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[sdhusky]

Would you be in favor of putting snipers in the upper reaches of the Rent?

We could stop big plays and the next time, McCombs has one man to beat, consider that $$$$ being done.

Or is that too far?

 

[Husky25]

Yes I do care when it comes to knowing the coach cares about being at UConn. Absolutely. Better than bringing in a guy you KNOW wants nothing to do with the program and will leave at the drop of a hat. You say PP is not a fit becasue he is not winning, old, whatever. I say someone like BP is not a fit because he could care less about the school/program and more about climbing back up that coaching ladder. He left UL in shambles when he left, quit on the Falcons mid-season and disgraced himself at ARK. Sure, bring in a guy like this, he is a good fit. , season ticket sales will get a huge boost for the 1 season he is hear before he leaves for a job at any school considered a step up.

I did not mention Petrino at all in my post.

Petrino has nothing to do with the fact that UConn is funding Pasqualoni's retirement for no real reason other than, "he wants to be here." There are a number of coordinators and coaches at lower level school who wouldn't mind a $1MM/year job.

Let's put aside that Pasqualoni wants tobe here for a second and focus on the fact that he is failing to achieve even the most modest of tasks which are his charge...Oh, sorry. Yes he has...The International Brotherhood of Connecticut High School Football Coaches thinks he's a swell guy. Lest we forget the amount of pull they have on a national level.

 

[Jerry1714]

Yes I do care when it comes to knowing the coach cares about being at UConn. Absolutely. Better than bringing in a guy you KNOW wants nothing to do with the program and will leave at the drop of a hat. You say PP is not a fit becasue he is not winning, old, whatever. I say someone like BP is not a fit because he could care less about the school/program and more about climbing back up that coaching ladder. He left UL in shambles when he left, quit on the Falcons mid-season and disgraced himself at ARK. Sure, bring in a guy like this, he is a good fit. , season ticket sales will get a huge boost for the 1 season he is hear before he leaves for a job at any school considered a step up.

He left Louisville after the season for an NFL job, nothing wrong with that. The way he left the Falcons was awful, but at no point did he appear to be bolting ARK and he made a really dumb off the field mistake. Is a high morale guy? Clearly not.

But to my knowledge he has always ran a clean program, recruited well and won A LOT of games.

If he had great success here I am sure he would bolt for an SEC or Big 12 job, but you know what? So would almost any coach. We are not a destination job who is going to lure in some big time coach who is going to make UConn home. Any coach we hire, especially if it is some and coming assistant or small school coach they will be using UConn as a stepping stone.

 

[huskymedic]

http://post original url/8jkFMt0i

Petrino taking WKU campus tour this morning.

 

[uconnell]

McMurphyESPN 1:18pm via TweetDeck
WKU AD Saturday on new coach: "Winning experience, strong recruiting skills, history of player development, must be active in our community"

I'm quite sure he will be active in the community...

LMBO

 

[Nostical]

whos next? fossil....

Isn't that our guy?

 

[BHusky]

I did not mention Petrino at all in my post.

Petrino has nothing to do with the fact that UConn is funding Pasqualoni's retirement for no real reason other than, "he wants to be here." There are a number of coordinators and coaches at lower level school who wouldn't mind a $1MM/year job.

Let's put aside that Pasqualoni wants tobe here for a second and focus on the fact that he is failing to achieve even the most modest of tasks which are his charge...Oh, sorry. Yes he has...The International Brotherhood of Connecticut High School Football Coaches thinks he's a swell guy. Lest we forget the amount of pull they have on a national level.

I mentioned Petrino because most of these posts and this thread are about BP going to WKU. I never said PP is doing a good job and should retain his role. My point is that I would rather stick with a guy that we may not think is a good fit (the powers that be disagree with us) versus hiring a guy we know will not be here in 2 years because he is a bigger name coach.

He left Louisville after the season for an NFL job, nothing wrong with that. The way he left the Falcons was awful, but at no point did he appear to be bolting ARK and he made a really dumb off the field mistake. Is a high morale guy? Clearly not.

But to my knowledge he has always ran a clean program, recruited well and won A LOT of games.

If he had great success here I am sure he would bolt for an SEC or Big 12 job, but you know what? So would almost any coach. We are not a destination job who is going to lure in some big time coach who is going to make UConn home. Any coach we hire, especially if it is some and coming assistant or small school coach they will be using UConn as a stepping stone.

BP on the field success was great at UL, but his committment to the program was a complete joke. He interviewed for another job midway through his FIRST season at UL. He interviewed for 4 more other jobs during year two. Interviewed for the LSU job 5 days after signing a 5 year extension (went to Les Miles) and within an off season of re-upping another huge 10 year contract and claiming he was in it for ther long haul (proactively put a $1M buy out clause in his deal to reaffirm committment) he left for the Falcons.

This turned into a BP rant, but my intial point being that I would rather get a guy in here who intended on committing to the program versus bringing in a guy we know is gone the first shot he gets (i.e., BP). No this is not a destination job in its current state and it is obvious a guy would bounce to a bigger job if given the chance. I never argued those facts.

 

[Jerry1714]

I mentioned Petrino because most of these posts and this thread are about BP going to WKU. I never said PP is doing a good job and should retain his role. My point is that I would rather stick with a guy that we may not think is a good fit (the powers that be disagree with us) versus hiring a guy we know will not be here in 2 years because he is a bigger name coach.



BP on the field success was great at UL, but his committment to the program was a complete joke. He interviewed for another job midway through his FIRST season at UL. He interviewed for 4 more other jobs during year two. Interviewed for the LSU job 5 days after signing a 5 year extension (went to Les Miles) and within an off season of re-upping another huge 10 year contract and claiming he was in it for ther long haul (proactively put a $1M buy out clause in his deal to reaffirm committment) he left for the Falcons.

This turned into a BP rant, but my intial point being that I would rather get a guy in here who intended on committing to the program versus bringing in a guy we know is gone the first shot he gets (i.e., BP). No this is not a destination job in its current state and it is obvious a guy would bounce to a bigger job if given the chance. I never argued those facts.

Well he would have been silly not to interview for the LSU job or any job that is considered a step up, he should do what is best for his career, I think this happens a lot for "hot" coaches, i am willing to bet BP is not much worse then a lot of up and coming coaches.

 

[Husky25]

I mentioned Petrino because most of these posts and this thread are about BP going to WKU. I never said PP is doing a good job and should retain his role. My point is that I would rather stick with a guy that we may not think is a good fit (the powers that be disagree with us) versus hiring a guy we know will not be here in 2 years because he is a bigger name coach....

...but my intial point being that I would rather get a guy in here who intended on committing to the program versus bringing in a guy we know is gone the first shot he gets...

I fundementally disagree with this. The key is forward motion and, much like his 1st down play calls, there is no sign of the such. Pasqualoni is committing grand larceny based on the fact that he wants to be in Connecticut and the HS Coaches like him.

 

[NutmegState]

He'll be there for two years max. Get his name cleared and then go to a bigger program and screw everyone in his path (literally and figuratively).

I'll say it again. I am a 30+ year die hard Husky fan. Bobby Petrino ever coaches here I am out lock, stock and barrel. Absolute poison.

Why? Because he cheated on his wife with an of age woman?

 

[BHusky]

Well he would have been silly not to interview for the LSU job or any job that is considered a step up, he should do what is best for his career, I think this happens a lot for "hot" coaches, i am willing to bet BP is not much worse then a lot of up and coming coaches.

I don't disagree. ALL the jobs he interviewed for were better jobs. But it doesn't mean the way he did it and consistently lied to his program was right. Edsall interviewed with GTech and there was a boarderline meltdown with the fan base. This was a step up (at least to anyone outside of CT following CFB anyway), but nobody was OK with it and wished him well here. This guy did this to UL 7 times in 2.5 years. Each season the school stepped up and threw bigger money and longer contracts to him and he still screwed them be re-affirming his committment and then doing it again. So again forget BP, my point is that in my opinion dealing with this type of BS annually would be exhausting and not worth it.

I fundementally disagree with this. The key is forward motion and, much like his 1st down play calls, there is no sign of the such. Pasqualoni is committing grand larceny based on the fact that he wants to be in Connecticut and the HS Coaches like him.

I don't think PP is going to bring UConn football to the promised land and is a great fit for us. But just because he has produced 2 very mediocre seasons doesn't mean I want UConn to sell it soul to the Devil to pick up a like Petrino. That is my argument, not that PP is doing a good job and UConn should keep him as coach. Again, this thread started with a posted stating we essentially dropped the ball by not going after a guy like BP.

 

[Husky25]

I don't think PP is going to bring UConn football to the promised land and is a great fit for us. But just because he has produced 2 very mediocre seasons doesn't mean I want UConn to sell it soul to the Devil to pick up a like Petrino. That is my argument, not that PP is doing a good job and UConn should keep him as coach. Again, this thread started with a posted stating we essentially dropped the ball by not going after a guy like BP.

Understood and I don't like Bobby Petrino either. My thoughts for a best case new coach is a young, up and coming outsider who moves the program forward, regardless of time spent here. As you say, this is not a destination job and there in lies the rub. Eitherway, the name of the overall game is to move the program forward...

 

[uconndogs]

No offense, but if Bobby Petrino coached at UConn for three years, they'd be the most exciting, attention-getting and best attended three years in program history.

You'd be out. But everyone and their mother would be in.

No offense taken and you may very well be right. But, do yourself a favor and look at this guy's track record. There is not a shred decency evident.

 

[Jerry1714]

I don't disagree. ALL the jobs he interviewed for were better jobs. But it doesn't mean the way he did it and consistently lied to his program was right. Edsall interviewed with GTech and there was a boarderline meltdown with the fan base. This was a step up (at least to anyone outside of CT following CFB anyway), but nobody was OK with it and wished him well here. This guy did this to UL 7 times in 2.5 years. Each season the school stepped up and threw bigger money and longer contracts to him and he still screwed them be re-affirming his committment and then doing it again. So again forget BP, my point is that in my opinion dealing with this type of BS annually would be exhausting and not worth it.



I don't think PP is going to bring UConn football to the promised land and is a great fit for us. But just because he has produced 2 very mediocre seasons doesn't mean I want UConn to sell it soul to the Devil to pick up a like Petrino. That is my argument, not that PP is doing a good job and UConn should keep him as coach. Again, this thread started with a posted stating we essentially dropped the ball by not going after a guy like BP.

Understood. BP would never be my first choice, but if I saw UConn had canned PP and hired BP today I would be doing David Wilson esq back flips in my office.

 

[huskysupporter]

Why? Because he cheated on his wife with an of age woman?

You know that is not the reason he is no longer there, right? It wasn't cheating on his wife that abruptly ended his tenure.



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[Jimmy Serrano]

You know that is not the reason he is no longer there, right? It wasn't cheating on his wife that abruptly ended his tenure.



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It's funny that people would even consider hiring Petrino here a possibility. It's also funnier that people think WKU is "taking football seriously" now with this hire because every single school in America who "takes football seriously" would not touch this guy with a 10 foot pole.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

For some reason....there are people out there who still think he was fired for cheating on his wife...

per Wikipedia..

On April 10, Long announced that Petrino had been fired. During Long's investigation, it was discovered that Petrino made a previously undisclosed $20,000 cash gift to Dorrell. It was also revealed that Dorrell may have received preferential treatment in her hiring to the football staff, as Petrino's relationship with Dorrell was not disclosed and Petrino was on the hiring committee. Long determined that Petrino's attempts to mislead both him and the public about the accident and his relationship with Dorrell were grounds to fire Petrino for cause.[3][12]

 

[huskymedic]

As one of the national writers said... WKU just rented BP for two years.

 

[huskysupporter]

It's funny that people would even consider hiring Petrino here a possibility. It's also funnier that people think WKU is "taking football seriously" now with this hire because every single school in America who "takes football seriously" would not touch this guy with a 10 foot pole.

It is crazy that anyone would think a college administration with any credibility would hire Petrino. I think they may might want to take a look at the accusations. I am shocked any school hired him, to be honest. Just crazy.

 

[johnhuskies95]

if a pr stunt is the guy setting foot on our campus and imediately we have a competent coach who can call plays and timeouts, he engages the fanbase and kills it on the trail. then yes its a pr stunt. this team as it sits today, hell this past year with BP instead of PP. tell me what u think? i see 8 wins as is this year. what do u see? i dont care if he buys a new harely, crashes it outside dez conners house and get up and runs from the scene with caroline doty(sorry doty...) hand in hand and a joint in the other.

fine line? then we must be scared to test that line, fits right in with our ways as a school playing sports.

Petrino does not "kill it on the trail". Arkansas got beaten repeatedly in their own state and Petrino only finished better than 9th in the SEC once when it comes to recruiting.

 

[jdb50]

The most important thing for UConn is to get the stadium filled. I see 3 ways to do this, people come because they believe in the Coach , players or a combination of the two. Contrary to opinion running more advertisements on TV and radio saying come watch the Huskies play isn't going to do it. Petrino doesn't fit the UConn brand but something has to be done. I don't know how many UConn alumni live in State but we need to get more of them and their families to the Rent. Plenty of fans never went to UConn that attend games and they want to see better football. The Coach is the main factor to getting the Rent filled.