Summer transfers

[VAHuskyFan]

other than the fact that the OC and Grimes wanted out of CT, period; yup, nailed it.

They were professionals who gave a reason that would not reflect poorly on UConn. Only a true a** would say “I left because the program is a dumpster fire and/or I had personal issues with the HC.” Maybe they really wanted out of CT. Or maybe it was a polite excuse. I don’t think most of us are in a position to know.

 

[Pudge]

UCLA - my other school I follow - has a Star RB. Started at UC Davis & walked on at UCLA.

I understand the angst after 1-11 & the full narrative. Many of you are in full Blowhard Fire the Coach form. And it just turned June.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

yeah... like a $175K salary increase offer for Grimes for the same job. ($250k to $425k).

Or as in Lashlee who was previously shown Auburn’s exit door, happier wife closer to native Arkansas, happier life

 

[mdkhusky]

UCLA - my other school I follow - has a Star RB. Started at UC Davis & walked on at UCLA.

I understand the angst after 1-11 & the full narrative. Many of you are in full Blowhard Fire the Coach form. And it just turned June.

So you’re confident he’s turning it around ?!?

 

[Chief00]

UCLA - my other school I follow - has a Star RB. Started at UC Davis & walked on at UCLA.

I understand the angst after 1-11 & the full narrative. Many of you are in full Blowhard Fire the Coach form. And it just turned June.

Coaches often get fired after 1-11 seasons. I am not advocating it in this case but nor do I buy into the patience for a seven year plan (2+5) by a coach who got fired in his last D1 gig. During those 7 years we must see some on field progress, which we have not seen to date. Head coaches also often get fired if they make history in a bad way - like the having the worse defense in college football history.

 

[whaler11]

I think someone should go to the basketball board and say Dame Lillard went to Weber State so recruiting doesn’t matter.

 

[Waquoit]

UCLA - my other school I follow - has a Star RB. Started at UC Davis & walked on at UCLA.

I'm with you, Pudge. But these guys have to start coming in pretty soon.

 

[Waquoit]

Or as in Lashlee who was previously shown Auburn’s exit door, happier wife closer to native Arkansas, happier life

Just our luck, our one good coach happened to be the one FB coach WGAS what his wife thinks.

 

[BlueDogs]

other than the fact that the OC and Grimes wanted out of CT, period; yup, nailed it.

This insistence on maintaining the party line is ridiculous. Coaches move where they have opportunity. It comes with the job. Decision control and compensation matter. It had nothing to do with “family” other than a diplomatic excuse to exit because he wasn’t Randy’s guy. Had we paid up and Randy given him O control, CT would be a fine place to live.

 

[CTMike]

We do not have enough FBS talent. Fire him, don’t fire him, what does it matter? Recruiting is in a death spiral... who is out there that we can afford and can pull us out of this? It’s almost like they want Edsall to fail so they can justify shutting it down.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I think Randy Edsall realizes it is up to him to clean up the mess that is UConn football. The mess was not created by him but by Coach PP and Diaco. When Randy left, we were a great football team. I think it is harder to rebuild a program now then it was 10 or 20 years ago. There is so much competition for players. There is so much competition to get into the P5 conferences. Money is king. Let's see what Randy can do this year. If he can't win a single football game, that sends a serious warning that UConn may be the new rival for the Coast Guard Academy. But if we can get six wins. UConn is bouncing back from the depths.

 

[Buffett10]

We do not have enough FBS talent. Fire him, don’t fire him, what does it matter? Recruiting is in a death spiral... who is out there that we can afford and can pull us out of this? It’s almost like they want Edsall to fail so they can justify shutting it down.

Art Briles

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

It's just strange to me how many of you know exactly what goes on behind closed doors. The locker room has to be weird with Edsdall, the players, and like 30 old dudes calling themselves things like "Chief" and "Whaler" hovering around listening.

 

[UConnJim]

Football programs, especially if you are not a traditional power, require significant time to turn around. If your school has high academic standards and limits JUCO recruitment, the rebuild is even harder.

Frank Beamer was 24-40 his first 5 years at VT. Greg Schiano went 3-24 in the Big East his first 4 years. Both turned the programs around, but it took patience and the powers to be had patience.

The key to Edsall’s program is he develops players over time. He needs RS Senoirs and RS Juniors for his teams to win. With the type of player UConn recruits, you are not going to win starting lots of freshmen and sophomores and UConn played a number of them.

Will UConn be better this year over last year? In some areas a clear yes. In other areas, unknown and could be worse. The key to the season will be QB play and none of us know how that will shake out.

 

[whaler11]

My goodness, do any of you tire of saying the same thing over, and over, and over, and over ....

dunno. do some of you ever get tired of supporting the people who have made the program a national embarrassment?

 

[whaler11]

Not that I’m not loving #delusionszn

Spoiler alert: When you show up with the intent to run the ball - and you don’t have a QB that gives the defense a reason to not stack the box.. you can’t run the ball.

There are a few teams so bad on the schedule they might win 3 - but it’s going to be a weekly root canal where Edsall jams the ball into the line and leaves his QB with 3rd and long and zero weapons. The goal will be to run the clock out starting in the first quarter.

It’s literally the opposite of what works in modern college football.

UConn trying to recruit is like the sales recruiter that Yellow Book sends to college job fairs. When your first commit is modeling UT Martin gear online 48 hours after he verbals to you.... that’s an issue.

That our moran of an athletic director thinks this is a solution is mind-boggling. Coaches leave on the first train out of town because the stink of this program is a career killer. That’s how you end up with a quality control coach as your DC.

On the brightside they have a low scholarship NEC team at home, a putrid UMass team and the debacle that is East Carolina on the schedule... so they might win three... some lunatics can declare progress and Edsall can salt away another 3 million while the dirt keeps getting shoveled on the program.

And now when you want to attack me because you don’t like what I say - make sure to think about my track record vs yours.

 

[Exit 4]

Not that I’m not loving #delusionszn

Spoiler alert: When you show up with the intent to run the ball - and you don’t have a QB that gives the defense a reason to not stack the box.. you can’t run the ball.

There are a few teams so bad on the schedule they might win 3 - but it’s going to be a weekly root canal where Edsall jams the ball into the line and leaves his QB with 3rd and long and zero weapons. The goal will be to run the clock out starting in the first quarter.

It’s literally the opposite of what works in modern college football.

UConn trying to recruit is like the sales recruiter that Yellow Book sends to college job fairs. When your first commit is modeling UT Martin gear online 48 hours after he verbals to you.... that’s an issue.

That our moran of an athletic director thinks this is a solution is mind-boggling. Coaches leave on the first train out of town because the stink of this program is a career killer. That’s how you end up with a quality control coach as your DC.

On the brightside they have a low scholarship NEC team at home, a putrid UMass team and the debacle that is East Carolina on the schedule... so they might win three... some lunatics can declare progress and Edsall can salt away another 3 million while the dirt keeps getting shoveled on the program.

And now when you want to attack me because you don’t like what I say - make sure to think about my track record vs yours.

That was a more positive post than I expected this evening. I’m marking you down as a “maybe” on Edsall 3.0. That’s what I call the new Spanos/Guifre era.

 

[ktuck911]

I think someone should go to the basketball board and say Dame Lillard went to Weber State so recruiting doesn’t matter.

Or even Steph Curry went to Davidson so recruiting doesn't matter

 

[whaler11]

That was a more positive post than I expect this evening. I’m marking you down as a “maybe” on Edsall 3.0. That’s what I call the new Spanos/Guifre era.

Did you like Temple 21 UConn 0 with a shellshocked Donovin Williams at QB?

Do I have a team for you.

 

[whaler11]

That was a more positive post than I expected this evening. I’m marking you down as a “maybe” on Edsall 3.0. That’s what I call the new Spanos/Guifre era.

I’ve only missed one home game since 1998 - I’m thinking about skipping Wagner for a swing through the Carolinas.
Georgia Tech @ Clemson Thursday, Utah State @ Wake Friday, and East Carolina @ State Saturday.

 

[Exit 4]

Did you like Temple 21 UConn 0 with a shellshocked Donovin Williams at QB?

Do I have a team for you.

Donovin will score a TD in this year’s game. Senior year for him. He’s been hitting the weight room hard. My absurd call for the Temple game is UConn 14 - Temple 10. Lots of big punts and miss field goals. Two dozen NFL scouts in attendance to watch the special teams.

 

[whaler11]

Donovin will score a TD in this year’s game. Senior year for him. He’s been hitting the weight room hard. My absurd call for the Temple game is UConn 14 - Temple 10. Lots of big punts and miss field goals. Two dozen NFL scouts in attendance to watch the special teams.

He might be the best QB on the roster.

 

[Exit 4]

I’ve only missed one home game since 1998 - I’m thinking about skipping Wagner for a swing through the Carolinas.
Georgia Tech @ Clemson Thursday, Utah State @ Wake Friday, and East Carolina @ State Saturday.

Wow, You sir have earned the State of Connecticut’s Medal of Honor Equivalency Award for your for almost perfect attendance. I think this means you get to DJ the stadium music at homecoming and design your very own offensive play.

You also must be separated from the misses to have the flexibility to hit three football games over one weekend.

 

[Exit 4]

He might be the best QB on the roster.

Maybe, but you forgot about Eddie Hahn.

 

[whaler11]

Wow, You sir have earned the State of Connecticut’s Medal of Honor Equivalency Award for your for almost perfect attendance. I think this means you get to DJ the stadium music at homecoming and design your very own offensive play.

You also must be separated from the misses to have the flexibility to hit three football games over one weekend.

Nah very married. She went on a girl’s trip to West Palm this winter so I’ve got a marker to call.

She’d be more than happy to hit the games but our daughter hates going. Starts asking to leave halfway through the second quarter.

 

[uconnbill]

Or the defense feels better about itself because they spent the spring practicing against a markedly worse offense without Pindell.

We've seen posts like yours for a decade straight and nothing ever gets better. I look at the roster and I really struggle to see how we're any better this year. I'd be thrilled to be proven wrong, but I just don't see it getting any better.

Saying nothing gets better is easy to say after the past few years. I've seen the players up and close and they like each other which does mean something. Now are they going to win 10 games, no I don't think so. But I can see 4 or 5 wins if they can get someone to quarterback well this season.

 

[Chief00]

yeah... like a $175K salary increase offer for Grimes for the same job. ($250k to $425k).

That’s part of the problem - we need to open up the coaching salary wallets. But if you thought Grimes and Lashlee enjoyed being the fall guys for Randy’s poor Crocker hire, you are not keeping it real. If the offense was 3 and out or scored a quick TD - it was Lashlee’s fault in Randy’s World, because he let our defense back on the field too quickly. On the other hand, not until we were the worst defense in college football history the following season did Randy make Crocker accountable and at that point - it was not optional.
Just like with players the thing that was important to Randy seemed to be who’s hire or recruit it was - not the actual performance.

 

[gioff2323]

dunno. do some of you ever get tired of supporting the people who have made the program a national embarrassment?

I get that you don't like the direction of the program; none of us do. Why you have to say it 85798243578 times is the question. You'd have to go back several pages to find content relative to the title. But you can click on nearly any thread and find you guys spouting the same thing, over and over and over again.

 

[whaler11]

I get that you don't like the direction of the program; none of us do. Why you have to say it 85798243578 times is the question. You'd have to go back several pages to find content relative to the title. But you can click on nearly any thread and find you guys spouting the same thing, over and over and over again.

so block us if reading an opinion you don’t agree with bothers you so much.

i’d prefer they stop being an embarrassment so I can stop reminding people of that fact when we are in #delusionszn

 

[History Geek]

I get that you don't like the direction of the program; none of us do. Why you have to say it 85798243578 times is the question. You'd have to go back several pages to find content relative to the title. But you can click on nearly any thread and find you guys spouting the same thing, over and over and over again.

While this is true, I have found Whaler is often more right than wrong. I can't live life with my glass half-empty like he does, but his opinions have served as a reality check for my previously blind optimism. I am still hopeful, and want to see the product on the field first before passing judgement, but he has appropriately tempered my expectations. I hope, for the long-term health of the athletic department, my expectations for the next few years are exceeded.