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Ok, I'm going to try and keep this short, but I have a couple points to make

1. The clock is ticking in HCPP, he really needs to turn this ship around and turn it around fast. Hathaway really screwed up this hiring, If Herbst was in charge at the time and Hathaway was ousted we'd either still have HCRE (I wish) or someone like Garrick Mcgee. Now I'm not saying we'd be undefeated but we wouldn't be downright awful like we are.

2. Can we please stop with the gimmicky punt block shit? Nick Williams may be the best player on the team and its sad that we're wasting his return ability by letting gunners force him to fair catch.

3. Everyone here wants to be considered for the ACC, right now we don't even deserve to be in the Big East, we look like a mid level MAC team

4. Start Neibrich the rest of the year, see if he can develop into something. JMac and Mccumings are god awful. When Cochran steps foot on campus tell him he's your guy for the next 4 years and don't look back. Of course HCPP should not be able to deliver that message because he should be gone by then.
 
You guys are pathetic. "clock ticking"--are you kidding me?- hate to have you in a foxhole. And JMac is gaining confidence as the playbook gets simplified.
 
Nostical said:
You guys are pathetic. "clock ticking"--are you kidding me?- hate to have you in a foxhole. And JMac is gaining confidence as the playbook gets simplified.
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I'm not sure what an honest appraisal of the coaching staff has to do with being in a foxhole. It seems crazy to think it, but this may be a one year administration.
 
His tenure just stated with shortcomings at the QB position and you are already going bananas?
 
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UC990411 said:
Ok, I'm going to try and keep this short, but I have a couple points to make

1. The clock is ticking in HCPP, he really needs to turn this ship around and turn it around fast. Hathaway really screwed up this hiring, If Herbst was in charge at the time and Hathaway was ousted we'd either still have HCRE (I wish) or someone like Garrick Mcgee. Now I'm not saying we'd be undefeated but we wouldn't be downright awful like we are.

2. Can we please stop with the gimmicky punt block darn? Nick Williams may be the best player on the team and its sad that we're wasting his return ability by letting gunners force him to fair catch.

3. Everyone here wants to be considered for the ACC, right now we don't even deserve to be in the Big East, we look like a mid level MAC team

4. Start Neibrich the rest of the year, see if he can develop into something. JMac and Mccumings are god awful. When Cochran steps foot on campus tell him he's your guy for the next 4 years and don't look back. Of course HCPP should not be able to deliver that message because he should be gone by then.
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I agree strongly with #2 about switching up Punt Return philosophy, but am concerned about Nebrich at this point. I know he is young and will undboutedly progress quite a bit if he's a hard worker, but EVERY ball he throws is a major "wounded duck." This says to me he is gripping the ball too tightly, and this tells me he is still too nervous. I think he can be an important piece of the puzzle, but tonight JMac showed some pocket presence for the first time-moving his feet to buy time, and even ran selectively/effectively a la Zach Frazer. I am not in love with JMac's game, but tonight he clearly showed he is the best option at this point. Can that change? Sure.
 
Nothing to do with apologistas or whatever - I don't think UConn is the kind of place where a HC gets canned after 1-2 years, unless he starts partying with sorority sisters like Larry Eustachy. We aren't exactly overflowing with talent so PP is going to get a few years to get his recruits in.
 
Agreed that he is not on the hot seat but there should be some conversations around:
1. the 3 headed qb gimick that is not working
2. the regression of the o line performance
3. the regression of special teams
 
UC990411 said:
Ok, I'm going to try and keep this short, but I have a couple points to make

1. The clock is ticking in HCPP, he really needs to turn this ship around and turn it around fast. Hathaway really screwed up this hiring, If Herbst was in charge at the time and Hathaway was ousted we'd either still have HCRE (I wish) or someone like Garrick Mcgee. Now I'm not saying we'd be undefeated but we wouldn't be downright awful like we are.

2. Can we please stop with the gimmicky punt block darn? Nick Williams may be the best player on the team and its sad that we're wasting his return ability by letting gunners force him to fair catch.

3. Everyone here wants to be considered for the ACC, right now we don't even deserve to be in the Big East, we look like a mid level MAC team

4. Start Neibrich the rest of the year, see if he can develop into something. JMac and Mccumings are god awful. When Cochran steps foot on campus tell him he's your guy for the next 4 years and don't look back. Of course HCPP should not be able to deliver that message because he should be gone by then.
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You are nuts - any problems we are having at QB are because of HCRE . PP's recruits can not play till next year. You would be saying the same thing about any coach we have if they had the same record we have now.
 
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If the only problem was at quarterback that would be fine. Edsall left nothing at the position.

I'm not sure how 15 other problems are because Edsall didn't leave quarterbacks though.
 
You wish we still had Edsall? The guy who was just blown out by Temple? (Maryland fans would like to give him back) The guy who never gave Williams a shot at receiver? You're pining for Cochrane...you do realize that if Edsall was still around there is no way we land Cochrane.

We are 2 -2. We would be 2 - 2 if Edsall was still here.

Our Defense has never been this good.
 
Skiblets said:
Agreed that he is not on the hot seat but there should be some conversations around:
1. the 3 headed qb gimick that is not working
2. the regression of the o line performance
3. the regression of special teams
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4. lack of run production (related to 2.) I mean, 2.2 yards per, or whatever it is now, is not UConn football, no matter who the HC is.
 
All our problems start at the O line and every one thought that was going to be strong.
 
UC990411 said:
Ok, I'm going to try and keep this short, but I have a couple points to make

1. The clock is ticking in HCPP, he really needs to turn this ship around and turn it around fast. Hathaway really screwed up this hiring, If Herbst was in charge at the time and Hathaway was ousted we'd either still have HCRE (I wish) or someone like Garrick Mcgee.(Yes ! McGee, some new young blood.) Now I'm not saying we'd be undefeated but we wouldn't be downright awful like we are.

2. Can we please stop with the gimmicky punt block darn? Nick Williams may be the best player on the team and its sad that we're wasting his return ability by letting gunners force him to fair catch.

3. Everyone here wants to be considered for the ACC, right now we don't even deserve to be in the Big East, we look like a mid level MAC team (Absolutely correct. UConn moving backwards from beating ND & South Carolina in the same year.)

4. Start Neibrich the rest of the year, see if he can develop into something. JMac and Mccumings are god awful. When Cochran steps foot on campus tell him he's your guy for the next 4 years and don't look back. Of course HCPP should not be able to deliver that message because he should be gone by then.
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Plus recruit more Qbs and don't stop til you can pass like big boy football players.


WOW! Two big plays (result of poor tackling) by Williams kept UConn offense from anothe pathetic outing. But let's keep run, run, running. Anybody from the high school classes circa 1960-1969 will be looking to flock to UConn offense. ZZZzzzzz.
 
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whaler11 said:
If the only problem was at quarterback that would be fine. Edsall left nothing at the position.

I'm not sure how 15 other problems are because Edsall didn't leave quarterbacks though.
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How can you say we have no QB when we have a true frosh and a RS QB who have not played any measurable time due to PP's dumb, first time in college history, 3 QB rotation.

I wish i had the evaluation skills some of you have.
 
TouchdownHusky said:
Plus recruit more Qbs and don't stop til you can pass like big boy football players.

WOW! Two big plays (result of poor tackling) by Williams kept UConn offense from anothe pathetic outing. But let's keep run, run, running. Anybody from the high school classes circa 1960-1969 will be looking to flock to UConn offense. ZZZzzzzz.
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Does anyone else watch Georgia Tech and wish that TDHusky had to deal with Paul Johnson?
 
UC990411 said:
One more thing, all of the HCPP apologists please don't post here. I don't care if he's a Cheshire native or if you think he's a good guy. Cheshire natives / good guys don't always deliver the W's. We need someone who can deliver W's.
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i know you said not to do this, but i think it needs to be written - P is a cheshire native. and a very good guy. and we won.

in all seriousness though, i am starting to see why deleone drove the cuse guys bananas.
 
sportsart said:
How can you say we have no QB when we have a true frosh and a RS QB who have not played any measurable time due to PP's dumb, first time in college history, 3 QB rotation.

I wish i had the evaluation skills some of you have.
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Well, it's pretty obvious there aren't any quarterbacks ready to play BCS level football right now. They are starting a walk on, who was decent tonight but his numbers were inflated by Buffalo missing tackles on Williams.

It's pretty obvious that the other two aren't ready for prime time, but if you want to try and convince yourself that it's because of the playing time that's fine.
 
auggie22 said:
i know you said not to do this, but i think it needs to be written - P is a cheshire native. and a very good guy. and we won.

in all seriousness though, i am starting to see why deleone drove the cuse guys bananas.
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You know, I never noticed, but you are right. When the 'Cuse guys came over to say they liked the PP hire, I don't remember a single one saying they liked the addition of DeLeone.
 
whaler11 said:
Well, it's pretty obvious there aren't any quarterbacks ready to play BCS level football right now. They are starting a walk on, who was decent tonight but his numbers were inflated by Buffalo missing tackles on Williams.

It's pretty obvious that the other two aren't ready for prime time, but if you want to try and convince yourself that it's because of the playing time that's fine.
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Dude, every defense has missed tackles. By that logic, every QB ever has "inflated" stats. You make absolutely no sense. Just let it go, Buzz Killington.
 
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whaler11 said:
Sure it has.
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You prefer the Edsall defense that got chewed apart by Rutgers last year because they never tried to pressure the Freshman QB? I'll say it again, our defense has never been this good.
 
metsfan2323 said:
You prefer the Edsall defense that got chewed apart by Rutgers last year because they never tried to pressure the Freshman QB? I'll say it again, our defense has never been this good.
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I agree, this is the best UCONN D I can remember. And I will also say that we would be 4-0 if Randy Edsall was still the coach.
 
cryjeremiah said:
Dude, every defense has missed tackles. By that logic, every QB ever has "inflated" stats. You make absolutely no sense. Just let it go, Buzz Killington.
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Good lord. The offense was beyond brutal tonight. Buffalo is one of the 15 worst teams in the country. If you want to talk yourself into JM based on tonight that is great.
 
metsfan2323 said:
You prefer the Edsall defense that got chewed apart by Rutgers last year because they never tried to pressure the Freshman QB? I'll say it again, our defense has never been this good.
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It was frigging Buffalo. Do you remember what Edsall's defense did to Chazz Anderson when he was at Cincinnati?

So Edsall gets killed because he didn't leave a QB, but he has nothing to do with the quality of the defense?

How about we decide if it's the best defense they have had once they play well against a team that can get out of it's own way.
 
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whaler11 said:
Well, it's pretty obvious there aren't any quarterbacks ready to play BCS level football right now. They are starting a walk on, who was decent tonight but his numbers were inflated by Buffalo missing tackles on Williams.

It's pretty obvious that the other two aren't ready for prime time, but if you want to try and convince yourself that it's because of the playing time that's fine.
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You are embarrassing yourself. I said people were saying we don't have any qb's that are good. I say we don't know if they are good because they are young with no PT.

Don't you need PT to get ready for primetime? You just change things as you go.

My point. We don't know if they're any good. You know they're not good
 
sportsart said:
You are embarrassing yourself. I said people were saying we don't have any qb's that are good. I say we don't know if they are good because they are young with no PT.

Don't you need PT to get ready for primetime? You just change things as you go.

My point. We don't know if they're any good. You know they're not good
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I don't know if they will be good someday. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are not good right now.
 
Settle down, Steinbrenner, you're watching UConn football. As if you have ever in your entire life been in a position to fire anything other than another Marlboro red while arguing with a television set.
 
whaler11 said:
Good lord. The offense was beyond brutal tonight. Buffalo is one of the 15 worst teams in the country. If you want to talk yourself into JM based on tonight that is great.
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I don't think anyone here is talking themselves into JMac. If you think that, clearly your reading comprehension is that of a turnip. We have beaten that horse to death already. But its not like we have anyone more productive right now.
For once this year, we are just happy the team/staff didn't give the game away. Clearly, JMac is not a great QB and our RB situation blows. Our offense is terrible. We get it. The only reason for our better attitude is that we actually WON a game with all that crap on the offensive side of the ball. Move on, Eeyore.
 
TouchdownHusky said:
Georgia Tech beat UNC today. UConn beat Buffalo. ACC vs low MAC. Good point.
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Maybe you've heard they run the ball 10 times more than they throw it. So it's ok to run if you win? Then what was your problem last year?
 
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UCHuskies08 said:
How does Randy make McEntee not suck?
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How does Randy win a BE championship with Zach Frazer at the helm? he ran a disciplined team who for the most part "executed". Yep there is that word. He identified the teams strength and stuck with it.

He was not without faults. IF you go to the Rutgers game thread from last year, I was livid at the lack of blitzing on a true frosh for Rutgers. And his lack of ability at recruiting a BCS caliber qb since Dan O left was frustrating beyond belief. But he was a terrific talent evaluator who snagged some great players for UCONN.

I absolutely stand by my statement that we would be undefeated if he was still the coach.

With that said, we need to give Coach P some slack here. It's the 4th game, and although he made some horrible decisions (continuing to throw v. Vandy; TO at end of Iowa State game so they could throw a 1 yard out), it is still too early to call for his job.
 
huskysupporter said:
How does Randy win a BE championship with Zach Frazer at the helm? he ran a disciplined team who for the most part "executed". Yep there is that word. He identified the teams strength and stuck with it.

He was not without faults. IF you go to the Rutgers game thread from last year, I was livid at the lack of blitzing on a true frosh for Rutgers. And his lack of ability at recruiting a BCS caliber qb since Dan O left was frustrating beyond belief. But he was a terrific talent evaluator who snagged some great players for UCONN.

I absolutely stand by my statement that we would be undefeated if he was still the coach.

With that said, we need to give Coach P some slack here. It's the 4th game, and although he made some horrible decisions (continuing to throw v. Vandy; TO at end of Iowa State game so they could throw a 1 yard out), it is still too early to call for his job.
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Frazer was a LOT better than McEntee.
 
Don't we have the same offensive line coach as last year? Maybe Jordan Todman made the line look better than it was.

We would be 4 -0 if we still had Jordan Todman on this team.

Did we score an offensive TD against South Florida and Oklahoma last year? I can't remember.
 
metsfan2323 said:
Don't we have the same offensive line coach as last year? Maybe Jordan Todman made the line look better than it was.

We would be 4 -0 if we still had Jordan Todman on this team.

Did we score an offensive TD against South Florida and Oklahoma last year? I can't remember.
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I will tell you, Mike Ryan has regressed a ton this year. Not sure what happened. I asked last week, but does anyone else think he looks alot heavier? I think that might be impacting his play. THe Line was solid last year, but Todman was also the type of back who could get yards after contact. McCoombs has proven he can't. And he already seems gassed after 4 games.
 
WOW. People have to relax. I was an Edsall supporter, but he is at Maryland with a 1 - 2 record. He just got smoked by Temple at home, and some are wishing he was still here. Do you think we would have a great offense if he was around, I personally think it would be worse. As regards to HCPP, you have to give him some time. I am not happy with how the team is playing but to say the clock is ticking is ridiculous. He has already done a better job then Edsall has on the recruiting front, lets see what he does when he gets HIS players aboard.
 
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How is everyone getting so worked up over a 2 TD road victory?
 
Um, because we looked like cr@p against one of the worst FBS teams in the country.

As for the other topic on the thread, I'm doubtful Randy would be better than 2-2 with this team. No stud RB wouldn't bode well for his style.
 
whaler11 said:
I'm not sure what an honest appraisal of the coaching staff has to do with being in a foxhole. It seems crazy to think it, but this may be a one year administration.
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Well, Randy Edsall may be back on the market so this may work out perfectly yet for his fan club.
 
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