/B-.
C+ seems like the absolute worst grade anyone could give UConn for the Mora hire and the staff he has built.
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The grades are a joke. Texas Tech hires a first time head coach and gets an A, but USC hires Lincoln Riley and gets a B+. Oregon and Oklahoma hire first time coaches who were defensive coordinators and get As. Akron hires Joe Moorhead, an experienced and successful offensive minded head coach and they get a D.Grading every new coaching staff in college football
From USC to Florida, 247Sports ranks the 29 new coaching staffs in college football, starting with their new head coaches.
247Sports Grading every new coaching staff in college football
17. (out of 29) UCONN: C+
Jim Mora is back in college football, and though no one remembers his time at UCLA fondly, it’s quite incredible the staff he built this offseason at UConn.
UConn is one of the worst jobs in the FBS and yet Mora lured an FCS head coach, an NFL assistant and four FBS assistants from mid-tier programs to Storrs. That’s quite remarkable and a testament to Mora’s clout. It might also show UConn is actually serious about football. Keeping Lou Spanos, who served as the interim coach, on board as defensive coordinator was a no-brainer, too.
Head coach: Jim Mora
New staff: Nick Charlton, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks (Maine, head coach); E.J. Barthel, running backs (Carolina Panthers, offensive assistant); John Allen, receivers (Louisiana Tech, outside receivers); Gordie Sammis, offensive line (William & Mary, offensive line); John Marinelli, tight ends (Illinois, analyst); Siriki Diabate, linebackers (Middle Tennessee, linebackers); Dalton Hilliard, defensive backs (Arkansas State, secondary);Ryan Osborne, defensive assistant (Michigan, analyst); Kenny McClendon, defensive line (Youngstown State, defensive line); Dough Shearer, special teams (Miami Ohio, special teams)
Holdover: Lou Spanos, defensive coordinator
26. UMass D+
28. Akron D
This article was such a poor assessment of so many hirings but I won't even go there. The "UConn section" is basically more of the narrative that "UConn isn't in a conference, it's never going to work" without any thought whatsoever that most of the fanbase would rather be playing Syracuse/BC non-league every year than East Carolina. I've far and away been impressed with Mora's offseason so far - reaching out to alums, local HS/Prep coaches, transfer pool, coaching hires... they may go 3-9 next year but it's year one.
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But they aren't grading the head coaches. They're grading the staffs that they put together. Did you read the article or just look at the grades?
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