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Ts5034 said:
I think the question is, who would want to come and coach UConn Football? I understand theres always going to be somebody that will take a head coaching job, but would one of the top assistants around the country want to take on this particular challenge? Or would they wait it out to go elsewhere that is more of a stable situation?

Diaco ended up being a disaster, but at the time everyone loved the hire since he was one of the best young coordinators out there coming off winning the Broyles award. Are we in a position right now where somebody with those credentials is a realistic option?
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Not a chance. If we were in the ACC or B1G or BigXII (or whatever will be leftover) maybe then yes. But not now. Program is a disaster and tough to recruit with no bowl tie-in. Playing a bunch of P5’s and National TV exposure is nice, but.
 
With where UConn sits right now, no P5 coordinator, particularly one that looks competent is looking at UConn as they're first job. Similarly I don't think you're going to poach a G5 head-coach even if we were to offer them a modest raise, they're looking for a place they know they can be successful and take the next jump and if they already have something going at their current posting, UConn football is, at best, a lateral move.

If you're considering realistic coaching candidates, you're really only looking at FCS head coaches & G4 coordinators (or a retread who's desperate to get back in, like Edsall was).
 
ScottVib said:
With where UConn sits right now, no P5 coordinator, particularly one that looks competent is looking at UConn as they're first job. Similarly I don't think you're going to poach a G5 head-coach even if we were to offer them a modest raise, they're looking for a place they know they can be successful and take the next jump and if they already have something going at their current posting, UConn football is, at best, a lateral move.

If you're considering realistic coaching candidates, you're really only looking at FCS head coaches & G4 coordinators (or a retread who's desperate to get back in, like Edsall was).
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Is Temple better though? Obviously right now they're a better football team. But are they a better program/destination? UConn has a bigger budget and more resources. Sure they suck right now but there's only one direction they can go and if you turn things around noticeably at UConn, some struggling P4/5 program will notice and you'll get hired.
 
NowInStorrs said:
Is Temple better though? Obviously right now they're a better football team. But are they a better program/destination? UConn has a bigger budget and more resources. Sure they suck right now but there's only one direction they can go and if you turn things around noticeably at UConn, some struggling P4/5 program will notice and you'll get hired.
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As much as this hurts to say, at this point Temple is the better program.
 
NowInStorrs said:
Is Temple better though? Obviously right now they're a better football team. But are they a better program/destination? UConn has a bigger budget and more resources. Sure they suck right now but there's only one direction they can go and if you turn things around noticeably at UConn, some struggling P4/5 program will notice and you'll get hired.
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Coaches go to Temple then get hired somewhere else for more money. I would think that track record would be enticing for an up-and-comer.
 
Chief00 said:
True, but Dave is now the front person owner of Randy’s 2.0 record. Dave was brought here for football to be respectable and take us out of the conference wilderness. Basketball to the Big East is liked by many Casual Fans and has assisted MBB recruiting. But, ironically football has been dismal despite Corey being receptive to advice about how to successfully update recruiting the past couple years. Unfortunately, his dad is the one who needs to update the on field stuff. What the Lashlee experiment told us was that Randy isn’t a CEO type coach, who can effectively delegate to talented people. Bear Bryant barely knew some players names for years. Randy is a control freak but his offensive concepts are ancient. When you have an OL of NFL players in Beatty, Thomas and Griffin (TE) and an NFL RB (Donald Brown) it can work, but unless you have that physically dominant talent it’s destine for failure. Things need to start at QB and Randy has not made getting a good one a priority for this season. The recruiting changes did land us one that Chief believes in but as a freshman he needs to leap over the guys who Randy brought in.
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You don’t have any idea what you are talking about…….
 
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Ldandy said:
Tyler Bowen was TE Coach and Offensive Recruiting Coordinator At PSU. He did call plays for The 2019 Cotton Bowl, as well as when Breiner was HC at Fordham. All indications are that he is the goods and a future HC.
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Wait, can he do that and still play for the basketball team? Is that an NIL thing?

Linky
 
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Benedict is certainly deserving of some kind of blame, but there is no way he is intentionally killing football.

Stay with me now.

The came from Minnesota and most recently Auburn. If he kills football here, no Power 5 school would ever touch him. His ticket to a Power 5 school is saving football.

He hoped that bringing back RE would offer some stability to the program, perhaps RE stabilized recruiting. Maybe he actually did enough to change the direction of the program. But there is now a steep hill to climb to get to some form of respectability and RE just isn't the engine to do that.

The young guys on the staff are hungry, but several were promoted from analyst and lack the experience to be a solid FBS staff. We need a real staff that legitimately knows how to coach up these kids.

Also, Lashlee is never coming back here. If y'all want an OC...Phil Longo, Eddie Gran, heck give Kevin Sumlin or Justin Fuente (bound to be fired this year) a call and see if they want to rehab their image by making a winner.
 
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You gotta better chance of this team finishing over 500 then RE hitting the bricks
 
If there is a OC sitting out the season at any college level, AD Dave should be making calls. If RE does not like he can resign. Who thinks our first O play will be an inside handoff against HC?

I have to ask, where is Jack these days? Could he fill in? The fights with RE would off the charts.
 
Lashlee is not coming back to UConn. Ever. Unless: 1. His wife suddenly likes living up North and 2. UConn pays him and gives him a very large assistant pool. Neither of those will ever happen so he ain't coming here.

Our best bet is to look at FCS or D2 HC's with proven winning records and take a chance with them. It literally cannot get any worse.
 
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