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Moving UConn Football Forward - A Message from Athletic Director David Benedict.

JwittersPAC said:
How about a team conference call?
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Sure… but you said you wanted him to say goodbye to the players in person. Would that have been optimum - sure, but coaching changes based on the NCAA calendar get wonky this time of year.
 
superjohn said:
They all signed on to coach here with longterm plans of staying here and raising their families here. Calhoun, Geno, Ollie Hurley, Edsall, Diaco, Pasqualoni is from here.
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Mike Cavanaugh came here at like age 45, etc. But I'll grant your point about most, and still say that it has been talked about ad nauseum that he was a west coast guy and this brings him a short flight closer to his home in Idaho...
 
Exit 4 said:
I disagree. We will look for a conference AFTER the great 2030 realignment should it failed to get us a desirable seat.

In the meantime we have an incredible schedule. And so far its not melting away as predicted. We can schedule 4 to 5 reach games and the balance are regional rivalries and winnable games. Its our independent schedule that got us 9 wins the past two seasons.

I feel anyone on the staff that talks about the challenges of the independent schedule for recruiting/etc is speaking some truth, but mostly using the "independence" word as code for UConn being G5 vs P4.
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If they can support and wait. Going to a G6 for even for football only seems a little futile. So you’re saying there’s a chance?Just wish it was sooner than 2030
 
Chin Diesel said:
A$2.5M base salary with reasonable incentive getting coach to $3.5M is more than enough. $600k-$700k for coordinators.
$3M-$3.5M in NIL plus full revenue sharing makes UConn very attractive amongst G5 coaches.
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I believe Franklin at Va Tech is getting $7 million for his staff. This was a big part of attracting him. Shows us fans where we stand money wise.
 
UConnDan97 said:
Dan Hurley makes almost $8 million per year, and we were able to keep him from going to the Lakers.

I'll say it again so that the folks in the back can hear clearly: CONFERENCE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MORA GOING TO COLORADO STATE...
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Caps don't mean anything - get real. Your caps are the written equivalent of "sound and fury".

Simply put, we are in a dead end conference if you want football to be meaningful. If you don't, fine. But let's not operate under some delusional construct that the BE will be conducive to the health and prosperity of our football program.
 
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Sea Goat said:
Caps don't mean anything - get real. Your caps are the written equivalent of "sound and fury".

Simply put, we are in a dead end conference if you want football to be meaningful. If you don't, fine. But let's not operate under some delusional construct that the BE will be conducive to the health and prosperity of our football program.
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Are you serious??

I hate dealing with low-IQ people, but I'll make an exception. What is your current alternative to the Big East + Independent football?? Is it the AAC? Because we saw how that went and it destroyed most of our revenue sports. So what's your solution, champ?
 
UConnDan97 said:
Are you serious??

I hate dealing with low-IQ people, but I'll make an exception. What is your current alternative to the Big East + Independent football?? Is it the AAC? Because we saw how that went and it destroyed most of our revenue sports. So what's your solution, champ?
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You’re both correct. Our current situation is great for basketball, but not for football. Our current situation is not sustainable if we want football to flourish. I would argue staying in the big east long-term is not a viable option regardless, especially as the top conferences (B10 & SEC) start to consolidate their power.
 
GG said:
You’re both correct. Our current situation is great for basketball, but not for football. Our current situation is not sustainable if we want football to flourish. I would argue staying in the big east long-term is not a viable option regardless, especially as the top conferences (B10 & SEC) start to consolidate their power.
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Our current situation is the best possible situation that we have control of. Are there some really short sighted people still out there that think we should stay in the Big East at all costs? You betcha.

If you want to keep being able to get Dan Hurley the resources to keep him here and keep competing for championships for the long term then getting to one of the four is imperative.

For football, Indy is better than being in any G6 conference, unless you enjoy watching every game on ESPN+ and getting almost no exposure.

At least in the Big East, we get as much money as we would if all the sports were still in the AAC.
 
GG said:
You’re both correct. Our current situation is great for basketball, but not for football. Our current situation is not sustainable if we want football to flourish. I would argue staying in the big east long-term is not a viable option regardless, especially as the top conferences (B10 & SEC) start to consolidate their power.
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Everyone knows that being in the P4 is better. Who would deny that? But that's not a plan. That's not a path to get into the P4. We've already seen that the Big East + Independent football is better than the AAC. The data is there.

Would we accept an invite to the Big 12? Of course! But we've gotta get an invite first in order to accept it...
 
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So we really don't know the why but it was probably several reasons. I still think no on campus stadium is a big deal. CSU is having the celebration on Monday at Canvas Stadium and students are invited. The renting issue meant nothing. UConn gave the Mora's an on-campus house so why not stay there.

So how quickly does Benedict need to hire someone? I believe the portal is open the first two weeks of January so it has to be fast. I know huskymedic posted info somewhere in these threads. We were on the verge of having a great portal year and now I think UConn is going to be screwed. Unless DB hires a coach who can bring players with him.
 
Kolumbo said:
So we really don't know the why but it was probably several reasons. I still think no on campus stadium is a big deal. CSU is having the celebration on Monday at Canvas Stadium and students are invited. The renting issue meant nothing. UConn gave the Mora's an on-campus house so why not stay there.

So how quickly does Benedict need to hire someone? I believe the portal is open the first two weeks of January so it has to be fast. I know huskymedic posted info somewhere in these threads. We were on the verge of having a great portal year and now I think UConn is going to be screwed. Unless DB hires a coach who can bring players with him.
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AD David Benedict needs to hire soon so the recruits that are committed stay. We all need to know who that is but hoping the next coach has big ties to New England and can recruit this area. Plus we need a coach that can get a QB not just from the portal.
 
jostar1 said:
What conference would that be? You said that MAC and CUSA aren't good options. We turned down the PAC12 last year and it doesn't look like they are looking for a football-only member now. We left the AAC and it doesn't seem like they want us as football only. So?
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I didn’t say there were existing options. I assume not but I’m also not embedded in the AD’s office. I was responding to a post that I believe said we should intentionally remain independent until after realignment happens in 2030.
But who know when or if a P4 slot will open for UConn. So I think Uconn should do whatever they can do to secure a conference home for FB only if there are no imminent P4 options for all sports. I have no idea what, if anything, DB can do. The Sun Belt and AAC did expand by multiple teams last few years.
 
Bandito2025 said:
AD David Benedict needs to hire soon so the recruits that are committed stay. We all need to know who that is but hoping the next coach has big ties to New England and can recruit this area. Plus we need a coach that can get a QB not just from the portal.
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I'm going to disagree. UConn needs a coach that can coach and recruit, wherever that may be. We can't limit our recruiting to New England. Sure, UConn should try to develop a HS QB, but, in the portal era, the top QBs go to a top school and then if they don't win the competition for starter, they transfer.
 
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UConnDan97 said:
There's a problem with your argument. They only take the top 5 Conference Champs, as I understand it. That means that he's not only got to win his conference, but finish higher in the rankings than the champ of the AAC, MWC, MAC, and Sunbelt too.

He had a better chance of accomplishing that at Stanford in the ACC than Colorado State in the new Pac 12. Sell me a different story, please...
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He couldn't go to Stanford because the ACC refs would have killed him and their chances every game due to his excessive bashing while at UConn! Lol
 
I actually believed Mora thought he could achieve more here such as help the program to a P4 conference and produce more quality wins against better opponents. I guess I read him wrong, but I thought there was unfinished business he wanted to take care of before either hanging it up or moving on.
 
ZooCougar said:
Our current situation is the best possible situation that we have control of. Are there some really short sighted people still out there that think we should stay in the Big East at all costs? You betcha.

If you want to keep being able to get Dan Hurley the resources to keep him here and keep competing for championships for the long term then getting to one of the four is imperative.

For football, Indy is better than being in any G6 conference, unless you enjoy watching every game on ESPN+ and getting almost no exposure.

At least in the Big East, we get as much money as we would if all the sports were still in the AAC.
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I agree that right now the big east is clearly our only option and football independence is the only available option. But long-term, obviously none of this is sustainable.
 
GG said:
I agree that right now the big east is clearly our only option and football independence is the only available option. But long-term, obviously none of this is sustainable.
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So what's your recommendation? I'm honestly curious on how you would fix the long-term situation, considering your agreement that we're in the best current situation that we have available to us...
 
UConnDan97 said:
So what's your recommendation? I'm honestly curious on how you would fix the long-term situation, considering your agreement that we're in the best current situation that we have available to us...
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UCONN has spoken to at least two different conferences in the past. I do not know why things have not worked out, but there should be a lot of changes in conferences within the next five years, so hopefully we find a safe landing spot. All UCONN can do is make their basketball, football and other sports attractive to the conferences. I am really hoping AD David Benedict hires a coach who can at least maintain the football teams current success.
 
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GG said:
UCONN has spoken to at least two different conferences in the past. I do not know why things have not worked out, but there should be a lot of changes in conferences within the next five years, so hopefully we find a safe landing spot. All UCONN can do is make their basketball, football and other sports attractive to the conferences. I am really hoping AD David Benedict hires a coach who can at least maintain the football teams current success.
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Okay, so we're in agreement there. All we can do is stay the course, make the right hire, and keep doing the best we can...
 
SwingDog said:
I actually believed Mora thought he could achieve more here such as help the program to a P4 conference and produce more quality wins against better opponents. I guess I read him wrong, but I thought there was unfinished business he wanted to take care of before either hanging it up or moving on.
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End of the day, he turns 65 next season and probably wants to be in a different location than Connecticut for next year and the rest of his life. That said, he was fortunate at UConn because the expectations were so low and there are some parts of the head coaching job that he didn't want to do like raising money and UConn didn't object.
 
UConnDan97 said:
Okay, so we're in agreement there. All we can do is stay the course, make the right hire, and keep doing the best we can...
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Agree with this but my belief is that the P4 will break off and form their own association and UConn will not be invited into that group. What has become clear through all this is that only football matters to these conferences especially the SEC and B10 and they are the ones making all the rules anyway.
 
superjohn said:
They all signed on to coach here with longterm plans of staying here and raising their families here. Calhoun, Geno, Ollie Hurley, Edsall, Diaco, Pasqualoni is from here.
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Was anyone expecting Mora to live near Storrs for 20 years????

Even if he stayed for 8 years, he was leaving the area when he was done coaching.
 
snoopy said:
Whoever said that we won’t be making a power conference anytime soon…respectfully, I disagree.

I’m just going to be frank: the ACC and Big 12 are fighting their own battles right now, as they are currently worried about retaining members. UConn is power-conference ready, we’re just waiting for the current realignment to settle. I wouldn’t be surprised if Yormark and DB have the occasional discussion about adding UConn to the B12. I think part of the reason Mora left is because he realized it will be 2-3 years before we get solidified into a P4—given his west coast connections, he may have realized it would be time better spent closer to home.
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UConn needs a conference, plain and simple. Staying this way, is a death wish for the program. We are not Notre Dame, and the Big East is a good basketball conference that is losing juice compared to the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, and the ACC.
 
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