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

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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!
 
"the program has not had a losing season in any of his ten years at the helm."
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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.
 
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Rdkid said:
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.
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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.
 
storrsroars said:
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.
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Fortunately very few of us live in Pittsburgh
 
Candle is the first UConn head coaching hire with roots on the offensive side of the ball since Skip Holtz I think. Don't know much about him but sounds like DB got the guy he wanted. Very good day for UConn Football!

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Candle's recruiting class at Toledo last year: 22 HS kids, 20 transfers.

Transfers were from: Ole Miss, West Virginia, Rutgers, 2 from Purdue, 2 from Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Michigan St., USF, Kentucky, Pitt, Sacred Heart, ECU, 2 from Northern Illinois, Holy Cross, UMass, FAU, NC A&T
 
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storrsroars said:
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.
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And I recognize baseball is different than college fb. You know there are yankee fans here right?
 
Exit 4 said:
Sorry - I am reposting my post from the other thread since that thread was just closed.

What a week. This is a great morning, let's freakin go UConn nation. Mora did amazing things for us, but he didn't quite have his heart in Huskyland. AD David Benedict probably grew tired of the ever increasing Mora maintenance and so he slow played the CSU counter and rolled the dice. But the dice AD David Benedict threw were loaded, he knew this time around we'd have options. Well played AD David Benedict.
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Interesting how the narrative on Mora’s departure has evolved. Between this comment and D’Amelio’s comments, it appears DB was very open to the idea of a change being a good thing for UConn. DB was closer to us to know what it was like to work with Mora, and whether Mora’s heart was in it long term.

Candle appears to be the right guy to ensure stability with the football team while DB continutes to work on getting UConn into the P4.

Time will tell…but I trust DB’s vision for success. Welcome aboard Jason Candle! Let’s go win the bowl game and build the roster for next season!
 
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husky429 said:
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!"
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There's a right way and a wrong way to do things...

Randy Edsall forcing Jordan Todman to be a man and address his teammates face to face before the Fiesta Bowl telling them why he was leaving them/turning his back on them while Edsall already had a deal done with Maryland knowing he would sneak off and tell the players via text. Nothing will ever top that in the bad behavior/hypocrite department but Mora handled everything the wrong way in his exit. I'm happy we had Mora when we did and now I'm glad he's gone and we have Candle.
 
Proven head coach? Check
Good recruiter? Check
Increase in assistant salary pool? Check
Increase in NIL and rev share? Check

Literally everything I wanted, I've seen tweeted in this thread. Needless to say I am absolutely thrilled with this hire. I wanted a guy who could potentially be an upgrade over Mora and I think we got one.

Credit to AD Dave, as someone else said he just quietly went about his business and got his guy.
 
Nameless said:
Proven head coach? Check
Good recruiter? Check
Increase in assistant salary pool? Check
Increase in NIL and rev share? Check

Literally everything I wanted, I've seen tweeted in this thread. Needless to say I am absolutely thrilled with this hire. I wanted a guy who could potentially be an upgrade over Mora and I think we got one.

Credit to AD Dave, as someone else said he just quietly went about his business and got his guy.
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storrsroars said:
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.
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Doesn’t Andy Reid make the play calls for the Chiefs. Thats been working for at least the last few years.
 
husky429 said:
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.
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Team stats/ranking from the NCAA

I don’t know why they can’t use a darker color

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