Comments on: A Meaningful Game http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/11/23/ncaa-college-football-connecticut-huskies-notre-dame-fighting-irish/ MLB NFL NBA NHL NCAA PGA Olympics Tennis Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:42:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nate Barlow http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/11/23/ncaa-college-football-connecticut-huskies-notre-dame-fighting-irish/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Nate Barlow Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:15:37 +0000 http://www.deepintosports.com/?p=1858#comment-713 Sad, but unfortunately usually true. To Edsall's credit, he has been with UConn for a decade, a lot longer than many coaches who become hot after some success, and his name has come up in the past for vacancies and he turned them down. Connecticut and Cincinnati have a better chance than most non-big programs in holding onto their coaches, since they are both in the BCS Big East. Not a guarantee by any means to be sure (Rodriguez jumping WVU's ship for Michigan), but better than most. Sad, but unfortunately usually true. To Edsall's credit, he has been with UConn for a decade, a lot longer than many coaches who become hot after some success, and his name has come up in the past for vacancies and he turned them down. Connecticut and Cincinnati have a better chance than most non-big programs in holding onto their coaches, since they are both in the BCS Big East. Not a guarantee by any means to be sure (Rodriguez jumping WVU's ship for Michigan), but better than most.

]]> By: Gairzo http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/11/23/ncaa-college-football-connecticut-huskies-notre-dame-fighting-irish/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Gairzo Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:40:26 +0000 http://www.deepintosports.com/?p=1858#comment-712 Edsall is a great coach--and that will ultimately hurt the UConn program as will Cincinnati's Brian Kelley's success hurt the Bearcat program. Both these guys recently signed contract extensions for big money, both pledged to remain loyal to their school and their kids--and both will leave fo bigger schools and bigger money because in the college game contracts mean nothing. Just as in MLB the Prates, Royals, Twins, Reds, etc. serve as a defacto minor league for the bigger markets, small schools groom coaches for bigger universities. Edsall is a great coach–and that will ultimately hurt the UConn program as will Cincinnati's Brian Kelley's success hurt the Bearcat program.

Both these guys recently signed contract extensions for big money, both pledged to remain loyal to their school and their kids–and both will leave fo bigger schools and bigger money because in the college game contracts mean nothing.

Just as in MLB the Prates, Royals, Twins, Reds, etc. serve as a defacto minor league for the bigger markets, small schools groom coaches for bigger universities.

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