Maryland to fire Edsall
It looks like Maryland will fire Edsall going into the Bye week after Ohio State. Maybe the players will send him out with a bang and upset OSU, or they'll lose by 50. It'll be interesting to see who they target as their next coach.
Link:http://maryland.247sports.com/Article/BREAKING-Maryland-to-Fire-Randy-Edsall-40044257
October 8th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
He may not be a good HC, but he's a much better fit at UMD than UNM. They have a very good recruiting class so far. Hiring Locksley is probably the only realistic way of holding on to it. Somehow, they just got Naseir Upshur to schedule an OV.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^
Fantastic recruiter, garbage head coach. I hope they make that move. His time at UNLV was a disaster.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
October 8th, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^
PJ Fleck ?
October 8th, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^
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October 8th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
"Do you teach the players position skills?"
-- "No, the position coaches do that."
"Do you call the plays?"
-- "Um, no, the coordinators do that."
"OK, so... do you physically signal the plays into the QB?"
-- "Well... uh... no, the backup QBs signal in the plays."
"So, Randy, just what would you say it is that you do here?"
-- "I INTERACT WITH THE GODDAMNED FANS AND MEDIA SO THE PLAYERS DON'T HAVE TO. I HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS. I AM GOOD AT DEALING WITH PEOPLE. CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? WHAT THE HELL IS MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE??"
October 8th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
Well crafted!
October 8th, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
Should Maryland fire Edsall?
October 8th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
I'm so glad we added this program to the Big Ten: "Maryland's fan base, unlike some of its Big Ten counterparts and those in football-religious fanbases of the Southeastern Conference, doesn't include a massive base of big-money football boosters, especially during times when the product is poor. Still in the process of raising funds for its $155-million football facility, low booster morale was making it difficult for the school's fundraisers to elicit donations. With this year's team looking like it will struggle through the remainder of the season, negativity mounting and players grumbling..."
October 8th, 2015 at 12:54 PM ^
That place was empty on Saturday. Some MD students that left at halftime, a few glum-looking diehards, and the rest Michigan fans.
At first I thought it was cool that it was all Michigan fans. But then it got a little depressing.
Their band's post-game show was played to absolutely nobody. I felt bad for those kids.
Maryland has no equivalent of Michgian's Northwestern-game-fan-endurance-award where 80,000 people still came out in wretched weather for a lost cause. They are bandwagon fans only.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
Life isn't always like a box of chocolates. Sometimes it's not too sweet at all.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
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October 8th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
Remember the Rich Rod to Maryland rumors right before the inevitible firing? He'd get his shot at us once a year. If he doesn't want to bring Casteel maybe he can hire Tony GIbson!
October 8th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
This will give new meaning to the term "Bye" Week.
October 9th, 2015 at 12:42 AM ^
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October 8th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
The reality is that they can get a good, quality coach as it is a Big Ten school with some potential.
October 8th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
But with 4 guaranteed losses almost every year.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
October 8th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
So Beckman and Edsall are out. I assume Flood at Rutgers won't last the year. As nice as it was to see Purdue almost complete the comeback at East Lansing, I have to think this is it for Hazell as well.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
This will ultimately be good for the Big Ten as it is probably the case that most of those schools will upgrade their coaching staffs at least for a few years.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
I think it would be funny if both Bo Pelini got one of the B1G jobs, and Nebraska was stuck with Mike Riley.
October 8th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
Pelini for all his wackiness, I still think of as an above average college coach. He could go to a place like Louisville or UConn and make them into a 10 win/yr team. Maryland would probably be a dream job for him as he could go 8-5 / 9-4 consistently, turn into a modern day Glenn Mason, and the Maryland media/fan base wouldn't be on his ass every day like the Nebraska folks.
October 8th, 2015 at 12:13 PM ^
October 8th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Everybody hates that guy. After he fails at Arkansas, he's probably going to need to go someplace where nobody knows him yet.
October 8th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
October 8th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
Dino Babers is coming to a downtrodded Power 5 team near you soon.
October 8th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
October 8th, 2015 at 12:15 PM ^
This is only year 3 of a major rebuilding effort for Hazell. There's basically been only one guy who's won at Purdue, and that was Joe Tiller. I'm not saying Hazell is the next Harbaugh, but give the guy some latitude.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
How appropriate that "Ghost of Hoke" posted this.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
Why not just fire him now? Now it's out there
October 8th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
October 8th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
although it probably on the way. I still have never fully understood the lame duck coach that knows he is getting fired and probably found out after everyone else....it's just odd to me.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
Because maybe it's not true. See Brad Ausmus situation about a month ago.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
October 8th, 2015 at 12:18 PM ^
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October 8th, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
1) The team has turned their back on Edsell....players only meeting he knew nothing about.
2) Recruiting moving forward....
I would guess they are bleeding recruits or attempting to keep as many as possible. This will be interesting to see because many players commit to a specific coach more so than a program, some commit to a program more so than a coach (within reason, the relationship with the coach does matter). Because I don't view Maryland as one of those "prestigous" programs, I would guess that most of the recruits committed due to Edsell! Wonder if they have any commits worth looking at?
October 8th, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
If this is true this just shows how much of a mess the Maryland athletic department is that they can't keep their decision under wraps until the bye week and/or just fire him now and get it over with.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
Brady Hoke. Will poach SJ State coordinators Al Borges and GERG.
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October 8th, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
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October 8th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
Double post
October 8th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
Two of the most laughable posts I saw last week on UMD's 247 board were about the Harbaughs. One suggested that they could've tried to outbid UM for Jim Harbaugh, the other suggested that John Harbaugh will be their coach next year (actually there have been several suggesting the latter).
It feels nice to be the less dilusional of two fanbases for once when the other fanbase isn't ND.
October 8th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
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October 8th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
WaPo or other regional blog articles about Edsall's contract. They bascially had to fire him before Dec or something, or else his contact extension modifications kicked in and made the buyout in the multi-million dollar range (I think one estimate was as high as $7.5M! depending on when they actually fired him).
October 8th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
I can't imagine it'll be interesting who they target as their next head coach.
It's Maryland football.
October 8th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
Has a chance to be the next Oregon if they attract the right coach.
October 8th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
But you're not fooling anyone, Maryland AD Kevin Anderson.