Pasqualoni/DeLeone defenders thread

[Dann]

so wait till jan 1st and its 1mil? or do it now for 1.2? do it 2night! #UNCN

 

[Srqhusky]

so wait till jan 1st and its 1mil? or do it now for 1.2? do it Fecunditying 2night! #UNCN

You still have to pay the remaining years. ? Are u going to cough up some beer money

 

[TouchdownHusky]

I'm not a big fan of PP. I would like know, however, amongst those who are critical, how you expect much offense from an offensive line that appears to be mediocre? Were the line even slightly above average I could see a win over NCS and WMU. Rutgers is simply a better team, despite their penchant for stupid penalties. The play calling is stunningly un-creative, however, with mediocre blocking it wouldn't make much of a difference if we had Steve Spurrier (well, maybe a little). Watch WVU's blocking on offense, both at the line and downfield.

Spurrier would have this program where Rutgers is now. Yes the blocking needs to be better, but somebody soon better bring UConn into this century and learn how to incorporated a passing game into an offense. And by that I mean: coach it, game plan with it, use it on all downs and recruit it. Right now what blue chip playmaker QB & WR would want to play for PP?

 

[Brochacho]

so wait till jan 1st and its 1mil? or do it now for 1.2? do it Fecunditying 2night! #UNCN

The way I read it its 750k after Jan 1st?

 

[Dann]

You still have to pay the remaining years. ? Are u going to cough up some beer money

yes, i would give up $40 from one of my weekends toward this. not even a question. hell i would take the jc gift money and put it towards this. jcs gift can wait a year from me, p and d leaving storrs can not.

#UNCN

 

[TouchdownHusky]

How about you offer to meet PP / GDL apologists after school in the playground so you can beat them up?

I've heard very little defense of GDL on this board. Maybe Carl early on but not much since. As for HCPP, the best criticism against him is that he doesn't recognize how bad GDL is. The other, which we have seen time and time again is that he is not a good clock management guy which is really disappointing. I still think the defense was damn good today. They gave
up one TD drive the entire game and held Rutgers to two field goals when given bad field position due to TO's.

It looks like the Big East is bifurcated this year far more than normal. There are three teams up top (Louisville, Rutgers and Cincinnati) and then the rest, including us, is pretty
much crap. This team still has as good a chance as any to beat the other four crap teams starting next week.

So what you are saying is that the big boy conferences will poach Rutgers, L'Ville & Cincy and leave the rest for the Colonial Athletic Conference. Great!

 

[Dann]

The way I read it its 750k after Jan 1st?

maybe i read it wrong, either way its not a # thats out of this world at all... #UNCN

 

[pj]

To participate, you have to come up with something else besides

1) Winningest Big East coach; 2) successful in NFL; 3) Ct native; 4) Great relationships with CT/NY/NJ coaches; 5) great recruiter.

Have fun!

6) hired Don Brown and has a top defense.

His only failure is to have a poor offensive coordinator and an offense that is averaging 3 points in Big East play. That's a mighty big failure ... but potentially remediable.

 

[jbdphi]

So what you are saying is that the big boy conferences will poach Rutgers, L'Ville & Cincy and leave the rest for the Colonial Athletic Conference. Great!

Um, no I did not say that. You did.

 

[jbdphi]

6) hired Don Brown and has a top defense.

His only failure is to have a poor offensive coordinator and an offense that is averaging 3 points in Big East play. That's a mighty big failure ... but potentially remediable.

Time management is definitely a failing grade and that all falls on PP. If he isn't willing to get rid of DeLeone at the end of the year then I think PP should go as well. As someone else said in another thread, I almost hope he does stick up for DeLeone and gets canned as a result. Sad commentary.

 

[pj]

Time management is definitely a failing grade and that all falls on PP. If he isn't willing to get rid of DeLeone at the end of the year then I think PP should go as well. As someone else said in another thread, I almost hope he does stick up for DeLeone and gets canned as a result. Sad commentary.

That's reasonable. DeLeone needs to go - not for failing, but for not giving the team an opportunity to fail or succeed through their own abilities. I wonder if P would feel cut off at the knees with the loss of his right hand man, and unable to give his best.

 

[Dann]

That's reasonable. DeLeone needs to go - not for failing, but for not giving the team an opportunity to fail or succeed through their own abilities. I wonder if P would feel cut off at the knees with the loss of his right hand man, and unable to give his best.

pj for a while i was where u are thinking wise on P and D. i saw the light today. please join me and save yourself another week of this crap. #UNCN

 

[UconnFamily]

Not so sure about that. What does "good a chance as any" mean? If it means, "not entirely impossible," then maybe, maybe I agree. It is not entirely impossible we win two out of four of USF, Temple, Syr, Pitt. We could go 2-4 from here. That's the best we can do. And that will be a tough battle. You could add to that "unless things change," but that's not saying anything. Are things going to change? No. I will predict 2-4 to close out.

I agree and to be honest I doubt we beat Syracuse or Pitt... Let's not forget how many yards and numbers Syracuse put up against good teams this year USC and NW... that's where the 2 losses came from and they still put up big numbers against them... I think we only win 2 more games here on out! SMH

 

[Carl Spackler]

That's reasonable. DeLeone needs to go - not for failing, but for not giving the team an opportunity to fail or succeed through their own abilities. I wonder if P would feel cut off at the knees with the loss of his right hand man, and unable to give his best.

I AGREE.

These guys have seen the players, and worked with them for two years now. 18 games. This offense clearly, is not skilled enough, and not mean enough, on offense, to be running plays were the blocking is such that if one person fails, the entire play fails.

I have seen TOO many plays, that have gone for losses, because a FB, a TE, WR, a C, an OG, or an OT blows a bloc, while the other 8 or 9 are doing their job.

You find the two or three best blockers on your team, and you put the ball in somebody's hands behind them, and you simplify.

Our passing game is improving, greatly - as long as the QB doesn't have to force the ball, we look great passing, (except when our all world TE is wide open in the middle of the field and stops running his route, and gets overthrown - on a first down play-action pass no less - we don't get too many of those to take advantage of...you'd think you'd know your job)

Oh f(ck it.

we're 3-3 and will be in a fight for a spot in the toilet bowl, and if P wants to keep his job, he better be looking for replacements for George, and he better be finding somebody that can recruit for the offense while he's at it.

 

[jdb50]

It seemed like RU had a pass rusher coming in unblocked off the edge 75% of the time in the second half. Deleone should be relieved of his O-line duties this week. We went all day without getting pressure on the QB. They were running at Whitmer untouched. 2nd level blocking on running plays is not up to par and killing the running game. PP has to address this. His clock management is indefensible. He needs to be grilled by the press on this because it is embarassing and an injustice to his team.

 

[J187Money]

I was there. I won't defend anyone other than the defense.

 

[pj]

pj for a while i was where u are thinking wise on P and D. i saw the light today. please join me and save yourself another week of this crap. #UNCN

Dan, we can't change the coaching staff midseason. Let it play out. I'll be surprised and very pleased if we get to 6 wins. Regardless of wins, DeLeone needs to go and P gets time to decide if he can coach without him. But the offense has to aim for 500 yards a game, and a coordinator who can build a passing offense has to be hired.

 

[Dann]

Dan, we can't change the coaching staff midseason. Let it play out. I'll be surprised and very pleased if we get to 6 wins. Regardless of wins, DeLeone needs to go and P gets time to decide if he can coach without him. But the offense has to aim for 500 yards a game, and a coordinator who can build a passing offense has to be hired.

we can change the staff right now
brown to hc, hank to dc. figure it out for the O.
#UNCN

 

[UconnFamily]

we can change the staff right now
brown to hc, hank to dc. figure it out for the O.
#UNCN

I like the Brown as HC and Hank as DC idea!

 

[FDNY99]

I talked to a former player who now works in the HR field about P's buyout #...he told me that P is owed ONLY $750,000 if fired this year...$600,000 next year...then $400,000. The buyout numbers are not added together...they decrease over the term of the contract! Seems pretty straight forward to me...$750,000 this season or $600,000 next year...I say Manuel will cover the $150,000 difference in attendance alone for next season! As for both coordinator jobs and the assistants...they are on 1 yr deals...they can be let go with zero buyout!!!! At a minimum the ENTIRE O staff needs to be shown the door!

$1.75m or more if pro-rated...

University of Connecticut Contract Summary, Paul Pasqualoni, Head Football Coach

CONTRACT PERIOD: The term of the contract is January 14, 2011 through December 31, 2015.

SALARY/PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES: The contract calls for an annual base salary, as well as annual payments for institutional public relationsand media appearances. The following is a year-by-year summary of those payments:

January 14, 2011-December 31, 2011: Base Salary $350,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,150,000; Total: $1,500,000
January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012: Base Salary $375,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,225,000; Total: $1,600,000
January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013: Base Salary $400,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,300,000; Total: $1,700,000
January 1, 2014-December 31, 2014: Base Salary $425,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,375,000; Total: $1,800,000
January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015: Base Salary $450,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,450,000; Total: $1,900,000

NOTE: No general fund (state tax dollars) or tuition monies were used to provide any of the resources for this contract. The Division of Athletics at the University of Connecticut is an Auxiliary Service Fund entity and the sources of revenue include: gate receipts, private fundraising, corporate partnerships, television/radio rights, Big East conference revenues and NCAA revenues.

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COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES AND PERFORMANCE: The coach will receive one non-cumulative payment equivalent to one (1) month of base salary for participation in a non-BCS bowl game or $100,000 for participation in a BCS bowl game. He will receive one-half of one month of base salary for selection as National Coach of the Year or one-quarter of one month of base salary for selection as Big East coach of the year.

BUYOUT: If the coach accepts a position as a head coach of football at an NCAA institution, or as a head coach in any professional football league, the following should be due to the University from the coach:
January 14, 2011-December 31, 2011: $1,200,000 January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012: $1,000,000 January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013: $500,000 January 1, 2014-December 31, 2014: $400,000 January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015: $250,000

In the event that the University terminates the contract for any other reason than just cause as defined by the contract, the coach shall be entitled to continue to receive the following payment in full satisfaction of the university's obligation to the coach: January 14, 2011-December 31, 2011: $1,250,000 January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012: $1,000,000 January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013: $750,000 January 1, 2014-December 31, 2014: $600,000 January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015: $400,000

 

[huskymedic]

I talked to a former player who now works in the HR field about P's buyout #...he told me that P is owed ONLY $750,000 if fired this year...$600,000 next year...then $400,000. The buyout numbers are not added together...they decrease over the term of the contract! Seems pretty straight forward to me...$750,000 this season or $600,000 next year...I say Manuel will cover the $150,000 difference in attendance alone for next season! As for both coordinator jobs and the assistants...they are on 1 yr deals...they can be let go with zero buyout!!!! At a minimum the ENTIRE O staff needs to be shown the door!

I hear ya FDNY but I had two labor attorneys render dissenting opinions on the same question) (imagine that - sorry Biz). Not sure what the spirit and intent of the language really is. Either way - the cash needs to be found for the buy-out as well as the new salaries which will probably need a boost. We need a sugar daddy.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

6) hired Don Brown and has a top defense.

His only failure is to have a poor offensive coordinator and an offense that is averaging 3 points in Big East play. That's a mighty big failure ... but potentially remediable.

The thing is that PP lucked out in landing Brown (DB did not want to work for Edsall and liked the idea of returning to New England) while the offensive coordinator was part of the plan all along.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

$1.75m or more if pro-rated...

University of Connecticut Contract Summary, Paul Pasqualoni, Head Football Coach

CONTRACT PERIOD: The term of the contract is January 14, 2011 through December 31, 2015.

SALARY/PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES: The contract calls for an annual base salary, as well as annual payments for institutional public relationsand media appearances. The following is a year-by-year summary of those payments:

January 14, 2011-December 31, 2011: Base Salary $350,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,150,000; Total: $1,500,000
January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012: Base Salary $375,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,225,000; Total: $1,600,000
January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013: Base Salary $400,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,300,000; Total: $1,700,000
January 1, 2014-December 31, 2014: Base Salary $425,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,375,000; Total: $1,800,000
January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015: Base Salary $450,000, Public Relations and Media Fees $1,450,000; Total: $1,900,000

NOTE: No general fund (state tax dollars) or tuition monies were used to provide any of the resources for this contract. The Division of Athletics at the University of Connecticut is an Auxiliary Service Fund entity and the sources of revenue include: gate receipts, private fundraising, corporate partnerships, television/radio rights, Big East conference revenues and NCAA revenues.

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COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES AND PERFORMANCE: The coach will receive one non-cumulative payment equivalent to one (1) month of base salary for participation in a non-BCS bowl game or $100,000 for participation in a BCS bowl game. He will receive one-half of one month of base salary for selection as National Coach of the Year or one-quarter of one month of base salary for selection as Big East coach of the year.

BUYOUT: If the coach accepts a position as a head coach of football at an NCAA institution, or as a head coach in any professional football league, the following should be due to the University from the coach:
January 14, 2011-December 31, 2011: $1,200,000 January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012: $1,000,000 January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013: $500,000 January 1, 2014-December 31, 2014: $400,000 January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015: $250,000

In the event that the University terminates the contract for any other reason than just cause as defined by the contract, the coach shall be entitled to continue to receive the following payment in full satisfaction of the university's obligation to the coach: January 14, 2011-December 31, 2011: $1,250,000 January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012: $1,000,000 January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013: $750,000 January 1, 2014-December 31, 2014: $600,000 January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015: $400,000

$1MM buyout if the University waits until 1/1. Pasqualoni is due $1.7MM if he stays on, and I suspect a MAC coach or a coordinator can be hired for about $1MM, so the net cost of firing Pasqualoni is about $300k. Peanuts compared to the lost ticket sales and loss of exposure from what will likely be a 3 win year next year.

 

[Woof 101]

Lets see in defense of Paul, I got it!
Using my best Paul imitation. This loss was not as bad as it seems you see the Oranges were a four and a half point favorite therefore we really only lost by twenty six and a half not thirty.

 

[businesslawyer]

Lets see in defense of Paul, I got it!
Using my best Paul imitation. This loss was not as bad as it seems you see the Oranges were a four and a half point favorite therefore we really only lost by twenty six and a half not thirty.

Rule no. 1: when mockiing others, it's best not to broadcast that you can't do simple arithmatic.