From a Dec. 21, 2010 article by Frank Bodani from the York Daily Record
Perhaps part of the reason Maryland’s said to be favoring him over Mike Leach? Leach definitely creates headlines with his personality, and while that’s entertaining, I think I might prefer to watch him in action elsewhere.
The article also says: “Edsall knows he can’t convince the best “five-star” recruits to come and play for him, not at a basketball school with no football tradition that plays in the Big East.”
Same deal at Maryland? Maryland’s in the ACC, which is better known as a basketball conference, and while it hasmore football tradition than UConn, it’s still not one of the bigs.
Recruiting has been a problem for Maryland, losing in-state guys to Penn State and WVU, because Maryland, like UConn, is in the middle of an NFL market. Football fans in the D.C. metro area are Skins fans or Ravens fans first and foremost; college football doesn’t garner the same attention here like it does in areas where the college team is the team. A new coach probably won’t do much to change that, especially if the new coach is used to missing out on the top players anyway.
