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FAIRTIDES said:
Why would he agree to an automatic, self-perpetuating, one-year Contract extension/rollover for a "worthless" JH? I don't think Jack Welch could have sold that to the GE Compensation Committee.
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In addition to several other fictions, people are vastly overrating the power of any individual trustee.
 
Fishy said:
In addition to several other fictions, people are vastly overrating the power of any individual trustee.
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Easy Fish. I get you're on his side but BOT chair not exactly a figurehead or honorary position. He knows how the CT political game is played.
 
ruskin said:
Easy Fish. I get you're on his side but BOT chair not exactly a figurehead or honorary position. He knows how the CT political game is played.
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You're out of your depth on this one. Accept it.

(Go ahead, act offended, but you are.)
 
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ruskin said:
OK, Fish, you're right. Things just keep happening that are the beyond the control of the chair of the BOT. He was just along for the ride last Wednesday night at Warde's house with SH & WM during the interview..
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lol.

You're a babe in the woods.

Hey, tell me more about the letters McHugh had people write in for Pasqualoni.
 
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J187Money said:
McHugh became chair of the BOT in 2009. I couldn't find it via google, but that contract pre-dated McHugh's chairmanship, didn't it?
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All I was able to find on that was that (by my inference, the wording was a bit vague) there were six years remaining at the time JH retired. That contract however has Hogan (again, my inference) all over it.
 
Fishy said:
Hey, tell me more about the letters McHugh had people write in for Pasqualoni.
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Hey, tell me that the Fillippone-Marinelli crowd had zero contact with your guy in the days leading up to the P hire. The existence of that letter is a fact. My opinion is it is plausible your guy had a hand in it.

It's really something these lengths -- including being snide and condescending -- that you are going to revise history to hide the fact that at a minimum LM enabled the worst hire in college football in the last five years, and, at the same time, enabled an over-his-head AD to stay in the job longer than he should have.

Of the many good things LM has done for UConn, hiring someone with stones like Herbst who had the managerial ability to clean up those messes is one.
 
ruskin said:
Hey, tell me that the Fillippone-Marinelli crowd had zero contact with your guy in the days leading up to the P hire. The existence of that letter is a fact. My opinion is it is plausible your guy had a hand in it.

It's really something these lengths -- including being snide and condescending -- that you are going to revise history to hide the fact that at a minimum LM enabled the worst hire in college football in the last five years, and, at the same time, enabled an over-his-head AD to stay in the job longer than he should have.

Of the many good things LM has done for UConn, hiring someone with stones like Herbst who had the managerial ability to clean up those messes is one.
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This season aside (where he was canned 4 games in) - he was below average. I know that really stinks, and the circumstances that the school is in makes it worse, but even on most lists of bad coaches, he isn't listed:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130708/best-worst-college-football-coaches/

http://www.totalprosports.com/2013/09/30/9-worst-college-football-coaching-hires-of-the-bcs-era/#10

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-what...-football-coach-hiring-decisions-21st-century (he actually made it to 8th on this list)

I know when it happens to YOU it is always so much worse. But perspective might be nice. Sometimes...
 
J187Money said:
This season aside (where he was canned 4 games in) - he was below average. I know that really stinks, and the circumstances that the school is in makes it worse, but even on most lists of bad coaches, he isn't listed:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130708/best-worst-college-football-coaches/

http://www.totalprosports.com/2013/09/30/9-worst-college-football-coaching-hires-of-the-bcs-era/#10

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-what...-football-coach-hiring-decisions-21st-century (he actually made it to 8th on this list)

I know when it happens to YOU it is always so much worse. But perspective might be nice. Sometimes...
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In the grand scheme of college football it may not be on the top of every list. But PGDL was the worst thing that could have happened. Honestly, I feel bad for sticking up for them in year one. By the time the NC State game was over in year two I was convinced that he was a loser.

They surrendered nearly every advantage and strength that we ever had. Home field advantage? Gone. Running game. Gone. Offensive line that wore out the defense. Gone.
 
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J187Money said:
I know when it happens to YOU it is always so much worse. But perspective might be nice. Sometimes...
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Anyone trying to claim that P was anything short of a disaster is the one lacking perspective.
 
Disaster for this program? Maybe. Time will tell. If Diaco outshines Addazio maybe we are better off in the long run. Worst hire in the history of college football? Please. If the program were irretrievably damaged, Diaco wouldn't have taken the job. Let's look forward people...and get over it.
 
ZooCougar said:
In the grand scheme of college football it may not be on the top of every list. But PGDL was the worst thing that could have happened. Honestly, I feel bad for sticking up for them in year one. By the time the NC State game was over in year two I was convinced that he was a loser.

They surrendered nearly every advantage and strength that we ever had. Home field advantage? Gone. Running game. Gone. Offensive line that wore out the defense. Gone.
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It may be the optimist in me, but I think PP did an ok job as a recruiter. Look at Davis, Phillips, Boyle, Lemelle, Bradley, CC, Newsome, Fox - that's more play makers than I can remember in a UCONN uniform. PP doesn't get credit for all of them, but the ingredients are here for BD's OC.
 
sdhusky said:
It may be the optimist in me, but I think PP did an ok job as a recruiter. Look at Davis, Phillips, Boyle, Lemelle, Bradley, CC, Newsome, Fox - that's more play makers than I can remember in a UCONN uniform. PP doesn't get credit for all of them, but the ingredients are here for BD's OC.
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That's fair.
 
sdhusky said:
It may be the optimist in me, but I think PP did an ok job as a recruiter. Look at Davis, Phillips, Boyle, Lemelle, Bradley, CC, Newsome, Fox - that's more play makers than I can remember in a UCONN uniform. PP doesn't get credit for all of them, but the ingredients are here for BD's OC.
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The only thing I liked about P inititially, was that it seemed like we would get more competitive in recruiting some of the best in state talent. In state will never be our breakfast, lunch and dinner, but we need to be getting some of the best talent in state in every class
 
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