Who's your list for next HC?

[Greenback]

This may have been discussed, but I resently watched a movie The 12 orphans. Why can't we find a coach that designs a game plan around the talented players we have , as apposed to fitting players into a pre determined plan. We have talent. Find a way to use it. F luck you Randy !!!! Just saying

 

[hayman522]

Moorehead is not coming here, so lets just stop. No way that dude is dropping down to our level in FBS when he's already an OC for Oregon. I think that idea is ridiculous.

Totally agree!

 

[UCSouth]

AD David Benedict should be on the phone with current UConn NFL players to try and get them to commit to donating $1MM per year for the next 4 years to be used for the salary pool. That extra amount for salaries would go a long way in attracting good candidates to turn around the program

Gee, why don't you just start a Go Fund Me page or whatever they are called. You can call it the UCONN Assistant Coach Pool.

 

[Travelman6]

Freeze
Caldwell

 

[Hhoops19]

Moorehead is not coming here, so lets just stop. No way that dude is dropping down to our level in FBS when he's already an OC for Oregon. I think that idea is ridiculous.

Agree Moorhead would be hard to get. But also agree with the others that you have to make the call and gauge interest. $2M a year over 5 years is a good offer that he’d at least have to think about.

One aspect you may be overlooking is ‘fit’. Miss St was a nice payday for him, but ultimate a bad fit. I don’t think you see him chasing that this time around. He can be patient for the right opportunity to open up.

He can spend 4 years at UConn making double his salary and can raise his stock even more if he turns us around. And then can pounce on that top-tier B1G or ACC gig. Meanwhile he already knows the ‘fit’ at UConn is solid for the short-term.

I don’t think that’s a super irrational pitch for us to make, especially considering how quickly a coordinators stock can drop with one bad season, injury, game, etc.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Agree Moorhead would be hard to get. But also agree with the others that you have to make the call and gauge interest. $2M a year over 5 years is a good offer that he’d at least have to think about.

One aspect you may be overlooking is ‘fit’. Miss St was a nice payday for him, but ultimate a bad fit. I don’t think you see him chasing that this time around. He can be patient for the right opportunity to open up.

He can spend 4 years at UConn making double his salary and can raise his stock even more if he turns us around. And then can pounce on that top-tier B1G or ACC gig. Meanwhile he already knows the ‘fit’ at UConn is solid for the short-term.

I don’t think that’s a super irrational pitch for us to make, especially considering how quickly a coordinators stock can drop with one bad season, injury, game, etc.

We are rated last in the country. By definition, the next coach is basically assured of being given credit for a turnaround.

 

[RSTuthill]

We are rated last in the country. By definition, the next coach is basically assured of being given credit for a turnaround.

I call an improvement of 25 places as the bar to be considered a turnaround.

 

[DoctorWho85]

I'm watching Oregon and they're moving the ball very well against Ohio State. If Oregon wins this game, Moorhead is off the table unless UConn drops over 3.5 million on him alone.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Just give Moorehead whatever number it is that'll make him sign. We're over thinking it.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Just give Moorehead whatever number it is that'll make him sign. We're over thinking it.

Give him a base plus 50% of gate.

 

[Forte]

Just give Moorehead whatever number it is that'll make him sign. We're over thinking it.

himself could not save this program. Its not meant to exist

 

[DoctorWho85]

himself could not save this program. Its not meant to exist

Thanks for your interest in UConn football. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[hayman522]

Agree Moorhead would be hard to get. But also agree with the others that you have to make the call and gauge interest. $2M a year over 5 years is a good offer that he’d at least have to think about.

One aspect you may be overlooking is ‘fit’. Miss St was a nice payday for him, but ultimate a bad fit. I don’t think you see him chasing that this time around. He can be patient for the right opportunity to open up.

He can spend 4 years at UConn making double his salary and can raise his stock even more if he turns us around. And then can pounce on that top-tier B1G or ACC gig. Meanwhile he already knows the ‘fit’ at UConn is solid for the short-term.

I don’t think that’s a super irrational pitch for us to make, especially considering how quickly a coordinators stock can drop with one bad season, injury, game, etc.

Moorhead is not coming here. I do not believe we will win a game this year.

 

[Stinger92860]

We need to clear out the entire staff. This will be another rebuild. We need a new staff that can work the transfer portal to our advantage.

 

[tzznandrew]

I do not believe we will win a game this year.

UMass is terrible and there's Yale. Those are games they could win. But this team is bad and may go winless. But let's not talk ourselves into Spanos—as people already had been!—if they somehow pull out 2 or somehow 3.

Team needs a total rebuild.

 

[storrsroars]

UMass is terrible and there's Yale. Those are games they could win. But this team is bad and may go winless. But let's not talk ourselves into Spanos—as people already had been!—if they somehow pull out 2 or somehow 3.

Team needs a total rebuild.

UMass put up 28 vs BC. They can score against a P5 team.

We'll see how Yale does vs HC next weekend.

 

[DoctorWho85]

UMass is terrible and there's Yale. Those are games they could win. But this team is bad and may go winless. But let's not talk ourselves into Spanos—as people already had been!—if they somehow pull out 2 or somehow 3.

Team needs a total rebuild.

I don't think the team needs a rebuild. The talent is there. Our receivers get open, linebackers are getting behind the line and coverage has been decent. We just need coordinators that know how to utilize the talent. Moorhead's offense scored three times on almost the exact same play against OSU. So like I said we need coordinators that have situational awareness and are able to exploit weakness instead of driving a square peg in a round hole.

 

[tzznandrew]

UMass put up 28 vs BC. They can score against a P5 team.

We'll see how Yale does vs HC next weekend.

There's a reason I said could. It is, in theory, possible. Likely? Different question.

But regardless of whether we win or not, my point is that the issues are still the issues.

The talent is there.

Yeah...the results suggest the opposite. Coordinators lose games, but they don't get you blown out.

 

[RSTuthill]

Moorhead is not coming here. I do not believe we will win a game this year.

The good thing is that since you and I do not play for UConn, that won't matter.

 

[Bongo Fury]

UMass put up 28 vs BC. They can score against a P5 team.

We'll see how Yale does vs HC next weekend.

Although I work there and they are my 2nd favorite, did they use the portal? I am too lazy to look.

 

[NowInStorrs]

Presbyterian beat Ft. Lauderdale 68-3 today. I don't know anything about Presbyterian or their coach but that seems more exciting than whatever we're doing.

 

[Forte]

I still can't get over the fact that Cinci is #7

 

[storrsroars]

Presbyterian beat Ft. Lauderdale 68-3 today. I don't know anything about Presbyterian or their coach but that seems more exciting than whatever we're doing.

That's Kevin Kelley's squad. The guy who onside kicks until they're up by 21, always goes for the 2-pt conversion, rarely punts... and most importantly for UConn's budgetary issues, once offered to coach Kansas for $90K per win.

 

[NowInStorrs]

That's Kevin Kelley's squad. The guy who onside kicks until they're up by 21, always goes for the 2-pt conversion, rarely punts... and most importantly for UConn's budgetary issues, once offered to coach Kansas for $90K per win.

Hmm. Not sure if that's what we're looking for but if Edsall was traditional to a fault, this guy sounds like the opposite of that.

 

[06029]

Give him a base plus 50% of gate.

So an extra $100k?