i don’t remember anyone complaining Mora was tweeting too much in the past.
Hear hear. Well said.
Something happened. Mora from two years ago would have been talking up the championship.
We know what visibly occured (regressing season, loss of key talent to the portal, lack of significant portal signings to counter the outgoing transfers, loss of coaches). I wonder if he sees the MBB program and realized that the uni will never be able to invest in it support football the way it has for basketball. All that and going into his third year without the program on a solid footing, in that he's still building the team...ah, it's all speculation. I hope he can shake off the funk.
He posted nothing about last year’s championship on instagram either. Again, no X so I can’t speak for that platform. He does virtually nothing on Facebook.
hmmmm... ok. I just remember him coming in like a ball of fire... i dunno.
IMO, the only way to shake off funk (if coach is even experiencing that) is hard work. The TJ signing gives me hope that Coach Mora is just busy getting the team ready to win more.
I disagree. Mora was one of the biggest supporters of all the sports teams at the university. He would rock his Hook C hat and tweet about all the programs. Really engrained himself into the AD with all the programs. For him to completely ignore a major achievement from our bball team is concerning. I think you all are a little too crazy if you think it's because he's worried they're successful and he's not.
Jim Mora’s instagram is “uconncoachmora”, where he made UConn football posts as recently as April 3rd, March 31st, and March 26.
I agree with you, but I think what people mean is in the “bios” below the username he no longer has UConn listed on any of his profiles, not necessarily what he’s posting.
Picked up another quality Receiver.
Maybe he's removing all that focus on him and putting it on the team by doing that... Seems like it's a "circle the wagon" "us against the world" approach he's taking with the team... I think he's taking a page out of the MBB book... Using whatever he can ( like Hurley does ) to build momentum...
I wonder if he realized he isn't being compensated for puffing up the rest of the university. Having to make do with a smaller coaching budget than Hurley's salary has to be annoying.
Jo I appreciate Mora with his national profile agreeing to come here and try reversing the fortunes of the program. And I also recognized the need to get people talking about the program when he first got here. He has been a dynamic presence here. I guess I'm getting tired of getting any semblance of a semi when new coaches come in and talk their coachspeak that includes things like winning a national championship here, how great and innovative their subordinate coaching hires are or telling recruits his goal is getting into a P4 conference in a couple of years.... I have no problem him being less active on social media because I believe he is in the middle of rebooting the program and there is a lot of work to do from spring to opening day of 2024 and results need to be shown quickly.. I want to see a trend of competitive football still knowing it has become a tough place to do so. It appears I'm in the same era of others like Palantine, Freescooter, and Waquoit plus others. Can't speak for them but indifference is creeping in and starting to considerer giving more too my community instead..
I disagree with many of your points. I do agree that not being in a conference is a negative, but that shouldn't be holding UConn back when it comes to winning 6 to 8 games per year. There is going to be a P4 for a number of years and the goal is to get into one of them. For the foreseeable future, there will be a college football playoff, so if you can get into a conference, you have a shot. And, more money.
Love it!
While I understand your take on things completely.... Look what the school has done to help football with the label of basketball capitol of the world. Not only from Dan but painted on the floor of the court. Again no attack on your take but how does one counter the speech from a recruiting coach to a prospect that UConn is simply a basketball school?
You can throw the "Basketball Capital" tag at Duke, Kentucky, UNC, or Kansas because they all prioritize basketball over football and everyone, including football recruits knows if they go there they will be the 2nd most important show in town. Despite that, they still manage to have respectable football programs.
Narratives like this chart doesn’t help the football cause…
Surest way to mediocrity is to accept your circumstance. We all know the reasons why not. We need the guys that will a way a can and will.
This season, UConn football will play 8 schools in which UConn spends more on football and 4 that spend more than UConn. Maryland is the only school on the schedule that spends significantly more than UConn. And, UConn has 7 home games this season. Why can't UConn win 6 to 8 games this year? If you win, you get more fans, who buy more tickets, who donate more money,...