First and foremost, UCONN is going to have to decide what it wants for its FB program. Primarily, that means what the University is willing to do to increase the the pool of available prospective players. I'm not talking about admitting the functionally illiterate or felons. The SEC and some schools in the Big-12 can have those guys. I'm not talking about fake courses or grades. I'm talking about what ever it is that a Michigan, Cal Berkeley and other "publics" do to both admit players and allow them to earn meaningful Degrees. Hell, throw in the some of the "privates," schools like Stanford and ND, as examples of schools that get players without (so far, anyway) selling their souls.
A good coach, a coach we want, will want to know if the school will provide him the opportunity to get the talent he needs to win. It's a fair question; especially as it relates to UCONN. A prospective coach can see what happened to PP. To us, PP is a horrible coach. Unfortunately, for us, PP has references inside the coaching fraternity that really respect him, as a coach. More problematic are reports that one of the reasons RE bolted was increasing difficulty getting players admitted. True? I saw it referenced in the print media, at least, twice. So, who knows?
I do know this, however. Attempting to be (cliche warning!!!) Harvard, Monday thru Friday and Alabama on Saturday doesn't work in big-time college FB. It creates a pre-Schiano Rutgers type coach's graveyard. UCONN needs an energetic, charismatic coach that can sell the UCONN dream. That guy isn't coming to a school that places unrealistic restrictions on the player pool.
So, UCONN. What do you want UCONN FB to be?
