Bill Sussman
My Name isn't really Bill
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Best of luck to our former coaches but I think this is exactly what we needed.
One other thought. We had one of the worst offenses in college football for the last 3 seasons. How in the heck can anyone call for bringing back most of the guys who ran that side of the football? with the exception of Foley who has a rep beyond Storrs, I think its sort of crazy. FWIW, I would not have been shocked if he replaced Foley as well. I assumed he would only retain 1 guy from the old staff, 2 at the most. thought it might be Hank, who I am told is a respected Dline coach.
He said it wasn't a rebuild job??
OK. That explains this... I wasn't going to speculate what this was about but now we know :
People were talking about Weist. Weist is responsible for helping groom many WRs for the NFL. The guy has had a string of good players at Cincy. And his work with Phillips, Geremy Davis and Foxx, etc. was outstanding. UConn will have a very difficult time filling his shoes at WR coach.
Assuming Weist could get his head wrapped around a lesser role (than HC). Some of the coaches may have wanted to move on. Best wishes to them all as they seek to continue their careers.
Wow. I expected a little house-cleaning from BD, but I wasn't expecting the entire crew (save 1). I think very highly of Foley, so I'm glad he's on board. I suppose his philosophy of line play must fit with Diaco's, since Diaco has said the first order of business is to win the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. That also means that Hughes' philosophy didn't match (I'm not shocked by that one). I think I'm most shocked on the offensive side of the ball, since I think that Weist and Day did a really nice job closing out the season in terms of WR, QB, and play calling.
Well, I can't wait to see some of the new names that BD brings into the fold. He must already have many of them in mind and perhaps even ready to commit, if he has already let the current staff go. Therefore, time for me to get back on that refresh button again...
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Bob Diaco is basically cleaning house at UConn. 3 of 4 grad assistants will not be retained, per source. http://goo.gl/jR4dCq
Feel kind of worse for those guys.
Cleaning house, whether in football staffs or business, should only be done rarely. It actually sends a message of weakness, not strength.
Other than Foley, I didn't feel that strongly about any assistant, but is it really worth losing ALL that institutional knowledge?
Let's hope Disco knows what he is doing.
Cleaning house, whether in football staffs or business, should only be done rarely. It actually sends a message of weakness, not strength.
Other than Foley, I didn't feel that strongly about any assistant, but is it really worth losing ALL that institutional knowledge?
Let's hope Disco knows what he is doing.
Assuming Weist could get his head wrapped around a lesser role (than HC). Some of the coaches may have wanted to move on. Best wishes to them all as they seek to continue their careers.
nelson, nelson, nelson...this is Standard operating procedure in college football. Even when head coaches get promoted, they often replace large numbers of the existing staff. In basketball with 3-4 coaches, it is less common to make wholesale changes, though usually there are some. It almost always happens in college football at this level, especially when the previous administration has been fired.