UConn has a new coach
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amfurman10
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I'm pretty surprised that neither Pitt nor Uconn went after Rich Rod. I thought that would have been a solid hire.
PurplFrawg
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Maybe he wasn't a "Pitt guy" or a UConn guy." Stupid wolverines.
Big Frog II
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Paul does have a good name up in the Northeast. Really not a bad hire at all.
DentonFrog
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This is a pretty solid hire. It's not Urban Meyer or Mike Leach, but the dude can turn nothing into something. Look what he did with the Cowboys defense the last eight games.
He'll keep UConn at least in the middle of the pack...at Syracuse he suffered due to the school not pumping money into the program in the mid/late 90s. They rode the cash cow a bit too long and lost momentum.
I see him staying there 5-7 years and turning the program over to a younger guy.
Coach P is a very good coach but he was know for always a [ What the heck? ] loss or two each year at Syracuse. I don't think UConn will sniff a BCS game but they shouldn't be too far back. He is still thought of fondly back in Syracuse by most.
I see him staying there 5-7 years and turning the program over to a younger guy.
Coach P is a very good coach but he was know for always a [ What the heck? ] loss or two each year at Syracuse. I don't think UConn will sniff a BCS game but they shouldn't be too far back. He is still thought of fondly back in Syracuse by most.
Texas Otto
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Coach P by many Cuse fans is known as someone who can turn something into nothing. Inherited a top ten program from Coach Mac and reduced it to a top 15 program while having the most prolific qb in SU history (McNabb) and once Donny moved on the NFL continued to degrade the program to total mediocrity so UCONN best of luck to ya with the Coach P run, run, run, punt ofense!
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Texas Otto
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Oh Mr. Husky you are wrong: 1987 #4, 1988 #13, 1991 #11(yes I know P was in the chair in 91 but they were all Mac's kids)
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I meant one top 10. My mistake.
So, in about a quarter century, they finished top 10 once (for years before was HC) and one top 15 finish, they are a top 10 program. Really???
And you don't give him credit for 91 despite the fact that Mac didn't win with those kids in 89 and 90?
And SU fans would cream if Marrone ever did what PP did in his final 4 years at SU (that was SOOOO terrible) - 2 BE Championships and 1 BCS game.
So, in about a quarter century, they finished top 10 once (for years before was HC) and one top 15 finish, they are a top 10 program. Really???
And you don't give him credit for 91 despite the fact that Mac didn't win with those kids in 89 and 90?
And SU fans would cream if Marrone ever did what PP did in his final 4 years at SU (that was SOOOO terrible) - 2 BE Championships and 1 BCS game.
gohornedfrogs
Tier 1
A couple of things there...Under Armour is putting money into the program, and VaTech no longer has a monopoly on the best athletes in that area. So there is a pretty good upside there. Additionally, the ACC does not have a dominant team, so he may see an opportunity.
I agree that on the surface it doesn't look like an upward move, but UConn is not an easy sell for football.
I think Edsall just ran out of steam at UCONN.
He built us up from nothing - we weren't even HS standards when he came - and I don't think he ever saw UCONN as a place to stay.
PP has won more BE Championships, been to more BCS games and has more top 25 finishes than the rest of the BE coaches...combine. Including TCU.
It was interesting at his presser, you could tell that he believes TCU is the team to beat to get to the BCS in the BE and that he intends to use some of his Dallas connections for recruiting.
He built us up from nothing - we weren't even HS standards when he came - and I don't think he ever saw UCONN as a place to stay.
PP has won more BE Championships, been to more BCS games and has more top 25 finishes than the rest of the BE coaches...combine. Including TCU.
It was interesting at his presser, you could tell that he believes TCU is the team to beat to get to the BCS in the BE and that he intends to use some of his Dallas connections for recruiting.
gohornedfrogs
Tier 1
Huh?
Name all the BCS bowls Syracuse played in while PP was coach...hint: it will be half as many as Patterson.
And he does NOT have more Top 25 finishes than GP...hint: same number as Patterson, but three less top 10's than Patterson.
toadallytexan
ToadallyTexan
Is it me, or has the price of poker gone up in the BE even before we get there?
Seems as if everyone is taking tiny TCU awfully seriously, judging by all the new coaching hires and what not. Didn't everyone tell them we are not even an Auto Qualifier...They did, huh?...Still not buyin' it, are they?...Guess the "poor little guy" routine won't work anymore. Nobody north of the Red, or east of the Sabine is buying it.
Funny, non-AQ status seems like it's still such a big deal in Waco and with all those other Big-XII(ish) negative recruiters. This just proves, yet again, that those Big East fellas are a whole lot smarter than the Big-XII(ish) conference clowns...but we knew that already.
Seems as if everyone is taking tiny TCU awfully seriously, judging by all the new coaching hires and what not. Didn't everyone tell them we are not even an Auto Qualifier...They did, huh?...Still not buyin' it, are they?...Guess the "poor little guy" routine won't work anymore. Nobody north of the Red, or east of the Sabine is buying it.
Funny, non-AQ status seems like it's still such a big deal in Waco and with all those other Big-XII(ish) negative recruiters. This just proves, yet again, that those Big East fellas are a whole lot smarter than the Big-XII(ish) conference clowns...but we knew that already.
