New Head Coach Criteria/Wishes

[gopher2]

Probably wishful thinking, but one that seems “feasible.” Thats the type of guy I’d be targeting, someone hungry to get back into coaching & has a huge chip on his shoulder to prove he can still coach at a high level.

Jon Gruden

 

[LetsGoUC]

I think Patricia is very high risk, high reward.

He probably has learned a lot after his Detroit stint and has OSU playing the best defense in the country. Obviously they have great talent though.

I could see it being an absolute disaster or being very very successful. no in between. I would be fine with the risk though.

 

[noeynox]

I think Patricia is very high risk, high reward.

He probably has learned a lot after his Detroit stint and has OSU playing the best defense in the country. Obviously they have great talent though.

I could see it being an absolute disaster or being very very successful. no in between. I would be fine with the risk though.

Please Lord, no!

Now ain't the time to roll the dice. We will never have OSU athletes across the board. It's not 50/50. Its 80/20 disaster/success. Not a risk i want at this time.

 

[maple]

I find it humorous that Patricia is good enough to coach at Ohio State, but the idea of him coaching at UConn is unfathomable. Clearly he wasn't that toxic if he landed there.

He’s not tOSU head coach.

And a lot of colleges are willing to deal with toxic people if they deliver results. I wouldn’t turn my nose up at Patricia as our DC. But as a head coach, no thanks.

 

[Alum86]

Reportedly Reich only accepted the job under the condition that he'd only stay for this year. He wasn't looking to stay on.

Hmmm. About Same age as Mora, relatively same coaching career. Former NFL QB, coach and OC.
It would garner attention for our program. Lateral hire after Mora, arguably yes. I have no idea if he would be interested.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Patricia is an MIT grad. He would probably have the same problems as Belichick in college. I heard one analyst comparing Belichick to a College professor trying to teach PHD level engineering to a freshman science class and not understanding why he is just getting blank stares.

That isn't why Bellichick is failing. He's allowing himself to be victim of distractions that no fully invested head coach would ever allow anywhere within the program.

As long as Jordan can disrupt practices, join him on the sidelines during games or continue to hold anywhere near the amount of space in his brain that she currently does he's nothing worth much as a head coach.

 

[AllHusky]

Well our AD, is one for two on good hires, so it's a coin toss as to where this will go.

Are you counting RE2.0 against him? I don't think that's fair. DB's hands were tied behind his back, and it was more of a hope that lightning could strike twice at the same place.

Interesting, as I type this, it occurs to me tha Mora and Edsall were birds of a feather. Redemption candidates? One worked the other didn't. We'll see if this is a "type" that DB looks for. Kind of like a guy who alwys dates blondes, or legs or big tat-ta's.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Reportedly Reich only accepted the job under the condition that he'd only stay for this year. He wasn't looking to stay on.

Absolutely correct, Reich, was only hired in APRIL as a 1-season interim fill in for Stanford. Reich himself confirmed the Tree was an unusual good short fit, and he only joined Stanford as a brief favor to his ex-Colts’ QB, The Tree’s GM Andrew Luck.

Reich, retired Costco shopper’s 1 season gig on The Farm

 

[Kowalski]

It's was s/

But really we should just keep it easy, go get Jason Candle and when he has enough success to get poached in a few years we promote his DC Vince Kehres who has already been a highly successful D3 coach and has the Toledo Defense absolutely killing it.

Candle’s been real successful. My only issue is that his coaching experience is primarily limited to Akron. I prefer a candidate with a broader coaching experience base, preferably with some at a P4 or with the NFL.

If we’re going to consider someone from the MAC, I’d prefer Pete Lembo. He’s highly regarded, has a solid coaching record at multiple programs and has P4 assistant experience at South Carolina & Maryland. He’s in his mid 50s. Had some success using the portal at Buffalo and strikes me as someone who’d see the UConn job as a solid step up. He may not be the flashiest hire but I think a very sold pick.

On the other hand, Morehead would have been a great hire 5 years ago. But it just seems like his career peaked after his time at Penn State, Mississippi State & Oregon. He hasn’t had success at Akron & I wonder if he’s just not motivated by the job. Not willing to bet that it would much different with UConn.

 

[Fatroony5]

Jon Gruden

God no. We need someone that is actively in CFB now (or Fitz who was somewhat recently). They need to have immediate connections in the portal, build a staff of CFB coaches, recruit, relationship build with admin/donors etc. I want nothing to do with these NFL guys like Gruden, Matty P, Chip Kelly, they aren’t cut out for this right now. I’m much more in the belief we need a good P4 coordinator or G5 coach that wants to step up. That’s all I’d be looking at.

 

[ZooCougar]

God no. We need someone that is actively in CFB now (or Fitz who was somewhat recently). They need to have immediate connections in the portal, build a staff of CFB coaches, recruit, relationship build with admin/donors etc. I want nothing to do with these NFL guys like Gruden, Matty P, Chip Kelly, they aren’t cut out for this right now. I’m much more in the belief we need a good P4 coordinator or G5 coach that wants to step up. That’s all I’d be looking at.

Surprised nobody has trotted out Eric Mangini as a candidate.

 

[ZooCougar]

Candle’s been real successful. My only issue is that his coaching experience is primarily limited to Akron. I prefer a candidate with a broader coaching experience base, preferably with some at a P4 or with the NFL.

If we’re going to consider someone from the MAC, I’d prefer Pete Lembo. He’s highly regarded, has a solid coaching record at multiple programs and has P4 assistant experience at South Carolina & Maryland. He’s in his mid 50s. Had some success using the portal at Buffalo and strikes me as someone who’d see the UConn job as a solid step up. He may not be the flashiest hire but I think a very sold pick.

On the other hand, Morehead would have been a great hire 5 years ago. But it just seems like his career peaked after his time at Penn State, Mississippi State & Oregon. He hasn’t had success at Akron & I wonder if he’s just not motivated by the job. Not willing to bet that it would much different with UConn.

Heck no on Pete Lembo. We beat him two years in a row.

He almost lost to UMass this year. Watch the end of that game. Diaco level incompetence. Why is he highly regarded?

 

[Bongo Fury]

His teams were good when they had good players especially at QB. Same can be said about a lot of teams including recent UConn.

 

[huskymedic]

Surprised nobody has trotted out Eric Mangini as a candidate.

Eric Mangini redemption tour

 

[Patman]

Please Lord, no!

Now ain't the time to roll the dice. We will never have OSU athletes across the board. It's not 50/50. Its 80/20 disaster/success. Not a risk i want at this time.

I'm fine with rolling the dice. What do we have to lose? Safe gets you Pasqualoni

 

[Scoe]

I'm fine with rolling the dice. What do we have to lose? Safe gets you Pasqualoni

And rolling the dice gets you Diaco? Hell no on Patricia as d coordinator fine.

 

[noeynox]

I'm fine with rolling the dice. What do we have to lose? Safe gets you Pasqualoni

Safe can also get you Mora.

 

[uconnfan68]

The thing I really liked about Mora was the experience of NFL that he was selling. I'd love to see that continue.

 

[metsfan2323]

Heck no on Pete Lembo. We beat him two years in a row.

He almost lost to UMass this year. Watch the end of that game. Diaco level incompetence. Why is he highly regarded?

With an NFL prospect at QB and one of the top WR's in the country, Mora lost to Rice, Delaware, got very lucky against FAU, and beat Lembo's Buffalo team by 3, so I guess Mora is incompetent too.

Lembo is highly regarded because he has produced winning records at 4 different stops as head coach, has a 126 - 76 career record and is known to be a special teams Guru.

I get it, we are very much a what have you done lately crowd and Lembo had a losing record this year. If Mora left last year Lembo would be a highly regarded candidate for us because he had a 9 win season in year one at Buffalo. You know who also had a losing record his second year? Jim Mora.

So fickle.

 

[LBird33]

Patricia is an MIT grad. He would probably have the same problems as Belichick in college. I heard one analyst comparing Belichick to a College professor trying to teach PHD level engineering to a freshman science class and not understanding why he is just getting blank stares.

He went to RPI.

 

[uconnbill]

Candle’s been real successful. My only issue is that his coaching experience is primarily limited to Akron. I prefer a candidate with a broader coaching experience base, preferably with some at a P4 or with the NFL.

If we’re going to consider someone from the MAC, I’d prefer Pete Lembo. He’s highly regarded, has a solid coaching record at multiple programs and has P4 assistant experience at South Carolina & Maryland. He’s in his mid 50s. Had some success using the portal at Buffalo and strikes me as someone who’d see the UConn job as a solid step up. He may not be the flashiest hire but I think a very sold pick.

On the other hand, Morehead would have been a great hire 5 years ago. But it just seems like his career peaked after his time at Penn State, Mississippi State & Oregon. He hasn’t had success at Akron & I wonder if he’s just not motivated by the job. Not willing to bet that it would much different with UConn.

I like Lembo a lot as he is a very good X and O guy.
No to Moorhead, as he has flamed out after he left. So no on him.

 

[Kolumbo]

Will we have a new thread of coaches in serious contention? We need some news soon. I can't take the additional angst in the recruiting thread of recruits getting offers from CSU.

 

[Fatroony5]

With an NFL prospect at QB and one of the top WR's in the country, Mora lost to Rice, Delaware, got very lucky against FAU, and beat Lembo's Buffalo team by 3, so I guess Mora is incompetent too.

Lembo is highly regarded because he has produced winning records at 4 different stops as head coach, has a 126 - 76 career record and is known to be a special teams Guru.

I get it, we are very much a what have you done lately crowd and Lembo had a losing record this year. If Mora left last year Lembo would be a highly regarded candidate for us because he had a 9 win season in year one at Buffalo. You know who also had a losing record his second year? Jim Mora.

So fickle.

47-40 as a head coach at the FBS level, not super inspiring. If we’re going for a G5 coach, I’d prefer to shoot a little higher than that. $2.5-$3 mill a year should land UConn with a good coach.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Has the coaching position been posted yet? Does the posting have to be posted for 5 business days before they can hire anyone?

 

[huskymedic]

Has the coaching position been posted yet?

Nope. Holiday weekend😉

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