Jim Mora Expected to be Named HC

[noeynox]

If he can give this miserable program even 10 years and make it respectable or even dare i say good, 10 to 15 years is good enough.

I'll take 5

 

[Salty Dog]

Mora is doing a great marketing job already. All these interviews are nice exposure. He's already been to a women's basketball game and introduced himself to everyone. Tonight he was at the men's game and did the same. They showed a video of him handing out hot chocolate to students in front of the arena. Dude seems all in on shifting public opinion of UConn football.

This is big, was really happy to see he's trying to connect with the community and fanbase.

 

[Slick]

I'll take 5

3 years would be great if productive

 

[Pudge]

This is utter BS. What's your agenda.

AAU Stony Brook regularly beat Coastal Carolina & Liberty in the 2010-2012 seasons (they were in the same conference) and you can find an article and posts regretting not stepping up to FBS. Stony Brook has one of the better hospital systems in greater NYC - going all the way out to Southhampton; a 30,000 strong enrollment; a solid academic program across multiple schools. Solid Enrollment; solid endowment; less than vibrant school spirit. Find more students wearing Syracuse sweatshirts or Notre Dame. Why not them?

Here's what their President said (paraphrase - not exact quote) in 1995 - "This is important for us to reach to be a high profile sports playing University, It is not something we will gain from in the short term; it is a 30 year project and we will benefit hugely."

You know who went in that direction - beginning in the late 1980s - our University of Connecticut.

There are TWO AAU public universities NOT in the P5 - both SUNY: Buffalo + Stony Brook. This right here totally pushes back this nonsense you have been spouting for a month.

I apologize for me hammering home this point

Here's the Governor: “When people think about Connecticut, I’ve got to say that UConn Huskies are on top of the list in many ways,” Ned Lamont said. “We punch above our weight class, so to speak. Obviously basketball takes an enormous lead there. I think it casts a positive glow on the state. I want everyone to remember that UConn is one of the great public universities in the world. This is just one more aspect of it."

What we realized when we hang around the Boneyard is this ... we care about this University - we care about these sports. This FBS football is about keeping our University in the loop of the BEST. It is never about dollars & cents - "I'm a taxpayer" (and of course, the actual accounting is bizarre to that). We already Won - UConn hoop both WBB and MBB. But this is just the cherry on top for all Public Universities. Is there a point (a dollar amount; a too many seasons of losing; a pitiful display on the field; and absolute humiliation) that I would agree with dropping this FBS program or trying something more radical ... of course.

There was a Finance Prof at UConn named Norgaard ... he tested personal acceptance of risk and return with a gambling example. I fail. I cannot throw huge dollars on any table when the odds are step. But this is more about Pride and how far we have come. I think most of us get that.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

They showed a video of him handing out hot chocolate to students in front of the arena.

Can you imagine PP or RE handing out hot chocolate? I could see BD doing it, but it would likely come with a D vitamin given the lack of sun in the winter and it might be the no sugar added variety.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

I apologize for me hammering home this point

Here's the Governor: “When people think about Connecticut, I’ve got to say that UConn Huskies are on top of the list in many ways,” Ned Lamont said. “We punch above our weight class, so to speak. Obviously basketball takes an enormous lead there. I think it casts a positive glow on the state. I want everyone to remember that UConn is one of the great public universities in the world. This is just one more aspect of it."

What we realized when we hang around the Boneyard is this ... we care about this University - we care about these sports. This FBS football is about keeping our University in the loop of the BEST. It is never about dollars & cents - "I'm a taxpayer" (and of course, the actual accounting is bizarre to that). We already Won - UConn hoop both WBB and MBB. But this is just the cherry on top for all Public Universities. Is there a point (a dollar amount; a too many seasons of losing; a pitiful display on the field; and absolute humiliation) that I would agree with dropping this FBS program or trying something more radical ... of course.

There was a Finance Prof at UConn named Norgaard ... he tested personal acceptance of risk and return with a gambling example. I fail. I cannot throw huge dollars on any table when the odds are step. But this is more about Pride and how far we have come. I think most of us get that.

Norgaard, haven't heard that name in decades and I wasn't in the School of Business. Married couple if remembered.

 

[huskymedic]

Mora is doing a great marketing job already. All these interviews are nice exposure. He's already been to a women's basketball game and introduced himself to everyone. Tonight he was at the men's game and did the same. They showed a video of him handing out hot chocolate to students in front of the arena. Dude seems all in on shifting public opinion of UConn football.

Can you imagine PP or RE handing out hot chocolate? I could see BD doing it, but it would likely come with a D vitamin given the lack of sun in the winter and it might be the no sugar added variety.

 

[Pudge]

Norgaard, haven't heard that name in decades and I wasn't in the School of Business. Married couple if remembered.

I had two of his classes and he was awesome. And Yes ... his wife (Corinne??) was an accounting professor. He had a huge son - probably 3 or 4 when I was there (let's call him THOR) that he would put on this long table for the one Case Study he would do on Tonka Corporation. Let THOR play with trucks in front of us.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Yup!]

He’s even posting basketball commitments on his IG.. He’s a different breed.

 

[Hhoops19]

Can anyone with an ESPN+ subscription pull out the UConn-Mora grade?

Grading college football's new coaching hires across the country

Like the carousel itself, the coaching grades are also coming in hot. See how all the latest hires stack up.

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[UConn2SF]

Can anyone with an ESPN+ subscription pull out the UConn-Mora grade?

Grading college football's new coaching hires across the country

Like the carousel itself, the coaching grades are also coming in hot. See how all the latest hires stack up.

www.espn.com

UConn​

2021 coach: Randy Edsall (stepped down after 0-2 start)

Replacement: Jim Mora, last coached in 2017 at UCLA

Grade: B+

There always will be concerns about hiring a coach who last walked the sideline in 2017, at a very different program (UCLA) on a very different stage. But Mora really wanted to coach again. I could sense his enthusiasm in our conversations about jobs in recent years. UConn needs someone who genuinely wants to be there, and who understands the obstacles facing a program damaged more than any other by realignment. Although Mora, 60, has never coached in the Northeast, he won't have to explain who he is to many high school coaches or recruits' parents. He will need some time to familiarize himself with the landscape and hire the right assistants who can help. But UConn is one of the cases in which hiring a name coach helps, even one who hasn't coached in a while.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

UConn​

2021 coach: Randy Edsall (stepped down after 0-2 start)

Replacement: Jim Mora, last coached in 2017 at UCLA

Grade: B+

There always will be concerns about hiring a coach who last walked the sideline in 2017, at a very different program (UCLA) on a very different stage. But Mora really wanted to coach again. I could sense his enthusiasm in our conversations about jobs in recent years. UConn needs someone who genuinely wants to be there, and who understands the obstacles facing a program damaged more than any other by realignment. Although Mora, 60, has never coached in the Northeast, he won't have to explain who he is to many high school coaches or recruits' parents. He will need some time to familiarize himself with the landscape and hire the right assistants who can help. But UConn is one of the cases in which hiring a name coach helps, even one who hasn't coached in a while.

Seems fair. And if you melt away the recency bias (which I don't think is a stretch given his energy and enthusiasm and "media hipness") it could be an A- grade.

 

[RSTuthill]

This is utter BS. What's your agenda.

AAU Stony Brook regularly beat Coastal Carolina & Liberty in the 2010-2012 seasons (they were in the same conference) and you can find an article and posts regretting not stepping up to FBS. Stony Brook has one of the better hospital systems in greater NYC - going all the way out to Southhampton; a 30,000 strong enrollment; a solid academic program across multiple schools. Solid Enrollment; solid endowment; less than vibrant school spirit. Find more students wearing Syracuse sweatshirts or Notre Dame. Why not them?

Here's what their President said (paraphrase - not exact quote) in 1995 - "This is important for us to reach to be a high profile sports playing University, It is not something we will gain from in the short term; it is a 30 year project and we will benefit hugely."

You know who went in that direction - beginning in the late 1980s - our University of Connecticut.

There are TWO AAU public universities NOT in the P5 - both SUNY: Buffalo + Stony Brook. This right here totally pushes back this nonsense you have been spouting for a month.

I am not sure that I see your point. But it is not worth carrying this thread any further. Btw, in answer to your question, I was just away for a bit, very preoccupied doing other stuff. And did not block anyone. But thanks for asking.