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KryHavok said:
he wants to show he means business, then get us to 7-8 wins by any means short of flagrant cheating, otherwise you're Diaco without the flair incoherent manic episodes.
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For what it's worth, Mora doesn't strike me as a quitter, although I am a little disconcerted by the changes to his social media.
 
UCFBfan said:
I wonder if Mora's lack of interest (supposed) has anything to do with the rumors of AD Dave heading to ASU? He's the reason Mora cAme to UConn. Gotta think that if he leaves, Mora is close behind.
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Where are these rumors coming from? I hadn’t heard it, and it does seem like a step down from where he is now. Although his stock is as high as it’s ever been, maybe ASU is offering him a hefty raise? We can’t let him go!
 
mikedog10 said:
Where are these rumors coming from? I hadn’t heard it, and it does seem like a step down from where he is now. Although his stock is as high as it’s ever been, maybe ASU is offering him a hefty raise? We can’t let him go!
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UConn AD returns to Phoenix area, where he once worked for Arizona State (AzCentral)

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/2024/04/04/uconn-ad-returns-home-to-the-phoenix-area-for-final-four-week/73198820007/ -> I’m aware that my name has been associated with that opening,” Benedict said. “I’m focused 100% on UConn and what we’re doing right now. We got an amazing...
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huskymedic said:
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UConn AD returns to Phoenix area, where he once worked for Arizona State (AzCentral)

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/2024/04/04/uconn-ad-returns-home-to-the-phoenix-area-for-final-four-week/73198820007/ -> I’m aware that my name has been associated with that opening,” Benedict said. “I’m focused 100% on UConn and what we’re doing right now. We got an amazing...
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Didn't some PAC 12 (rip) columnists basically confirm he isn't in the running?
 
KryHavok said:
It's not an outlandish statement to say we should be better situated than where we are had the program not p!ssed themselves into mediocrity. 2022 showed the team could compete, barring the three blowout games, the way they did during HCRE era 1. Just because our football is G5 status doesn't mean it should occupy the lowest ranks of G5 performers.
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and how do you think you come back from the depths? Geez, you think its like flipping a switch?
 
How Sway?! said:
Didn't some PAC 12 (rip) columnists basically confirm he isn't in the running?
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I thought I read that too. His name will come up when there is an opening. If he did a bad job it wouldn’t. Nature of the beast.
 
How Sway?! said:
Didn't some PAC 12 (rip) columnists basically confirm he isn't in the running?
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It’s in that thread (along w/ a ?pertinent AD David Benedict tweet)- he asked where the rumors were coming from.
 
Patman said:
and how do you think you come back from the depths? Geez, you think it’s like flipping a switch?
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We are working our way back. In some ways 2022 put extra pressure on Mora in that expectations were the highest they’ve been for last year. I spoke to long time fans who expected us to win 8-9 games including beating both NC State and BC.

Funny someone mentioned joining the Mountain West. It’s pretty unlikely but if it were closer, it would be a pretty decent match, I think. We seem to play MWC games, I think with a boost from CBSSN who also carries them. None in 2024, but we play Wyoming next year I think It no weirder a concept than Gonzaga joining the NEWBIE for basketball that Fox was pushing for a while. Not happening, but intriguing idea none the less. 4 road games would be tough.
 
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jostar1 said:
I think that, too.

I also think that when he took the job, he did not realize what a handicap being independent was going to be to his success.
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I think he took the job believing there was a chance Uconn could get into a conference. Doubt he thinks that now.
 
mikedog10 said:
Where are these rumors coming from? I hadn’t heard it, and it does seem like a step down from where he is now. Although his stock is as high as it’s ever been, maybe ASU is offering him a hefty raise? We can’t let him go!
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Arizona’s 2 largest universities need an athletic director: Here’s a list of AD candidates
Jan 24, 2024, 7:55 AM

David Benedict, UConn director of athletics

Benedict served as associate athletic director for development at Arizona State, working there from 1996-2006. He held positions at Long Beach State (2007-10) and then Virginia Commonwealth (2010-12) before working as deputy AD at Minnesota (2012-14).

Benedict was COO at Auburn from 2015-16.

He then landed at UConn, where he’s overseen the building of new facilities for the baseball, softball and hockey programs.

He also oversaw a return to the Big East from the AAC in 2020 while managing an FBS independent football team. UConn has already been heavily involved in potential realignment — it was linked to the Big 12 before the Arizona schools joined — so that gives Benedict recent experience navigating the changing NCAA waters.

Benedict’s background in developing plans for growth and improvements at a variety of landing spots should put him on ASU’s radar.

Oh, and he is a Tempe native, and his wife Lisa was a two-time NCAA champion gymnast at ASU.

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Athletic director candidates for Arizona State, Arizona

It's time for a reset at the university athletic director positions for both the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Arizona Wildcats.
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Part of it is Mora is definitely taking a lower profile. Why that is, is not known. I have a theory and it’s one that I will keep to myself.

The other part is that Dan Hurley has been busy breaking college basketball and the media is rightly fixated on that.
 
I’ve been waiting for news to drop that we have a new OC. I suspected that Mora might then quietly exit for “personal reasons” and the new OC would be named HC. That would keep the staff intact. Its hard to see him sticking around too long as he disassociates with us on social media. Weird.
 
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Hoophound said:
I suspected that Mora might then quietly exit for “personal reasons” and the new OC would be named HC. That would keep the staff intact. Its hard to see him sticking around too long as he disassociates with us on social media. Weird.
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Don't know what to make of it either and I didn't even know he dropped Uconn Football from his twitter profile ( ???) until I read about in this thread. Especially as active as he was with Uconn stuff on social media the first couple years. Now he just mentions C. Hayes, a few WBB players and not even a re-tweet on Men's hoops (which he had from time to time) & the national championship. Unless he's in the STFU and win mode for his under acheiving FB team, but who knows ???

PS he does have his Mora Camp series retweet though...

 
MKH2317 said:
Nope, can’t do that, gotta tell us now. What’s your theory
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Between the Big 12 not panning out, the awful season, not really getting any traction in the portal despite getting some and having nothing to really compete as an Indy; Jim Mora is pretty much disenchanted and disengaged.

Independence is a death sentence.
 
ZooCougar said:
Between the Big 12 not panning out, the awful season, not really getting any traction in the portal despite getting some and having nothing to really compete as an Indy; Jim Mora is pretty much disenchanted and disengaged.

Independence is a death sentence.
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Yeah I could totally see that. I’d imagine he’s gotta feel like he was sold on something that was never possible in the first place, but painted in a way that would get him to commit to coaching at UConn. Maybe what he was sold on was possible for a sliver of time but now it’s gone. Either way though, “hard things are hard” and he has a job to do
 
That’s why I’ve been advocating getting into a conference for football. Any freaking conference. You have something to compete for. This mismash we are doing now is brutal. People want to play 6 P4 teams a year are nuts. I’d talk to the AAC. New leadership might bring a different view, maybe explore a scheduling alliance with the ACC even since we play multiple teams a way. Talk to the Sunbelt and CUSA. But even BYU was unsatisfied with independence. For us it is not a solution.
 
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freescooter said:
That’s why I’ve been advocating getting into a conference for football. Any freaking conference. You have something to compete for. This mismash we are doing now is brutal. People want to play 6 P4 teams a year are nuts. I’d talk to the AAC. New leadership might bring a different view, maybe explore a scheduling alliance with the ACC even since we play multiple teams a way. Talk to the Sunbelt and CUSA. But even BYU was unsatisfied with independence. For us it is not a solution.
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Yes. But scheduling 4 automatic losses a season is what we need according to this place.
 
tiger paw said:
DB told Mora he would get him into a P-Conf. When he becomes AD at ASU he will hire Mora as the FB coach. That way he can keep this promise. Once again only UC football gets left behind.
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You are making a lot of assumptions here. It is clear that some members of the ACC will likely leave and the conference appears to be sympathetic to UConn this time because there are not a lot of other options.
 
tiger paw said:
DB told Mora he would get him into a P-Conf. When he becomes AD at ASU he will hire Mora as the FB coach. That way he can keep this promise. Once again only UC football gets left behind.
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Dave is not going to become the AD at ASU.
 
I'd take 3 to 4 more years of independence and then decide. I see no value rushing to become football only in the MAC or CUSA or AAC. And none will have us.

If Mora wants to move on, thats fine. I'll take Sammis as interim HC and Robbins as the new OC. with people that value the opportunity.
 
ZooCougar said:
Jim Mora is pretty much disenchanted and disengaged.
Independence is a death sentence.
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I'd say the first of these 2 is even more of a death sentence. I think all of us who supported this program for years have been kicked in the nuts, by CR way more than Mora has, but we've still donated and supported it. But as posted above, Mora's quote "hard things are hard” and his job isn't for chump change. So if he doesn't like the job, he should take a hike. And finally bring in a HC that wants to play offense and pass the frickin' ball, like normal teams in CFB, especially as an independent, instead of his grind it out snooze fest style. What is there to lose at this point ?
How Sway?! said:
You really think going 6-6 in the MAC or C-USA with 15k in attendance will be a good look for the university?
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Good call absoulutnely not
To me the CAL, Stanford and then a small time school/AD with big pocket donors, SMU, buying their way into the ACC was an even worse a kick, than the Big 12. Even still I had upped my season tix to 6 last year since alot of friends ( sports fans in general not just Uconn fans )
were all in after a little life by the program the year before. Especially the ACC games.

Then with Mora coaching as though he wanted to grind out 17-14 games ( even down 3 TD's, SMH !), I couldn't give my tickets away and I've finally dropped em' after 25 years. So now I'm in the STFU and win mode. But never for the MAC or C-USA. If that's the case they can probably move FB back on campus for the hopeless romatics ;) ...to Morrone of course !
 
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