OT- Coach P - tabbed as new Bears LB coach?

[HuskyOfLeisure]

Best of luck to him and the Bears if its true.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ni-linebackers-coach-20140116,0,5398400.story

 

[mcs333]

Good for him. Glad to see him land a new job as a position coach.

 

[Stray_Dog]

Is it just me, or did this article not reference his last role as UConn head football coach?

 

[sportsart]

Don't think I'll ever be able to wish him well.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The picture at the top of the article has the following caption:

Connecticut coach Paul Pasqualoni does not look happy on the sidelines during a 33-18 loss to Towson at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. (Stephen Dunn/Hartford Courant/MCT) (STEPHEN DUNN / MCT / August 29, 2013)

 

[huskymedic]

http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2014/01/16/pasqualoni-may-be-headed-to-windy-city/

 

[MattMang23]

So for what position are they hiring GDL? Interior decorator of PPs new office?

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Maybe Smallwood won't escape Coach P after all

 

[CL82]

So for what position are they hiring GDL? Interior decorator of PPs new office?

Well I hear he has some play wallpaper that he's not using anymore.

 

[fgbrault]

Best of luck to him and the Bears if its true.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ni-linebackers-coach-20140116,0,5398400.story

I wish Coach P all the best!

 

[uconnbill]

Good for him, as he should have never left the pro game to begin with.

 

[MattMang23]

Well I hear he has some play wallpaper that he's not using anymore.

Exactly

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Does he realize that he will be going up against offenses that have playbooks with more than "run to the right, run to the left, run up the middle"?

 

[jackl]

Had to read the comments at the end of the article. Some were very telling. I'm just glad he is no longer here.

 

[Uconnalliance]

Are they filming Cocoon 3 with GDL in the staring role?

 

[Confident Carl]

Best of luck to him and the Bears if its true.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ni-linebackers-coach-20140116,0,5398400.story

I wish Coach Pasqauloni all the best with the Chicago Bears.

 

[Montaleno]

I just don't see how anyone would hire him as coach(even as a position coach), after the horrid job he did at UCONN.

 

[J187Money]

I just don't see how anyone would hire him as coach(even as a position coach), after the horrid job he did at UCONN.

He would only be the zillionth head coach that failed that got a job elsewhere. And many of them were far worse than P.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I don't know why people are wishing him well. He made uconn football a joke to people outside the state. I wish the bears luck

 

[Confident Carl]

I just don't see how anyone would hire him as coach(even as a position coach), after the horrid job he did at UCONN.

You need to look at the whole body of his work. He might have been at the wrong place at the wrong time at UCONN but people in the know appreciate his coaching skills. He didn't turn UCONN around after Edsall but he still can coach. At this point linebacker coach for the Bears is a good gig considering all that has transpired.
in his career a position coach in the NFL is probably a good place to be.

 

[Huskyforlife]

You need to look at the whole body of his work. He might have been at the wrong place at the wrong time at UCONN but people in the know appreciate his coaching skills. He didn't turn UCONN around after Edsall but he still can coach. At this point linebacker coach for the Bears is a good gig considering all that has transpired.
in his career a position coach in the NFL is probably a good place to be.

He took a uconn team on the rise and made us mediocre. I don't appreciate any of his 'coaching skills'

 

[sportsart]

You need to look at the whole body of his work. He might have been at the wrong place at the wrong time at UCONN but people in the know appreciate his coaching skills. He didn't turn UCONN around after Edsall but he still can coach. At this point linebacker coach for the Bears is a good gig considering all that has transpired.
in his career a position coach in the NFL is probably a good place to be.

Didn't turn it around after Edsall? Are you kidding? The program did a 180. He was a self centered, know it all who refused to admit he was wrong. He did not care about the program. He only cared about himself and GDL.

....and he's old.

 

[metsfan2323]

He refused to fire his incompetent buddy. Was GDL paying him 1.6 million or was the school? His loyalty should have been to the school first and GDL second.

Thief!

 

[Nostical]

I'm not doing any cartwheels because P finally landed a job. The stubborn way he allowed GDL to demoralize this team was unforgivable--and I'm a forgiving man.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

The tone on this board always seems to be that PP failed because of GDL. I hope I am just mis-reading that sentiment. Even if PP fired GDL two years ago, PP still would have been a complete disaster.

To me, GDL was not the cause of PP's downfall, it was a symption of the problem with PP (he was set in his ways, was not willing to change or consider alternatives to what he succeeded with 20 years ago, and hadn't evolved with the game over the past 10 years). While GDL was a complete failure, I feel like he gets too much of the blame for the downfall. Again, he was horrible...but I feel like he was a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself.