OT UCONN football loss to Towson harms AAC :-(

[jplotinus]

Sorry, I corrected it to jplot. You are spot on that UCONN is set up for a slow death after so much hard work. The present issues on the football side show how devastating one bad hire can be.

Hi Icebear

I'd like to double check for accuracy of understanding. It appears you attribute 100% of mediocrity in UCONN football to PP. if that understanding is correct, I wonder why you think there is a better coach who could have overcome the following:

1-state of ct is not a hotbed of HS football, does not produce abundant highly rated recruits (neither does any other New England state).

2-12yrs in fbs division means UCONN has less tradition in the fbs than almost all other fbs schools. USF, being the closest comparable school in terms of newness to fbs.

3-2consecutive 5-7 seasons means UCONN was 1 victory short of bowl eligibility. If memory serves, Edsall went 1-11 1st season at Maryland. Thus, by way of comparison PP=not too shabby.

IMO, it is not reasonable to expect top 25 ranking in any top level collegiate sport absent consistent top 25 ranking in player recruitment. UCONN gets top recruits in bb. FB, not so much. I'm not sure how PP stacks up in recruiting. Perhaps I'll look into that.