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UConn Outbound Transfers for 8/1/23>7/31/24 Cycle

freescooter said:
Separation isn’t all about speed. It is about things like precision patterns, timing, accuracy. The air raid offense as run by Leach was focused on quick short passes to precise spots, and overloading zones to force dbacks to pick w/o to cover, for example. Speed is helpful, especially in man coverage, but being in the right spot at the right time is more important. Having a qb who can make quick decisions and get rid of the ball is important too.
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Charlton prefers slower developing plays in order to take advantage team speed and strength which allows his players to make plays. That’s the ticket to success.
 
Chin Diesel said:
I used to dread seeing this thread at the top of the first page.

I have no ill will personally towards any of the players but there is not a single player whose leaving would bother me. Not a single difference maker anywhere on the roster.
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Without putting much thought into it, on offense, Cam Edwards, Cam Ross, Joly and Rosa quickly come to mind. You may not care who we lose, but if we lose our best players, you're really gonna care who we get.
 
gioff2323 said:
Had high hopes for the bama transfer. Utterly confused that he and some of the other OL transfers couldn’t see PT when OL was mediocre, at best.
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Well, 4 returning starters, so we all expected more, but I chalk up some of it to Charlton’s offensive schemes. Don’t understand why an Alabama guy couldn’t break in though.
 
With Zion leaving, it's a bummer but I think Mora and Charlton deserve the blame because of politics and on top of that it's almost as if Roberson is being named the face of the football team. When you have a qb who led us to a bowl game and is not giving the chance to be qb1 and build upon last year success, it sucks. I hate the fact last year Mora and Charlton said Zion and Roberson had a close qb competition, but they went with Roberson. This year you make it a 3 way qb competition and give the starting nod to a FCS qb from Maine. To me that is favoritism and not being fair from a players perspective. I bet if ZT was giving the starting nod, Roberson hits the portal.
 
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Guru13 said:
With Zion leaving, it's a bummer but I think Mora and Charlton deserve the blame because of politics and on top of that it's almost as if Roberson is being named the face of the football team. When you have a qb who led us to a bowl game and is not giving the chance to be qb1 and build upon last year success, it sucks. I hate the fact last year Mora and Charlton said Zion and Roberson had a close qb competition, but they went with Roberson. This year you make it a 3 way qb competition and give the starting nod to a FCS qb from Maine. To me that is favoritism and not being fair from a players perspective. I bet if ZT was giving the starting nod, Roberson hits the portal.
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Just one of many reasons why Charlton should be shown the door. We started the season behind the 8-ball and never recovered.
 
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I liked Zion Hope it works out for him.
Now we need another quarterback, which I think we were probably looking for in the portal anyway. If the true frosh hangs in, which I hope he will, we are probably looking for an experienced guy with a year or max 2 years of eligibility.
 
Hate losing QBs. But, they fit another one coming in. Hems behind Roberson and who knows if Fagnano is an option next year.
 
A lot of kids are going to make foolish decisions over NIL money. Many will not understand what a commitment is or is not in that regard. Most will also not be able to balance what's in their long-term best interest versus relatively small amounts of money. I know I wouldn't have been able to balance that at their age. I would have thought that $10-20K was all the money in the world.
 
Guru13 said:
With Zion leaving, it's a bummer but I think Mora and Charlton deserve the blame because of politics and on top of that it's almost as if Roberson is being named the face of the football team. When you have a qb who led us to a bowl game and is not giving the chance to be qb1 and build upon last year success, it sucks. I hate the fact last year Mora and Charlton said Zion and Roberson had a close qb competition, but they went with Roberson. This year you make it a 3 way qb competition and give the starting nod to a FCS qb from Maine. To me that is favoritism and not being fair from a players perspective. I bet if ZT was giving the starting nod, Roberson hits the portal.
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It's amazing how strong of an opinion some fans have without actually being at practice. I truly believe the coaches will play the quarterback that they think will help them win. They may be wrong...but I don't think it's favoritism. They aren't risking their career and reputation on "favoritism". Charlton may lose his job for picking Fagnano... I wouldn't think he would risk that because he personally liked Fagnano.

After seeing Turner play last year....and Roberson this year...I didn't see enough of Fagnano to know for sure he wasn't the best.

Zion seemed like a great guy and great teammate. Good luck to him on his journey!
 
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Guru13 said:
With Zion leaving, it's a bummer but I think Mora and Charlton deserve the blame because of politics and on top of that it's almost as if Roberson is being named the face of the football team. When you have a qb who led us to a bowl game and is not giving the chance to be qb1 and build upon last year success, it sucks. I hate the fact last year Mora and Charlton said Zion and Roberson had a close qb competition, but they went with Roberson. This year you make it a 3 way qb competition and give the starting nod to a FCS qb from Maine. To me that is favoritism and not being fair from a players perspective. I bet if ZT was giving the starting nod, Roberson hits the portal.
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Zion had the worst PFF grade of any UConn starting QB in over 10 years. Sure, he was a freshman and he would probably improve, but he struggled. At every school in the portal era, you are lucky to keep 1 QB and we all need to get used to it. And, the opportunity to get a highly rated HS QB is much greater through he portal than from HS for a school like UConn. Look at Georgia. They have 2 top 15 QBs coming in next year and had one top 10 QB in the 2022 class so probably one or two will leave in a season or two.
 
uconndogs said:
A lot of kids are going to make foolish decisions over NIL money. Many will not understand what a commitment is or is not in that regard. Most will also not be able to balance what's in their long-term best interest versus relatively small amounts of money. I know I wouldn't have been able to balance that at their age. I would have thought that $10-20K was all the money in the world.
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When you are 90+ and you look back $20K was a lot of money in the early 50’s. I kid….
 
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Guru13 said:
With Zion leaving, it's a bummer but I think Mora and Charlton deserve the blame because of politics and on top of that it's almost as if Roberson is being named the face of the football team. When you have a qb who led us to a bowl game and is not giving the chance to be qb1 and build upon last year success, it sucks. I hate the fact last year Mora and Charlton said Zion and Roberson had a close qb competition, but they went with Roberson. This year you make it a 3 way qb competition and give the starting nod to a FCS qb from Maine. To me that is favoritism and not being fair from a players perspective. I bet if ZT was giving the starting nod, Roberson hits the portal.
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That sucks about Zion. The kid stepped in and turned a potential disaster into a salvageable season, and he did it with class. It's baffling that he didn't get more playing time this season, so I can't fault his desire to leave, especially when the "better" QB only got half as many wins as Zion did last year (which is a gross simplification considering we had a better running game last year). I wish Zion well.

Damn, now we lost Mumu too?!?!
 
Look,Roberson won the job two years in a row over Turner because he practiced better. The reason Zion got no time was every snap was important in getting the rust off of Roberson and speeding up his development. I think Macdonald got in the Umass game because he’s a local with fam and friends in the stands.
 
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