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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 1274153, member: 2265"]
Brilliant. UCONN was a D-2 team during Edsall's first four years. Edsall built the UCONN program from D2 to D1. They played in the Yankee conference before then.

Why don't you try his first four years in D1? He was 26-22 while moving up a division rank. His last four years he was 33-19 with and 8-win season and a 9-win season - also went to a bowl [I]every[/I] year, including a BCS bowl. [B]His worst four year stretch was 26-23.[/B]

Of Marrone's 25 wins, 10 - a full 40% - were against such stalwarts as Maine twice,  Akron twice, Colgate,  Temple, Tulane, Toldeo, Stony Brook, and Rhode Island. Non-conference victories against notable opponents were Northwestern, Kansas State, and Missouri. We managed only 11 conference victories during his tenure - an average of less than three per year. Five of those conference victories came in one year (2012).

My point is simple. It is not to say Marrone was a bad coach - he was not he was a good coach. but his achievements are quite overrated. There are many, many coaches - I used Edsall as an example - that could have done the same or better job.
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