Maryland is losing to WIlliam and Mary

[formerlurker]

I am pro Coach P, but am 100% on the fence whether we are better off without Coach Edsall. Winning 2 be championships and running a clean program kind of does that.

The minute he admitted his dream job was somewhere else I knew we were better off without him.

I think PP keeps the program moving forward and, at this point in his life/career, has found HIS dream job. Gotta have a guy who wants to be here, isn't that what we expect from our players and recruits? If that's what we expect from the foot soldiers I think the same should go for the General.

 

[metsfan2323]

I am pro Coach P, but am 100% on the fence whether we are better off without Coach Edsall. Winning 2 be championships and running a clean program kind of does that.

Speaking of the 2 and 3 way tie BE championships, did anyone hear the announcement that we will not have a championship game next year? I believe they said we will have a championship game after the 2013 season. With the expanded conference I think it is a disaster to not have a championship game next year. What if there is a 5 way tie and not all the teams have played head to head? Why no championship game next year?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Speaking of the 2 and 3 way tie BE championships, did anyone hear the announcement that we will not have a championship game next year? I believe they said we will have a championship game after the 2013 season. With the expanded conference I think it is a disaster to not have a championship game next year. What if there is a 5 way tie and not all the teams have played head to head? Why no championship game next year?

Next year is 2013 (unless those who believe that the Mayan calendar ending on 12/21 2012 means the world ends on that day are correct).

 

[formerlurker]

Speaking of the 2 and 3 way tie BE championships, did anyone hear the announcement that we will not have a championship game next year? I believe they said we will have a championship game after the 2013 season. With the expanded conference I think it is a disaster to not have a championship game next year. What if there is a 5 way tie and not all the teams have played head to head? Why no championship game next year?

It's a holiday weekend and I cracked my first beer about an hour ago. I'm assuming you're having a couple as well and see no shame in making this mistake. Enjoy!

 

[metsfan2323]

Next year is 2013 (unless those who believe that the Mayan calendar ending on 12/21 2012 means the world ends on that day are correct).

Ah, I took the phrase "after the 2013 season" to mean the 2014 season. They should have just announced there will be a championship game in 2013. I think we know that occurs at the end of the season. I consider playoffs to be part of the season. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Is there anyone still on the fence about whether or not we are better off with P vs Edsall? Anyone still waiting for the revelation that we most definitely are to hit them squarely in the face? I mean the joy of watching Don Brown's defense alone...

BTW you can be pro P without being anti Edsall.

My biggest concern two weeks from now is that a number of Twerp supporters will kidnap Brown, not let him leave and throw a bound and gagged RE onto our team bus while yelling "we just traded".

 

[metsfan2323]

My biggest concern two weeks from now is that a number of Twerp supporters will kidnap Brown, not let him leave and throw a bound and gagged RE onto our team bus while yelling "we just traded".

That same thought actually occurred to me watching the Maryland game today. I was thinking about the chances of Edsall getting fired at season's end and it occurred to me that they might come after Brown if he were fired. That's the problem of getting a hot coordinator, you can lose them.

 

[coachRD]

I am pro Coach P, but am 100% on the fence whether we are better off without Coach Edsall. Winning 2 be championships and running a clean program kind of does that.

Well said fellow Poster, well said indeed.

 

[pj]

That same thought actually occurred to me watching the Maryland game today. I was thinking about the chances of Edsall getting fired at season's end and it occurred to me that they might come after Brown if he were fired. That's the problem of getting a hot coordinator, you can lose them.

Coach Brown already turned down the head position at Yale, why would he step down to take the position at Maryland?

 

[CTGoonie]

To be fair Edsall had to plan for both William AND Mary.

 

[Brochacho]

Maryland looks like they have a ceiling of 4-8, with a 40 point loss to UConn of course. Hopefully he is around next year for the trip to CT.

 

[rich1122]

To be fair Edsall had to plan for both William AND Mary.

Not this against either William or Mary. Not his dream job for sure.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhELPbFKNRk

 

[businesslawyer]

For those who enjoy mocking Edsall, the moment to do so will be upon us in two weeks. For those who like to praise Edsall, far, far more patience will (hopefully) be needed.

 

[junglehusky]

I am pro Coach P, but am 100% on the fence whether we are better off without Coach Edsall. Winning 2 be championships and running a clean program kind of does that.

Edsall was the right guy for the upgrade and put good values and standards in place for the program. He deserves credit for that success, but so do Lew Perkins, Harry Hartley and other UConn presidents / trustees, and maybe even Jeff Hathaway (partial credit perhaps). I was in the pro-Edsall camp for a long time but (if memory serves) it was after the Temple loss that I decided it wouldn't be a bad thing if there was a regime change. Sometimes even when things are going OK it's a good thing to bring in new leadership for a fresh perspective to keep things dynamic. I'm not qualified to predict these things but it seems reasonable to argue that UConn's potential ceiling is probably a little bit higher with Coach P than with FHCRE. For sure, he has better relationships with HS coaches in CT and elsewhere, and with the media. It might be the case that 2011 was the perfect time for a new HC, coinciding roughly with a new president, new AD, and new conference commissioner, whether UConn winds up staying in the NNBE or going elsewhere.