Three More, Including Danny O'Brien, Will Transfer

[metsfan2323]

albeit from a weak conf. to face an opponent we could never beat. .

It's this qualifier that makes it more like a rooftop than a mountaintop. What Boise did in their BCS bowl appearance against OK when they won the game and finished ranked in the top 10 is much closer to a Mountaintop. If the hope of a repeat of the 2010 season is the best we can look forward to (as a mountaintop would imply) then this whole football venture is a complete waste of time.

 

[businesslawyer]

Goodness, can we all please stop with the overbroad comments. Of course the '10 season wasn't getting to a mountaintop -- that would imply there is no other way to go than down. But to say that winning Big East championships outside the Top 25 and going no further is a complete waste of time is also a significant overstatement.

 

[metsfan2323]

But to say that winning Big East championships outside the Top 25 and going no further is a complete waste of time is also a significant overstatement.

I didn't say that. I just said if that season is a mountaintop the football venture is a waste of time, which apparently is something you and I agree on.

 

[Johnbuoy]

Hey Coach E...I've been to the mountaintop, and I can see UConn from there...and, and,...there's Don Brown. You remember him don't you Coach?

 

[JaYnYcE]

Isn't the mountaintop a national title? Since, thats as high a team can go in a season?

Unless of course you're content with a BCS appearance as the highest we can go.


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[HuskyNan]

In the 6 power conferences some schools will NEVER make it to a BCS bowl. We did albeit from a weak conf. to face an opponent we could never beat. It still happened. By the way the $$$ were not bad either, even though the BE took some.

UConn lost $1.8 million on the Fiesta Bowl.

 

[BlueMAB]

We've been to a mountaintop. It was called Pike's Peak. Great mountain range, beautiful view, an accomplishment worth bragging about. #unlessyouhaterandyedsallthenitwasaflukenotworthremembering

It certainly isn't Mount Everest, and there's a higher peak we'd all like to reach. It would be nice if one week could pass without our own fans mocking accomplishments that many of our players and coaches (both past and present) take great pride in.

 

[ZooCougar]

RE took us to the mountaintop, and the way he left was the only blemish. Check his incoming recruits. If he holds on for a year or 2 MD should be OK, just in time for his Homecoming at the Rent!!!!!!!!


No kidding! And almost a decade ago we were still in trailers! I can't wait to go 7-5 again!





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[2Infinity]

Reporter stands behind his announcement that O'Brien will transfer!

He also said that his source is someone he trusts and there were multiple people close to the team who confirmed it.​

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/02/09/dan-hellie-tells-junks-obrien-will-still-transfer/

 

[sportsart]

Unless someone from the boneyard confirms it, it ain't ducking true.

Reporter stands behind his announcement that O'Brien will transfer!

He also said that his source is someone he trusts and there were multiple people close to the team who confirmed it.​

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/02/09/dan-hellie-tells-junks-obrien-will-still-transfer/

 

[Sean]

I totally predicted last year that PP would find a way to use a 4 QB rotation in September this year. Getting close...

 

[whaler11]

No what's really funny is someone thinking that the way RE left was any kind of big deal. It's big time college football, get over it. Hence the sarcasm, which you skillfully picked up.

It's funny that pretty much every coach who has left SINCE then has done the same or worse and people still worry about it.

 

[ZooCougar]

It's funny that pretty much every coach who has left SINCE then has done the same or worse and people still worry about it.

How many other coaches fired their team via conference call on an airplane they are supposed to be on?

 

[whaler11]

How many other coaches fired their team via conference call on an airplane they are supposed to be on?

Schiano didn't show up at a high school recruiting event and left his assistants sitting there.

Graham (after 1 season) told his team via text message:

Graham: Here's how that thing went, and as I've said before, the time frame was the biggest issue there. The search firm called me that night at like 9 o'clock. My wife and I talked and prayed about it and decided we wanted to look at it. Her parents were here. It was a dream job.
Well, when I asked Pitt, they said no, they didn't want to give me permission. That's kind of unusual. That usually doesn't happen in this business, so the only way I could look at the job was to resign. I resigned my job at 10:30 at night, and Arizona State wanted me here the next morning, so there wasn't time from 10:30 at night to leaving for the airport at 6:30 the next morning to go talk to my football players. Plus, I wasn't the head football coach at the University of Pittsburgh anymore, so I didn't have the authority to do that.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

FHCRE leaving for Maryland and not telling the players first . . . the least of the UConn football program's concerns. If I had any problem with his departure in any way, it would have been the fact that he should advised Todman to come back and . . . it'd been nice if he could have left the team with a D1/BCS caliber QB.

 

[JaYnYcE]

The way Edsall left was wrong, period.


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[2Infinity]

Schiano didn't show up at a high school recruiting event and left his assistants sitting there.

Graham (after 1 season) told his team via text message:

Graham: Here's how that thing went, and as I've said before, the time frame was the biggest issue there. The search firm called me that night at like 9 o'clock. My wife and I talked and prayed about it and decided we wanted to look at it. Her parents were here. It was a dream job.
Well, when I asked Pitt, they said no, they didn't want to give me permission. That's kind of unusual. That usually doesn't happen in this business, so the only way I could look at the job was to resign. I resigned my job at 10:30 at night, and Arizona State wanted me here the next morning, so there wasn't time from 10:30 at night to leaving for the airport at 6:30 the next morning to go talk to my football players. Plus, I wasn't the head football coach at the University of Pittsburgh anymore, so I didn't have the authority to do that.

Graham is, and always has been, a low class guy. The way he left Pitt was actually not surprising and totally in character for him. The way Edsall left his was out of character for him....that's what was so surprising.

As for Schiano, he didn't show up for a meeting, which by all accounts, he had not done before. That was not him leaving RU or being introduced in TB, it was him negotiating in Tampa for the job he did not have yet. But once the details were agreed to, Schiano DID hop on a plane back to NJ in order to meet with his players and coaches. Was it ideal? No! But the way Schiano handled his departure was FAR better than the way Graham and Edsall handled theirs!!!

 

[TouchdownHusky]

How FHCRE left??? Problem # 1,827 for the UConn football program. "We'll worry about that when we think it's important" Which hopefully is never.

 

[businesslawyer]

FHCRE leaving for Maryland and not telling the players first . . . the least of the UConn football program's concerns. If I had any problem with his departure in any way, it would have been the fact that he should advised Todman to come back and . . . it'd been nice if he could have left the team with a D1/BCS caliber QB.

That's so wrong I don't even know how to respond. Edsall made Todman tell the team he was leaving after Todman told Edsall he was leaving. You think that makes Edsall a hypocrite, yeah, I get that. But implying that Edsall had anything to do with Todman leaving is just wrong. Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then. Other than stuff people make up on this board, there has never been the slightest hint that Edsall was any part of that decision whatsoever.

Edsall's actions vis a vis Todman seem to get worse and worse as people on hear make up more stuff because of other stuff on here that people made up.

 

[Husky68]

That's so wrong I don't even know how to respond. Edsall made Todman tell the team he was leaving after Todman told Edsall he was leaving. You think that makes Edsall a hypocrite, yeah, I get that. But implying that Edsall had anything to do with Todman leaving is just wrong. Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then. Other than stuff people make up on this board, there has never been the slightest hint that Edsall was any part of that decision whatsoever.

Edsall's actions vis a vis Todman seem to get worse and worse as people on hear make up more stuff because of other stuff on here that people made up.

"implying that Edsall had anything to do with Todman leaving is just wrong. Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then." And you KNOW this how? You KNOW fhcRE did not have anything to do with Todman leaving, they never talked, fhcRE didn't pull a Pete Carroll, didn't suggest he get NFL personnel comments, didn't suggest he think a little more, didn't suggest he made a good decision and should tell everyone right away, etc. You KNOW Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then, not that he was concerned about the # of carries on his body, thought that the recruiting class was weak in RB's, that he was tired of college and 4 years was enough, etc.

You tell me how you KNOW all this and I'll tell you how I KNOW coach P didn't put the most productive QB on the field last year.

 

[huskysupporter]

"implying that Edsall had anything to do with Todman leaving is just wrong. Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then." And you KNOW this how? You KNOW fhcRE did not have anything to do with Todman leaving, they never talked, fhcRE didn't pull a Pete Carroll, didn't suggest he get NFL personnel comments, didn't suggest he think a little more, didn't suggest he made a good decision and should tell everyone right away, etc. You KNOW Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then, not that he was concerned about the # of carries on his body, thought that the recruiting class was weak in RB's, that he was tired of college and 4 years was enough, etc.

You tell me how you KNOW all this and I'll tell you how I KNOW coach P didn't put the most productive QB on the field last year.

Todman's stock could not improve any more if he stayed at UCONN. But he certainly could have gotten injured. Selfishly, I wanted him back, he was a beast who gained 2000 yards with no semblance of a passing attack.

But he could not improve his draft stock. He was not going to get bigger, or more durable. He got paid a solid salary this season, and at the very least will be able to continue his career in the CFL. The biggest issue with Jordan is he is not really a special teamer, and that is what ultimately cost him his job in San Diego (Curtis Brinkley, although not as good of a running back as Todman, IMO, was able to play specials).

 

[businesslawyer]

"implying that Edsall had anything to do with Todman leaving is just wrong. Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then." And you KNOW this how? You KNOW fhcRE did not have anything to do with Todman leaving, they never talked, fhcRE didn't pull a Pete Carroll, didn't suggest he get NFL personnel comments, didn't suggest he think a little more, didn't suggest he made a good decision and should tell everyone right away, etc. You KNOW Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then, not that he was concerned about the # of carries on his body, thought that the recruiting class was weak in RB's, that he was tired of college and 4 years was enough, etc.

You tell me how you KNOW all this and I'll tell you how I KNOW coach P didn't put the most productive QB on the field last year.

Because people close to the player were on here, and sending PMs to people, saying he was going pro after the first quarter of the season.

So your answer to the QB question is ...?

 

[jpm25]

Because people close to the player were on here, and sending PMs to people, saying he was going pro after the first quarter of the season.

So your answer to the QB question is ...?

Edsall sent me a PM and told me to tell you to stop sticking up for him. And that he think you are a .

 

[businesslawyer]

Edsall sent me a PM and told me to tell you to stop sticking up for him. And that he think you are a .

Great. I answer a question with a fact (it was posted on this board) and you post this. Since I've given an answer to a question I was asked and my position is the one that doesn't accuse anyone of acting in an immoral manner, would you like to suggest any primary sourced fact that Edsall did encourage Todman to leave because Edsall knew he was leaving? Or just call me an ass again because that's all you have?

P.S. -- if it isn't clear we all know where the smart money is on that bet.

 

[jpm25]

Great. I answer a question with a fact (it was posted on this board) and you post this. Since I've given an answer to a question I was asked and my position is the one that doesn't accuse anyone of acting in an immoral manner, would you like to suggest any primary sourced fact that Edsall did encourage Todman to leave because Edsall knew he was leaving? Or just call me an ass again because that's all you have?

P.S. -- if it isn't clear we all know where the smart money is on that bet.

I do not know what Edsall advised Todman to do, nor does it matter. The hypocrisy lies in the fact that Edsall made Todman stand up and address his teammates when Edsall himself was minutes away from resigning and wasn't man enough to do what he asked Todman to do.

And I'll call you an ass again.

 

[businesslawyer]

I do not know what Edsall advised Todman to do, nor does it matter. The hypocrisy lies in the fact that Edsall made Todman stand up and address his teammates when Edsall himself was minutes away from resigning and wasn't man enough to do what he asked Todman to do.

And I'll call you an ass again.

I stated I understood why people saw hypocrisy in that part of it. But I'm happy you can argue with yourself and come out of it concluding I'm an ass. Most people don't have to argue with themselves to get there.

 

[2Infinity]

That's so wrong I don't even know how to respond. Edsall made Todman tell the team he was leaving after Todman told Edsall he was leaving. You think that makes Edsall a hypocrite, yeah, I get that. But implying that Edsall had anything to do with Todman leaving is just wrong. Todman wanted the money and he wanted it then. Other than stuff people make up on this board, there has never been the slightest hint that Edsall was any part of that decision whatsoever.

Edsall's actions vis a vis Todman seem to get worse and worse as people on hear make up more stuff because of other stuff on here that people made up.

The people who have made stuff up on this board about Todman are wrong to have done so. I have not seen that, but rather have seen people ASKING questions. I think the references that have been made here regarding Todman's leaving, and IF RE had ANY role in that, are questions. In part, they relate to his prodding of Todman to make the announcement public when RE knew, that RE was heading out the door right after Todman! The questions posters have brought up here.... don't STATE that he, RE, had a role, they ASK the question...a BIG difference!! And your inference/suggestion/statement, that RE had NOTHING at all to do with the decision cannot be factually confirmed by you in any way...no matter how certain you make your position sound! In fact, these statements from the Connecticut Post seem to indicate that Edsall DID INDEED have a role in helping Todman arrive at his decision.

Coach Randy Edsall is in full agreement with Todman's decision, it seems.​

"I'm 100 percent behind him," Edsall said. "We've talked and we've done research and given him the information."​

"I got some good news, my stock is pretty high," Todman said. ​

Where do you think he got that information from?? Hmmm...do you think it was presented without any opinion??

The junior from North Dartmouth, Mass., hinted that he was leaving when he took part in the Huskies' annual jersey switch in practice Thursday. It's a tradition usually reserved for seniors only. ​

So do you think had an idea he was leaving? Do you think his teammates had an idea? If so, why would RE make him announce it to his team after the bowl game...formally? Perhaps because he knew that Todman wasn't fully certain he was going to leave UConn?

Todman said he made his decision prior to the game and wasn't likely to change his mind.​

So was the door closed already in his mind? Perhaps there was a little doubt in Todman's mind. . Maybe Edsall wanted to make sure that the decision was made final by having Todman announce it to his teammates...right before Edsall announced his decision to the press?​

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I think these statements pretty clearly suggest that Edsall helped Todman make his decision. If he was providing draft information and opinions of NFL personnel to his RB, then he WAS a participant in the decision making process!​

 

[Dann]

is danny obrien gonna transfer here or what?????

 

[businesslawyer]

The people who have made stuff up on this board about Todman are wrong to have done so. I have not seen that, but rather have seen people ASKING questions. I think the references that have been made here regarding Todman's leaving, and IF RE had ANY role in that, are questions. In part, they relate to his prodding of Todman to make the announcement public when RE knew, that RE was heading out the door right after Todman! The questions posters have brought up here.... don't STATE that he, RE, had a role, they ASK the question...a BIG difference!! And your inference/suggestion/statement, that RE had NOTHING at all to do with the decision cannot be factually confirmed by you in any way...no matter how certain you make your position sound! In fact, these statements from the Connecticut Post seem to indicate that Edsall DID INDEED have a role in helping Todman arrive at his decision.

Coach Randy Edsall is in full agreement with Todman's decision, it seems.​

"I'm 100 percent behind him," Edsall said. "We've talked and we've done research and given him the information."​

"I got some good news, my stock is pretty high," Todman said. ​

Where do you think he got that information from?? Hmmm...do you think it was presented without any opinion??

The junior from North Dartmouth, Mass., hinted that he was leaving when he took part in the Huskies' annual jersey switch in practice Thursday. It's a tradition usually reserved for seniors only. ​

So do you think had an idea he was leaving? Do you think his teammates had an idea? If so, why would RE make him announce it to his team after the bowl game...formally? Perhaps because he knew that Todman wasn't fully certain he was going to leave UConn?

Todman said he made his decision prior to the game and wasn't likely to change his mind.​

So was the door closed already in his mind? Perhaps there was a little doubt in Todman's mind. . Maybe Edsall wanted to make sure that the decision was made final by having Todman announce it to his teammates...right before Edsall announced his decision to the press?​

​

I think these statements pretty clearly suggest that Edsall helped Todman make his decision. If he was providing draft information and opinions of NFL personnel to his RB, then he WAS a participant in the decision making process!​

Thank you for a cogent post. I believe the people who came on this board and told us it was a done deal months before it happened. You can choose not to. I read that article as only talking about the announcement, and not the decision, but you can interpret it how you like (obviously).

 

[whaler11]

It's hard to worry too much about it, since it was the right move for the player.