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I still believe what I said but also had realistic expectations considering where the program has been. I maintain he is a very special football coach in spite of the negative things being written about him. He got two coaches to leave P5 UVA to work with him. The kids he recruits are excited to play for him. One linebacker quit the team because he lost playing time but that doesn't make him a bad coach. If Bob Diaco fails, I will be the first to say I was wrong. Much too early in the game.

So he's no longer once in a lifetime, downgraded to very special.

I'm pretty sure everyone forgot the 'linebacker' who quit months ago.
 
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So he's no longer once in a lifetime, downgraded to very special.

I'm pretty sure everyone forgot the 'linebacker' who quit months ago.

So I get that you are not a Bob Diaco fan. You are entitled but why so mean spirited if someone is? Not sure why the attempt to discredit me. I have been quite transparent in my belief that in time Bob Diaco will bring success to UCONN. My Dec. 11, 2014 post "Why I believe in Bob Diaco" below got 29 likes, so Whaler, I must not be the only person on the Boneyard that feels that way. There are plenty of negative sorts in the world, what else is new? Bob Diaco is going to turn this program around and his coaching decisions will not be determined by anyone on the Boneyard.

HERE IS THE POST AGAIN. IT CLEARLY STATES HOW I FEEL ABOUT COACH

I just posted this in another thread but felt this was important to be on its own, so here goes. To start, I know Diaco has said a few questionable things about abilities and such. He is not perfect and it was a long season. So I cut him some slack. I believe he will become a tremendous head coach. Here goes:

UCONN football under Diaco:

1. 2014 was not a program renovation, it was a Total tear down-rebuild
2. Diaco is a perfectionist - He only knows 1 way to do things - the right way
3. Diaco and staff could have done things to achieve greater results in the W-L column but didn't want to take short cuts. They made a decision to build for the future as a #1 priority. In other words they sacrificed short term gains for long term sustained success.
4. People did not like the exhibition/preseason game analogy (paying customers didn't want to hear that) but that is exactly what Diaco was doing. That was very painful for everyone.
5. Diaco and staff were building a culture and system designed to last for years and built on:
a. Good Nutrition
b. Strength & Conditioning
c. Discipline, Academically, Socially, Mentally*,Physically, Spiritually, Family
6. Technique - Understanding timing and footwork, fundamentals
* Mentally is huge. He needed to wash out a Negative losing mentality that had
been at UCONN the last three years.
6. Recruiting - Diaco (for 2015)recruited Big, tall players, smart kids that bought into his philosophy.
7. Unfortunately, the fan base has been affected by all the change and Diaco has asked us to be patient and to trust him. He knows it isn't easy. I believe he understands.
8. The team suffered major loses by injury in particular two team captains in Casey Cochran and Byron Jones.
9. We had a very young and inexperience Offensive line that got a lot better in 2014
10. We had some young pup running backs that will be great in the next couple of years and the same goes for the receiving corps.
11. Diaco has promised us a conference championship
12. He is our best chance at moving up to a better conference.

In summation I will use a golf analogy. I am a 12 handicap golfer. I could take my swing and game and up my time at the range by 1,000 balls a week. I could buy state of the art equipment, play a couple more times a week, watch all kinds of videos, etc. No doubt I would get better. My ball striking would no doubt improve. Putting, Driving, everything. The problem is, that if I had inherent flaws in my swing, I would be building my game on a questionable foundation that would ultimately fail against stronger competition.

On the other hand if I paid David Leadbetter to train me the right way, he could possibly trash my golf swing and make drastic changes that would actually make me look worse and make me feel very uncomfortable for a while. I would probably start swearing at him and state that I never should have gone to him in the first place as I am now worse than before I hired him. He would tell me to be patient and that it will take time for the new techniques to become a habit and that for a while, I would be playing worse until I got comfortable but in the long run I was going to have a more sustainable consistent game. Down the road I could go up against single digit golfers in competition and beat them.

I hope this has helped some of you. Others may poke fun of my analogy and theory but that's okay. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. For now, I choose to believe the Bob Diaco is the best thing to happen to UCONN football. And NO, I didn't get paid for writing this! College football is a very passionate sport. Most of us on the yard are passionate about UCONN football. No one more than Bob Diaco.
 
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I knew going in that 2014 was not going to be a good year. You could have had Urban Meyer coaching UCONN and the outcome would not have been much different. My Dad used to say "you can't take blood out of a stone" Diaco did not have the horses to do anything last year. He is building something and I will use another famous saying " Rome wasn't built in a day!

Are you still trying to speak sensible to some of these people? They will just keep coming back at you.
 

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So I get that you are not a Bob Diaco fan. You are entitled but why so mean spirited if someone is? Not sure why the attempt to discredit me. I have been quite transparent in my belief that in time Bob Diaco will bring success to UCONN. My Dec. 11, 2014 post "Why I believe in Bob Diaco" below got 29 likes, so Whaler, I must not be the only person on the Boneyard that feels that way. There are plenty of negative sorts in the world, what else is new? Bob Diaco is going to turn this program around and his coaching decisions will not be determined by anyone on the Boneyard.

HERE IS THE POST AGAIN. IT CLEARLY STATES HOW I FEEL ABOUT COACH

I just posted this in another thread but felt this was important to be on its own, so here goes. To start, I know Diaco has said a few questionable things about abilities and such. He is not perfect and it was a long season. So I cut him some slack. I believe he will become a tremendous head coach. Here goes:

UCONN football under Diaco:

1. 2014 was not a program renovation, it was a Total tear down-rebuild
2. Diaco is a perfectionist - He only knows 1 way to do things - the right way
3. Diaco and staff could have done things to achieve greater results in the W-L column but didn't want to take short cuts. They made a decision to build for the future as a #1 priority. In other words they sacrificed short term gains for long term sustained success.
4. People did not like the exhibition/preseason game analogy (paying customers didn't want to hear that) but that is exactly what Diaco was doing. That was very painful for everyone.
5. Diaco and staff were building a culture and system designed to last for years and built on:
a. Good Nutrition
b. Strength & Conditioning
c. Discipline, Academically, Socially, Mentally*,Physically, Spiritually, Family
6. Technique - Understanding timing and footwork, fundamentals
* Mentally is huge. He needed to wash out a Negative losing mentality that had
been at UCONN the last three years.
6. Recruiting - Diaco (for 2015)recruited Big, tall players, smart kids that bought into his philosophy.
7. Unfortunately, the fan base has been affected by all the change and Diaco has asked us to be patient and to trust him. He knows it isn't easy. I believe he understands.
8. The team suffered major loses by injury in particular two team captains in Casey Cochran and Byron Jones.
9. We had a very young and inexperience Offensive line that got a lot better in 2014
10. We had some young pup running backs that will be great in the next couple of years and the same goes for the receiving corps.
11. Diaco has promised us a conference championship
12. He is our best chance at moving up to a better conference.

In summation I will use a golf analogy. I am a 12 handicap golfer. I could take my swing and game and up my time at the range by 1,000 balls a week. I could buy state of the art equipment, play a couple more times a week, watch all kinds of videos, etc. No doubt I would get better. My ball striking would no doubt improve. Putting, Driving, everything. The problem is, that if I had inherent flaws in my swing, I would be building my game on a questionable foundation that would ultimately fail against stronger competition.

On the other hand if I paid David Leadbetter to train me the right way, he could possibly trash my golf swing and make drastic changes that would actually make me look worse and make me feel very uncomfortable for a while. I would probably start swearing at him and state that I never should have gone to him in the first place as I am now worse than before I hired him. He would tell me to be patient and that it will take time for the new techniques to become a habit and that for a while, I would be playing worse until I got comfortable but in the long run I was going to have a more sustainable consistent game. Down the road I could go up against single digit golfers in competition and beat them.

I hope this has helped some of you. Others may poke fun of my analogy and theory but that's okay. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. For now, I choose to believe the Bob Diaco is the best thing to happen to UCONN football. And NO, I didn't get paid for writing this! College football is a very passionate sport. Most of us on the yard are passionate about UCONN football. No one more than Bob Diaco.

Jury is out on Diaco.

I find your posts annoying because they are 90% nonsensical drivel like the one I am quoting.

If there is something I can't stand about Diaco it's that he's too cute and thinks he's reinvented the way of fixing a bad football team.

You've convinced yourself of #2 on the list. I merely want to see some evidence that Diaco knows what the right way is - because I've got a laundry list of examples where he doesn't.

The best part is all the short cut talk. Oh we could have won more but we don't take short cuts. What in the holy hell does that mean? It's just an additional excuse for being 2-10.

95% of your post is Diaco is good because he told me he's good. He sucked in 2014.

Your post got 29 likes? Well I was at the SMU game with 29 people total. Who spoke louder - message board likes or an empty stadium wher UConn lost to an 0-11 team?
 
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Jury is out on Diaco.

I find your posts annoying because they are 90% nonsensical drivel like the one I am quoting.

If there is something I can't stand about Diaco it's that he's too cute and thinks he's reinvented the way of fixing a bad football team.

You've convinced yourself of #2 on the list. I merely want to see some evidence that Diaco knows what the right way is - because I've got a laundry list of examples where he doesn't.

The best part is all the short cut talk. Oh we could have won more but we don't take short cuts. What in the holy hell does that mean? It's just an additional excuse for being 2-10.

95% of your post is Diaco is good because he told me he's good. He sucked in 2014.

Your post got 29 likes? Well I was at the SMU game with 29 people total. Who spoke louder - message board likes or an empty stadium wher UConn lost to an 0-11 team?

Three observations:

#1. With 12,554 posts it seems that you don't have much of a life
#2 You appear to be a condescending SOB
#3 You can change. Try smiling more, loving your neighbor a little more and also try to allow for change to take place in your life. It's okay to disagree in the right spirit but most people would agree that Al Sharpton is a complete .
 

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Three observations:

#1. With 12,554 posts it seems that you don't have much of a life
#2 You appear to be a condescending SOB
#3 You can change. Try smiling more, loving your neighbor a little more and also try to allow for change to take place in your life. It's okay to disagree in the right spirit but most people would agree that Al Sharpton is a complete .

When you don't have facts on your side go with personal attacks. Well played.
 
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Not that whaler needs any defending but when you're counting likes and pointing at number of posts a person has, you've lost focus on what this place is. It is simply a place we come together to bitch, complain, and celebrate.

I like positive outlooks, but it was hard to not walk away from year one not realizing that Diaco was close to a disaster. And the nonsense about no shortcuts and winning was an a ha moment for many, myself incluxed.

He needs to better in year two. I'm optimistic that this coaching change is a sign he realizes this.
 
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Most CEO's surround themselves with people they already know. They develop a successful formula and stick with it. I would much rather see him pick someone he already has worked with than start from scratch. We don't need surprises at the stage we are at. The less getting to know you stuff, the better. They need to hit the ground running.
Since when did football become so corporate? Just sayin... I remember the good ole days when you had football.. and then you had a work life in the corporate world... never a part of the same entity... I get what you're sayin bro, but, IMO, it's just a sad state of affairs to look at football the way we do now...
 
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Since when did football become so corporate? Just sayin... I remember the good ole days when you had football.. and then you had a work life in the corporate world... never a part of the same entity... I get what you're sayin bro, but, IMO, it's just a sad state of affairs to look at football the way we do now...

You are correct. Things have changed and college sports is huge Big Business now.
Eight million per for Harbaugh, etc. AAC coaches are making $3,000,000+. Coordinators are making upwards north of $750K. Point of fact - It's a business.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ohio-state-wins-national-title--espn---ncaa-cash-in-153952796.html
 
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Not that whaler needs any defending but when you're counting likes and pointing at number of posts a person has, you've lost focus on what this place is. It is simply a place we come together to bitch, complain, and celebrate.

I like positive outlooks, but it was hard to not walk away from year one not realizing that Diaco was close to a disaster. And the nonsense about no shortcuts and winning was an a ha moment for many, myself incluxed.

He needs to better in year two. I'm optimistic that this coaching change is a sign he realizes this.

So what I hear you saying is negative, sarcasm is fun. So let's just rip everyone who doesn't share our negative, pessimistic attitude. Let's all just join together to have one big UCONN- Diaco sucks party! I wasn't focusing on "the boneyard" I was focusing in on Whaler. My reference to the 29 likes on the post was to demonstrate that there are others out there who want to believe and have optimism.

One gets respect when they show respect for others. When the chips are down, smart people band together to improve things. I am not talking about blind ignorance. I think it is helpful to voice constructive criticism and also have some fun. At times people get carried away with the sarcasm. At this point in time, I choose to stand behind Bob Diaco and believe he will bring pride back to UCONN football.

Kevin Ollie and UCONN won the National Championship last year. Currently UCONN is in the middle of the pack in the American at 2-2 ,9-7 overall. Last years's National Champs lost to Yale at Gampel! Does that mean that Kevin Ollie has suddenly become a mediocre, bad coach? Did winning the National Championship in his second year go to his head? The answer is NO! He lost Napier, Giffey, Daniels, Olander and Kromah. If Ollie had this kind of year last year, would he have gotten the big contract? Ollie needs better players. Having said that, Ollie is a great coach, recruiter and motivator. I think the same way about Diaco. Watch what he does with the right talent in place.
 

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I knew going in that 2014 was not going to be a good year. You could have had Urban Meyer coaching UCONN and the outcome would not have been much different. My Dad used to say "you can't take blood out of a stone" Diaco did not have the horses to do anything last year. He is building something and I will use another famous saying " Rome wasn't built in a day!

Wrong on Meyer, bad example. And just so we agree moving forward to this year, there are only a few horses that will be sophomores that belong to Diaco and his incoming Freshman.

All the other horses are NOT his - so in your theory he still doesnt have the horses unless they fall in the above mentioned categories.

Also, there are a multitude of posters here that were telling us about the uptick in horses PP had been getting compared to RE, so there is that as well.

I expect UConn to be closing on the rail for Show this year. Not sure if it is realistic but there were MORE than just horse issues last year, some of the jockey decisions were mind boggling.
 
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You are correct. Things have changed and college sports is huge Big Business now.
Eight million per for Harbaugh, etc. AAC coaches are making $3,000,000+. Coordinators are making upwards north of $750K. Point of fact - It's a business.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ohio-state-wins-national-title--espn---ncaa-cash-in-153952796.html

It is not 8 million for Harbaugh -

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/30/7468027/jim-harbaugh-michigan-salary-contract

AAC OL coaches are making over $300,000...at UConn no less.
It is big business and UConn FB as a business is on the down tick, hate to say it. The stock dropped with PP and plumeted with Diaco and gang...
 

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Not that whaler needs any defending but when you're counting likes and pointing at number of posts a person has, you've lost focus on what this place is. It is simply a place we come together to bitch, complain, and celebrate.

I like positive outlooks, but it was hard to not walk away from year one not realizing that Diaco was close to a disaster. And the nonsense about no shortcuts and winning was an a ha moment for many, myself incluxed.

He needs to better in year two. I'm optimistic that this coaching change is a sign he realizes this.

If one wants to have faith in the future that is great. I still hold out hope he pans out.

But to ignore how bad he was in 2014 only lends no credibility to anything else one says.

As if winning games would somehow damage the rebuilding process. Throwing the ball against South Florida is a shortcut? Not punting from midfield incessantly is a shortcut? Not running the program like a North Korean news agency is a shortcut?

He stunk. And it impacted the record and we had 5k people at the final home game. Hole was deep - he's made it deeper.
 
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It is not 8 million for Harbaugh -

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/30/7468027/jim-harbaugh-michigan-salary-contract

AAC OL coaches are making over $300,000...at UConn no less.
It is big business and UConn FB as a business is on the down tick, hate to say it. The stock dropped with PP and plumeted with Diaco and gang...

Okay on Harbaugh but $8,000,000 was being reported at that early on. $5,000,000 still a ton of crackers. I wasn't referring to AAC assistants, I meant the highest paid in college football.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...ootball-assistant-coach-salaries-highest-paid

No question UCONN's stock has dropped after 4 losing seasons. Have you been following the Knicks lately? Like the market UCONN football will hopefully bounce back. I don't feel great about being a UCONN football fan right now and most would label me as being optimistic. I am not happy and want to see much improvement next year along with everyone else. I'm just not willing to throw the
baby out with the bathwater yet.
 

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Jury is out on Diaco.

The Jury is not out on Diaco. They haven't even begun deliberations yet. They are still laying out evidence.
 

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The Jury is not out on Diaco. They haven't even begun deliberations yet. They are still laying out evidence.

But a jury has been picked :-0
 
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@whaler11 don't disagree. We went with a first time HC. I even expected some first time HC mistakes but I wanted one of the MAC coaches but because I don't think it's a good time for UConn to be offering on the job training, but he's either going to get better or leave this thing worse off than P did. We're stuck with him, but I am encouraged by the new OC move as sign that he knows things need to get better fast.
 
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If one wants to have faith in the future that is great. I still hold out hope he pans out.

But to ignore how bad he was in 2014 only lends no credibility to anything else one says.

As if winning games would somehow damage the rebuilding process. Throwing the ball against South Florida is a shortcut? Not punting from midfield incessantly is a shortcut? Not running the program like a North Korean news agency is a shortcut?

He stunk. And it impacted the record and we had 5k people at the final home game. Hole was deep - he's made it deeper.

He's been the UConn coach for about 1 full year. 12 months. He has been steadily promoted throughout his coaching career and had positive results at all other stops. Do you think he just didn't do the certain things he mentioned above because he wanted to lose?

I don't know what the specific reasons are, but he obviously has a clear philosophy or set of reasons for doing what he is doing. Will it work? I have no idea. Is it too early to get pissed off about the results so far? I absolutely think it is. He would be far from the first coach to take a big step back before taking a step forward (PJ Fleck is a great recent example of this that has been discussed on this board).

He is already showing a willingness to admit where he was wrong and where there may be holes in his staff , which is a great sign and a huge departure from the last regime.

Part of being a fan of a program is having faith. That is the hardest part of being a fan. It's easy to constantly b*tch and then shut up once the team is good. You can say you were right if they continue to be bad and then if they are not, you are a fan so the team being good makes you happy even if you were wrong.

Confident Carl is a faithful fan of the team and Coach Diaco. No reason to attack a fellow fan of the team for being optimistic.
 

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@whaler11 don't disagree. We went with a first time HC. I even expected some first time HC mistakes but I wanted one of the MAC coaches but because I don't think it's a good time for UConn to be offering on the job training, but he's either going to get better or leave this thing worse off than P did. We're stuck with him, but I am encouraged by the new OC move as sign that he knows things need to get better fast.
Yeah, it's still too soon to judge but I have to admit I'm worried that we might be looking at an example of the Peter Principal in action. Scared to death actually, because I don't see how we can recover from it if that's the case.
 
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It's not to early to judge. It's too early to determine if your judgement is correct. Hearing everyone's judgement is lots of fun. It's just too bad that all the people that don't have faith in HCBD will be proven to be wrong. I'm with you Confident Carl. But more importantly all the current players and recruits are with you too.
 
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It's not to early to judge. It's too early to determine if your judgement is correct. Hearing everyone's judgement is lots of fun. It's just too bad that all the people that don't have faith in HCBD will be proven to be wrong. I'm with you Confident Carl. But more importantly all the current players and recruits are with you too.
encouraging post...
 

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When you don't have facts on your side go with personal attacks. Well played.

I think it was good advice for you. Don't be so defensive and if you apply it, it would make you a happier person.
 
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I'm going to have to go with Carl. Yes last year was abysmal, but UConn was down a lot of players by the end of the year. So depth had to have been a huge issue. Depth will probably be an issue this year, but it'll be improved. I may be too confident, but I don't see any less than 5 wins this year.

That being said, we're going 15-0 and beating Alabama in the NC game.
 
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