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huskymedic said:
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I wish him good luck. He went into 2025 thinking it was his last year, but an injury allows him to play next year. Given this will be his last year playing football, I would tell him to try something different and grow from the experience.
 
UConnJim said:
I wish him good luck. He went into 2025 thinking it was his last year, but an injury allows him to play next year. Given this will be his last year playing football, I would tell him to try something different and grow from the experience.
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I think there is a good chance Cam may come back. especially if he hasn't committed to MSU yet and decided to play at Fenway.
Cam and Kenji would just be awesome.
 
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Saw a post that Tucker is coming back. Excited to see him get a shot.
Hope to see something official
 
NH Husky said:
You want to see his character?
Let’s see if he congratulates Tucker choosing to come back.
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Exactly! Congratulating returning players would be the right thing to do. Hopefully he gives those players shout outs as well. Otherwise, it would suggest that his comments regarding how he felt about UConn at the end were less than sincere.
 
2Infinity said:
Exactly! Congratulating returning players would be the right thing to do. Hopefully he gives those players shout outs as well. Otherwise, it would suggest that his comments regarding how he felt about UConn at the end were less than sincere.
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Don’t hold your breath.

I’m a conspiracy theorist, but I think DB may have suggested Jim might be able to find a job closer to good skiing. Jim said thanks for your suggestion!
 
AllHusky said:
Don’t hold your breath.

I’m a conspiracy theorist, but I think DB may have suggested Jim might be able to find a job closer to good skiing. Jim said thanks for your suggestion!
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I don’t think this was exactly the case, but as I said at the time, AD DB was not surprised nor disappointed. The relationship had served its purpose and my opinion was that we’d peaked under Mora. Dave definitely saw his leaving as an opportunity rather than a setback.
 
AllHusky said:
Don’t hold your breath.

I’m a conspiracy theorist, but I think DB may have suggested Jim might be able to find a job closer to good skiing. Jim said thanks for your suggestion!
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I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but I am intrigued by your hypothesis. Can you share why you think DB may have suggested JM leave? It seems he (and the team) was very successful here. What would prompt DB to be want a change? (Honest question)
 
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Husky92 said:
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but I am intrigued by your hypothesis. Can you share why you think DB may have suggested JM leave? It seems he (and the team) was very successful here. What would prompt DB to be want a change? (Honest question)
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Not to interfere with your question, but I don’t think Jim Mora is a great coach. He’s a program builder, a manager and a publicist. We lost games we should have won, he’d really curtailed his efforts on the publicity front and his recruiting had leveled off. I think Dave probably saw that Jim Mora wasn’t all in. His absence in the offseason was so obvious that many of us were waiting to hear that he’d quit in the middle of the summer.
 
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Husky92 said:
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but I am intrigued by your hypothesis. Can you share why you think DB may have suggested JM leave? It seems he (and the team) was very successful here. What would prompt DB to be want a change? (Honest question)
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Not part of a conspiracy, but did notice that one of Mora’s sons is on his new staff. Maybe that was something that pushed him.
 
I don't believe that DB had any input, nor did he have any prior knowledge of JM looking at CSU (or any other school).

I do however believe that JM was a little miffed that DB wasn't overly bothered the news and didn't push to keep him here.
 
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AllHusky said:
Don’t hold your breath.

I’m a conspiracy theorist, but I think DB may have suggested Jim might be able to find a job closer to good skiing. Jim said thanks for your suggestion!
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I wondered how discouraged he may have been by the turnout of the Air Force game.
 
Hoophound said:
Not to interfere with your question, but I don’t think Jim Mora is a great coach. He’s a program builder, a manager and a publicist. We lost games we should have one, he’d really curtailed his efforts on the publicity front and his recruiting had leveled off. I think Dave probably saw that Jim Mora wasn’t all in. His absence in the offseason was so obvious that many of us were waiting to hear that he’d quit in the middle of the summer.
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Excellent post!!!

I expected our ex-coach to leave after the 2nd year, so I'm surprised he stuck around 2 more years. I've never gotten over his referral of us a "horseshit program" during a halftime interview in his 2nd season. That he never put Storrs as his locale supported the notion he wasn't all in on CT (I don't care that it's petty, but having Coach Candle do that shows me that little things matter to Candle. Also I genuinely wonder if Candle blocked Toledo fans from his Twitter the way our ex-coach did when he quit). I think he had a summer camp in his early years but not one last summer, so perhaps he had already mentally checked out. Whatever. We need and deserve a coach that will champion UConn...we seem to have that now.

As to the great coach comment, I also agree. The last 4 years we went 27-24 for a 0.529 average (actually 27-23 with 0.540 for the ex-coach, excluding the 2025 Fenway Bowl as technically he wasn't in charge). By way of comparison, Skip Holtz was 34-23 for a 0.596 average over 4 years. Yes, totally different eras and level of competition, but Holtz got us to 10 wins in a season (Div 1-AA, I know). So in the end we swapped a good coach (0.570 lifetime NCAA average) for another good coach in Candle (0.648 lifetime NCAA average).

In terms of outbounds, I was worried when Mel Brown got injured that he would redshirt and transfer out. I had to be careful of the post I made at the time of his injury as I didn't want to get flagged for speculation. Sure enough, he enters the portal and is likely out to CSU. That sucks. Still, with the size of players we seem to be getting, I'm cautiously optimistic that we won't be completely manhandled. Bring on the big 'uns!!!
 
Just curious….I keep seeing comments that Mora never bought a home in the Storrs area and that Candle is different. Do we know for sure that Candle has purchased a home in CT?

I am sure that HM will provide me 3 links to prove it to be true…but I just don’t remember reading or hearing that.
 
KryHavok said:
Excellent post!!!

I expected our ex-coach to leave after the 2nd year, so I'm surprised he stuck around 2 more years. I've never gotten over his referral of us a "horseshit program" during a halftime interview in his 2nd season. That he never put Storrs as his locale supported the notion he wasn't all in on CT (I don't care that it's petty, but having Coach Candle do that shows me that little things matter to Candle. Also I genuinely wonder if Candle blocked Toledo fans from his Twitter the way our ex-coach did when he quit). I think he had a summer camp in his early years but not one last summer, so perhaps he had already mentally checked out. Whatever. We need and deserve a coach that will champion UConn...we seem to have that now.
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Agreed here. Jim was a terrific coach, really did something special. But I bet that late night call from Mora to AD David Benedict was short

Mora: "I'm leaving- you're losing me!"
AD David Benedict: "Huh, well.... okay."
Mora: "Wait you aren't distraught! I'm serious here"
AD David Benedict: "Well considering you disappear for long periods of time, I'm certainly not surprised. Been expecting this, good luck. And a bit of advice, this time -remember to manage your social media like you are sticking around."
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
Just curious….I keep seeing comments that Mora never bought a home in the Storrs area and that Candle is different. Do we know for sure that Candle has purchased a home in CT?

I am sure that HM will provide me 3 links to prove it to be true…but I just don’t remember reading or hearing that.
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I always found that argument odd. I would have assumed Mora was renting and had a university stipend for housing. I didn't realize people thought CT was a "forever" home for Mora, or any coach. The coaching industry is fluid and few stay for even a decade. No need to take on housing market risks, even at their salaries.
 
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