Welcome to Glanville

It's been announced in a few places, but since this is about Hartford's football team, we'll go with this link to the Hartford Courant. Former Oilers/Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville is slated to be the Colonials new coach. A+ to the UFL for name recognition: Glanville has a long history in the NFL and other football leagues and is a major name in the sport. His win/loss record is less than perfect however, so it remains to be seen what sort of team will take the field in August.

Genesis Video Games: Glanville 1 - Palmer 0

There were a lot of names being bandied about. Eric Mangini, of course, though the CT native was said to be still pursuing NFL opportunities. The embattled Brad Childress was another. Hard to get a good read on Childress. The Vikings seemed to improved each year under his tenure, but 2010's team was a train wreck and I get the impression that the players never respected him.

Jim Mora Jr. was another former NFL head coach without an offer from America's largest football league last year. I get the impression that he's in the same boat as Childress: not a lot of respect from his personnel.

In the "note likely to ever happen" pile were Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher. There are NFL teams who would welcome these guys back, and I can't see them in the UFL when the possibility of an NFL paycheck still looms in their future like an ominous silver-lined thundercloud.