" The healing has slowly begun in Storrs. Connecticut feels as if it's already won, months before a down will be played.
The disastrous, ill-conceived Paul Pasqualoni experiment is mercifully over, replaced by the fresh outlook and high energy
of rookie head coach Bob Diaco. In Diaco, who spent the last four seasons on Brian Kelly's Notre Dame staff, the Huskies
are hoping they've landed the second-coming of Randy Edsall. Edsall was a 40-year-old defensive coordinator when he was
hired by UConn in 1998. Diaco was a 40-year defensive coordinator when he became a Husky last December. Yeah, the
program is looking to repeat history. Edsall was the architect for 12 seasons, guiding a basketball school from I-AA obscurity
to the Fiesta Bowl before moving on to Maryland. He achieved things, such as four-straight eight-win seasons, that once
seemed unimaginable. It's now up to Diaco and his staff to build a bridge to those Edsall teams, while erasing all memories
of Pasqualoni."
2014 CFN Preview - Connecticut Huskies
The disastrous, ill-conceived Paul Pasqualoni experiment is mercifully over, replaced by the fresh outlook and high energy
of rookie head coach Bob Diaco. In Diaco, who spent the last four seasons on Brian Kelly's Notre Dame staff, the Huskies
are hoping they've landed the second-coming of Randy Edsall. Edsall was a 40-year-old defensive coordinator when he was
hired by UConn in 1998. Diaco was a 40-year defensive coordinator when he became a Husky last December. Yeah, the
program is looking to repeat history. Edsall was the architect for 12 seasons, guiding a basketball school from I-AA obscurity
to the Fiesta Bowl before moving on to Maryland. He achieved things, such as four-straight eight-win seasons, that once
seemed unimaginable. It's now up to Diaco and his staff to build a bridge to those Edsall teams, while erasing all memories
of Pasqualoni."
2014 CFN Preview - Connecticut Huskies
