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businesslawyer said:
You couldn't get a 75% consensus on here for anything other than the superiority of CT pizza.

Reno is a good football coach. But as I said, that's less important today than being able to buy an entire roster for cash every year.
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And I'm going out to get a Colony Grill Pizza. Good pizza...

Now, does Colorado have great pizza? Not as good as Connecticut...

I will trust AD David Benedict to hire a good coach. I'd love to see a Jim Mora type who is about 10 years younger...
 
Glastonhusky said:
I would love to hire the JMU coach, but I think he may be looking for a bigger opportunity. A young up and coming offensive minded coach would be nice, but at this point in our development I think we need a big name. Part of the attraction of UConn to kids was the Mora name and his NFL connections.
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He’s a target for PSU. That says it might be a stretch. But he’s a local guy.
 
ArtTheFan said:
And I'm going out to get a Colony Grill Pizza. Good pizza...

Now, does Colorado have great pizza? Not as good as Connecticut...

I will trust AD David Benedict to hire a good coach. I'd love to see a Jim Mora type who is about 10 years younger...
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I’m ready to see a coach who actually acts like he wants to be here 12 months a year.

His stupid Twitter profile said Sun Valley for the last 4 years.

Today he changed it to Fort Collins.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
He did very well for quite a while before he imploded.

He wouldn't be on my short list, nor would he be on my backup list but as I initially responded, we could do worse.

I really like the Fitzgerald idea. The only downside there would be that I don't believe we could keep him once he starts winning here. I can live with that.
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The higher you make the buyout, the more one has to accomplish before the bigger schools are after him.
 
CTBasketball said:
Agree on the criteria. Knowing the landscape is important so being a Northeast guy is a plus.

Reno and Cahill should be contacted. If Chesney doesn’t see a P4 opening he likes he may hear us out, but would be a tough sell getting him to leave James Madison. They’re closer to the CFP than we are currently.

Folks who recommend candidates like the Kelly’s, Orlovsky, Pentrino, or Belichik should seek a lobotomy.
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Reno isn’t coming to UConn.
I’d bet my life on it.
 
The football coach st Yale is a perfect gig. You have one game a year where winning is important. Other than that there is no pressure. He seems like a very knowledgeable guy but I doubt he is on any list for the UConn job.
 
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CCSUblue said:
I'm all about the young guns that have shown great growth over the past several years. Especially among bigger programs.
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I like your thinking, but I want someone that has run a program.
Not just one side of the ball.

Mora was great at running the program. He came in and changed everything. Maybe he wasn’t the best tactician. But nobody can argue with his ability to build a program. A younger version of Mora would be awesome. I don’t know who that is in college coaching.

the other option is a big name, and hope they bring coaches and players. That’s expensive though.
But it gives UConn some instant credibility.

I don’t envy Dave’s challenge. Lots riding on this decision.
 
businesslawyer said:
You couldn't get a 75% consensus on here for anything other than the superiority of CT pizza.

Reno is a good football coach. But as I said, that's less important today than being able to buy an entire roster for cash every year.
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Sure. Need a football GM or someone like the guy Mora is taking with him to CSU. That sorta stuff will sort itself out during the interview process.

Biggest thing Mora accomplished here is show how the Portal is supposed to be approach. Not look at it as "everyone there has issues"
 
UConnDan97 said:
This!

People can try to spin it whatever way they'd like, but it's ultimately this. And quite frankly, the folks here should be happy that this is the reason, because it means we're still on the way up. The next hire is crucial, but we're infinitely better off than we were when we hired him...
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People are gonna think I’m insane but the Tony Reno thing intrigues me
 
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Blue Huskie said:
Matt Patricia mentioned. IDK about that.
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Maybe as a defensive coordinator, of course I doubt he's leaving Ohio State to come here.

He has no interest in recruiting or anything like that, and he was horrible as a HC in the NFL. The BB Coaching tree as HCs is kind of awful.
 
Uconnalliance said:
People are gonna think I’m insane but the Tony Reno thing intrigues me
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Possibly. For me, I'd like to see a "recognizable name". I think it definitely helped that "Mora" was a recognizable football name, and I think that UConn needs that more than most institutions as it pertains to the transfer portal...
 
I want someone who has been head coach before, knows how to deal with the portal and NIL, has both College and NFL experience, will engage with our fanbase, understands what UConn and Storrs are like, understands goal of getting us into the P4, over 6 feet, handsome, likes dogs.

Is that to much to ask for?
 
Uconnalliance said:
People are gonna think I’m insane but the Tony Reno thing intrigues me
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My only problem is that Dante is a sophomore. If he was a senior I would think heck yes. But seeing as Tony has been there for a while now, I'd expect that they want Dante to get that yale degree.

But maybe his former AHC/OC/QB coach is an option...Kevin Cahill.
 
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ZooCougar said:
Hasn't been a head coach. This is a very tricky job. Going from a position coach to HC? I don't know.

Looks like a great coach though.
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But he has been an associate HC so he has presumably been a part of running the day to day. And he is an all-star recruiter.
 
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