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Not the end of the world. Spent his whole career at UVA. Interesting.
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Not the end of the world. Spent his whole career at UVA. Interesting.
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3yrs NFL, 10yrs coaching. Sorry 'yard, he bypassed my screen because databasefootball.com only had him listed as having played 0-1 season (2000). Error #3, garbage in, garbage out.
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This kid had offers from us and ND. I expect him to decommit from UVA and join us.
Wouldn't that be something?
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Anyone know if these 2014 kids can bail and come to us? Ridiculous class for UVA, especially on D. the #1 Safety has UConn offer.
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Based on my understanding, if they haven't signed a letter of intent (LOI), then a verbal commitment does not hold them to any institution. They can flip if they want, much in the way that Boyle flipped to UConn from BC...
EDIT: I guess they are referring to the letters as NLI's now (National Letter of Intent). Same principle though. Flip 'em, Coach Poindexter!!!
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I remember him as well. Ultra-athletic, ultra-talented. Lost it all on a knee injury in college.
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Kudos to medic assuming this ends up true. On the ball on all of this stuff, truly impressive. The board is far better with your info/scouring for news.
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I like this:
Poindexter has long had a reputation as not only one of the best recruiters in the area, but in the conference and nation as well.
If he is the DC it does make sense. He's an experienced defensive coach who can recruit. I would imagine Diaco will be implementing his defense and he needed a teacher type coach to teach the defense.
I guess it could be compared to a Cummings at CMU. I expect Diaco to be very involved in the defense and Poindexter will be learning on the fly and eventually have full control of the defense.
With Patterson on board as an Associate HC (correct?) and QB's coach, along with many years as a HC, I expect Diaco will put a lot of responsibilities in his lap to free Diaco up for the defense.
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Is it just me or are we getting a lot of recruiters in ACC territories?
More importantly, we are getting a lot of recruiters in states that I think UConn can be successful. We know we can have impact in Virginia with the right recruiters (Nebrich, Bennett, etc.). Based on my elementary math, we have now doubled up coaches in the mid-Atlantic (VA/MD), doubled up in Alabama/Georgia/Florida, doubled up in NY/NJ, and have one for PA/OH/IL and one for New England. These are the areas where UConn can really capitalize on, so I'm really happy with what I'm seeing!
EDIT: We've also doubled up in Massachusetts, because Diaco has done a fair amount of recruiting there himself, along with Foley.
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We are getting a bunch of recruiting coordinators. I did some research and see that they over see all the recruits, setting up visits, keeping track of coaching visits, calls, etc.
Besides being very organized and knowing all of the recruits, what talent makes them a good get for us? Do you have to be a good recruiter to hold this position? Because if that's the case we have a boat load of good recruiters.
Besides being very organized and knowing all of the recruits, what talent makes them a good get for us? Do you have to be a good recruiter to hold this position? Because if that's the case we have a boat load of good recruiters.
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Hmmm.., from a 2009 article about Groh coaching changes: "Running backs coach Anthony Poindexter moved to the secondary and ex-receivers coach Wayne Lineburg took over the running backs.".
Follow the coaching tree... Fry, Groh, Kelly...
Follow the coaching tree... Fry, Groh, Kelly...
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Mostly it means they are known to HS coaches and administrators. FB recruiting still heavily involves coaches and schools- unlike baketball which is summer ball, AAU and street agents.
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For a little info, Poindexter was paid $221,000 this past season and was scheduled to have the same + 4100 extra comp (plus potential 18k bonus) this upcoming season at VA. I'll be interested to see (for no other reason than just general curiosity about our level of spending and whether people jumped a bit for money or advancement) what we'll be paying for our assistants/co's. TJ made $250k as OC (plus potential 41k bonus), so I'd think we'd be putting out 275-300 for our co's, plus whatever bonus there may be.
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They'll have tons of contacts with HS coaches, players etc. in those areas.
Sometimes getting in first with a talented player can go a long way. Hopefully, their contacts will help them do this.
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Same person who broke the Poindexter to UConn rumor is now saying DL Coach Vince Brown is also coming!
http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brown_vincent00.html
More Richmond connections and 7 year NFL experience w/ Pats
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Another recruiter in the Georgia area! He also covered North Carolina and some of south Virginia. Concentrating our efforts on the eastern seaboard, which IMHO, is the right thing to do. Exciting times to be a Husky fan!
EDIT: If I would have read his bio properly, it would have become clear to me why he is so strong in Georgia recruiting. The dude is from Atlanta...
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haha! Remember him well. Was a standout on some bad Pats teams from the Scott Zolak era.
One my favorite pats along with Andre Tippet, Lawyer Milloy, and Tom Terrific.
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This kid had offers from us and ND. I expect him to decommit from UVA and join us.
From the UVA 247 forum in response to a question if the coaching moves would impact recruiting:
"I can and will not up vote in this thread. I personally don't want to see him go. Who is to say that the new coaching staff wouldn't hire him also. Geez, this is the worst news of the day. Diaco and Dex would r_pe us of some talent. Can't believe I'm so pissed over this. But hey, I would also understand if he chooses to go. It is a jump up for him. I just think our program needs him right now."
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I love how the reaction to almost all of these hires is : Awww man I hate to see him go! No better way to leave a place...
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Similar to our reaction when we heard GDL was going to the Giants...SIKE!
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