by hinghameagle on Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:37 pm
trying to wrap a lot of these things into one post:
1. Edsall is not an upgrade from Dazz, and if he is, it is minimal. That said, it I a fairly solid hire for UCONN. He has been there before, he has won there, and in a crappy conference he will post regular 8 win seasons by year 3. I think he will stabilize that program, because I don't ever see him becoming a top of the list P5 candidate again. Unless he is pumping out 10 win seasons, I don't see him being that attractive to the big boys. He may have a fairly long tenure at UConn, and when he wins 6-7 games two years from now he is going to get the Addazzio extension that will tie the school to him for half a decade.
2. Credit to UConn for mending fences with Edsall. He was persona non grata for the way he handled his exit there on his way to Maryland. He did a poor job handling his departure.
3. A coaching change at UConn doesn't affect BC recruiting at all in the short term. There is not one recruit on their commitment list that BC would ever want. Their list is scary bad. Only a few have anything close to a P5 offer. That is a tough place to recruit to. UConn may actually get a little bump from the inevitable clownshoes display that happens after BC puts on after firing Addaz at the end of next year. BC's transitions never go smoothly, and that will leave them open to poaching. Dazz, like every year will have 95% of his class full by labor day next year. They are, in my mind, absolutely heading for a meltdown season next year(3-4 wins, with no offense), and when he is fired in December, HCRE, building a new program, may be able to swoop in and grab one of the annual 3-4 kids who have the stony brook, Monmouth, Buffalo, Temple offers that is committed to BC.
4. I think it is easier to build a program at Rutgers than it is at BC. Facilities are better. State school. They have irresponsibly to taxpayers dropped money into that program when it wasn't needed. Coaches are paid competitively. Access to better home recruits than BC. Absolutely no academic restrictions on who they can take. JC's are welcome, I believe. When they were in the AAC, they were worse off than BC. When they moved to the B10, it gave them enough credibility to jump BC
5. Purdue and BC are neck and neck for the bottom of the barrel. Purdue, after Brees left, has been a dumpster fire. Tough place to win. Very tough conference, tough to recruit to, academic restrictions, West Lafayette, In is your home, weather, not much to sell there. No idea about their stadium or facilities, but I imagine they are better than BC's. Strangely the two other programs who I have long considered to be in the same tough spot as BC and Purdue have manged to stay afloat, better than BC. Those are WSU and KSU. Am I wrong to also suggest that CAl-Berkely is a P5 program that is down more than up?
6. Kiffin will be a p5 head coach within 3 years. He will not be a directional Florida school for more than two years. He will recruit every reprobate around and wont give a hoot about what they do off the field. He is this short term. He wants to win, win big and get out. He will get enough playmakers to put up a ton of points in a dog crap conference, and that will be enough for a team like South Carolina, Miss St, Ole, Miss or the like to hire him.