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Should Benedict or a Search Committee Choose the HC?

Block C said:
Does anyone else think with the fast trigger finger with Edsall. I believe and want to know who else, DB already found the next HC. I just have the feeling.
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A.D.Dave had to show FHCRE the door after the team's totally lackluster performances to start the season. Randy had preached for months that the 2020 layoff had allowed the team to get much stronger in the weight room & absorb the pllaybook. He promised at the event on the open practice date at the RENT that fans would see a bigger, more mature team with much better results. What he promised didn't translate to the playing field.
As to already finding his head coach, it's possible but, unless there are leaks to the media, the fanbase & general public won't find out until at least mid-November.
Factors:
1. Most likely, the candidate is currently employed. It's way early in the season & the candidate wouldn't want the news let out so as to avoid distractions for his current team.
2. Tampering: UConn doesn't need a lawsuit in season by the candidate's current employer.
3. Avoidance of the Huskies totally tanking this season: The players on the current roster know that changes are in process. They also know that they have to give maximum effort on the playing field to either enhance their chances of retaining their scholarships for next season OR embellishing their attractiveness to other teams if they choose to enter the transfer portal.

It will be interesting in the coming weeks to see what names are thrown out in the media of candidates expressing interest. The news generally comes out.
 
RSTuthill said:
Agreed.They should submit their vetted candidates to us for a thumbs up or thumbs down. We will be the last gate before DB makes his choice. ;)
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At least let us create the interview questions:

“Should UConn ever be a recruit’s only FBS offer?”

NOOOOOO
 
RSTuthill said:
My vote is for DB. Search Committee is good for recommending a short list. AD chooses.
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Which is not to say, if we can stomach the phrase, "at the end of the day", Agwunobi's and the the BoT's heads have to go up and down too. But let's give DB some credit. Managing up is what AD's do. That should be a walk in the park for him simply by keeping them in the loop at every step. And he has to do that anyway simply to get the money. The bigger challenge will be to answer the existential question. Which potential HC best fulfills the vision decided upon should be a chip shot for him.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
DB should make the final choice. Too many cooks in the kitchen will create a mess.

I think the fanbase consensus is to hire an up and coming head coach who has been successful as a head coach at lower levels. That's not to say a coordinator couldn't win the job but he better blow away the competition in the interview.

The hiring team should reverse engineer coaching hires over the past 10 years and search for common traits among the good hires and the bad hires at our level. What differentiates Buffalo hiring Lance Leipold and Coastal Carolina hiring Jamey Chadwell from our hiring Diaco, Edsall, and PP.

Use the same method of hiring that brought us Calhoun.
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Yeah, part of the process should be a root cause analysis of what went wrong with the previous three hires and extract the lessons learned. If we do not learn from history we are doomed to repeat it.

Somehow I doubt this will happen though.
 
I'd like to see this as a Boneyard poll. My vote is search committee. I have zero confidence in Benedict.
 
RSTuthill said:
As a regular idiot on the board, I resemble that remark.
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what aboot us casual idiots? do we count?
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UCTitleTown said:
I'd like to see this as a Boneyard poll. My vote is search committee. I have zero confidence in Benedict.
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Who at UConn has better insight into CFB than Benedict? His assistant hires have been successful.
 
BapeKidd88 said:
It sounds like Benedict wants to choose the next football Head Coach.
Is that the best thing for UConn?
Or, perhaps, investing in a Search Committee?
Personally, I think Benedict needs to spend every waking hours pounding the bushes for a respectable salary to pay the new coach. If he's not fund raising, he needs to start fund raising. Plenty of people say Benedict made the Hurley hire based on Jon Rothstein's tweets.
If UConn football exists beyond this year, it's next hire will be an existential hire. Because if the next guy fails, it's done.
So, my vote is for a search committee.
My objective choice for a Search Firm would be to employ Collegiate Sports Associates. If Dave doesn't have them on speed dial, he needs to.

Home - CSA Search & Consulting

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Pretty sure a search committee brought us Diaco.. Pass on using them.
 
Let the Boneyard decide it, like we always do. A poll will gage the feelings of the most interested fan base.

Are there any motivated coaches out there they may have been knocked down by life and super motivated for a shot at redemption?
 
Since his job is on the line, I'm glad he would want to make the call, but he is certainly going to reach out to people and hire a firm to vet potential hires. He's not trolling other programs media guides, or I hope he's not.
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
Agreed - the committee needs to be people that are EXTREMELY passionate about UConn/football as opposed to some suit in a fancy office outside of CT (i.e. we don't need a overpaid talent search company).
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Like the search committee for the President, any football coach search committee will include politicos ,probably faculty and students and be too big to be efficient. I vote for DB. Then we know where the buck stops.
 
jdb50 said:
Did a search committee hire Katsouleas? How did that work out? Pretty good for him financially but not for UConn or the taxpayers. I am hoping AD DB will make the right choice. I have no faith in a committee. Especially if a politician is on it.
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And an AD isn't a politician???
 
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From today’s Mike Anthony story:

-> Benedict said UConn is considering several search firms to assist with the hire. The athletic department is putting together what Benedict called a “package of recruitment materials,” which would support explanations to interested coaches for how the program is supported, and what resources will be at its disposal.

Benedict will soon meet with UConn’s interim president, Andrew Agwunobi, and the framework for the search will continue to take shape from there. Most serious candidates will be active coaches so interviews are expected to be conducted into the offseason.

Last Saturday, before a 45-0 loss to Purdue at Rentschler Field, a group of athletic department representatives walked the tailgate lots to ask fans what they would prefer in the qualities of the next coach. Benedict said the opinion of former players will be valued. Calls from the football community have already started coming in — from people either interested in the job, or claiming to know the perfect fit.

This is the second search for a football coach that Benedict will lead. He fired Diaco on Dec. 26, 2016. Edsall, who had a 74-70 record at UConn in 1999-2010, was announced as coach two days later. “It’s just a totally different situation,” Benedict said. “The luxury, if there is one, is that we have an amount of time that is not typical in college searches… I may have some thoughts and opinions as to the kind of profile I think is right for us. I’m not ready to eliminate anyone at this point. We don’t want to start the search and create and artificial barrier for someone to get involved in the process who might wind up being a fantastic <-
 
huskymedic said:
From today’s Mike Anthony story:

-> Benedict said UConn is considering several search firms to assist with the hire. The athletic department is putting together what Benedict called a “package of recruitment materials,” which would support explanations to interested coaches for how the program is supported, and what resources will be at its disposal.

Benedict will soon meet with UConn’s interim president, Andrew Agwunobi, and the framework for the search will continue to take shape from there. Most serious candidates will be active coaches so interviews are expected to be conducted into the offseason.

Last Saturday, before a 45-0 loss to Purdue at Rentschler Field, a group of athletic department representatives walked the tailgate lots to ask fans what they would prefer in the qualities of the next coach. Benedict said the opinion of former players will be valued. Calls from the football community have already started coming in — from people either interested in the job, or claiming to know the perfect fit.

This is the second search for a football coach that Benedict will lead. He fired Diaco on Dec. 26, 2016. Edsall, who had a 74-70 record at UConn in 1999-2010, was announced as coach two days later. “It’s just a totally different situation,” Benedict said. “The luxury, if there is one, is that we have an amount of time that is not typical in college searches… I may have some thoughts and opinions as to the kind of profile I think is right for us. I’m not ready to eliminate anyone at this point. We don’t want to start the search and create and artificial barrier for someone to get involved in the process who might wind up being a fantastic <-
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Very thoughtful. A home run, really. The man is good at his job.

I picked u on his point that this juncture is very different from the last one. I take that to mean he will have a freer hand but is soliciting input from all the stakeholders.

AD's think of discussion boards as just so much chatter. But the fact that he has gone out of his way to hit that many grace notes is encouraging.
 
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UCTitleTown said:
Let the Boneyard decide it, like we always do. A poll will gage the feelings of the most interested fan base.

Are there any motivated coaches out there they may have been knocked down by life and super motivated for a shot at redemption?
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UCDaveD said:
BapeKidd should choose the next HC.
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That's actually a brilliant idea, if he would agree to stay off the BY, so that his decision wouldn't be influenced by YUP! or LoyalFanCT.
 
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UCSouth said:
That's actually a brilliant idea, if he would agree to stay off the BY, so that his decision wouldn't be influenced by YUP! or LoyalFanCT.
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Bro you’re a clown and probably the biggest troll on the boneyard. You literally search my name on here just to hit the dislike button without even reading my posts, you definitely dream about me at night. Did you get bullied by a kid name Yup! growing up? That wasn’t me and I think it’s time to move on and get a life.
 
BapeKidd88 said:
It sounds like Benedict wants to choose the next football Head Coach.
Is that the best thing for UConn?
Or, perhaps, investing in a Search Committee?
Personally, I think Benedict needs to spend every waking hours pounding the bushes for a respectable salary to pay the new coach. If he's not fund raising, he needs to start fund raising. Plenty of people say Benedict made the Hurley hire based on Jon Rothstein's tweets.
If UConn football exists beyond this year, it's next hire will be an existential hire. Because if the next guy fails, it's done.
So, my vote is for a search committee.
My objective choice for a Search Firm would be to employ Collegiate Sports Associates. If Dave doesn't have them on speed dial, he needs to.
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Got this in an e-mail yesterday. Anyone else get it ? I guess this answers questions regarding a "search committee", but this is a new angle.

"..............in regard to the on-going search process for the next head football coach at the University of Connecticut. As we enter the early stages of this search process, we are offering “listening sessions” to select constituents of our football program, in conjunction with our search firm. This will be an opportunity to share feedback on the UConn football program and what you would like to see in our next head football coach. ..........."we have identified you as someone we would like to invite to a session. "
 
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Blades said:
Got this in an e-mail yesterday. Anyone else get it ? I guess this answers questions regarding a "search committee", but this is a new angle.

"..............in regard to the on-going search process for the next head football coach at the University of Connecticut. As we enter the early stages of this search process, we are offering “listening sessions” to select constituents of our football program, in conjunction with our search firm. This will be an opportunity to share feedback on the UConn football program and what you would like to see in our next head football coach. ..........."we have identified you as someone we would like to invite to a session. "
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Mine must be in the mail, I'm sure its coming:cool:

But isn't the first rule of "citizen search committee" to deny the existence of said committee?
 
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