If Ambrose is offering a kid a scholarship to a MAC school then the kid should have other scholarships available to him. Zoo I know you are a fan of Ambrose...but if he was such the messiah you are talking about he would have had a job already. If he really wants a job he should hold out...he would be heavily in the running to replace Edsall...only thing he would have to over come is comparisons to former Terp HC Mark Duffner.
I felt the same way when I originally read that article...there are a LOT of CT HS coaches that have this attitude. But guys on here can't bitch and moan when a CT kid doesn't go to UCONN. But for a guy like him to try and mine this state as HC at UMass...he may have a hard time if the kid has other offers.
And he didn't come here...but it seems like he is desperately trying to leave his alma mater though.
No Shiite! Whether transfer topics are in the form of rumors, discussions, or other equivalent foolishness, it's really bizarre how a few people are so inexplicably inclined to openly initiate, enable, facilitate, expand on, etc. any such possibilities. 18-23 year old student-athletes have a right to their own decisions without people openly proposing they transfer, should consider transferring, etc.
Your posts about him are borderline worship. Like you have the autographed Ambrose poster in front of your computer as you write them. Are you mad that Diaco beat him out for the UCONN job? For a guy who had history here with the program, a proven record as a HC he sure impressed the AD during his interview huh. Yeah he does win...and he builds his team like Keeler did at UD..with FBS kids who want to get on the field. Is that bad..nope not at all...but look at the guys that have won at that level and failed at the FBS level...for every Brian Kelly there is a Mark Duffner and a Mike London. And best of all he isn't our HC!
I'll take that as a compliment Jimmy!!
I give him credit for winning and playing by the transfer rule. I have heard different from you from a guy he coached at UCONN with..but that is neither here or there. I actually posted earlier that I thought he should wait for the MD job to open instead of jumping at the UMass job. He has a TON of support in MD and would be a logical fit there. For the record my position on him comes from 2 people I think VERY highly of...one who played at Towson when he was a grad Asst there the other who worked with him at UCONN.
I agree with you...and that is why I think he fits well at MD. He is from MD and has a TON of contacts there as well as in the metro DC area...they have the facilities there to support him...UMass job would be like going into a black hole. He would be better to stay at Towson and continue his run there..further build his rep as a program builder.
That would be a shame!
That's a bit over the top but probably accurate. Taking UConn to the top 25 as an AAC member is a major challenge for Diaco but doable. Getting UMass to even tread water will take nothing short of a miracle whoever they hire. If I'm a UMass fan, I would pray the administration had Orgeron lined up before they made the decision to fire Molnar.
I think we heard similar things, I may have mis-typed in my prior post. The person I knew on the staff was not a huge fan of RA. Still doesn't minimize the success he's had at Towson, and I am still thrilled he's not our coach. Diaco (auto-correct keeps changing it to Disco) and Narduzzi were top of my wish list, along w/ the guy at Ball St and Herman at tOSU.
Well the one thing that's different - UConn had the opportunity to upgrade into a BCS conference. That's gone but at least we now have a shot at the contract bowls if our conference can consistently out-compete the MWC. Umass never had that shot. Though as a university, they're doing okay academics and research-wise, they don't have the level of state support and focus that UConn enjoys and they have a lot more in-statecompetition for brand space. It'll take more than the right program builder for UMass football to survive, unfortunately.
UMass came to the big party a little over a decade after UConn. If UConn can make it so can UMass. The vote is still out on that for both and will be till one or both starts winning and winning big. Winning solves everything. Winning makes believers out of doubters. Look what happened at UConn. Do you think for one minute that if the basketball wasn't so successful that there would have been a UConn 2000? If there was no Jim Calhoun UConn would be in the A-10 and they would still be playing NH and Maine in football. Get the right people in place and good things can happen...even to UMass.