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Fatroony5 said:
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.
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Surprised nobody has trotted out Eric Mangini as a candidate.
 
Kowalski said:
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.
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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?
 
His teams were good when they had good players especially at QB. Same can be said about a lot of teams including recent UConn.
 
noeynox said:
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.
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I'm fine with rolling the dice. What do we have to lose? Safe gets you Pasqualoni
 
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ZooCougar said:
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?
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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.
 
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Devland said:
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.
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He went to RPI.
 
Kowalski said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
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.
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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.
 
Has the coaching position been posted yet? Does the posting have to be posted for 5 business days before they can hire anyone?
 
Nobody knows (yet) how the Kiffin deal is going to play out; whether he takes his staff with him to LSU or chooses to stay at Ole Miss I can think of a lot worse things that giving Charlie Weiss Jr. a long look. Weiss has spent the far majority of his coaching career south of the Mason/Dixon; but, he has NFL experience as a QB coach and has recruiting ties in places where let's face it the best talent tends to germinate. Big green light in my book. Throw Shannon Dawson's (UM OC) name in the mix as well. Maybe Kane Wommack from Alabama. He reigned from South Alabama to take the Alabama DC job under DeBoer.

I've seen a lot of discussion around here about the notion of bringing in a coach that 'knows' the northeast/mid-atlantic region. Frankly, that's not important to me at all because that's not where you find the most competitive teams in college football, FBS or otherwise. We want the best candidate not the guy who appreciates the difference between NJ, NY and CT pizza for god's sake.

And let's be honest, the talent around these parts mostly stinks anyway; the kids that DO get FBS offers ususally never even sniff around UCONN and that's never going to change unless we change our perspective. If we truly want to compete for Big Prizes we are going to have to get more blue chip recruits in the door, through both the portal and HS/JUCO recruiting. More money in the banana stand would also help.

It bears mentioning that Brian Kelly's 'fit' issues at LSU would not at all apply to the reverse situation, where say we brought in a guy like Kane Wommack (Alabama's DC). We're just not that insular and frankly don't have the street cred or history to impose our New Englaned cultural pecularities on what we're looking for in a new head coach.
 
Devland said:
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.
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People always expect instant results. A coach comes, 70 new players, people wonder why the team is losing. It takes a bit to turn a program around.

People should look at Nick Saban's career:

4 years hovering around .500 at MSU before a winning season.
7-6 first year at Alabama.

UNC is not Alabama, but that means UNC should have even MORE patience with anyone they hire.
 
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Benedict better be working the phones behind closed doors and not fielding blind applications.
 
upstater said:
People always expect instant results. A coach comes, 70 new players, people wonder why the team is losing. It takes a bit to turn a program around.

People should look at Nick Saban's career:

4 years hovering around .500 at MSU before a winning season.
7-6 first year at Alabama.

UNC is not Alabama, but that means UNC should have even MORE patience with anyone they hire.
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Saban left MSU for two reasons:

1) He had taken the program as far as he could go given the available resources and competitive landscape;
2) LSU offered him the chance to become Head Coach.

UNC is delusional if they believe BB or any other HC can produce a perennial playoff contender at that program. I see the Heels as a 8-9 win outfit in good years with an ACC championship maybe once or twice a decade. But that's the absolute ceiling. No one is coaching there thinking 'Natty or Bust'.
 
noeynox said:
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.
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What you’re telling me it is easy to play national championship caliber defense when you have the best athletes/players in college football. lol
 
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LetsGoUC said:
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.
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Really? I don't see much chance of a reward, no matter how big, and see a high chance of failure.
 
JwittersPAC said:
I agree. There is a good chance Sammis looks like Brock between 2024 to 2025 seasons (Sammis 2025 to 2026). Everybody is now asking for Brock’s head. Next year it will be Sammis.
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It's not Brock. We need some cohesion in that defensive unit without kind of scheme (3-3-5 isn't that easy to master with a bunch of portal guys playing together for thec1st time...just sayin...)
 
It would be interesting to know who was on AD David Benedict's radar in 2021 before Mora reached out to him.
 
Jax Husky said:
Kliff Kingsbury, just a guess
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That would be amazing... i bet we'd get legit recruits with him...my only concern is can he be that type of leader who's presence can move the needle on a conference affiliation bid? We need a guy like that I think with this new hire.
 
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