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... and energize the fanbase. UConn needs to understand that a lethargic fanbase is one of may things holding it out of the P4 1/2
One thing we didn't consider about firing PP mid-season
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... and energize the fanbase. UConn needs to understand that a lethargic fanbase is one of may things holding it out of the P4 1/2
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Off of what we've seen of the team, I would not pick a number of wins for Weist to prove his ability. There isn't a single game left that anyone can realistically say we "should" win after watching the first 4 games. I think the telling points might not be in W's for the rest of this year. Obviously Ws are an easy standard. But if there are more Ls than Ws, but the quality of play and enthusiasm changes noticeably for the better, the decision becomes even more interesting. Football is a pretty hard sport to make big changes in mid-season given how short the season is. I think most of us think some personnel and scheme changes might help, but you can't change the whole roster or burn a whole lot of red shirts for the sake of maybe getting a few more Ws this year or just to gain a couple more games of experience.
Warde had his hands tied on the head hoops coach. He never had a real shot at going national for a search. Time will tell if that situation turns out okay. Early signs are good for hoops. But the fb hire is really huge right now and while I wouldn't exclude any current staff guy automatically, I think the attempt needs to be made to find the best possible candidate (a tricky definition at best). Unlike Kevin Ollie, who wasn't Warde's guy in terms of having gone through a candidate search, this one is all on Warde and he needs to be as sure as he can possibly be.
Warde had his hands tied on the head hoops coach. He never had a real shot at going national for a search. Time will tell if that situation turns out okay. Early signs are good for hoops. But the fb hire is really huge right now and while I wouldn't exclude any current staff guy automatically, I think the attempt needs to be made to find the best possible candidate (a tricky definition at best). Unlike Kevin Ollie, who wasn't Warde's guy in terms of having gone through a candidate search, this one is all on Warde and he needs to be as sure as he can possibly be.
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That being said if Berard has gotten us into the NCAA tournament and maybe won a game or two then it would have been much harder to go in a different direction. I think the same thing applies here. I love the way Warde put it. "If he wants any shot at the job he has to win." It implies that he's got to earn the right to even be considered.
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If one thing came across loud and clear yesterday it's that Warde is not making any committments to anyone and will do a thorough search to get his guy. I'm surprised anyone couldn't feel that determination oozing through their panel.
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Having fired PP, this is a great position for us to be in. The only real internal candidate for the HC job is Weist who fits the "up and coming, offensive minded" coach we would be looking for. We get a 8 game trial run with him and he in turn gets an 8 game trial run with the remaining coaching staff to see if they gel with him as HC. The seaosn is not completely lost, but Weist can only bring us up from where we are while hopefully letting loose both with his team (no more strict/NFL type regiment) and the gameday play calling. Things could work out or they may not, but at least there would not be second guessing if things don't work out and WM looks elsewhere.
Although to wit, Berard's performance this season got him into the conversation and got him an interview. So it's not like the turnaround he was able to put together got him *nothing*; if he'd finished last in the league, it would have been "Thank you for stepping up to serve UConn hockey. Clean out your office by 5 PM, thank you."
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I agree. And I suspect that if he got them to the Frozen Four, it would have been "Let me introduce the next head Coach of UCONN Hockey, to lead us into Hockey East, Coach Dave Berard." I'm just saying that barring a miracle turn around, Manuel has demonstrated a willingness to replace an interim coach even if he does a better than expected job. 4-4, 5-3, maybe even 6-2 gets him into the conversation, but is nowhere near a guaranty he'll get the head coach position permanently. 4-4 probably gets him a courtesy interview.
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I agree. I just had the opportunity to view his press conference in its entirety. I came away with two thoughts.
1. This is a serious, thoughtful, and passionate man who I believe has the ideas and energy (to use his favorite word) to get this team back on track. He was delicate in his praise for the man who hired him but you could very much tell he saw the same things we did--a flat sideline demeanor and numbing look on the face of Coach P and an overcomplicated approach to the game, especially the O-Line. Imagine him trying to run plays knowing GDL (having the ear of PP) was screwing up the line schemes. His number one directive to Mike Foley---simplify and hit somebody. And although he may have other ideas for our D, Weist is totally dependant on H Hughes to come through. Edsall decided he wasn't the answer. We'll see how that turns out.
2. He's just the type of coach that Susan Herbst wants leading our program. Now all he has to do is win.
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