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The saddest part is once upon a time there was real buzz and momentum here... There was buzz in the beginning with Dan O and Terry Cauley, there was major buzz years later when we were the only game on national TV and they were slamming Robert Griffin into the ground and we had more players drafted in the first several rounds than Ohio State, there was buzz when Taggert hit that 52 yarder to sneak us into the Fiesta bowl. The state was behind the team and there was major excitement. I saw it when I went to some games back then, I saw it when I would be at sports bars watching college football in Chicago with fans from major programs around the country taking notice and saying "Wow UConn is pretty good" "Wow, UConn is ranked?"
SportsFan88 started a thread during the game to ask where did it all go wrong? It all started when the snake Edsall snuck out on his team. Edsall was a dinosaur a decade or so ago and I thought he maxed out but we were relevant, we were putting guys in the NFL and then he told Jordan Todman he had to be a man and address his teammates before the Fiesta Bowl that he was leaving them to enter the NFL draft early. Meanwhile Edsall knew he was taking the Maryland job and snuck out the backdoor like a coward, leaving the kids in the dark....
Pasqualoni was hired, he was a bad hire by a terrible Athletic Director in Hathaway. Pasqualoni could at least coach, his problem was his loyalty to his pal DeLeone. It wasn't pretty but UConn hung with very good teams and beat some good teams but the school thought they could do better...
Warde Manuel then got sold a bill of goods with Diaco. The guy won defensive coach of the year in college football. He was energetic as hell, talked a big game about his vision for UConn football, he was good looking, charming, and a media darling. I was sold on the day of the hire but the people who make the decisions should've been able to see it was smoke and mirrors. Program was hugely damaged at that point and they felt they had to go cheap and safe instead of spending more and getting an up and comer who could turn it around quickly using it as a stepping stone. The cheap and safe thing never works and is made so much worse by going back to the snake who already bit you and sold you out...
Edsall was a boring dinosaur once upon a time who could get just enough with defense and ball control to crank out enough wins but it was clear years ago the game had passed him by and it was clear what his character is. You add to it that he's a stubborn a hole that talented coordinators can't work with and it's just a nightmare scenario. The school gave up on the program by hiring him back and every extra game he's given lessens the chances of this program ever getting out of the basement of college football...
There has to be real soul searching for Benedict and the others in charge if they want to continue on with the football program, if Edsall is allowed to continue on it's clear they have no interest in this program which would be incredibly sad because once upon a time the people of Connecticut really cared and were all on board with watching the program grow. People are starved for something to root for, bring in a hungry proven young winner. If not end it.
SportsFan88 started a thread during the game to ask where did it all go wrong? It all started when the snake Edsall snuck out on his team. Edsall was a dinosaur a decade or so ago and I thought he maxed out but we were relevant, we were putting guys in the NFL and then he told Jordan Todman he had to be a man and address his teammates before the Fiesta Bowl that he was leaving them to enter the NFL draft early. Meanwhile Edsall knew he was taking the Maryland job and snuck out the backdoor like a coward, leaving the kids in the dark....
Pasqualoni was hired, he was a bad hire by a terrible Athletic Director in Hathaway. Pasqualoni could at least coach, his problem was his loyalty to his pal DeLeone. It wasn't pretty but UConn hung with very good teams and beat some good teams but the school thought they could do better...
Warde Manuel then got sold a bill of goods with Diaco. The guy won defensive coach of the year in college football. He was energetic as hell, talked a big game about his vision for UConn football, he was good looking, charming, and a media darling. I was sold on the day of the hire but the people who make the decisions should've been able to see it was smoke and mirrors. Program was hugely damaged at that point and they felt they had to go cheap and safe instead of spending more and getting an up and comer who could turn it around quickly using it as a stepping stone. The cheap and safe thing never works and is made so much worse by going back to the snake who already bit you and sold you out...
Edsall was a boring dinosaur once upon a time who could get just enough with defense and ball control to crank out enough wins but it was clear years ago the game had passed him by and it was clear what his character is. You add to it that he's a stubborn a hole that talented coordinators can't work with and it's just a nightmare scenario. The school gave up on the program by hiring him back and every extra game he's given lessens the chances of this program ever getting out of the basement of college football...
There has to be real soul searching for Benedict and the others in charge if they want to continue on with the football program, if Edsall is allowed to continue on it's clear they have no interest in this program which would be incredibly sad because once upon a time the people of Connecticut really cared and were all on board with watching the program grow. People are starved for something to root for, bring in a hungry proven young winner. If not end it.
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