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I loved HCRE when he was here. The photo of Randy leading thr Huskies out of the Notre Dame tunnel adorns mt den. Memories of triumphs against West Virginia, USF, Pitt, Iowa State, Navy, South Carolina and the Irish dance through my head.

And I know Randy departed in large part because of that Hathaway.

That said, I think the bus has already departed for Randy and I am not optimistic that Randy has the same fire in his belly. Not sure who the man is here, but Al Golden would not disappoint, and Joe Moorhead would excite me.
 
UCweCONN said:
Of course he's interested. No other D1 school will give him a head coaching job.
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UC...At no point did my reply have anything to do with if Randy was interested. :confused: :confused:
Sorry my point eluded you...:(
 
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My guess is that there are plenty of retreads who have been successful in a second chance scenario, some spectacularly so (i.e. Belichick, Carroll, Snyder) and there are plenty of exciting up and comers who were largely failures at the next level (Hazell, Strong, Diaco). Many retreads are in fact up and comers who then failed (i.e. Golden).

Each circumstance merits its own examination and slapping a broad brush to all coaches who have had a failure at some point in their career s pretty simplistic.
 
Excalibur said:
Do you not see the equivalencies? Seriously?
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The biggest difference is Randy doesn't have a GDL in his life. P could have won here, Moorhead was handed to him as OC on a silver platter but he instead turned the position over to doctor evil. Syracuse fans will tell you GDL ruined P there too.

Edsall is a better manager of coaches and more nimble mentally IMO. P was stuck in the past.
 
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uconnric said:
That's ridiculous. Fans want a winning program no matter who the coach is.
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...and Edsall won't give it to you. He is a retread. No one wants to admit it - he is a .500 coach at best. Flat.
 
jpm25 said:
...and Edsall won't give it to you. He is a retread. No one wants to admit it - he is a .500 coach at best. Flat.
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That's a step forward from where we're at now (Not an Edsall supporter, just sayin').
 
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jpm25 said:
...and Edsall won't give it to you. He is a retread. No one wants to admit it - he is a .500 coach at best. Flat.
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Your lack of understanding for what Randy did here, minus his exit, tells me you lack football knowledge or you have an agenda.

Last I knew he was 74-70 at UConn and that inlcluded a jump from 1AA to the Big East rather quickly.

That retread you speak of is, by far, the best coach UConn has had in the FBS era.
 
9-4 if you include the bowl game. I was there too. Go back and look at that season.

"The least you will accept is the best you will get"
 
sportsart said:
Your lack of understanding for what Randy did here, minus his exit, tells me you lack football knowledge or you have an agenda.

Last I knew he was 74-70 at UConn and that inlcluded a jump from 1AA to the Big East rather quickly.

That retread you speak of is, by far, the best coach UConn has had in the FBS era.
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"my lack of football knowledge"

I agree Edsall is the best coach UConn has had in the FBS era. For context, the other two are Paul Pasquiloni and Bob Diaco.

...and that is pathetic
 
Woof 101 said:
UC...At no point did my reply have anything to do with if Randy was interested. :confused: :confused:
Sorry my point eluded you...:(
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I was responding to the Nathan tweet you posted that said Edsall was interested in coaching again and on UCONN's short list, not to you directly. I responded that of course he's interested since no other school wants him. I think my response made perfect sense.
 
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sportsart said:
It all has to do with a QB. You can't tell me we don't win the Fiesta Bowl with Dan O.
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Are we still being coached by a Maryland man? If yes, we don't win.
 
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In all honesty... who cares who the next coach is at this point. I'm just glad to have Diaco out. I yelled at him every game since he was hired and didn't have fun once since he was hired. I'll be happy no matter what. Trust Benedict and let's gooooooo
 
IMind said:
No... at best he was 9-3... I was there.. ☺
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jpm25 said:
9-4 if you include the bowl game. I was there too. Go back and look at that season.

"The least you will accept is the best you will get"
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I was going by winning percentage. He was 9-3 in 2003. No bowl. :p

Seriously Edsall is about 9th on my list but I'm not going to downplay what he did here either.
 
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IMind said:
I was going by winning percentage. He was 9-3 in 2003. No bowl. :p

Seriously Edsall is about 9th on my list but I'm not going to downplay what he did here either.
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Oh stop the self loathing in that case. Ws against Army, Lehigh, Western Michigan (before they were good), Kent State, Akron, Buffalo. just stop - this was the 1-AA transition year!
 
jpm25 said:
...and Edsall won't give it to you. He is a retread. No one wants to admit it - he is a .500 coach at best. Flat.
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Mmmm, no. His record at UConn was better than that and that included the transition from 1AA to 1A.

Connecticut Huskies (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1999)
1999 Connecticut 4–7 3–5 T–6th
Connecticut Huskies (NCAA Division I-A Independent) (2000–2003)
2000 Connecticut 3–8
2001 Connecticut 2–9
2002 Connecticut 6–6
2003 Connecticut 9–3
Connecticut Huskies (Big East Conference) (2004–2011)
2004 Connecticut 8–4 3–3 T–5th W Motor City
2005 Connecticut 5–6 2–5 T–6th
2006 Connecticut 4–8 1–6 T–7th
2007 Connecticut 9–4 5–2 T–1st L Meineke Car Care
2008 Connecticut 8–5 3–4 5th W International
2009 Connecticut 8–5 3–4 T–4th W PapaJohns.com
2010 Connecticut 8–5 5–2 T–1st L Fiesta†

Connecticut: 74–70 22–26 (.514 )
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Better comparison is Big East only: 50-37 (.575). Heck he was better than 500 in bowl games.
 
CL82 said:
Mmmm, no. His record at UConn was better than that and that included the transition from 1AA to 1A.

Connecticut Huskies (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1999)
1999 Connecticut 4–7 3–5 T–6th
Connecticut Huskies (NCAA Division I-A Independent) (2000–2003)
2000 Connecticut 3–8
2001 Connecticut 2–9
2002 Connecticut 6–6
2003 Connecticut 9–3
Connecticut Huskies (Big East Conference) (2004–2011)
2004 Connecticut 8–4 3–3 T–5th W Motor City
2005 Connecticut 5–6 2–5 T–6th
2006 Connecticut 4–8 1–6 T–7th
2007 Connecticut 9–4 5–2 T–1st L Meineke Car Care
2008 Connecticut 8–5 3–4 5th W International
2009 Connecticut 8–5 3–4 T–4th W PapaJohns.com
2010 Connecticut 8–5 5–2 T–1st L Fiesta†

Connecticut: 74–70 22–26 (.514 )
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Better comparison is Big East only: 50-37 (.575). Heck he was better than 500 in bowl games.
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ah, ok. I guess we are ignoring his Maryland record. Got it.
 
jpm25 said:
ah, ok. I guess we are ignoring his Maryland record. Got it.
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Golly I guess his record at UConn isn't relevant at all to how he's do at UConn. :rolleyes:
 
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