You slobbered over the staff last summer.
To be fair the last class was rated pretty high (relatively speaking of course) until Edsall "retired" and recruits decommitted. I think Edsall is going to fall in the Pasqualoni mold soon. Edsall still knows football and can most likely still be a position coach on defense. I hoped he could catch the magic he had the first time around, but it just didn't work this for many reason. It sucks that it happened, but I think he left the program in a better place than when it was handed to him. So at least he laid a foundation for Mora to build on.
I did see some improvement from their norms and gave encouragement. I recognized what the assistant coaches and recruiting staff had to overcome given Randy’s rigidity. My criticism you responded to was directed towards Randy by name. Hence, making that distinction.
“Everyone loves the girl on the grass, but no one wants to be the guy who hires the girl to be on the grass.“As mentioned in another thread Errin Joe is no longer listed, but I noticed Uconn has a new add to Jim Mora's staff-
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Thanks for sharing, great story. Wishing her great success ahead.As mentioned in another thread Errin Joe is no longer listed, but I noticed Uconn has a new add to Jim Mora's staff-
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The first-ever Rams Scouting Apprenticeship began in March of 2020. The Rams hand-selected ten people of color, including two women. This series will cover each of the ten apprentices. This week, meet Mickey Grace, Defensive Line Coach at Mastery Charter
I disagree. I think he left the program in shambles! ... I think Edsall 1.0 was worthy of a statue, if he stayed and went bowling every other year. But, I knew we were doomed when he said that 'the players had 2 years to learn the schemes". The schemes sucked beforehand! But his arrogance led to our demise! ... I hope Corey finds a good job and Randy just retires in Jax. ... But if I see him at St.D's , I will shake his hand.
The only people who think Corey is a great coach are on this board, or are currently taking the portal to FBS. He has the stink of his father’s name surrounding him at the moment, but I’m sure he’ll get out of it… Corey will work in college football again.
I mean how did Bear Bryant do it? Spending most of his time up in that tower. I guess we can give Randy some credit for the current emphasis on the need to beef up the staff.
Yes. OL Jake Guidone looks like a surefire starter at center, and Sequoia McDuffie looks like he could slide in to Travis Jones' spot at DT.
Pffft. No way Randy would have the vision to hire these people. He’s too old and set in his ways. Sound familiar?
I'm with you on this one. Randy was too stuck in his ways because of the success he had here the first time. The game changed greatly even while he was at Maryland where he did have the money to succeed. Take all biases out for a second and compare Edsall to say someone like Nick Saban. Saban is older and has coached about just as long as Edsall. You would think Saban would have fallen into the same trap coaches like Edsall and Pasqualoni, hell even Paterno did. And there was a few years where Saban's teams were just that a little bit slower than some of the other top teams in the SEC and they tried to game managed by grind the ball. Instead of beating his head against the wall like Edsall, Saban adjusted by hiring staff that adapted to today's game. Good coaches coach, great coaches adapt.
Not a chance with Saban falling into the same trap... You see how he recruits former D1 Head coaches year in and year out that get canned? He's keeping ideas fresh... We didn't do that here....
