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Rhett Lashlee Gone -- OC at SMU

Strange career decision. He left Auburn to get out from the shadow of Malzhan (Malzahn will ultimately get all credit for offensive success at Auburn). At UConn, he can say he built the offense on his own and any success would be his. But at SMU, any offensive success will be attributed to Sonny Dykes, not to Lashlee. Just a strange career decision if his ultimate goal is to be a HC at a major program in the future.

If he had success at UConn in the next year or two, he would be a candidate for a HC job at a non-P5 school. I don't think he gets that opportunity as the OC for SMU under Dykes. His next move will likely have to be to as an OC spot at a P5 school (which is the position he left last year at Auburn) before he has a realistic shot at getting a HC gig in the BCS.

Maybe his wife was just unhappy in the Northeast. Although the fact he wanted the Rutgers OC job kind of eliminates that as the primary driver. But given the initial success he has had at UConn in year 1, it is a very curious career decision for him to take an OC position at another non-P5 school under the shadow of the "offensive mind" of Sonny Dykes.
 
Oklahoma State hired a DII coach a few years back that was making 50k. They offered their standard pay of 400k for OC and the guy took it and worked pretty good for them.
 
CTBballfan243 said:
Benedict will not be here for the long haul. If we are lucky, Benedict will be at UConn when the next football season begins...But I wouldn't bet my house on it....
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Curious about your insight on how you would know this? My guess you are guessing. If he turned down Auburn, then I think he is here for awhile.
 
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uconnbill said:
Curious about your insight on how you would know this? My guess you are guessing. If he turned down Auburn, then I think he is here for awhile.
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Similarly, polite news reports aside what suggests AD David Benedict was even seriously considered as AD candidate, let alone truly in the running?
 
PAGS said:
I give up! How do we lose a coach to SMU....SMU....SMU!?!?!?! The one good thing we had going for us! I have lost all hope!
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Wife wants to live in the South. I would bet my life on it.
 
Does DO want to coach or be the next Romo? Maybe he hasn’t made up his mind.
 
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whaler11 said:
He is the guy that moved boldly on Diaco. He’ll always have that.
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No attack here whaler but a difference of opinion. I would say he moved boldly on Diaco had he fired him before signing off on a contract extension. Bold would have been saying I don't care what Warde thought, he is no longer here and I am. Bold would have been, I'm sorry for what you have already approved Susan but you hired me for a reason.
It took a lot of negative feedback from season ticket holders to make his decision. He simply made the right one after the fact and too late to save the school a lot of ching. Bold would have been walking in the door and saying hi and goodbye to BD in the same sentence. Again no malice but he only did what anyone would have. Just my opinion but his pedigree should have had him taking action sooner rather than later.
 
RSTuthill said:
Wife wants to live in the South. I would bet my life on it.
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Agreed. And while he interviewed for Rutty, maybe Ash pulled the plug because he sensed it was going to be a 1 year deal no matter what because of the family pull south. And why not interview for Rutty when the pay will be - what? double?
 
Woof 101 said:
No attack here whaler but a difference of opinion. I would say he moved boldly on Diaco had he fired him before signing off on a contract extension. Bold would have been saying I don't care what Warde thought, he is no longer here and I am. Bold would have been, I'm sorry for what you have already approved Susan but you hired me for a reason.
It took a lot of negative feedback from season ticket holders to make his decision. He simply made the right one after the fact and too late to save the school a lot of ching. Bold would have been walking in the door and saying hi and goodbye to BD in the same sentence. Again no malice but he only did what anyone would have. Just my opinion but his pedigree should have had him taking action sooner rather than later.
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I am working under the assumption the extension was negotiated before he arrived even if it was signed after.
 
Woof 101 said:
No attack here whaler but a difference of opinion. I would say he moved boldly on Diaco had he fired him before signing off on a contract extension. Bold would have been saying I don't care what Warde thought, he is no longer here and I am. Bold would have been, I'm sorry for what you have already approved Susan but you hired me for a reason.
It took a lot of negative feedback from season ticket holders to make his decision. He simply made the right one after the fact and too late to save the school a lot of ching. Bold would have been walking in the door and saying hi and goodbye to BD in the same sentence. Again no malice but he only did what anyone would have. Just my opinion but his pedigree should have had him taking action sooner rather than later.
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You're insinuating he should've walked in the door and fired a head coach who just went to a bowl?
 
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I love Orlavsky as much as the next guy. He's a UCONN legend, but there's no way he should be given even a look at OC. He has zero coaching experience whatsoever at any level of football and doesn't he not even have his master's yet? So I don't think he can at all right now
 
Chief00 said:
I had made a comment last season that after a couple games where the offense was clearly our best unit, Randy kind of threw him under the bus in the post game presser rather than praise him.

Blaming the offense no huddle for leaving the defense on the field too long and not scoring in the red zone. It was all very strange to me unless they did not interact well. The other factor was whose hire the OC’s (DB) was and whose hire the DC’s (RE) was.
This is a huge loss.
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Chief, I'm pretty level-headed, But STFU. Your 'I know everything about all things UConn football and hoops' is a drag. My guess is that your a Video team type who works in the AD and has absolutely zero juice but hears a bunch of stuff third hand. Time to humble yourself
 
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whaler11 said:
I am working under the assumption the extension was negotiated before he arrived even if it was signed after.
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AD David Benedict should have ripped it up and said "sucks to be you." That's what Edsall did to a kid and was cheered for it.
 
Folks...There's no way to spin this positively. Sorry to say that. The perception will be that an 'up and comer' came in for a year, drastically improved the O and then left under the cover of darkness. This is horrible for a program whose D could be worse than last year (if that's possible) and whose O loses its QB and top RB. Next year could be very dark.
 
Waquoit said:
AD David Benedict should have ripped it up and said "sucks to be you." That's what Edsall did to a kid and was cheered for it.
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Susie Lax made the deal. What can he do about it?
 
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