OT - September 10, 2016 Diaco Calls Timeout
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I don't know how to respond to this. Obviously I agree with the sentiment, but any time I see Diaco I want to hit the dislike button.
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There is an inversely proportional relationship between how good he looks and how dumb he sounds.
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Did they ever sell those belts?
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Throughout my career I began to realize that hiring right was just about the whole ball of wax. Do that well and the rest just about takes care of itself.
The other thing I've learned is that recruitment specialists have a role, but they don't make the final decision. That rests with whomever is responsible for the hire and who will be held accountable for the hire.
Basic stuff, I know, but man did we screw the pooch on that one!
The other thing I've learned is that recruitment specialists have a role, but they don't make the final decision. That rests with whomever is responsible for the hire and who will be held accountable for the hire.
Basic stuff, I know, but man did we screw the pooch on that one!
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He was the golden boy who won the award for National DC of the year so he was probably viewed by our AD as a "safe hire".
My first thought when he was hired was the blowout loss Notre Dame suffered in their bowl game at the end of the season for which he won that award.
Then, watching the end of that Navy game, I realized his ineptitude was not a one off.
He was living proof that some people can have a great year but not sustain it. He was unable to step back and see the big picture during game conditions.
Too involved in minutiae? Maybe.
Inexperienced and not ready to manage the game? Definitely.
Proved in the intervening years that his successes were likely due to working for one of the best head coaches in the game at the time? Sure seems that way.
My first thought when he was hired was the blowout loss Notre Dame suffered in their bowl game at the end of the season for which he won that award.
Then, watching the end of that Navy game, I realized his ineptitude was not a one off.
He was living proof that some people can have a great year but not sustain it. He was unable to step back and see the big picture during game conditions.
Too involved in minutiae? Maybe.
Inexperienced and not ready to manage the game? Definitely.
Proved in the intervening years that his successes were likely due to working for one of the best head coaches in the game at the time? Sure seems that way.
Why bring up the past? With Jim Mora, the future of UConn's football is bright. To me, the Fruit loss is a bump, nothing to panic about. Did we think before the season we would have predicted to be leading at anytime? Yes, we lost the game, but all in all, I thought it was a good - not great - game.
Guy was a blowhard. Blah blah blah
Feel bad about Mora so we bring back Diaco for a roasting here? Hmm..
The AAC was terrible conference and Bob was inexperienced and awkward. Yes.
But in fairness some of the best games I’ve seen our team play to this day was against a handful of games we played against ranked opponents when he was coach. Houston was best college game I’ve even attended.
If you wanted to take spotlight off of Mora, Edsall 2.0 was a more deserving of a thread.
He did something Bob never did which was stop caring his job while collecting a paycheck.
The AAC was terrible conference and Bob was inexperienced and awkward. Yes.
But in fairness some of the best games I’ve seen our team play to this day was against a handful of games we played against ranked opponents when he was coach. Houston was best college game I’ve even attended.
If you wanted to take spotlight off of Mora, Edsall 2.0 was a more deserving of a thread.
He did something Bob never did which was stop caring his job while collecting a paycheck.
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Yes, the AAC was bad, and yes, he had a couple of fun wins, the Houston upset was electric, and that 2015 defense was legitimately good. But outside of that small window, Bob Diaco was a disaster for UConn football. He was inexperienced, incredibly awkward as the face of the program, and seemed more interested in building a “culture” around weird ideas (Civil ConFLICT trophy, anyone?) than actually winning football games.
His clock management was brutal, especially in games like the infamous Navy loss where he let time run out instead of trying to score. Add in the fact that he basically gave up on punt returns entirely, fair catches and no return strategy as if field position did not matter, and it made the team feel like it was playing scared. His defensive strategy was way too passive, playing soft zones and letting opponents slowly march down the field, which wore out his own defense and killed any momentum.
His offenses were historically bad, some of the worst in FBS. He burned through offensive coordinators, refused to adapt, and by the end, the team had completely flatlined.
And it is not like he is exactly thriving since leaving UConn. After getting fired, he bounced around as DC at Nebraska (fired after one year), Oklahoma (co DC, also one year), Louisiana Tech (DC, one year), and Purdue (DC, one year). Most recently he has been a linebackers coach at LSU, so he has gone from head coach to journeyman assistant, a pretty steep fall from where he was supposed to be leading “the rise of UConn football.”
So yes, Edsall 2.0 was a trainwreck too, but Diaco earned his own thread. He set the program back years with a combination of bad hires, bad offense, bizarre game management, passive defense, and embarrassing PR stunts.