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Poll: Who do you want as our Head Coach?

Who should UConn's next Head Coach be?

  • Dave Clawson (Bowling Green HC)

    Votes: 8 4.4%

  • Jeff Quinn (Buffalo HC)

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • Joe Moorhead (Fordham HC)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Pat Narduzzi (Michigan State DC)

    Votes: 122 67.0%

  • Pete Lembo (Ball State HC)

    Votes: 11 6.0%

  • Rob Ambrose (Towson HC)

    Votes: 3 1.6%

  • TJ Weist (Interim UConn HC)

    Votes: 35 19.2%
  • Total voters
    182
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ND fan here. I'm just curious, conversation on a couple of ND boards say Diaco to UConn is pretty likely. Narduzzi seems to be the top choice here, just wondering if Diaco is getting any serious attention, or if it's just ND paranoia.
 
Irishfan said:
ND fan here. I'm just curious, conversation on a couple of ND boards say Diaco to UConn is pretty likely. Narduzzi seems to be the top choice here, just wondering if Diaco is getting any serious attention, or if it's just ND paranoia.
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In short....we have no idea. Diaco hasn't gotten a lot of buzz but that means squat.

Odds are 50/50 that we hire a guy who hasn't even been mentioned yet.
 
I've read a number of posts from ND fans that seem to want Diaco gone. He was obviously really good last year, and seemed to be pretty good this year as well. Apparently he's a bit of a hot head (a la Bo Pelini).
 
You can't compare choosing TJ to the choice of PP/GDL last time. They were retreads and TJ's just hitting stride.
 
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jdb50 said:
You can't compare choosing TJ to the choice of PP/GDL last time. They were retreads and TJ's just hitting stride.
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FWIW, I'd pick TJ over PP or any of the other finalists from the last go 'round, and I didn't even know him then.
 
johnhuskies95 said:
I've read a number of posts from ND fans that seem to want Diaco gone. He was obviously really good last year, and seemed to be pretty good this year as well. Apparently he's a bit of a hot head (a la Bo Pelini).
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He was considered a rising star last year. Defense definately took a step back this year. A lot of ND fans think its just an indication of how much the team relied on Manti Teo.
 
Irishfan said:
He was considered a rising star last year. Defense definately took a step back this year. A lot of ND fans think its just an indication of how much the team relied on Manti Teo.
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They got hit with the injury bug on D this year and lost a fair amount of starters from last years team....besides the QB problems were the bigger issue.
 
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The one question I have concerning TJ Weist as the head coach would be who does he retain and add to his staff
 
If you look at the way WM interviewed to replace Marshall as hockey coach...there are a lot of similarities here with the candidate list. You have the successful HC guys in Lembo and Clawson who have a track record (Gwozdecky) and you have the top flight Asst coaches/Associate HC guys like Narduzzi, Diaco, and Herman (Cavanaugh). I said it early on in this process right after P was fired that Manual's m/o hiring coaches both here at UCONN and at Buffalo is that he tends to go for the top flight Asst who had a big hand in the building of a prominent program. IMHO they shake out like this right now
1) Narduzzi
2/3) Diaco and Herman (interchangeable)
4/5) Lembo/Clawson (if he is interviewed)
 
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UConn Insider said:
3 wins is all you need to be a folk hero these days? Paul Bunyan ain't impressed, that's for sure.

I still appreciate the job TJW did but if he is so well liked, where are all the coaches/players stepping up to support him (like Berard in Hockey or KO)?

Hmmmmmm makes you wonder, no?
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UConn Insider said:
3 wins is all you need to be a folk hero these days? Paul Bunyan ain't impressed, that's for sure.

I still appreciate the job TJW did but if he is so well liked, where are all the coaches/players stepping up to support him (like Berard in Hockey or KO)?

Hmmmmmm makes you wonder, no?
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Dude, 0-12 is a HUGE difference compared to 3-9. Had it not been for TJ and his wisdom, our overall all-time record would be 38 under .500 instead of 32. We were 22 games under when Pasqualoni was hired. Hockey is a great sport, just not anywhere as nearly as important as the pageantry that is football in conference realignment. Most of us would be clinically depressed until next fall if it was not for these 3 wins.
 
UConn Insider said:
3 wins is all you need to be a folk hero these days? Paul Bunyan ain't impressed, that's for sure.

I still appreciate the job TJW did but if he is so well liked, where are all the coaches/players stepping up to support him (like Berard in Hockey or KO)?

Hmmmmmm makes you wonder, no?
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Thanks for your insight Mrs DeLeone. Say hi to George for us.
 
I would like to see Weist get a shot here instead of having to face him a couple years up the road as I feel he will eventually make a great head coach if he gets into the right situation. My only concern is can he recruit or hire guys that can recruit lineman capable of competing at the top 25 level. I'm sure he can recruit wide receivers and QB's but the line is where the game is won and lost and the Huskies struggle there. Now before people start chirping about how great past offensive lines were let me ask this... how many offensive lineman has UConn put into the NFL over the years? Lets get a guy in here that can not only put linebackers in the NFL but a few lineman too.
 
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3 Linemen in the NFL. Beatty, Donald Thomas, and Zach Hurd. Respectable number.
 
noeynox said:
3 Linemen in the NFL. Beatty, Donald Thomas, and Zach Hurd. Respectable number.
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You forgot Ryan Krug, guard(New England Patriots), Pete Rostosky, tackle(Steelers 84-86) and the legendary center Martin "Red" O'Niel(Hartford Blues 1926)
 
Thought you were talking recently. I don't Krug ever played for the patriots though I know he was in their camp. Heck we had a guard drafted by the seahawks, last name Franks I believe, before the draft got dropped to seven rounds.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
You don't have to put guys into the NFL to have a great college OL. Your old buddy George ruined it.
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My old buddy George? Never met the guy. Why would you say he's "my" old buddy? Is it because you just like to start shiet here?
 
noeynox said:
Thought you were talking recently. I don't Krug ever played for the patriots though I know he was in their camp. Heck we had a guard drafted by the seahawks, last name Franks I believe, before the draft got dropped to seven rounds.
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Point is over the years there have been a handful at best and UConn has chronically struggled on offense. Who's even in the ballpark for getting signed in this next recruiting class? They got 3 so far and one of them is about the size of a small defensive end or maybe even a TE.
 
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weyuo said:
Point is over the years there have been a handful at best and UConn has chronically struggled on offense. Who's even in the ballpark for getting signed in this next recruiting class? They got 3 so far and one of them is about the size of a small defensive end or maybe even a TE.
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We had one of the best running attacks in football. You can't have that without a good offensive line. Say hi to PGDL for us the next time you three meet up for the early bird special down at the diner.
 
ZooCougar said:
We had one of the best running attacks in football. You can't have that without a good offensive line. Say hi to PGDL for us the next time you three meet up for the early bird special down at the diner.
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Keep living on the coat tails of Donald Brown. That'll get ya places. Last time I looked UConn backed into one BCS bowl game by virtue of a three way tie and got spanked for it's troubles. I'd like to see them do better and hopefully the next guy in can get it done.
 
weyuo said:
Keep living on the coat tails of Donald Brown. That'll get ya places. Last time I looked UConn backed into one BCS bowl game by virtue of a three way tie and got spanked for it's troubles. I'd like to see them do better and hopefully the next guy in can get it done.
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And Jordan Todman, and Andre Dixon, and even Lyle McCombs before your uncle destroyed signature running game.
 
Butch said:
Dude, 0-12 is a HUGE difference compared to 3-9. Had it not been for TJ and his wisdom, our overall all-time record would be 38 under .500 instead of 32. We were 22 games under when Pasqualoni was hired. Hockey is a great sport, just not anywhere as nearly as important as the pageantry that is football in conference realignment. Most of us would be clinically depressed until next fall if it was not for these 3 wins.
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That's still not folk hero status. In a few years we'll be saying..."who was that guy that filled in for PP after he was canned"? Lyman DePriest...that's a folk hero.
 
ZooCougar said:
And Jordan Todman, and Andre Dixon, and even Lyle McCombs before your uncle destroyed signature running game.
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And Chris Bellamy and Cornell Brockington and Lou Allen and Robbie Frey.... seriously this isn't even an argument. The strength of UConn since the day DanO left was with our running backs and offensive line... and PP and GDL destroyed it.
 
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