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Jim Mora extension

gtcam said:
Yeah he can rub shoulders with Geno and JC and that is great. But there are plenty of schools that have a few "great" coaches.
JM is much of what most has said here.
What I see in him is someone who has been around coaching at a high level his whole life. The pro ranks are super stressful as are the P5 positions. He has had his taste in both those situations and have felt the highs and lows. He has started a new life with a new wife, is independently wealthy and has children living on the east coast.
Here at UConn he comes into a situation where there is a history in football but had sunk into a deep black hole. He has the chance to do something that he has a passion for with very little pressure, no way to take it to a place worse than when he came in, receive all the highs and accolades when and if there is a turn around and still have his family near him. It's a win/win. If things don't work out he can walk out non the worse for wear.
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Great points. And if Coach enjoys pro sports there are about 20 pro teams within driving distance. I have no idea why Coach came after UCONN but he will take the program as far as it is destined to go.
 
This is why we should be making our best pitch to the B12 conference. We're going to need cash to keep this Revolution going.

Hopefully Mr. Mora is interested in building a lasting legacy at UCONN. If he turns the football program around and plays a big role in getting UCONN invited to a power conference he could run for Governor and win.
 
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UCPharma11 said:
Completely respect and agree with that opinion, but when a coach is exceeding his expectations and bringing a palpable exuberance back to the fan base we BETTER make sure we open up the pocket book and pay him accordingly. Nothing should be left up to doubt.
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Good point. Some monetary reward for a job well done makes sense. I just don’t think throwing a KO like crazy money extension at him makes sense.
 
What are the terms of his current contract?
 
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metsfan2323 said:
This is why we should be making our best pitch to the B12 conference. We're going to need cash to keep this Revolution going.

Hopefully Mr. Mora is interested in building a lasting legacy at UCONN. If he turns the football program around and plays a big role in getting UCONN invited to a power conference he could run for Governor and win.
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I would not think about the big12 right now. Who knows where they will be when this reshuffling is done. PAC12 and Big12 are scrambling.

B1G is the most money and prestige....but that's probably not happening. ACC makes the most sense and is their best shot. Especially if the SEC takes any members.
 
A little side-tracked but George O'Leary was 58 for his first season with the Knights and was there from 2004-2015. UCF is like the bizarro world version of UCONN when it comes to CR. I also thought of Charlie Strong who left Louisville for Texas and failed, but that guy changes jobs just about every year anyway. Jim Mora could have one of these outside the Burton Family Football Complex and what a legacy that would be.

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Just to keep the good vibes going, Mora isn't just putting his players in a position to succeed; I get the impression he's coaching up his coaches. He's building a program, not just a team.
 
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ShakyTheMohel said:
I would not think about the big12 right now. Who knows where they will be when this reshuffling is done. PAC12 and Big12 are scrambling.

B1G is the most money and prestige....but that's probably not happening. ACC makes the most sense and is their best shot. Especially if the SEC takes any members.
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The only shot at moving up in the next round of realignment is that the ACC loses member to the Big Ten (UNC, UVA, FSU) or to the SEC (FSU, Clemson) and we fill in to an ACC conference that is roughly equivalent to the Big East we used to play in. Since attendance and TV ratings go up with winning, that means getting back to where we were in basketball and football.
 
I really don't think folks get this. The BiG just locked of SoCal and the SEC just locked up Texas. As soon as they can those conferences are going to grab the key markets they want from the ACC. They will pay huge money for talent and will get huge money for media rights. This will have nothing to to with college athletics and everything to do with professional sport franchises which happened to be aligned with large universities. NCAA influence will be non-existent assuming they are involved at all.

UCONN will be with the rest of the pack in something that looks a lot like what college football used to look like. There will be more regional influence and rivalry. Frankly, that sounds a lot more appealing to me than where the BiG and SEC are going.
 
businesslawyer said:
I’m missing something. How many ‘ships has Mora won?

Having said that, talking about whether to extend Mora, or what to give the program to keep him here, after his start is perfectly reasonable. Just as extending KO after his first two years here was perfectly reasonable. People need to accept that sometimes perfectly reasonable decisions don’t work out.
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And sometimes there are failure of Diaco-like proportions.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Is 59 that old for a head coach? I thought many go into their mid 70s.
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He is 60...will be 61 in a few weeks.

Age isn't a factor with him because he is a young 60. Had a few years off from the grind.

Mora is the perfect age to be an effective coach at UConn, yet he isn't looking for the next big thing.
 
Kolumbo said:
A little side-tracked but George O'Leary was 58 for his first season with the Knights and was there from 2004-2015. UCF is like the bizarro world version of UCONN when it comes to CR. I also thought of Charlie Strong who left Louisville for Texas and failed, but that guy changes jobs just about every year anyway. Jim Mora could have one of these outside the Burton Family Football Complex and what a legacy that would be.

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Forgot they were in the MAC. Culpeper era I think.
 
Waquoit said:
I'm thinking it's going to take a bit more to kick out Joe Morrone.
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Or 3 time National Championship Coach Nancy Stevens.

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First of all, if he makes it through a New England winter living in a haunted house in Storrs, he should get a performance bonus. Second, if he gets us to 6-6 this year and we win the bowl game, coach for life.
 
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