I bet you more than half the guys entering the portal were "advised" to do so. Also, when you go 3-9, the last thing you can do is burn bridges, who's to say that the relationship won't bear fruits down the line?
Just saying let’s avoid effusive praise and just let it go.
I hear ya mate, truly, but what is the alternative, go scorched earth and call the defectees disloyal bums? He's taking the high road. I don't like it either, and every time I see @huskymedic post another tweet, I'm expecting another would be contributor to fly away. I wonder if the lack of talk up for the next guy is cuz there's no next good guy to welcome. Well, this off-season will be either a slow bleed out or a cauterization and rehabilitation.
That's just dumb. Recruiting is networking. These players go elsewhere and speak Mora's praises and make new connections, someone asks them about UConn and they speak well that's good for the program.
This is a very accurate post as to what college football is becoming. The programs that can navigate the new system will have success in the future. I am hopeful that Mora will be able get enough quality football players that will lead to future success of our program. Lets see what happen on the two future signing days.
Let's all just be thankful we dont have Pasqualoni/Diaco/Edsall trying to navigate this crazy new world. I just think Mora is wwwwaaaaayyyyy more flexible and adaptable to this ever-changing environment. While it might be a bit painful, i truly believe he will get us there.
“Every kid in the portal has a problem” one of the most idiotic things ever said by a coach in our history, which says a lot.
Yup. I think the best football schools are still targeting high school players and use the portal for a few spots where there is a need. Then they use the outbound portal to help manage the roster. Sustained LT success will come from recruiting and developing high school athletes and not the portal, except for QBs. Number of athletes the 4 teams in the CFP took from the portal and from high school last year:
Lol. What bull. 3-9 schools with a 13 year history of losing ain’t high on the list and being super nice isn’t going to fix it.
Actually, completely true...a little quick to fault, maybe read twice before posting someone is wrong.
Or the coaching staff nudged some of the guys out the door and made a promise to help them find a landing spot. This a.) helps do that and b.) creates a supportive image from a head coach that is trying to attract talent from elsewhere.
Just like a real job, when things aren't going the company's way, people get asked to leave. Then they go on LinkedIn and announce to recruiters that they are available for work.
I'm sorry you were offended.
So what you want is to judge a coach negatively for statements, and then criticize those who judge him positively for statements by saying he doesn’t win enough games? Logic much?
From what I’m hearing it is because of NIL and also scholarships. We were not a bad team last year, we were a lot better on paper, NIL is gonna affect a program like UConn if we do not have the $$ to compete with top tier G5 programs and mid level tier p5 schools in football. Hence we are offering kids out the bag like crazy. NIL is great, but we don’t have the NIL money to give each oline kid 50k like Texas did in 2021. So we just hope some of these kids in the portal just come here and be happy with the 20-30k we offer them.
He has other blessings from Houston, Colorado, Indiana, UNC, ASU, Vandy, and Mississippi State.Is he still blessed to receive an offer from Tennessee? Asking for a friend
Tbf, out of those three, Pasqualoni probably would have had the most success with the portal. He still recruited relatively well for UConn while he was here.
He'll end up at Houston or Colorado and honestly that's a pretty sweet landing spot for him even if Tenn doesn't work out.
