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I think people are way overstating the need for a perfect regional fit or undying loyalty to UConn.

If we can hire another coach who stays for 3-4 years and leaves the program in a better state than he came in, that's a home run. Very few coaches stay in the same spot forever these days. At the end of the day, it's a job. They're not fans like us.

We should be lucky enough to hire another Mora.
 
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EdgewoodNHV said:
I think people are way overstating the need for a perfect regional fit or undying loyalty to UConn.

If we can hire another coach who stays for 4 years and leaves the program in a better state than he came in, that's a home run. Very few coaches stay in the same spot forever these days. At the end of the day, it's a job. They're not fans like us.

We should be lucky enough to hire another Mora.
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Whoever we get is here for 2-4 years. Either will be poached or retire.
 
Stinger92860 said:
According to a news report it appears that Brian Kelly must find a job in order to receive his 54 million buyout. Just sayin…

No idea if he is the right guy, or what he would cost, but a Kelly hire would get us to the top of a news cycle for sure. It would demonstrate that we are serious about football and maybe, just maybe he can bring some of the LSU 2nd or 3rd stringers with him for a year.

College football is not for the faint of heart and we need to act accordingly and capitalize on the limited success we have recently achieved.
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Didn’t Malzahn mentor Lashlee?
 
Malzahn could be an interesting hire, clearly not a long-term guy, but would be able to attract talent and has experience dealing with the new world.

Brian Kelly's deal just requires him to demonstrate he's actively seeking a job to mitigate the obligations with LSU, apparently, he's supposed to keep a record of interviews, applications/job contacts, etc

I don't love the FCS guys who've never really dealt with acquiring talent through the transfer portal. NFL guys have that kind of experience, as do some FBS assistants and obviously the head coaches.
 
I thought Malzahn because of ties to Auburn but apparently didn’t do well at UCF? He seems to know coaches from Auburn and Minnesota. Chip Kelley replaced fired Mora at UCLA. Who can succeed in the challenging situation of underdog UConn?
 
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One thing we need to think about as the search for a new head coach begins. In college football, in general, the better resourced team wins. UConn has signed up to play ~4 P4 schools per year, all of them better resourced than UConn football. That is challenging. If I were thinking about taking the UConn job, I would demand more resources to try to compete against the P4's on the schedule.
 
EdgewoodNHV said:
I think people are way overstating the need for a perfect regional fit or undying loyalty to UConn.

If we can hire another coach who stays for 3-4 years and leaves the program in a better state than he came in, that's a home run. Very few coaches stay in the same spot forever these days. At the end of the day, it's a job. They're not fans like us.

We should be lucky enough to hire another Mora.
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You would think at $2.5M a year you could at least get a guy to act like he wanted to be here.

Coach Transient was a great description. It was like he went into the Witness Protection Program each offseason.
 
UConnJim said:
One thing we need to think about as the search for a new head coach begins. In college football, in general, the better resourced team wins. UConn has signed up to play ~4 P4 schools per year, all of them better resourced than UConn football. That is challenging. If I were thinking about taking the UConn job, I would demand more resources to try to compete against the P4's on the schedule.
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If I am DB I would get to work on “fixing” next season’s schedule. It probably shouldn’t be that hard.
 
UConnJim said:
One thing we need to think about as the search for a new head coach begins. In college football, in general, the better resourced team wins. UConn has signed up to play ~4 P4 schools per year, all of them better resourced than UConn football. That is challenging. If I were thinking about taking the UConn job, I would demand more resources to try to compete against the P4's on the schedule.
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Demand more resources? Where are they coming from?
 
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ZooCougar said:
You would think at $2.5M a year you could at least get a guy to act like he wanted to be here.

Coach Transient was a great description. It was like he went into the Witness Protection Program each offseason.
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Mora was like one of those guys in the old westerns. Retired gunslinger hired by the town mayor to handle the bad guys. Once they were beaten he rides off into the sunset.
And the townspeople are thankful but wonder what will happen next time. Duke Wayne type.

My guess in hindsight is this was the deal he had with AD Dave from the get go. Building the infrastructure. Get us back to a legitimate program. Then ride off into the sunset.
 
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of Pat Fitzgerald. I know things spiraled out at the end for him but coaching at Northwestern is really hard. He fits the mold of a guy looking to get back into coaching & would attack this UConn job hard. Sort of Mora-esque in the sense that he wants to get back & needs us like we’d need him. I’d sign up for that for sure.
 
I don’t get all the talk of the tough schedule next year. Cuse, NC, Duke, JMU (likely in transition) all beatable. MD less so given B10 size and speed, but should they kill us like 2 years ago? The rest are a gaggle of spares, with less resources. A highly competitive guy comes in expecting to win 8 and get right to work to do it. Otherwise, he’s not the guy. What made Belichick/UNC with their schedule and resources such a disappointment. The minute they saw they were paying lousy players to lose games badly, they started talking “70 new players” and “rebuild”. That’s why you need a guy and a guy - a coach and a GM (who don’t have to be a package deal). Spend wisely and have a perspective and plan on how you want to play complementary football. With our NIL/rev share and schedule, our floor remains a .500 bowl team.
 
Rdkid said:
I don’t get all the talk of the tough schedule next year.
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It is an extremely difficult schedule. If we make a bowl next season it will immediately be more impressive than anything Mora did.

The foundation for this two-year run we are on was 8 wins against weak G5 teams last year. We had the best QB-WR tandem in the country this year and still lost to Rice and Delaware and beat Buffalo by 3.
 
RitzLuce1 said:
Agreed but would also add no Joe Moorhead or Gordon Sammis as those seem to be the 2 trendy names the usuals are throwing out.
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I'm interested to see whether Coach Mora thinks Coach Sammis is worth taking out to CSU.
 
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TBHreal said:
Get a damn grip. Good lord.

UConn football is a stepping stone for head coaches at this point in time and will continue to be for a very long time. Jim Mora resurrected us from the dead and deserves a statue. Literally saved our program as the movement to drop to FCS or get rid of it altogether started to gain some traction.

Our next coach has one goal: keep us nationally relevant/competitive so we can get into a P4 conference. That’s it. We aren’t going get a coach who stays here for forever like our basketball coaches. Nor should we want that until we are in a P4. We want a coach who wants to work their ass off for 3-4 years keeping UConn Football on this trajectory to get a better job.
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It's a good thing I asked you. Oh wait.
 
uconnbill said:
I agree, but he is better suited to college football than to the NY media market, which he couldn't handle.
Remember, he was at Alabama and had a lot to do with the offense under Saban
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Wanting to be the "face of the program" is an important function of any college football team, let alone ours which needs to forge its own identity as an Indy. Mora did a great job in that respect.

Daboll actively resented that and I found his beratement of players (specifically Jones) and assistant coaches to be bush league. If you've won and have something to stand on? Maybe. But he didn't earn that type of leeway.
 
JwittersPAC said:
He is fine as an OC but a terrible head coach.
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I don't want this to be taken as me endorsing Kelly for the job, I don't want him here. But I think it's inaccurate to say he's a terrible head coach. He was 46-7 as a HC at Oregon, and made a national championship game. Went to the Eagles and went 10-6 each of his first two years. Had a few bad years at UCLA but won at least 8 games in each of his final 3 seasons there.

He just seems to eventually rub people the wrong way wherever he goes. Makes me think he's more likely a terrible person than a terrible coach, lol.
 
Rich said:
Ed Orgeron Oh please lord make it happen.
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Entertaining character, and a Cajun not so well fit for New England. Polar opposite to Everett, MA born Brian Kelly’s bad fit with LSU. Comic relief appreciated!
 
Nameless said:
I don't want this to be taken as me endorsing Kelly for the job, I don't want him here. But I think it's inaccurate to say he's a terrible head coach. He was 46-7 as a HC at Oregon, and made a national championship game. Went to the Eagles and went 10-6 each of his first two years. Had a few bad years at UCLA but won at least 8 games in each of his final 3 seasons there.

He just seems to eventually rub people the wrong way wherever he goes. Makes me think he's more likely a terrible person than a terrible coach, lol.
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That was a long time ago though. The game changes
 
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greenday61892 said:
Ooooh my blood is boiling. Knew about the twitter pic and banner changing didn't know about this massive slap in the face. Absolute jackass, this feels almost worse than Edsall.
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He brought UConn to where they are now, so I have nothing but praise for him and thanks for turning UConn around from the joke it was to where it is now bowl bowl-bound 3 out of 4 years
 
coachcap said:
Are you forgetting that Mora, two years ago, acted as his own defensive coordinator & his specialty is as a defensive mind? How did UConn's offense turn out the last 2 years?
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So you’re saying that Spencer is the type to be hands off and let his OC make it happen?
 
Patman said:
that doesn't bother me per se.... but its clear that the new game of football is high roster churn and recruiting along with a lot of technological and information support. The coach that can wrangle both wins.

My worry is a lower division coach won't be able to handle the churn and recruiting and then do the dance of information support.
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The good thing is that even past Mora, our reference points are a 1,000 yd rusher, a 3,000 yd QB and a triple-crown Biletnikoff finalist.
 
I am sure I am in some stage of grief…but…I am ready to rip the band aid off and start over again. New coaches…new players….I am not going to hang on every portal entry or decommit or coach leaving.

The new HC needs to build his staff with his players. I hope that the kids committed to UConn get their chance on this team. If they want to leave…fine. I trust that DB will find the right guy and that coach will find or keep the right players.
 
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