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Message: [QUOTE="AllHusky, post: 5068095, member: 6498"] Edsall 1.0 was the right guy for that moment in time. The hire who wasn't the right guy came after Lew Perkins went to Kansas. I think Lew knew what UConn wasn't and wouldn't do to grow the FB program, leaving behind a legacy of "He got us into IA Football" and probably credit for Rentschler as well. 1990 Lew Hired 1993 Skip Holtz hired, Jackson era over 1998 UConn makes IAA playoffs 1st time ever Skip leaves to coach with Dad at USCe Randy Edsall hired from GA Tech(?) 2001 Jeff Hathaway leaves to become AD at Colorado State 2003 Lew leaves for Kansas Hathaway hired from Co State to be AD 2010 Edsall leaves for MD The investment UConn needed was to keep Lew, who knew what it took to compete. Randy compalined bitterly that Jeff wouldn't support him on the things necessary to go to the next level. We had pretty much straight line progress in IA up until Randy left. The Soft Operational costs CL82 refers to includes admitting and retaining at risk athletes, which was one of Randys biggest complaints. That and all the other staffing bells and whistles might have been handled had Lew been around, as Lew was a do whatever it takes, however you want to kind of guy. UConn wasn't built that way, and most people couldn't wrap their head around being mentioned in the same breath as the SEC or the "Pony Express" SMU Mustangs. Jeff Hathaway was all too happy to adopt a Pollyanna Purebred attitude when dealing with UConn Administration, when Edsall knew what things he faced competitively(ie Jurich and Louisville). And here we are. In the time it took me to write this post, I see others have said much the same as I have in different ways. [/QUOTE]

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