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ktuck911 said:
It's encouraging to know Edsall may at the very least soften his stance on excepting a transfer into our program.
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Can someone bring me up to speed on this issue? Has Edsall actually said out loud what his policy on transfers is? Today in 2020?
 
Waquoit said:
Can someone bring me up to speed on this issue? Has Edsall actually said out loud what his policy on transfers is? Today in 2020?
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It’s been pretty well beat up here and in other threads but back in February when announcing the 2020 class he responded to a question about why this class lacked any grad transfers/transfer portal players:

“I’d rather go with high-school kids or junior-college guys,” Edsall said. “Guys going into the [transfer] portal, to me, they’ve got issues. They’ve got issues. That’s why they’re going into the portal. I think if you get people that come in [from junior-college] ... those guys have a little more edge to them because they want to play right now. Sometimes these guys from the portal think that they’re enabled and entitled to something. You know, maybe it didn’t work out because you didn’t stay there and finish.”

Edsall said moving forward he would recruit transfers only if he or his staff knew the players previously from having recruited them out of high school.<<
 
huskymedic said:
It’s been pretty well beat up here and in other threads but back in February when announcing the 2020 class he responded to a question about why this class lacked any grad transfers/transfer portal players:

“I’d rather go with high-school kids or junior-college guys,” Edsall said. “Guys going into the [transfer] portal, to me, they’ve got issues. They’ve got issues. That’s why they’re going into the portal. I think if you get people that come in [from junior-college] ... those guys have a little more edge to them because they want to play right now. Sometimes these guys from the portal think that they’re enabled and entitled to something. You know, maybe it didn’t work out because you didn’t stay there and finish.”

Edsall said moving forward he would recruit transfers only if he or his staff knew the players previously from having recruited them out of high school.<<
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is there something else out there that shows Edsall has (per @ktuck911 )"softened his stance" on transfers?
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
is there something else out there that shows Edsall has (per @ktuck911 )"softened his stance" on transfers?
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See Medic's offer lists for the last 5 years.
Hundreds and hundreds of kids. Post #1295.

Maine is getting our kids because of Myers and Ryan on their coaching staff. Connections.
 
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huskymedic said:
It’s been pretty well beat up here and in other threads but back in February when announcing the 2020 class he responded to a question about why this class lacked any grad transfers/transfer portal players...
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Thanks for the recap. I don't agree with Randy here but I'm still on the bandwagon.
 
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Palatine said:
Geez Louise, you're good enough to play at UConn and you leave to play at Robert Morris. is Edsall doing?
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Meant to ask this when his case was dismissed by the school, is returning to UConn completely out of question? Or does Randy shut the door when they enter the portal? We could also use more bodies in the secondary.
 
Hey Robert Morris is leaving NEC for the Horizon League... what’s not to love about that!
 
His role was greatly diminished from freshman to sophmore years. Should play a lot for Robert Morris.
 
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huskymedic said:
UConn NCAA Transfer Portal Commits/Transfers to date:

OL Jeff Woods - Norfolk State (FCS)
OL Robert Holmes -Austin Peay (FCS)
OL Stanley Hubbard - James Madison (FCS)
RB Dante Black - Richmond (FCS)
QB Michael Beaudry - Idaho (FCS)
DB Tahj Herring-Wilson - ArkState (FBS)
TE Donovan Williams - Elon (FCS)
LB Eddie Hahn - Monmouth (FCS)
WR/K Mason Donaldson - Campbell (FCS)
P Brett Graham - Tennessee (FBS)
OL Cam DeGeorge - Louisville (FBS)
DB Tyler Coyle - Purdue (FBS)
LB Ryan Gilmartin -EKU>Decommit>Jacksonville St. (FCS)
ATH Zavier Scott - Maine (FCS)
WR Garrison Burnett - Maine (FCS)
DB Ryan Carroll - Garden City Community College (JUCO)
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Coyle and DeGeorge stick out like sore thumbs on this list. Wow, Carroll to GCCC?
The potential of the past two year's recruits must have really unnerved a lot of these players.
 
Watchdog said:
Coyle and DeGeorge stick out like sore thumbs on this list. Wow, Carroll to GCCC?
The potential of the past two year's recruits must have really unnerved a lot of these players.
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i think there are probably a lot of reasons. Some of the players on the list aren’t Edsall recruits and might not like the way he coaches. And some absolutely realize they won’t get much playing time and want to go somewhere they will.
 
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huskysupporter said:
i think there are probably a lot of reasons. Some of the players on the list aren’t Edsall recruits and might not like the way he coaches. And some absolutely realize they won’t get much playing time and want to go somewhere they will.
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Amen bro.. The unfortunate fact kicked in. New coach new philosophy, we know how it goes. Deep down I think we wanted to see Coach strike lightning in a bottle with players that he inherited. Didn't happen. An oil and water philosophy...
 
ktuck911 said:
Amen bro.. The unfortunate fact kicked in. New coach new philosophy, we know how it goes. Deep down I think we wanted to see Coach strike lightning in a bottle with players that he inherited. Didn't happen. An oil and water philosophy...
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It almost never happens. UConn is exhibit A. Gotta be much more careful changing coaches. We discussed that NYT article regarding changing coaches too quickly.
 
RSTuthill said:
It almost never happens. UConn is exhibit A. Gotta be much more careful changing coaches. We discussed that NYT article regarding changing coaches too quickly.
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I think that's partially the reason why DB went back to Edsall. What we had when he was here the first time was wayyy better than what we had under PP and Red Pants... BUT, unfortunately, we were put in a position to pretty much start over... but this time we've got much better digs... Hopefully (hopefully) we can get this thing moving in the right direction (keep letting the doubters doubt ... then we come out and shock everybody because nobody currently respects us)
 
I liked Edsall a lot when he was first here and thought his coming back was a good thing for the program. It still might be. But, he's had some blunders, not the least of which was Crocker. The defense should never have fallen off to the extent it did.

That all said, Diaco totally screwed the program with his recruiting. I honestly wonder if he had any idea what he was doing on the recruiting front. Add to that in game management that included fake field goals and fake fake field goals as a normal scheme.........and the inability to return punts. Ughhh...……...
 
uconndogs said:
I liked Edsall a lot when he was first here and thought his coming back was a good thing for the program. It still might be. But, he's had some blunders, not the least of which was Crocker. The defense should never have fallen off to the extent it did.

That all said, Diaco totally screwed the program with his recruiting. I honestly wonder if he had any idea what he was doing on the recruiting front. Add to that in game management that included fake field goals and fake fake field goals as a normal scheme.........and the inability to return punts. Ughhh...……...
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Red Pants lost me with that fake FG garbage at Mizzou and the lake of clock management in the Navy game inside the 5 yard line with us having a legitimate shot at winning the damn game... Couldn't stomach him any longer after that. Was ready for him to go back to his Rob Trifone (trivia on this guy for you Norwalk/Darien area folks) shaving cream commercials after that...
 
ktuck911 said:
Red Pants lost me with that fake FG garbage at Mizzou and the lake of clock management in the Navy game inside the 5 yard line with us having a legitimate shot at winning the damn game... Couldn't stomach him any longer after that. Was ready for him to go back to his Rob Trifone (trivia on this guy for you Norwalk/Darien area folks) shaving cream commercials after that...
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It was the Navy game for me. He wasn't able to handle the moment. Until then, I was hopeful. That game broke me.
 
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uconndogs said:
I liked Edsall a lot when he was first here and thought his coming back was a good thing for the program. It still might be. But, he's had some blunders, not the least of which was Crocker. The defense should never have fallen off to the extent it did.

That all said, Diaco totally screwed the program with his recruiting. I honestly wonder if he had any idea what he was doing on the recruiting front. Add to that in game management that included fake field goals and fake fake field goals as a normal scheme.........and the inability to return punts. Ughhh...……...
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I remember his press conference after accepting the job. It sent a signal about his ability to be an effective head coach. Sounded like he was leading the "Spirit Squad", not a football team.
Then he went on to tell us he was going to recruit "big" guys. No mention of speed anywhere in the equation and that was one of his two major downfalls. The other being total lack of awareness relative to game situations.........like the clock management failures in several games, the most infamous being Navy.
 
If any need further evidence that Diaco was the worst coach in UConn history... well...
 
Red pants lost me after I spent time with him after he was hired. The ego was immense and his talk of size over speed was baffling.
 
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