UConn Announces Jason Candle as New Head Football Coach (Updated)

[HuskyNan]

 

[uconndogs]

Would love for him to real some of our kids in the portal, not the least of which are two big and really good OTs.

 

[psilotic]

couple of nuggets: Toledo 3rd total defense (!) 32nd total offense .... mcmurphy had us playing toledo in gasparilla. would be surprised if that matchup happened

 

[greenday61892]

I'm so excited about this hire! Well done to DB, knocking it out of the park yet again

 

[king conn]

Darn now I cant hate Sirianni anymore. Oh well

 

[FairwayFlyer]

We got paid $1.5 million to upgrade our head coach

 

[superjohn]

UConn dropped the ball from 2003-2016 but they got it right with Dave Benedict, we're lucky to have him and welcome aboard Coach Candle.

 

[Scrutineer]

This tweet might even be more important than the Candle tweets. A guy that covers college football for something called the "NIL Wire" mentioning that UConn is increasing our NIL pool and revenue share yet again, on top of a robust salary pool for staff.

I don't know much about Candle other than what I've read over the last 48 hours, admittedly. But if he's as solid as coach and recruiter as I've heard, and if he has the resources to do it even better now, we're gonna punch some people in the mouth

I liked Cahill's trajectory and Huff's resume a little better but he sounds like a solid hire and hopefully we'll find Mora can't hold a Candle to him.

As to Cahill and Huff, I have to admit I thought we made a mistake hiring Jim Calhoun instead of Mitch Buonaguro........😎

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[ZooCougar]

Great day for UConn and UConn Football.

 

[jmsjoejms]

PP - Hated this hire
BD - Loved this hire
RE2.0 - Liked this hire
JM - Liked this hire
JC - Love this hire

Batting .500 and am confident it will improve with Coach Candle

 

[Tm203]

Does getting coach Candle come with getting the Italian Bowl??? If so this is an absolute win!

 

[Bongo Fury]

Following that I feel bad for wanting him to bring Toledo players over

 

[rich1122]

Now can we hire an OC that can drag his QB along with him like Charleton did?

I think that spend the money elsewhere. We have no idea what we had on the bench.

I like Ferrar.

 

[HailUConn]

Wow, Coach Candle did not lose a single player to the portal last year --

I'm sold. top flight job by AD David Benedict again, DB deserves a statue in Storrs

 

[Jarhead_1775]

Not too shabby.

 

[Waquoit]

AD Dave does it again!

 

[Rdkid]

Dig every bit of this. Will not be out of his element in any way, can hit the ground running. Only question is DC/OC and hopefully keeping Sammis at least to preserve a good O-line.

 

[UCan3]

Time will tell, but I'm thrilled over this hire. I think he's the perfect candidate for the job. We could've had a splashier new hire with someone with an NFL experience, but like Belichick they could've come in and had to disconnect with players.

This is a coach that had to recruit to bring top-notch players to the Mac -not easy I'm sure. Now he's on a bigger stage with more NIL money and perhaps a chip on his shoulder as well.

I say full steam ahead - great hire and let's see what next year brings!

 

[husky429]

Having a team meeting before the official announcement in person. No text. Notice his announcement didn't need to say "I am a man of INTEGRITY and HONOR. Everyone should remember how IMPORTANT I am!"

 

[storrsroars]

"the program has not had a losing season in any of his ten years at the helm."

Seriously, I love the hire for UConn and it means bowl games forever.

But hearing, "never had a non-winning season" falls flat in these parts due to Mike Tomlin's lack of success in playoffs over the past decade.

Yes, I recognize college FB is different from pro. But the phrase is nails on a chalkboard at this point in Pittsburgh.

I do hope he keeps Sammis. I don't want our HC taking complete charge of either offense or defense. That's what OCs and DCs are for. There's a ton of other things an HC needs to manage.

 

[husky429]

Dig every bit of this. Will not be out of his element in any way, can hit the ground running. Only question is DC/OC and hopefully keeping Sammis at least to preserve a good O-line.

I'm curious what defense will look like.

Candle is supposedly an offensive mind, so whatever DC we hire (or retain) is going to need to be a talent. The DC at Toledo was brilliant--we gotta replicate that.

 

[weyuo]

Very nice work by Dave and all that were involved in Candle’s recruitment. Time to turn the page and re-recruit those that entered the portal that fit Coach Candle’s plan.

I'd like to see Victor Rossa reconsider along with a couple of the guys on defense

 

[Exit 4]

Seriously, I love the hire for UConn and it means bowl games forever.

But hearing, "never had a non-winning season" falls flat in these parts due to Mike Tomlin's lack of success in playoffs over the past decade.

Yes, I recognize college FB is different from pro. But the phrase is nails on a chalkboard at this point in Pittsburgh.

Fortunately very few of us live in Pittsburgh

 

[HomeKing93]

Love this hire! Candle has been on my radar for a while based on watching Toledo's offense. I didn't think he was even in the mix until yesterday. Well done Dave!