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Get a Job said:
Meh Kinda GIF by Cultura

It's a matter of degree, and there can be a huge difference in degree. For a school like, I dunno, Tennessee, there might be 30 to 40 jobs that could lure away the head coach. For us, right now and for the foreseeable future, there are hundreds of jobs that could lure away our next HC if successful.
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that's the whole point. As you go further up the food chain there are fewer and fewer schools you jump ship to go to if you are doing well.

So, yes, a UConn HC has more opportunities for upward mobility than a Tennessee coach.
 
businesslawyer said:
I'm not sure there is one good way to pick our next coach, but I know what a bad way is, and it would be listing any similarity you can find to one of our failed coaches and then start disqualifying candidates because x or y or z.
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You mean like everyone hating on Holtz just because he has a successful history with the school. Warped logic at its best.

I don't like Golden because he was dumb enough to name GDL his offensive coordinator in 2006 and then when 2006 went bad his solution was to also make GDL the offensive line coach in 2007. Unfreaking believable.
 
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Get a Job said:
Meh Kinda GIF by Cultura

It's a matter of degree, and there can be a huge difference in degree. For a school like, I dunno, Tennessee, there might be 30 to 40 jobs that could lure away the head coach. For us, right now and for the foreseeable future, there are hundreds of jobs that could lure away our next HC if successful.
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If we pay north of $2 million doubt there are hundreds of jobs that would lure the coach away.
 
metsfan2323 said:
You mean like everyone hating on Holtz just because he has a successful history with the school. Warped logic at its best.

I don't like Golden because he was dumb enough to name GDL his offensive coordinator in 2006 and then when 2006 went bad his solution was to also make GDL the offensive line coach in 2007. Unfreaking believable.
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He did good enough to basically beat Randy,
 
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To be honest, I'm not 100% sure how I feel about Al Golden. But reading former player Feliciano's criticisms of Golden at Miami, it's kind of scary. It might be a singular disgruntled player... or it might be a coach to stay the hell away from...
 
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JohnFSilver said:
Golden would be excellent. That guy can coach. He is plugged into where UConn needs to recruit. Hell should have had the job the last time.
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Agreed. Everyone is like don’t hire him he was fired from a P5 school he was 32-25 at Miami. He has a .500 record all time as a head coach. I’m sorry if he comes in and changes around the program every negative comment on him people would be changed if he got UConn back to 6-6 record and so on. Most people say he was fired well so we shouldn’t hire Joe Moorehead, Todd Orlando and so on because they were fired. Al Golden I know could recruit the territories we are recruiting in now. If that’s the best choice we have you can’t be negative about it.
 
Do we just suck at social media and PR? If that's not true, is it his agent leaking this to help him with NFL jobs? It's like CUSA all over again if so. Leave UConn football out of your rumors. We have enough problems as is.
 
Block C said:
Agreed. Everyone is like don’t hire him he was fired from a P5 school he was 32-25 at Miami. He has a .500 record all time as a head coach. I’m sorry if he comes in and changes around the program every negative comment on him people would be changed if he got UConn back to 6-6 record and so on. Most people say he was fired well so we shouldn’t hire Joe Moorehead, Todd Orlando and so on because they were fired. Al Golden I know could recruit the territories we are recruiting in now. If that’s the best choice we have you can’t be negative about it.
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Dude was 27-34 overall at Temple below .500 and 32-25 at Miami, then was fired. He also had a student talk bad about him, and it’s been 6yrs since he’s coached a college team. He is not a “great” hire. I highly doubt he’s the guy. Dave hired Hurley who was a hot coach at the time, I don’t see Golden as a splash hire. That’s two different kind of hires and wouldn’t make sense.
 
Yup! said:
Dude was 27-34 overall at Temple below .500 and 32-25 at Miami, then was fired. He also had a student talk bad about him, and it’s been 6yrs since he’s coached a college team. He is not a “great” hire. I highly doubt he’s the guy. Dave hired Hurley who was a hot coach at the time, I don’t see Golden as a splash hire. That’s two different kind of hires and wouldn’t make sense.
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He was 27-34 at Temple but keep in mind that Temple had had 3 winning seasons since 1980 and none since 1990, when he arrived. 1-11 in year 1, 4-8, 5-7, 9-4, 8-4. He rebuilt the program and the image.

I‘d love a splash hire, but I would rather a competent hire.
 
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We had the usual plethora of “connect the dot” names thrown out by the mainstream CFB media after Edsall left then radio silence about candidates till two rumors this week by On3 - Holtz and Golden (which at least someone in the process confirmed to Amore that the interest was at least mutual). I have a hard time believing those are the only two candidates for the job @ this point in time. There are leverage games and timing of seasons in play.

Now, I can be proven wrong in the end but it would seem real strange for AD Dave to tie his career cart to Al Golden (and overall IMO Golden would be in the middle of a pack of realistic choices for me - some better/some worse).
 
Ok guys, who has an active UConn email that will just reach out to Dave and ask. Maybe he'll even answer it.
 
huskymedic said:
Now, I can be proven wrong in the end but it would seem real strange for AD Dave to tie his career cart to Al Golden (and overall IMO Golden would be in the middle of a pack of realistic choices for me - some better/some worse).
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This ^^^^ as someone who sat in on the HC search zoom call with the Parker firm and listened. Golden seems like a safe choice, but I don't know how great a salesman he can be for Uconn in particular and the college game in general, especially after dealing with pros the last 6 years. A high level recruiter and an OC that will excite are both keys if he's it. Just doesn't sound like what was talked about with the Parker lead. But to me the key is would a guy like Golden be excited about the Uconn job himself ? If not it seems like another bad fit.
 
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JMick said:
So Chip Kelly is going to be available. My brain says no but a sliver of me thinks he can turn it around. He's from new england and still has friends in New Hampshire.
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Chip Kelly would immediately vault to number one on my list ahead of Sean Lewis. Would turn this program around in short order.
 
Blades said:
This ^^^^ as someone who sat in on the HC search zoom call with the Parker firm and listened. Golden seems like a safe choice, but I don't know how great a salesman he can be for Uconn in particular and the college game in general, especially after dealing with pros the last 6 years. A high level recruiter and an OC that will excite are both keys if he's it. Just doesn't sound like what was talked about with the Parker lead. But to me the key is would a guy like Golden be excited about the Uconn job himself ? If not it seems like another bad fit.
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Golden has historically been a really good recruiter.
 
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