Potential Replacements for Diaco

[huskymedic]

I get Morehead. I have nothing against Weist, but the jobs he is offered should tell us all something.

If I am looking for a coordinator with ties to our program to come back and run it, the other name besides Morehead we should be talking about is Todd Orlando.

Agreed but TO needs to declare who his OC (and salary needs) will be at time of interview though!

 

[templefan1]

Matt Rhule, HC, Temple (current salary: $1M/yr). This is pure Dooley fantasy and would be a complete G5/AAC power play for UConn to hire him away from a conference school but man, this dude can coach and coach in the northeast. He's from the northeast in our recruiting territories, played LB and coached as an OC before being a head coach. Right now, Temple is a good program to emulate. We would have to, at least, double his salary to entice him to leave. Maybe more. And he'll get looks at other openings. Fuente jumped from Memphis to Virginia Tech for $3.2M/yr. That's likely the range we're talking about. Would be expensive to buyout Diaco AND buyout Rhule AND pay him 2x or 2.5x his current salary but I'd be willing to do it for Rhule.

FYI,
Matt Rhule renegotiated his contract last year and and got a 4 year extension. Terms were not released but he is making well north of $2M. Might even be closer to $3M a year.

 

[freescooter]

If he goes to South Bend I'll help load his furniture into the truck.

 

[Dooley]

FYI,
Matt Rhule renegotiated his contract last year and and got a 4 year extension. Terms were not released but he is making well north of $2M. Might even be closer to $3M a year.

Thanks for the update. That would effectively scratch Rhule off of my list - was strictly a money power play pipe dream that is even less likely if he's already in the $2M-$3M/yr range at Temple. He's a great coach...wish he was ours!

 

[Hoophound]

I get Morehead. I have nothing against Weist, but the jobs he is offered should tell us all something.

If I am looking for a coordinator with ties to our program to come back and run it, the other name besides Morehead we should be talking about is Todd Orlando.

I couldn't get past your first sentence. I need to grow up.

 

[Dooley]

I get Morehead. I have nothing against Weist, but the jobs he is offered should tell us all something.

If I am looking for a coordinator with ties to our program to come back and run it, the other name besides Morehead we should be talking about is Todd Orlando.

Oh man, you just made me very excited. Moorhead and Orlando combo? Yes please - sign me up for that right now. We could make it a clean ex-UConn coach sweep with:

HC - Joe Moorhead
OC - TJ Weist
DC - Todd Orlando

With that lineup, we get back to bowling again in my opinion.

 

[UConnDan97]

Oh man, you just made me very excited. Moorhead and Orlando combo? Yes please - sign me up for that right now. We could make it a clean ex-UConn coach sweep with:

HC - Joe Moorhead
OC - TJ Weist
DC - Todd Orlando

With that lineup, we get back to bowling again in my opinion.

Now my keyboard is messy... (too much?)

 

[ZooCougar]

I like the idea of bringing in someone from the Edsall regime, because I am assuming that person would have some memory about what it takes to make things work here.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Trade ya!

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Oh man, you just made me very excited. Moorhead and Orlando combo? Yes please - sign me up for that right now. We could make it a clean ex-UConn coach sweep with:

HC - Joe Moorhead
OC - TJ Weist
DC - Todd Orlando

With that lineup, we get back to bowling again in my opinion.

Yes plz

 

[BlueMAB]

Well you must be in the minority because all you see here is the want of a OC who throws the ball all over the field 50+ times per game. If you want to see Edsall back then you must enjoy Diaco's defense because it's a carbon copy of what Edsall ran here. He had run his course here...and just so you know I was tailgating with his agent before the Fiesta bowl started and with a straight face told the group of us that his "dream job" wasPSU...then less than 15 minutes later myself and another of our group saw him on his phone while waiting for others wo went to the bathroom..when we said hi too him he looked like he saw a ghost...make no mistake about it that deal with UMD was done before the Fiesta Bowl even started. He decided to move on and when he made that decision he , his stuffy offense, bend but don't break D, arrogant attitude, and *y closing skills during recruiting went with him forever!

1) nice strawman
2) get over it
3) you don't speak for everyone.

 

[FDNY99]

1) nice strawman
2) get over it
3) you don't speak for everyone.

I am over it...you don't like what I post put me on ignore.

 

[Colt house75]

Would love to see HCBD leave but not in a million years (maybe in 7 weeks though..... LOL) ......... please get your firestorm
out of Storrs

 

[Dooley]

Guys, that is a fake account tweet. There is zero truth to that whatsoever.

 

[Colt house75]

Guys, that is a fake account tweet. There is zero truth to that whatsoever.

Thanks Dooley.... I can be sold swampland in the Mojave at this point....wishful thinking.... LOL

 

[NavinRJohnson]

That would be a Gene Chizik type hire.

 

[Jerry1714]

Again, low-bar woe-is-us thinking. Miles, Strong or Kelly would come here for $2M. You know that's what Geno's getting, paid, right?

The self-inflicted mistake of the buyout is an obstacle, yes. But seems like some renegotiating might be in order to make it more palatable for UConn to eat on Nov. 27

Not in a million years. This is pure fantasy land, you need to look in the mirror and realize this is UConn football and be realistic.

 

[weyuo]

Just keep in mind that no matter who you bring in it's still going to take minimum 3 years for enough of their "RKG's" to be in place for the kind of season we're all hoping and dreaming for. Your not going to bring in a new guy no matter who it is and have him flip a switch, win 8+ games and have 4 stars show up for visits. Either give Diaco next year to get back to a bowl or spend the dough and bring in a "name" people can get excited about and give him 3 years to get things fixed. It's going to take 2 years to get the O-line recruited and straightened out alone. If I was the AD I'd have a calculator in one hand and the phone in the other figuring out just how much cash can be raised to make a change.

I like the Joe Morehead or Todd Orlando idea though because it seems realistically do-able. But remember, the last 4(or 5) O-line coaches have all failed. Is it really them or the fact that this team struggles to recruit O-linemen. Is the next HC going to fare any better? They better because that's been the Achilles heel since the Fiesta Bowl.

 

[psilotic]

Not in a million years. This is pure fantasy land, you need to look in the mirror and realize this is UConn football and be realistic.

Thank you low bar woe-is-us guy. How about you look at coacheshotseat.com and educate yourself on what these guys are making then compare it to what our freaking women's basketball coach is making. I guess you'd like to hire the hot Division III coach, right?

 

[whaler11]

What in the holy hell does Geno have to do with anything?

 

[NE Football]

We could be competing against BC for a HC. Have to believe Adazzio is in trouble.

 

[whaler11]

Terry Bowden. No P5 future - has done a good job at Akron. Can pay him more. A last name people recognize....

 

[ConnHuskBask]

It's just incredibly bothersome that he is going to likely be back due to the administration extending him no longer than a year back coming off a losing season.

It's just evident to anyone who follows the program that after nearly 3 seasons he doesn't have what it takes in game and on the recruiting trail to succeed at this level.

We literally had the same situation with P and brought him back even though we knew he was shot and had to fire him after the Buffalo debacle.

Bringing him back either proves we are incompetent or possibly worse, just dont care.

 

[noeynox]

It's just incredibly bothersome that he is going to likely be back due to the administration extending him no longer than a year back coming off a losing season.

It's just evident to anyone who follows the program that after nearly 3 seasons he doesn't have what it takes in game and on the recruiting trail to succeed at this level.

We literally had the same situation with P and brought him back even though we knew he was shot and had to fire him after the Buffalo debacle.

Bringing him back either proves we are incompetent or possibly worse, just dont care.

I'm gonna go with incompetent. It was silly to extend him with a more expensive buyout if things went south. Well, they went south in a hurry.

Part of this is the growing pains of trying to establish a FB program, but like this board always says you can be bad or you can be boring. We are both and we have a coach that thinks its all gonna get fixed with love and hugs. Sadly this combination has crippled attendance.

 

[noeynox]

If he goes to South Bend I'll help load his furniture into the truck.

I'll drive. Got experience driving moving trucks up to 26 feet long.

 

[SAMCRO]

I will drive him to South Bend.

BL is covering gas, I'll mail you my EZ Pass.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Some interesting names, many of which are pipe dreams. I think Bob will be back next year, but that's his last shot. Winning record is what it will take for him to get another year.

Something to consider by the way, canning a coach after three seasons does not make your school more attractive to potential new coaches. They want to know that they'll get a fair shot to turn things around.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I'll toss a name out just for discussion purposes. I know nothing about him as a coach, but he's local and I think currently unemployed. Eric Mangini. Is this an interesting name or a nightmare? Have at it.

 

[Jerry1714]

Thank you low bar woe-is-us guy. How about you look at coacheshotseat.com and educate yourself on what these guys are making then compare it to what our freaking women's basketball coach is making. I guess you'd like to hire the hot Division III coach, right?

So your argument is that Geno makes a lot of money so Miles, Kelly or Strong will come coach here? I mean wake up man, Miles and Kelly will have offers from programs who are so much better than ours, and Strong will not take a job at a floundering program in the northeast when he can wait for a job somewhere better. The Iowa State coach makes 2 million a year, so does the Navy coach, this is not some great salary to lure a big name to UConn.

Try for me to put together a rational argument supporting your stance outside of the fact "Geno makes a lot of money". Try using your brain.

 

[freescooter]

Some interesting names, many of which are pipe dreams. I think Bob will be back next year, but that's his last shot. Winning record is what it will take for him to get another year.

Something to consider by the way, canning a coach after three seasons does not make your school more attractive to potential new coaches. They want to know that they'll get a fair shot to turn things around.

Canning a guy after 3 years is a problem if he goes 2-10, 6-6, 7-5. Doing it after he goes 2-10, 6-6, 3-9 not so much. Rightly or wrongly the days of giving a coach 5 years to turn a program around are long gone. Nobody is saying no to a job because you fired his predecessor for going 11-25 with no winning seasons.