Well, we wanted a new OC in the worst way. . . . .

[ZooCougar]

Nos I have a feeling that P not totally cutting ties to GDL may end up being his Waterloo with Manuel...no way he gets another contract here even if he does make it past next season!

I actually was hoping Coach Ozymandias wouldn't change a thing,just to ensure his departure.

 

[businesslawyer]

Yeah, because most people try to spite a perfect stranger knowing that it will get their best friend fired....of course he's going to try to help the new hire succeed!!!

Come on, everyone. Let's get real here. GDL did a bad job at OC, whether it was calling the wrong plays, teaching the schemes the wrong way, or both. But he's a UConn grad and I have no doubt in my mind....I repeat....NO DOUBT in my mind that he wants UConn to succeed. Even if you don't believe that, you better believe that he wants Pasqualoni to succeed...

Of course both GDL and P want UConn to succeed. That has not been the issue and will not be the issue. The issue is that they both presumably believe in their heart of hearts that the best way for UConn to succeed is for them to do it their way. If they didn't believe that, they would have been doing it another way from the beginning. (Do I get extra credit for not using "ab initio" there just to sound self-important?)

 

[UConnDan97]

Of course both GDL and P want UConn to succeed. That has not been the issue and will not be the issue. The issue is that they both presumably believe in their heart of hearts that the best way for UConn to succeed is for them to do it their way. If they didn't believe that, they would have been doing it another way from the beginning. (Do I get extra credit for not using "ab initio" there just to sound self-important?)

You actually get much less credit for not using Latin in a discussion with an Italian.

As for "doing it their way", it seems clear to me and most now that PP recognizes he can no longer allow for it to be done GDL's way. We are now going to see how it looks when it's done Weist's way...

 

[businesslawyer]

You actually get much less credit for not using Latin in a discussion with an Italian.

As for "doing it their way", it seems clear to me and most now that PP recognizes he can no longer allow for it to be done GDL's way. We are now going to see how it looks when it's done Weist's way...

We will see. I want us to win next season whatever it means for the staff's future. I'm just not as confident as you. And I do have what happened at Syracuse on my side.

 

[junglehusky]

Being from the biology field and not the law field, I'll say GDL's ideas were OK in vitro, but were not borne out in vivo.

 

[UConnDan97]

Biz Law is making an argument for next year's failure a priori, based on the experience at Syracuse. Since I believe that this is a much different scenario (and likely Coach P's last head coaching job, regardless of outcome), I will remain reserved to a posteriori views of our 2013 football team...

 

[UConnDan97]

Except for my constant prediction that we are going to go 13-0. That's still a priori...

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

You actually get much less credit for not using Latin in a discussion with an Italian.

As for "doing it their way", it seems clear to me and most now that PP recognizes he can no longer allow for it to be done GDL's way. We are now going to see how it looks when it's done Weist's way...

P thinks that GDL is better equipped to coach the OL than Mike Foley is. I am not concerned about P & GDL wanting UConn to succeed. I am concerned that they are misguided at best and incompetent at worst.

 

[UConnDan97]

P thinks that GDL is better equipped to coach the OL than Mike Foley is. I am not concerned about P & GDL wanting UConn to succeed. I am concerned that they are misguided at best and incompetent at worst.

Until Weist gets settled in and defines how he wants the offense to look (and by default, how he wants the OL to look), I'm not going to get too worried about it.

Do I feel bad for Coach Foley? Absolutely. He was too successful to not continue to be involved with the OLine. But the new OC is going to define the line, in my opinion...

 

[Pudge]

FWIW, I emailed Manuel back in December labeling it as a cautionary tale. I included articles written during PP's tenure at Syracuse which analyzed their AD's admonitions for PP to "make changes" in order to stay on as HC--- especially with GDL and how it all sounded eerily like what Warde was now advocating. He said he was aware of the past happenings. Let's hope so.

You weren't the only one.

 

[defense]

Kinnard did not play QB at Towson. As a matter of fact, he played very little at all. He played minimally at receiver and on special teams. He had zero impact.

 

[pj]

Biz Law is making an argument for next year's failure a priori, based on the experience at Syracuse. Since I believe that this is a much different scenario (and likely Coach P's last head coaching job, regardless of outcome), I will remain reserved to a posteriori views of our 2013 football team...

Careful, Dan. This is a family site. You shouldn't be viewing posteriors here.