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J187Money said:
This place is unbelievable. The guy is classy and doesn't bad mouth UCONN or Warde, we get a great coach, and people need to insult his manhood? $500K/year is nothing to sneeze at - especially if he is next in line at MSU.

If you guys were at MSU you'd be crucifying his as a money-grubbing POS if he left MSU to take the UCONN job.
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I don't see anything wrong with calling a spade a spade. If that hurts Narduzzi's feelings he can find a new line of work out of the public eye that pays him that kind of dough.
 
upstater said:
Yes, but we're talking about the need to connect from most airports. How many airports serve TF Green? 10 tops?
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How many serve Bradley directly? 6 of 1, 1/2 dozen of another. I expect to connect on most flights out of Bradley nowadays, unless I'm flying to D.C. or Chicago.
 
Thank God he didn't say he didn't take the job because we're in a lousy conference.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
I don't see anything wrong with calling a spade a spade. If that hurts Narduzzi's feelings he can find a new line of work out of the public eye that pays him that kind of dough.
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Sounds like you are the one that has your feelings hurt that he didn't want this job. I couldn't care less.
 
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Jimmy Serrano said:
No. I'm just an idiot giving my opinion on a message board.
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You have a long way to go to get to idiot status on here. Trust me, if there is anyone who knows what it takes to get idiot status, it's me. :rolleyes:
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
It's just what I thought. He's a career #2 guy. I read these quotes if I'm an AD down the road.......he wouldn't even be on my list. He's Bud Foster/Tom Bradley. I'm not knocking him....there is no shame in riding someone's coattails to the tune of over $500k annually.
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It's not even necessarily riding coat tails. Not everyone wants to be the head honcho. And as you said it's not a knock. Almost nice for Dantonio to know he has someone willing to be his #2 and not looking to bolt on a moments notice.
 
Football scoop had something again today saying he was offered the job and turned it down over assistant pay. Im through with him. Whether it was assistant pay or fear over being a first time headcoach, whatever. We got our coach, glad hes happy being a part of the "best coaching staff in the country". I dont want want a guy who shows any hesitation. We got the right guy.
 
Narduzzi thinks that it is his for the taking. Finds out that there is actually stiff competition, maybe he knows who it is. Two people set to see Herbst. Figures to save face and withdraws. He would not just walk away from probably $2.0 million.
 
UconnFamily said:
http://coachingsearch.com/article?a...hy-he-withdrew-from-the-UConn-coaching-search
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Thank you for the post. Quite a bit of very easy insight here. HE GOT SNOW BALLS!!! Very happy with the people he is surrounded with.
If they are that good how long will he have them?
I do understand all the positioning of the situation, with our conference etc. We are in need of a VERY POSITIVE leader, not a follower. For now I am giving Warde and Susie an A+ for our hire.........
 
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jostar1 said:
Thank God he didn't say he didn't take the job because we're in a lousy conference.
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Instead he says "My wife didn't wanna go..."

Okaaaaaay :rolleyes:
 
Husky25 said:
How many serve Bradley directly? 6 of 1, 1/2 dozen of another. I expect to connect on most flights out of Bradley nowadays, unless I'm flying to D.C. or Chicago.
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Right, this is my point exactly. Since I most often visit New Haven, I don't bother with Bradley and instead just fly into LaGuardia.
 
For whatever reason(s) narduzzi was ambivalent about the opportunity. Diaco wasn't. He says he went into the interview stating unequivocally that he wanted this job. We need the HFB coach to be all-in and passionate about what a great opportunity this is and how great it can be for players coming in and fans. Whether he is able to do everything we want him to do to turn this around he has the energy, passion and belief in the huskies. We need that in the worst way. I don't think Narduzzi's explanations are all that important and if they make MSU feel better about him - great. I personally think he just decided that there will be more opportunities out there and he would rather leave for one where the reward might be bigger (i.e. not money but more a HC job in a P-5 conference). I don't want someone coming in here hedging their bets. I don't think this is a huge slight against him but it's just not what we need right now.
 
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If you are Warde... do you continue to pursue the guy who will cost you 2 Diacos? Is he worth that? Plenty of details we will never know while still fitting in with the fact that "Diaco was his #1 choice."
 
CTHUSKY74 said:
For whatever reason(s) narduzzi was ambivalent about the opportunity. Diaco wasn't. He says he went into the interview stating unequivocally that he wanted this job. We need the HFB coach to be all-in and passionate about what a great opportunity this is and how great it can be for players coming in and fans. Whether he is able to do everything we want him to do to turn this around he has the energy, passion and belief in the huskies. We need that in the worst way. I don't think Narduzzi's explanations are all that important and if they make MSU feel better about him - great. I personally think he just decided that there will be more opportunities out there and he would rather leave for one where the reward might be bigger (i.e. not money but more a HC job in a P-5 conference). I don't want someone coming in here hedging their bets. I don't think this is a huge slight against him but it's just not what we need right now.
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He knew that he would lose. Money talks nobody walks.
 
CTMike said:
If you are Warde... do you continue to pursue the guy who will cost you 2 Diacos? Is he worth that? Plenty of details we will never know while still fitting in with the fact that "Diaco was his #1 choice."
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I think we have a new monetary unit. The Diaco.

As in, Whaler makes approximately a quarter Diaco.
 
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IDK, I wouldn't walk away from a $ 1,000,000 pay raise and to coach at a school where you can more easily be set up for the rest of your career

when / if he takes another job, everything he just said about his assistants and his players becomes bullshit

500 k to 1.5 mil is life changing
 
Some guys just aren't alpha dogs.

Who knows, maybe Narduzzi is, maybe he isn't.

However, how many 'alpha dogs' turn down or don't seem fully invested in $1M raises and being the face of a flagship state college program, with tremendous facilities, some talent on offense, and if you're a defensive whiz you should succeed in the AAC.

Diaco wanted UConn.
Narduzzi didn't want UConn.

Diaco is our guy and I'm pumped up he's on board.
 
Woof 101 said:
He's very happy with the people he is surrounded with….but... if they're that good how long will he have them?
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Back in the day, when I was living and working in Hartford, I got a better job offer at a substantially higher salary at a company in Philadelphia. But I already had a great bunch of Saturday morning golf buddies and a fantastic Thursday night poker game that I always looked forward to. I actually considered staying, largely because of those factors (though I raised other ones publicly since my real reason seemed so odd). Eventually, rationality prevailed and I made the move to Phila. Shortly thereafter two of the poker guys moved, one of my golf buddies fell seriously ill, and my best buddy took a job in San Diego. Had I stayed because of those guys I would have given up a great opportunity and sorely regretted it after waking up and realizing that the funhouse doesn't last forever.
That's the impression I had about Narduzzi's decision. He likes his coaching buddies and his present situation so much that he hemmed and hawed some, rationalized it, caused Warde to wince and ended up staying put. Eventually, when his coaching buddies move on, when the team starts to slide, when his linebackers don't make the big stop on 4th down, and when he doesn't land whatever "better" job he thought was surely in his sights, he'll sit there in the dark and say "Wow, I could have been UConn's Head Coach, lived closer to my roots, made $1M more, and developed some CEO coaching cred. WTF was I thinking. Honey, pass me the vodka".
 
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J187Money said:
This place is unbelievable. The guy is classy and doesn't bad mouth UCONN or Warde, we get a great coach, and people need to insult his manhood?
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I don't think this is quite accurate. His camp was quite vocal about turning down the job, with unflattering and inaccurate reasons for doing so. So much so that all of the national write-ups about the Diaco hire practically led with "UConn's 2nd choice". Now it seems he was probably never offered the job and he still talking about why he turned us down. That's not classy.
 
Nostical said:
Back in the day, when I was living and working in Hartford, I got a better job offer at a substantially higher salary at a company in Philadelphia. But I already had a great bunch of Saturday morning golf buddies and a fantastic Thursday night poker game that I always looked forward to. I actually considered staying, largely because of those factors (though I raised other ones publicly since my real reason seemed so odd). Eventually, rationality prevailed and I made the move to Phila. Shortly thereafter two of the poker guys moved, one of my golf buddies fell seriously ill, and my best buddy took a job in San Diego. Had I stayed because of those guys I would have given up a great opportunity and sorely regretted it after waking up and realizing that the funhouse doesn't last forever.
That's the impression I had about Narduzzi's decision. He likes his coaching buddies and his present situation so much that he hemmed and hawed some, rationalized it, caused Warde to wince and ended up staying put. Eventually, when his coaching buddies move on, when the team starts to slide, when his linebackers don't make the big stop on 4th down, and when he doesn't land whatever "better" job he thought was surely in his sights, he'll sit there in the dark and say "Wow, I could have been UConn's Head Coach, lived closer to my roots, made $1M more, and developed some CEO coaching cred. WTF was I thinking. Honey, pass me the vodka".
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"...the funhouse doesn't last forever." Love it. Gonna make it my sig.

BTW I'm in a similar situation here in Rio at the moment. Love the jobe I'm leaving, but the money at the new job, long with the opportunity for professional growth,make it a no-brainer.
 
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Sounds like Narduzzi has a case of the cuhdoves. "I could have been the HC at UConn if I wanted it.

He assumes he had the job locked up. I don't think he did. At best, I think he was on the list of acceptable candidate WM was willing to negotiate. Based on everything I've seen reported, I think BD was the first choice.
 
"Obviously, it was close," Narduzzi said of a move to be closer to his roots." (with the UConn job)... The staff I have to work with here every day is the best in the country. I hate to break up the party we have going on right now."

That "I hate to break up the party"quote sounds like he's been a little slow in recognizing that "the funhouse doesn't last forever". lol.
 
I head from a little birdie that Narduzzi was looking for more money from UConn than what was (or was going to be) offered.
 
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