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Who's your list for next HC?

Slick said:
I think Sam is in a nursing home and is at least 90. Not sure he is what we need
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Darn I thought the experience he would bring to the table would be a good thing
 
WestCoastHusky said:
Been so happy that Edsall will be stepping down. The year end retirement allows Edsall to leave with some dignity, and gives Uconn plenty of time to look for a new coach.

I say we just hire the entire staff of Coastal Carolina or SDSU. I am pretty sure Uconn has the budget to get this done. We don't need to make this thing complicated since the solution is right here.

Coastal Carolina offense looks really fun with a mix of spread and triple option from the shotgun formation.
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Yeah I love how Coastal Carolina mixes it up on offense, it’s a well balanced offense. The kids seem to really love playing for their coaches
 
Here’s some of the possible names I’ve seen thrown around and their current salaries where they are this season:

1. Rhett Lashlee - Miami (FL) OC - $ (not public)
2. Joe Moorhead - Oregon OC - $1.15 M
3. Will Healy - Charlotte HC - $755,000
4. Major Applewhite - South Alabama OC - $250,000
5. Sean Lewis - Kent State HC - $440,000
6. Joe Harasymiak, Minnesota Co-DC (former Maine HC) - $342,000
7. Jason Candle - Toledo HC - $1.15 M
 
Yup! said:
Yeah I love how Coastal Carolina mixes it up on offense, it’s a well balanced offense. The kids seem to really love playing for their coaches
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Plus it is a super fun offense for fans. The Edsall system has killed any joy for football for too long. We need to get an offensive head coach for the next hire. We got the facilities to attract the right coach, and we can't afford to mess this up again.

Just hire the entire staff of Coastal Carolina if we can get it. If not, hire the whole staff of SDSU. If a coach can win at South Dakota, they can win at East Hartford.
 
CCSUblue said:
Derek Mason needs a rehab HC job.

Have just been thinking and maybe the yard can help with some info...which other which other schools have very stringent standards for football players?

Wisconsin?
Stanford?

Who else? We should target a coach from a school that understands how to work within those difficult parameters.
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Why not travel right down 91 and get Tony Reno?
 
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Just throwing a name out there, how about KC Keeler, he just won another FCS championship last year at Sam Houston State. We should have hired him in 2011. He runs a spread read option offense. Imagine what he would have done with Nebrich.

Someone who wins FCS championships at two different places must be doing something right.
 
love the hometown love for some CT and CCSU and Yale guys Wrong level - methinks

I think it will be an under the radar name who has HC and high level success on his resume recently - maybe as a coordinator. And the name in my last half hour - Dan Enos (QB and OC at Maryland). Highly successful HC at Central Michigan for 5 years with bowls. Just finished a few years at Cincinnati. Great player.

lots to watch for

But you never know who Benedict is talking to
 
Whether it's the coach at NDSU, Coastal, Louisiana, Liberty, FCS or wherever; as long as they can recruit the same caliber of QB'S here as there, we should pursue them. It's mind boggling how we've been unable to attract a blue chip. Any name from the list of their QB's would own New England and all its NIL riches.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
Just throwing a name out there, how about KC Keeler, he just won another FCS championship last year at Sam Houston State. We should have hired him in 2011. He runs a spread read option offense. Imagine what he would have done with Nebrich.

Someone who wins FCS championships at two different places must be doing something right.
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I advocated hiring KC back then. We really missed the boat when he was at Northeast. We ended up with coach P that started the Uconn downward spiraling.
 
Ok, it's obvious.

Bill Braski! He once coached a girls cheerleading squad to a football State Championship in Texas! His playbook is only 1 page but it works every time. He doesn't use assistant coaches because he knows everything about football. In fact the NFL was going to call it the Braski Bowl until his family complained.

Call Bill Braski now!
 
SonsOfNutmeg said:
What do we think Benedict’s budget will be here? $2M??
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It’s got to be more. Head coach and all assistants. To be relevant and get the right staff it’s going to cost us money, but will be worth it. I’m thinking more like 3 million for head coach and assistants. I would like to see more like 4 million so we can get relevance back to UConn.
 
drayenob said:
This is the key. They need to significantly increase the budget. As we have seen, you get what you pay for.
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Not always true. There are number of hungry young successful coaches from the lower levels who would love to get this opportunity, and Uconn don't have to shell out the bank to get them. I highly suggest we get someone who has been highly successful at the FCS level and go from there if we can't get anyone from FBS at a reasonable price.

If they leave after a few years, so what? It means they been successful here, and Uconn can just get another successful coach and keep on going. Cincy did it a million times, and why can't Uconn when we got better facilities and resources?
 
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SonsOfNutmeg said:
What do we think Benedict’s budget will be here? $2M??
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Its a good question because it's not only the new head coach salary to consider but the new assistant coaches salary pool which needs to be enriched from current levels plus any buyout of existing contract (if any) from who you poach. Also I think Spanos and Giufre have two year contracts ending in 2022 - everyone else on current staff is year to year.
 
WestCoastHusky said:
Been so happy that Edsall will be stepping down. The year end retirement allows Edsall to leave with some dignity, and gives Uconn plenty of time to look for a new coach.

I say we just hire the entire staff of Coastal Carolina or SDSU. I am pretty sure Uconn has the budget to get this done. We don't need to make this thing complicated since the solution is right here.

Coastal Carolina offense looks really fun with a mix of spread and triple option from the shotgun formation.
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SonsOfNutmeg said:
What do we think Benedict’s budget will be here? $2M??
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More if he feels it is a can’t miss.
 
Yup! said:
Yeah I love how Coastal Carolina mixes it up on offense, it’s a well balanced offense. The kids seem to really love playing for their coaches
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My wife and I have casually been considering Conway (SC) as a retirement option, and the football there is as appealing as the weather during the winter. They are exciting. Hard to believe they started football in 2003. Crazy success in such a short time.

Jamey Chadwell is awesome, but I shudder to think we could ever entice him away, not just to UConn, but financially as well.

How CCU football coach Jamey Chadwell’s contract could pay more than $3 million per year
 
I'm going to throw another name out there that people may not like but actually might make some sense, how about Mark Whipple, another guy we could have hired in 2011.

I know one thing about Mark Whipple, he has a good eye for QB talent and he can run a decent offense. He won 4 games in each of his last two seasons at UMASS, do you know how hard it is to win 4 games at UMASS? that's like winning 6 or 7 at UCONN. His teams at UMASS always fought hard and had a knack of putting up a lot of points and staying close against P5 competition. In short his teams at UMASS were way ahead of where we are now.

Just spitballing names here I know this one won't be popular. This guy fielded competitive teams on a dime budget with trash facilities.
 
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Todd Orlando, Joe Moorhead both good options. Still on the younger side, but have valuable experience. Possibly Don Brown too, he’s done extremely well as a head coach in the past, but never at FBS level. Has always had consistent top defenses in the country with the exception of last season. Todd will be getting hired at another school as head coach sooner or later. Why not UConn, he knows it as good as anybody. UConn was good back in the days because of the assistants!
 
metsfan2323 said:
I'm going to throw another name out there that people may not like but actually might make some sense, how about Mark Whipple, another guy we could have hired in 2011.

I know one thing about Mark Whipple, he has a good eye for QB talent and he can run a decent offense. He won 4 games in each of his last two seasons at UMASS, do you know how hard it is to win 4 games at UMASS? that's like winning 6 or 7 at UCONN. His teams at UMASS always fought hard and had a knack of putting up a lot of points and staying close against P5 competition. In short his teams at UMASS were way ahead of where we are now.

Just spitballing names here I know this one won't be popular. This guy fielded competitive teams on a dime budget with trash facilities.
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I think Whipple is too old, but if he brings Davis Beville with him, let's get that done.
 
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metsfan2323 said:
I'm going to throw another name out there that people may not like but actually might make some sense, how about Mark Whipple, another guy we could have hired in 2011.

I know one thing about Mark Whipple, he has a good eye for QB talent and he can run a decent offense. He won 4 games in each of his last two seasons at UMASS, do you know how hard it is to win 4 games at UMASS? that's like winning 6 or 7 at UCONN. His teams at UMASS always fought hard and had a knack of putting up a lot of points and staying close against P5 competition. In short his teams at UMASS were way ahead of where we are now.

Just spitballing names here I know this one won't be popular. This guy fielded competitive teams on a dime budget with trash facilities.
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I Agree. He’d come here for low salary. His teams scored a lot of points.unfortunately the other teams scored more. Likely aiming higher.
 
metsfan2323 said:
I'm going to throw another name out there that people may not like but actually might make some sense, how about Mark Whipple, another guy we could have hired in 2011.

I know one thing about Mark Whipple, he has a good eye for QB talent and he can run a decent offense. He won 4 games in each of his last two seasons at UMASS, do you know how hard it is to win 4 games at UMASS? that's like winning 6 or 7 at UCONN. His teams at UMASS always fought hard and had a knack of putting up a lot of points and staying close against P5 competition. In short his teams at UMASS were way ahead of where we are now.

Just spitballing names here I know this one won't be popular. This guy fielded competitive teams on a dime budget with trash facilities.
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He should be our backup's backup as the last resort if we need turned down by everyone else. We need to aim higher for the next hire.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
Another outside the box hire with the same name:

Brian Johnson (from AC/DC)

Sure, he may not know coaching football, but imagine How cool it would be to have our head coach be able to sing the start-of-game & between-play hype songs live! That would be a big fan and recruit draw. Just also hire a hot OC & DC to take care of the dirty work and we’d be fine!
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Yeah. A hot OC and DC should be able to do the dirty deeds for dirt cheap.
 
I think DB has some idea of who he wants to hire. The problem is what good candidate will leave their current situation to jump into this mess? If you’re a great HC you’ll likely wait until a better opportunity opens up. that’s why the Coastal HC is likely not coming here. He’s built a program down there - why do it again when a P5 school will pick him as soon as an opening occurs. Same goes with big time OC/DCs. Sometimes it’s better to wait for the right opportunity.

Money is enticing but not if your coaching/career reputation is on the line with a program that has to basically be built back up. Eliminate the idea of football for a second and think of this as if it were another career. If company A wanted to hire you for a lot of money but the company was teetering on collapse would you jump ship from your current situation that is stable and offers an opportunity to advance or go somewhere much more appealing? I think most people wouldn’t jump solely at the salary and would include other factors in the situation.

it’s a tough situation for UConn to be in. Ultimately we need someone who can build a program and win. We shouldn’t be concerned with offense v defense. We need someone long term who can build a program.
 
Would love Sean Gleeson but I think he’s out of our range now. Wanted to hire him when we hired Edsall.
 
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