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DoctorWho85 said:
Interim will probably be Guifre. So do you really want that?
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Not sure Giufre is the problem. Randy has always handcuffed his OC’s. It’s an issue. I wouldn’t want to work for him because it could damage my career. If he isn’t handcuffing Giufre and this is his offense, then he should be fired immediately.

In fairness to Giufre, Lashlee is the only guy we saw install a modern offense (AD Dave’s call) and Randy was ready to murder him. Why should we blame Giufre? You think he’s got the green light to call the shots? No way.
 
Hoophound said:
Not sure Giufre is the problem. Randy has always handcuffed his OC’s.
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I get that RE is the easy target right now (and deservedly so), but he’s not the sole reason the offense looked like garbage. Zero creativity in the offense, disorganized and subpar QB and line play have to fall on the OC. He is absolutely a large part of the problem.
 
He gets the season. the mistake Warde made way back when was firing Paul after four games. He should have waited until maybe the last week, maybe right when season was done. (I didn't say that at the time). The program lost all its discipline, quickly, and it got ripped apart at the seams with infighting, player insubordination etc. If Paul was coach that team that went 3-9 probably could have rallied to 5-7. Still would have been fired though. Coaches on that staff have told me they thought they could turn it around and then, bam the coaches started looking for exits too.

I get why Warde did it. He wanted to spark the team and win some games. It had the opposite effect. No need to fire coaches, of an indy program. Guys are paid millions. Even if he is out the door, per se, you keep the staff intact to keep the players disciplined. No more fiascos. Out for blood did nothing for the program.
 
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Improviser said:
How can you prepare for a vastly superior opponent?

If they had a running game, they could shorten the game by gaining downs and minimizing their time on the field.

Not sure what the rationale was for scheduling Clemson? If they hold them to under 90 points, would that be a moral victory?
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$$$ and a hope that after 4 years, we'd be competitive.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
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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Every time someone has said this in the past 11 years, it has managed to somehow get worse.
 
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JohnFSilver said:
The thought that we could get Ted Lasso is ridiculous. He won a title at Wichita State and is trying to get AFC Richmond back into the Premier League. There is no chance he would work here in CT.
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Well. He wants to be closer to his kid. And he has a penchant for turning around lost causes.
 
blue93 said:
I get that RE is the easy target right now (and deservedly so), but he’s not the sole reason the offense looked like garbage. Zero creativity in the offense, disorganized and subpar QB and line play have to fall on the OC. He is absolutely a large part of the problem.
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Again, there has never been creativity in our offense except when Rhett was here. This is a vintage Randy Edsall offense. He slung the ball a little at Maryland until he crashed and burned but that’s about it. I have no doubt the plays we are running are the plays Randy wants to run.

The QB is on Randy. Jack is not fundamentally sound so he isn’t going to be a consistent passer. It’s just the way throwing works. It’s like shooting a basketball. If you don’t have proper form there is almost no chance you’ll be consistently accurate. SK is fundamentally sound, sees the field better and throws a better ball.

Yes, the Oline sucked. That’s not entirely Randy’s fault, I guess.

I’m hoping there is really something to the slippery field and melting cleats stuff because that would be the only explanation I’d be satisfied with for that bad of a performance.
 
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Hoophound said:
Again, there has never been creativity in our offense except when Rhett was here. This is a vintage Randy Edsall offense. He slung the ball a little at Maryland until he crashed and burned but that’s about it. I have no doubt the plays we are running are the plays Randy wants to run.

The QB is on Randy. Jack is not fundamentally sound so he isn’t going to be a consistent passer. It’s just the way throwing works. It’s like shooting a basketball. If you don’t have proper form there is almost no chance you’ll be consistently accurate. SK is fundamentally sound, sees the field better and throws a better ball.

Yes, the Oline sucked. That’s not entirely Randy’s fault, I guess.

I’m hoping there is really something to the slippery field and melting cleats stuff because that would be the only explanation I’d be satisfied with for that bad of a performance.
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The Oline sucked compared to RE's lines his first go around. They did ok against Fresno. Fresno brought pressure a lot because they knew JZ couldn't make the throws. JZ had time to make throws and just flat out missed wide open receivers. Krajewski needs to start against Holy Cross. I get JZ "won" the job at practice, but he over throws deep routes and under throws shallow routes.
 
Hiring back Edsall in the first place was a disgrace given the situation with how he left last time.

If we aren't going to have a serious program (canceling our entire football season in 2020) then just scrap the program.

Nobody wants that, we all want real football, so instead of a boring old coach let's hire someone with something to prove. A 28 year old somewhere with maybe a gimmicky scheme. Give me an offense that goes for it every 4th down, or a triple option, or something!!! That way even if we still suck we'll be fun to watch. Being bad and boring is miserable.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
We are statistically one of the worst teams to ever play college football. Only UMass has been worse than us. It literally cannot get get any worse.
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You keep saying that it can't get worse, but it can. Would chains and padlocks be worse? Stop saying it!!!
 
DoctorWho85 said:
The Oline sucked compared to RE's lines his first go around. They did ok against Fresno. Fresno brought pressure a lot because they knew JZ couldn't make the throws. JZ had time to make throws and just flat out missed wide open receivers. Krajewski needs to start against Holy Cross. I get JZ "won" the job at practice, but he over throws deep routes and under throws shallow routes.
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QB play was just horrible against Fresno. The fact JZ missed two wide open WRs that could have resulted in huge plays is all we need to know about his ability. JZ had enough time to throw most of the time, but he just can't execute.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
We are statistically one of the worst teams to ever play college football. Only UMass has been worse than us. It literally cannot get get any worse.
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I understand why you say that. Because, in no rational world can it get worse. However, we are not in the realm of rational outcomes or reason. We lack the imagination necessary to conceive of something worse, but I assure you, we will find a way. We have two FCS teams on the schedule. Imagine being the first FBS team to lose to two FCS teams in the same calendar year in what, one hundred years? That would be worse.
 
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CCSUblue said:
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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I’d take Justin Fuente in a heartbeat! Hell, why not Scott Frost. His days are numbered at Nebraska, and look how he turned around UCF.
 
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SonsOfNutmeg said:
I’d take Justin Fuente in a heartbeat! Hell, why not Scott Frost. His days are numbered at Nebraska, and look how he turned around UCF.
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I don’t think either would consider UCONN. There will be much better G5 schools offering them jobs - I can definitely see Frost returning to a Florida School.

We also are not getting a P5 coordinator. If we get a P5 coach it would be a position coach and frankly, what young position coach at a P5 school would come here?

It’s the FCS coordinator ranks and D2 head coaching ranks where the next coach can be mined. Like other have mentioned we need a offensive minded coach who runs a fun style of football - that will get recruits here, at least on offense.

UCONN football will never be a destination job (thanks Dave Benedict!) but I am fine with getting a coach who goes to a better job in 3 years. It means we are winning.

I can’t see a way Edsall gets canned in season. Even if he doesn’t win a game. There is no one on the staff that will be retained so why bother naming an interim. Just roll with it. Benedict with another major blunder not firing him two years ago.
 
Hoophound said:
Again, there has never been creativity in our offense except when Rhett was here. This is a vintage Randy Edsall offense. He slung the ball a little at Maryland until he crashed and burned but that’s about it. I have no doubt the plays we are running are the plays Randy wants to run.

The QB is on Randy. Jack is not fundamentally sound so he isn’t going to be a consistent passer. It’s just the way throwing works. It’s like shooting a basketball. If you don’t have proper form there is almost no chance you’ll be consistently accurate. SK is fundamentally sound, sees the field better and throws a better ball.

Yes, the Oline sucked. That’s not entirely Randy’s fault, I guess.

I’m hoping there is really something to the slippery field and melting cleats stuff because that would be the only explanation I’d be satisfied with for that bad of a performance.
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I don’t necessarily disagree with anything you said… but at the same time, the OC has been directly responsible for the offense during the development year too. Two years of prep to come out and look like that is inexcusable by all parties. Let’s just leave it at that.
 
huskysupporter said:
I don’t think either would consider UCONN. There will be much better G5 schools offering them jobs - I can definitely see Frost returning to a Florida School.

We also are not getting a P5 coordinator. If we get a P5 coach it would be a position coach and frankly, what young position coach at a P5 school would come here?

It’s the FCS coordinator ranks and D2 head coaching ranks where the next coach can be mined. Like other have mentioned we need a offensive minded coach who runs a fun style of football - that will get recruits here, at least on offense.

UCONN football will never be a destination job (thanks Dave Benedict!) but I am fine with getting a coach who goes to a better job in 3 years. It means we are winning.

I can’t see a way Edsall gets canned in season. Even if he doesn’t win a game. There is no one on the staff that will be retained so why bother naming an interim. Just roll with it. Benedict with another major blunder not firing him two years ago.
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I disagree that a G5 coordinator wouldn’t want to take a HC job here. But agree with you that RE is basically “safe” this season. When you look at the most successful G5 programs (Cincy, UCF, Boise, Memphis, etc) they’ve all had multiple head coaches who have retained success because they were set up right. Shouldn’t be an expectation that we’re going to keep a head man for a decade here. Not anymore.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
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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Like say from Holy Cross.
 
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