Are these actual candidates or just potential guys that Matt dreamed up?
Are these actual candidates or just potential guys that Matt dreamed up?
Hey - at least he's trying to mine connections. I'd much rather read these than the "let's get Lane Kiffin" posts.
These are Matt's football dreams. The real candidates are: i) Frank Verducci, ii) Mike Cummings or iii) Bob Diaco himself.
I expect Diaco to conclude that he is the man to take over as OC.
Same can be said here as well:University of Maine Athletics
OC at Uconn is a raise (currently makes $150k) and a step up. And they guy can run an offense that moves the ball and scores points.
University of Maine Athletics
OC at Uconn is a raise (currently makes $150k) and a step up. And they guy can run an offense that moves the ball and scores points.
Words are important. Unless these names are actually being leaked to him then he can't definitively say that they are candidates.
IF Diaco lets them run their offense, either would be fine without breaking the bank. I like their youth, their hunger, their creativity and their overall philosophies. I bet they both know how to recruit and relate to recruits real well. One of them will be really successful in a P5 job in about 10 years.Same can be said here as well:
Fordham University Rams Athletics - 2016 Football Coaching Staff
HC Harasymiak. Next logical step for his coaching career is OC/Associate Head Coach at a G5.You lost me... are you talking about their HC (Harasymiak) or their OC (Coen)?
HC Harasymiak. Next logical step for his coaching career is OC/Associate Head Coach at a G5.
Who's to say Diaco didn't contact them right from the start but was turned down. Look who eventually made up that first Diaco staff and wonder who was contacted but didn't bite.I sent this to Matt yesterday via twitter. I had gone back and took a look at who he had coached with in the past (that's how all the guys on this staff are here now) to see if anyone stuck out. The 2 obvious guys he hasn't brought to UConn so far are Quinn and Molnar.
Tell me who's coaching career started like this -He's almost an all defensive background guy except for GA stint?
Technically you are a candidate. The names he brings up might be candidates or might not be. Should we just not post any names to discuss?
I would think anyone with ties to Diaco is a candidate. My hope is DB is making him go outside "the family".
Who was the coach that left before the first Diaco season even started because he made some statement about bringing God into the huddle or something like that. Where is that guy now and how did he fare?
Tell me who's coaching career started like this -
"at Columbia where he served as secondary and special teams coach for the freshman team. The next year he was outside linebackers and strong safeties coach for the varsity team. In 1992 he went to the University of New Hampshire as the running backs coach. He left to become the defensive coordinator at the Johns Hopkins University for one season. He returned to his alma mater as the running backs coach for the next three seasons (1994–96)."
What if then told you -
" He was promoted to offensive coordinator at some small university (1999–2006). The offenses averaged better than 400 yards per game of total offense in seven of his eight seasons[4] and more than 30 points per game in his final four seasons.
In 2004, the school broke 29 offensive school records; compiling 5,446 yards of total offense and scoring 40 or more points in seven games. Their best offensive output was in 2005 when the W's finished second nationally in total offense (493.5 ypg), third in scoring (41.7 ppg) and fifth in passing (300.1 ypg). They completed the season with an 11–2 record.
He was named the College Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston following the 2005 season in addition to being selected as “one of college football’s hottest coaches” by American Football Monthly."
Got a guess yet?
Chip Kelly. Started as a D guy and had some of the most prolific offenses ever.
Give me young, inventive and energetic. The ME coach has it.
I get ya... there is talent out there at lower levels but those were also different times. We just had an OC (or three) who never called a play before - not sure we can go that route again (football wise yes, perception wise outside industry questionable).