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Ellington said:
The great Paul Brown was quoted when asked about annoying players - "We will tolerate you until we can replace you"
Well, this is what we are left with when we (HCRE 2.0) blame it all on the players. You could see this coming the last few weeks of the season. Now we have former players playing at GTech, LaTech ,Northern Illinois, Minnesota and Cincinnati (all at least potential Bowl teams) that must have had "perpetual" baggage.
In the interim, I hope we have answers to replace these experienced, veteran guys.
"Next man up" is a wonderful catch phrase, but our motto is "Next freshman up" or "next transfer up".
NEVER FORGET - all these transfers we brought in LEFT other programs. Who is to say they don't have perpetual baggage. "The Devil you know....."
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I find it a little troubling when our players are transferring to FBS schools and our incoming transfers are coming from D2. I do have high hopes from the RB from Toledo.
 
metsfan2323 said:
I can't see Edsall being dumb enough to ignore performance.
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Not dumb enough, but stubborn enough.

Edsall is all about process and behind the scenes stuff and will absolutely park a player who thinks they only have to perform 60 minutes on game day.
 
UConnJim said:
When a QB has academic issues, it’s a major red flag as QB requires a lot of studying and it is the most important position on the field. Plus, how can you rely on a QB if he has academic risks?

As for Dixon, he looks like he could have been a major contributor, but he hadn’t proven that yet. His production at WR dropped considerably from freshman to sophomore year even though UConn was not loaded at WR. As a KR, he was not a star as UConn was ranked 106 out of 130 teams in kickoff return yards per return. Kick returns used to be a UConn strength under Edsall 1.0.
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I think much of the production drop is due to the different offense. Lashlee's offense created a lot of downfield plays and frequently got WR's open. Last year there was minimal vertical passing attack. I agree that Dixon was somewhat unproven, but considering the other WR options right now, he would have been an important player to bring back.
 
MrSheldrake said:
I think Beaudry will be a strong back up and a welcome addition to the team, but can't see Edsall giving the starting job to a division 2 QB over a freshman redshirt who was a solid three star recruit from Georgia, and Edsall's biggest recruit since he took the job.
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100% disagree.. May the best man win the starting job... That's how it works... With that said, I hope they push each other so hard that we get the absolute best production out on the field, so that if one goes down (unfortunately) when the other one steps in and we don't miss a beat... Time for the glass half full mindset fellas... I think I'm a little more excited about what we can do than most on this board... Everybody already knows what we couldn't do (over the last few years)... Some of these young pups have been through the ringer for 2 years (redshirts and redshirt froshes), while some got their butts whipped (thrown to the wolves from day 1... DL & DBs in particular... Heck most of the D)...

The best thing about all this? We've circled the wagons... Historically, it's helped us... We get a lot better results, because no one expects us to do diddly... but lose...

Time to shock the world (again)...
 
noeynox said:
I find it a little troubling when our players are transferring to FBS schools and our incoming transfers are coming from D2. I do have high hopes from the RB from Toledo.
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My personal opinion is it costs nothing for an FBS program (P5) to take a transfer (from a non P5) sans offering them a scholarship. Unless you’re a grad transfer, I just don’t see a guy like Dixon getting a scholarship if he goes to a P5 school-initially. He’ll get financial aid and if he balls out then perhaps they pull the trigger. He is an upgraded PWO to them.
 
From talking to RE at the coaches event it sounds like Krajewski has no shot to start at this point. The Washington transfer is also no surprise based on his comments.
 
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Chief00 said:
I agree, the offense looks worse unless a new QB exceeds expectations.
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I'm looking forward to seeing what Beaudry (at 6'5) can do for us... Big guy... They kid from NC State is 6'5 too... so maybe (just maybe) we might have something here....
 
gioff2323 said:
Exactly how many D2 transfers did we bring in?
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Two so far; Mike Beaudry 6'5'' QB from West Florida and Ardell Brown 5'10'' WR from Seton HIll.

From FBS we also brought in Art Thompkins, 5'8'' RB from Toledo (G5 school in the MAC) and coming later this summer is DJ Morgan 6'2'' OLB from Notre Dame.

Also, Dillon Harris 6'0'' LB from Lackawanna JUCO arrived on campus this week.

Beaudry, Morgan and Harris will have two years of eligibility rather than just one.

I think we will bring in two to four more transfers; TE, DL, WR and S (could be a CB we convert to S).
 
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I don’t like that all of the QB’s are pro style.
Could mean a lot of sacks , interceptions(passing under duress).
 
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Rewster said:
I did watch his video and he does move well for a big kid.
Hope he is good enough to see the field
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Given Beaudry's injury history, Leon and SK should be studying that playbook hard. Very good chance they see the field in 2019 even if they start the season on the bench.
 
TMB4405 said:
From talking to RE at the coaches event it sounds like Krajewski has no shot to start at this point. The Washington transfer is also no surprise based on his comments.
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Can you tell us a little more? If he told you, he isn’t too worried about it being out there. I know Washington was having issues but I’d love to know where Randy sees Krajewski at this point.
 
Slick said:
Kind of a stupid post. HC RE is definitely interested in winning
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Someone is posting something stupid, but it ain't me. Edsall said it himself last year.

"“I could care (less) about how many we win or lose, I really could right now because if we don’t get the culture right, don’t get the program established"

Exactly as I have stated, the coach was more worried about "culture" than wins. And the players knew it, they ain't stupid.
 
Exit 4 said:
FWIW - Micah Leon had 500 yards rushing as a senior at Palm Beach HS in FL.
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It was Boca Raton High. I read an article on him and he has an interesting history. He was originally at American Heritage in Delray Beach, but left after junior year as a player a year younger was the starter. (That kid went on to get a QB scholarship at McNeese St.) He transferred to Boca Raton and won the QB starting job. American Heritage ran the spread, but Boca Raton ran a more traditional offense Pro-I which is probably why his passing stats were not as high in high school. You couple only 1 year as a starter and a Pro offense and you get a lightly recruited HS QB.

At NC St., they had young QB depth. Before Leon left, they brought in a JUCO, a FR, and one walk-on FR so they had 3 RS SO, 1 RS FR, and 2 FR (one a walk on). Here is where the QBs ranked:

#1 Pro JUCO 2019
#18 Pro QB 2019
#16 Pro 2018
#29 Pro 2017

I think Leon has a pretty good shot to start. He has been training for 2 years at NC St. and he played high school football in a talent rich region in the largest school division.
 
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Palatine said:
Someone is posting something stupid, but it ain't me. Edsall said it himself last year.

"“I could care (less) about how many we win or lose, I really could right now because if we don’t get the culture right, don’t get the program established"

Exactly as I have stated, the coach was more worried about "culture" than wins. And the players knew it, they ain't stupid.
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I’m pretty sure you have more money than the rest of us combined. Why can’t you buy us a new coach?
 
UConnJim said:
I think Leon has a pretty good shot to start. He has been training for 2 years at NC St. and he played high school football in a talent rich region in the largest school division.
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Thanks for the clean up. Keep thinking West Palm Beach when its Boca.

As for your assessment - agreed. Has 6'5'' frame, some mobility, been playing in a football savvy region, just spent two years in a program know for producing Pro style QBs. Now couple that with desire, some leadership ability and coachablility and see what happens.
 
Palatine said:
Someone is posting something stupid, but it ain't me. Edsall said it himself last year.

"“I could care (less) about how many we win or lose, I really could right now because if we don’t get the culture right, don’t get the program established"

Exactly as I have stated, the coach was more worried about "culture" than wins. And the players knew it, they ain't stupid.
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>>“I want to win just as much as anybody but we’re not ready to win yet,” Edsall said. “We have a lot of youth that don’t know how to win, don’t know how to pay the price yet because they haven’t been here, and I’m not criticizing but they don’t know. They’ll know, they’ll figure it out, they are figuring it out and we’ll get there but everybody wants to sprinkle the fairy dust, wants to put in the microwave for five seconds and think everything’s good. That isn’t what it’s all about in my book and if people don’t like it, tough (expletive).<<
 
huskymedic said:
>>“I want to win just as much as anybody but we’re not ready to win yet,” Edsall said. “We have a lot of youth that don’t know how to win, don’t know how to pay the price yet because they haven’t been here, and I’m not criticizing but they don’t know. They’ll know, they’ll figure it out, they are figuring it out and we’ll get there but everybody wants to sprinkle the fairy dust, wants to put in the microwave for five seconds and think everything’s good. That isn’t what it’s all about in my book and if people don’t like it, tough (expletive).<<
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Crap, should have brought a microwave and jar of fairy dusty to one of the coaches road show events.
 
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Exit 4 said:
I was just enjoying his colorful visual.
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Coaches love microwave analogies...

"Pasqualoni said. "We kind of put him in there last year, but you don't do it in one year. This is not a microwave oven where you throw it in, set the timer and in a short period of time you're done."

""We live in a microwave society, an instant society, where we get on the computer and the computer tells us the directions," Palmer added. "With team sports, there are no shortcuts. You have to build it from scratch. You have to work at it. It doesn't happen overnight."
 
Hornet22 said:
You can’t allow the inmates to run the asylum.
Hopefully that wasn’t a distasteful comment.
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Like I said, it was so successful in Maryland.
 
Waquoit said:
Like I said, it was so successful in Maryland.
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Just to be clear. You think our players shouldn’t be held to any standards, and coaches should tolerate any and all levels of effort/types of behavior?
 
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