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Post by Sons of Vaval on Sept 5, 2021 14:10:05 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 5, 2021 14:27:17 GMT -5
At least a classy "farewell."
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 5, 2021 14:35:04 GMT -5
I hope Coach Chesney agrees with the posters who feel the Rent is a dump and would never want to coach there.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 5, 2021 14:39:32 GMT -5
If UConn has any sense, they will start trying to get Coach Chesney now. I hope he sees it as the dead end that it is...but he does love a challenge. I hope he holds out a year or two for something better...snd bets it from HC's new AD.c;)
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 5, 2021 14:41:36 GMT -5
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Edsall.
And to those worried about Ches leaving down the road, it won't be to Conn or Mass. He's not an idiot, and will have much better options than these two rudderless disasters.
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Post by cmo on Sept 5, 2021 14:42:35 GMT -5
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Post by hc2020 on Sept 5, 2021 15:39:24 GMT -5
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Edsall. And to those worried about Ches leaving down the road, it won't be to Conn or Mass. He's not an idiot, and will have much better options than these two rudderless disasters. Agreed. Not only are they rudderless, but UConn will likely lose many recruits in this year’s recruiting class, who will have no interest in committing to a program without a clear head coach or a positive future for that matter.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 5, 2021 16:42:57 GMT -5
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Edsall. And to those worried about Ches leaving down the road, it won't be to Conn or Mass. He's not an idiot, and will have much better options than these two rudderless disasters. When Duff was here, the last 2-3 years higher profile jobs would pop up and most of them sucked. Maryland looked on paper to be a good move but it wasn't.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 5, 2021 17:44:52 GMT -5
No one looks good in this situation. They don't have a team in 2020 and after 2 weeks in 2021 the guy quits and/or they tell him that he's done at the end of the year?
The problems in the program didn't crop up overnight.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Sept 5, 2021 17:48:28 GMT -5
Edsall didn’t wake up this morning deciding it was time to retire. He definitely was shown the door.
Dave Benedict now has the next 2.5 months to begin the search.
Recruiting will be a nightmare and those recruits who have already committed may look elsewhere….but is that even a problem when you think about it? That was an FCS team we played yesterday in terms of talent it seemed.
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Post by joe on Sept 5, 2021 17:51:05 GMT -5
Entire team to enter the portal? Anyone with good grades we can pickup?
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Post by efg72 on Sept 5, 2021 18:06:23 GMT -5
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Edsall. And to those worried about Ches leaving down the road, it won't be to Conn or Mass. He's not an idiot, and will have much better options than these two rudderless disasters. When Duff was here, the last 2-3 years higher profile jobs would pop up and most of them sucked. Maryland looked on paper to be a good move but it wasn't. Maryland was a great personal move because he grew up here, Bob Hardage his HS coach was around to be helpful as were others if you watched the movie Remember The Titans Back then Dc,VA and Baltimore football were loaded -certainly in the top 10 in talent with Nj, Texas, Florida, Ca, Ohio and Michigan. If I left someone out it wasn't intended. He fought the same battle as George did at Seton Hall with alumni that wanted a big time name and worked against him. Today the region remains talented and actually has Jesuit Hs we should be recruiting for all sports- but what the heck admissions killed most of that 30 years ago
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Post by hcpride on Sept 5, 2021 18:32:07 GMT -5
Edsall didn’t wake up this morning deciding it was time to retire. He definitely was shown the door. Dave Benedict now has the next 2.5 months to begin the search. Recruiting will be a nightmare and those recruits who have already committed may look elsewhere….but is that even a problem when you think about it? That was an FCS team we played yesterday in terms of talent it seemed. The hotshot up-and comers (FCS head coaches, FBS top assistants) will steer clear. UConn’s current trajectory (including independent status) just screams ‘career killer’.
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Post by southernsader on Sept 5, 2021 19:00:39 GMT -5
Pure idiocy to leave the AAC and become an independent to enable basketball to go to BE. Nothing wrong with the AAC as a basketball conference, and the BE bears little resemblance to the BE of which UConn had been a member.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 5, 2021 19:23:58 GMT -5
^ wut?
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Post by mm67 on Sept 5, 2021 19:32:05 GMT -5
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Edsall. And to those worried about Ches leaving down the road, it won't be to Conn or Mass. He's not an idiot, and will have much better options than these two rudderless disasters. When Duff was here, the last 2-3 years higher profile jobs would pop up and most of them sucked. Maryland looked on paper to be a good move but it wasn't. Why did a failing Maryland program with an untested AD look good to Coach Duff? FBS and nothing else.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 5, 2021 19:46:12 GMT -5
My theory is that Edsall thinks after losing to Holy Cross, one of the games he/others probably thought was close to a sure win, that he's seen enough to believe they might not win a game the entire season and he might be fired mid-season. By preemptively announcing his retirement, it might buy him time. Why fire him when he says he's leaving anyway and who'd want to take over a dumpster fire mid-season? If by some miracle, the season turns out better than anyone expects now, he's shown he has the character to say: "retirement? no, I wasn't really serious."
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 5, 2021 19:53:19 GMT -5
My theory is that Edsall thinks after losing to Holy Cross, one of the games he/others probably thought was close to a sure win, that he's seen enough to believe they might not win a game the entire season and he might be fired mid-season. By preemptively announcing his retirement, it might buy him time. Why fire him when he says he's leaving anyway and who'd want to take over a dumpster fire mid-season? If by some miracle, the season turns out better than anyone expects now, he's shown he has the character to say: "retirement? no, I wasn't really serious." He's under contract through the 2023 season. Hard to believe he will eat the remaining $3 mil. How do you think they handled that? A buy-out or is it a clean retirement like Coach Carmody?
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 5, 2021 20:17:49 GMT -5
Pure idiocy to leave the AAC and become an independent to enable basketball to go to BE. Nothing wrong with the AAC as a basketball conference, and the BE bears little resemblance to the BE of which UConn had been a member. The Big East has two national champions since being founded in 2013-2014 season. The ACC has three, Big 12 one, and the other champion is UConn. So the Big East Hoops has been pretty good.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 5, 2021 20:30:45 GMT -5
^ the BE conference was founded in 1979 Einstein
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Post by trimster on Sept 5, 2021 20:33:44 GMT -5
^ the BE conference was founded in 1979 Einstein We know that all too well.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 5, 2021 20:37:50 GMT -5
^ the BE conference was founded in 1979 Einstein We know that all too well. Foley doesn't.
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Post by mm67 on Sept 5, 2021 21:43:13 GMT -5
UConn is a graveyard for coaches. Forget the challenge. It's a dangerous mirage. There are many other viable challenging FBS programs which can offer big bucks, a chance for success & more. Stay away from UConn & UMass. Go West young man!
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 5, 2021 21:47:17 GMT -5
I hope we have enough resources so we don't lose him to a high FCS program with deep pockets.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Sept 5, 2021 22:21:39 GMT -5
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