Staff needs to be gone before the end of the weekend

[UConnChapette]

HCPP comment "believe it or not, I'm still having fun" is the reason I want him gone. Any head coach who is having fun losing every week putting such a horrible product on the field needs to go. He lost my support with that one comment, and explains so much why this team isn't getting it done on the field. How can he motivate the team if he is content enough to be having fun?

For all the things I disliked about Edsall, he had fire and passion. He was not having fun when the team under-performed and his teams always played hard, every possession. I am not seeing that with PP or his team.

This is the single biggest reason I say it is time for a change now, and not at the end of the season. Let PP go have fun doing something else and let another coach who won't have so much fun losing take the reins.

 

[uconNYC]

How we have 16 commits wanting to play for these two coaches is beyond me.... who is advising these kids?

My educated guess is that they are excited at the prospects of playing at UConn (great academics, athletic tradition and facilities). Who the coaches are is secondary to the type of student athletes we are recruiting.

 

[huskymedic]

Losing 40-10 on national tv doesn't help either.

Remember MBB being blown out on a few Saturday/Sundays over the years. Didn't hurt them

 

[Dann]

Remember MBB being blown out on a few Saturday/Sundays over the years. Didn't hurt them

Are u for real with that comparison?

 

[huskymedic]

Are u for real with that comparison?

They weren't?

 

[Dann]

Bball anD fball seasons are different 30 games vs 12. Net worth of 1 game on season outcome etc.

Uconn bball is a top program. Hof in jc ships trophys nba etc...Uconn fball is a new program. Huge difference.

 

[superjohn]

Huskymedic, making any comparison between UConn football and UConn basketball is idiotic. UConn bball and Duke bball have been blown out on national tv before and everyone still knew they are great bball programs, each time UConn football gets blown out like this it shows more and more what a joke we've become, we are now viewed as one of the worst teams in D1.

 

[SubbaBub]

The time to make a move is:
1) When you come to the realization that the current course of action has no chance to achieve any of the desired objectives.
-and-
2) When you have a replacement plan in place.

Anyone here ill enough to think we haven't met criteria #1?
The only question in my mind is does WM have his guy yet or at least a short list of guys he thinks he can get.

All that said, if this is the effort we can expect for the next four games he should wait to drop the hammer. With every loss going forward, it will become more obvious that PP isn't coming back next season and we enter the GRob/Kragthorpe zone and you'll see 15k at the Rent for a decade.

 

[huskymedic]

Huskymedic, making any comparison between UConn football and UConn basketball is idiotic. UConn bball and Duke bball have been blown out on national tv before and everyone still knew they are great bball programs, each time UConn football gets blown out like this it shows more and more what a joke we've become, we are now viewed as one of the worst teams in D1.

I get it - smiley face/tongue in cheek original post. But there's also a timeline comparison (not a PP to JC comparison).There were a few NITs in the first dozen years mixed in w/ some NCAA success. The problem is people believed in JC and don't believe in PP (no argument).

 

[The Viking]

I get it - smiley face/tongue in cheek original post. But there's also a timeline comparison (not a PP to JC comparison).There were a few NITs in the first dozen years mixed in w/ some NCAA success. The problem is people believed in JC and don't believe in PP (no argument).

Keep in mind that Calhoun came to UConn having great success at little Northeastern. Did some damage in the NCAA tourney's and I think made the sweet 16 even (or came close can't recall). He also wasn't 61 or 62 when we he arrived on campus. Coach PP even if he did well wasn't going to be here more than 5-7 years, right? I mean at some point you have to look at the big picture and the future of this UConn football program is not PP for several reasons.
Just because Hathaway made a major mistake and the main worries about many prognosticators is now playing out, it doesn't mean you continue with that mistake just because PP has X amount of years left on his contract.

 

[FDNY99]

I just put some thought into who on our staff would find another FBS level job if they are let go...here are my picks: Brown, Hughes, Wholley, Day, Foley, maybe White (back on D side of ball) and Perkins..No way for Pasqualoni, DeLeone, and Cersosimo....Sos maybe FCS..definitely D-2 or D-3

 

[Adios]

http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachesHotSeatRanking.htm

PP is also mentioned here.

http://coacheshotseat.com/coacheshotseatblog/archives/15785

PP moved up to #25, "on the edge of the hot seat", BEFORE the loss to Syracuse. Looking forward to the next release of rankings after today!

 

[RS9999X]

I think it reflects poorly on the school to fire him in less than two years..

It also makes it hard to hire when you tell a coach "a bowl in 2 years or you are out of here and we'll fight you over severance".

Barring malfeasance they need to look at that recruiting class, the prospects of transfers, and how the Spring shapes up. I expect GDL is gone in December. Warde and PP have a chance to show they can hire talented assistants

 

[sportsart]

UConn is a 3 point dog next week.

 

[BlueDogs]

It also makes it hard to hire when you tell a coach "a bowl in 2 years or you are out of here and we'll fight you over severance".

Barring malfeasance they need to look at that recruiting class, the prospects of transfers, and how the Spring shapes up. I expect GDL is gone in December. Warde and PP have a chance to show they can hire talented assistants

Wow, are you out to lunch. It's not a question of a bowl in 2 years. The program is going in the opposite direction. This is not building; it's bumbling. FIRE PP's NOW. Watched ND game and Watching WV game. Do you realize there was a time a few years ago where we could stand toe to toe and did. OH my good Lord, look how far we have fallen. A real tragedy on so many levels.

 

[BlueDogs]

Say what you will about Edsall (and there is plenty), the one thing he did was always get his teams performing up at a higher level in late season. You have the exact opposite here. RE could coach up ( yes, sucked in many other ways, but by comparison we were in nirvana and just didn't know it).

 

[FrostyNuggets]

please Mr Burton, get the last laugh

buy him out

Pretty sure Burton is back to supporting Syracuse.

 

[emshorts]

neal brown
neal brown
neal brown
go get him warde.............NOW

 

[TouchdownHusky]

It also makes it hard to hire when you tell a coach "a bowl in 2 years or you are out of here and we'll fight you over severance".

Barring malfeasance they need to look at that recruiting class, the prospects of transfers, and how the Spring shapes up. I expect GDL is gone in December. Warde and PP have a chance to show they can hire talented assistants

Worth the risk. A good coach will have UConn back in a bowl in no time.

 

[Jimdish255]

I always believe you need to give a new coach at least 3 years to work with his recruits. A lot of this mess has to be on the players. I have no problem questioning the coaching decisions it has not been good but most on this board who want PP fired would say the same thing no matter who the coach is. The way college football is these days - almost anyone can beat anyone on any given day. I try to be positive because that is all I got to keep from going insane.

No. No. No and No.
Sorry to break it to you but going insane is the only sane response at this point. It would be preferable to give a coach 3 years unless said coach is driving the program over a cliff. But then again, we re-elected Bush to do exactly that.

 

[businesslawyer]

I always believe you need to give a new coach at least 3 years to work with his recruits. A lot of this mess has to be on the players. I have no problem questioning the coaching decisions it has not been good but most on this board who want PP fired would say the same thing no matter who the coach is. The way college football is these days - almost anyone can beat anyone on any given day. I try to be positive because that is all I got to keep from going insane.

Let's put aside your first sentence. The lack of blame being put on the players for Friday night is shocking to me. It's as if people want to believe that changing the head coach is magically going to take players who are not executing and not playing with passion and going to magically make them perform.

The players are not coming near getting getting it done.

 

[coachRD]

Why is this stupid? You seem to love to call other people's posts stupid. WE got waxed by the worst program in the Big East a week after losing to Temple. Your condescending attitude is a joke

Unfortunately, I think it is time to update the school known as the worst program in the BE.....

 

[businesslawyer]

My educated guess is that they are excited at the prospects of playing at UConn (great academics, athletic tradition and facilities). Who the coaches are is secondary to the type of student athletes we are recruiting.

If grown ups on this board were tricked into believing this was a good hire, why in the world would high school kids be expected to know differently?

 

[ZooCougar]

It also makes it hard to hire when you tell a coach "a bowl in 2 years or you are out of here and we'll fight you over severance".

Barring malfeasance they need to look at that recruiting class, the prospects of transfers, and how the Spring shapes up. I expect GDL is gone in December. Warde and PP have a chance to show they can hire talented assistants

There is having a bad two years and then there is what we have. Could it be worse? Yes. Are there one or two areas that are mildly encouraging? Yes.

But overall we are a big bold down arrow. With every decision, statement, play call etc. we see the ineptitude. Pasqualoni is just doing the same failed stuff that he was doing when he was taking Syracuse down.

It's one thing to hold on to a coach that is losing but you can still see the little improvements and the small things that lead you to be optimistic in the future.

Look, Paul Pasqualoni is a good guy but any reasonable person can see that this job is too big for him. He may have been a good HC back in the day, when the game was different but he isn't nowl

College football is different now. We are undergoing a renaissance of sorts in offensive philosophy. Teams are running far more sophisticated schemes with similar talent levels. They are doing it without the sloppy delay of game calls. We're running really simple stuff, and the players, particularly the offensive line are still not getting it.

That's coaching. That's not the players. When a teacher is teaching and the student isn't responding then you find new methods to get through to the student. Whatever these coaches are doing is not getting through to the players.

At this point a reasonable person can see that Paul Pasqualoni is a bad fit. It's not that he is the wrong coach at the wrong time. The truth is that there is never a time for a coach like him.

 

[Sean]

If grown ups on this board were tricked into believing this was a good hire, why in the world would high school kids be expected to know differently?

A lot of people on this board refuse to be negative about anything. A lot of people on this board lecture other people when they are negative about some things.

It honestly blows my mind that anyone would have supported the PP hire for any reason other than wanting to be optimistic.

I will admit, however, that I did not predict this level of train wreck. UConn had some bad years before this but never the dissension in the locker room or home team family section.

 

[ZooCougar]

A lot of people on this board refuse to be negative about anything. A lot of people on this board lecture other people when they are negative about some things.

It honestly blows my mind that anyone would have supported the PP hire for any reason other than wanting to be optimistic.

I will admit, however, that I did not predict this level of train wreck. UConn had some bad years before this but never the dissension in the locker room or home team family section.

I think that these people are either:
A: Naive,
B: accepting of mediocrity,
C: Relatives of P or D,
D: A CT High School Football Coach
E: Desmond Conner

 

[uconnfan68]

It's not that he is the wrong coach at the wrong time. The truth is that there is never a time for a coach like him.

Really? I call BS. He's been a successful coach for many years. Still the winningest coach in the BE. Has time passed him by? Maybe, but to say his entire life was unsuccessful is just stupid.

 

[ZooCougar]

Really? I call BS. He's been a successful coach for many years. Still the winningest coach in the BE. Has time passed him by? Maybe, but to say his entire life was unsuccessful is just stupid.

I didn't say that. As he is right now, there is no time or place.

Besides, last time he was successful, Clinton was in office.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

I think that these people are either:
A: Naive,
B: accepting of mediocrity,
C: Relatives of P or D,
D: A CT High School Football Coach
E: Desmond Conner

Or just don't pay much attention to the rest of college football around the nation. Take a look at UConn and that ain't it.