You guys do realize that when they say "cutting the cord" they are talking about getting rid of old school cable (Comcast, Spectrum, AT&T. etc.) but those people are just replacing that with streaming cable (YouTube TV, Hulu, Fubu, Sling, etc.)...
I think there has been a real misconception of what cutting the cord means. Networks that air sports we watch are still getting paid to have their programming carried. That's why even though cable subs are down nearly 40%, viewership of the money making sport (CFB) is UP 28% over the past 5 years.
UConn had a 18-16 Big East conference record the first 3 years in the Big East with two 20 win seasons and three NITs. Then, they let Perno stay for 4 losing seasons before they hired Calhoun in 1986, In college basketball, the head coach determines how good a program can be.Imagine what other teams were saying about UConn in 1985.
This is your defense of a post that had 2 paragraphs: one about DePaul, followed by one about Rutgers?My bad. I thought this was a UConn board, not a Rutgers board.
In 1986, UConn was a team with no hope and no future. They had a coach that was putting out worse and worse teams every year. And an absentee athletic director that didn't seem to care. We were the team people were saying was content to just cash paychecks without trying to do better. As we know, one good hire can change everything.UConn had a 18-16 Big East conference record the first 3 years in the Big East with two 20 win seasons and three NITs. Then, they let Perno stay for 4 losing seasons before they hired Calhoun in 1986, In college basketball, the head coach determines how good a program can be.
Well he's certainly done 1/3 as good of a job.Some people would argue that Drew has done as good a job of program building at Baylor as Calhoun did at UConn
Good way of ruining your stylus
Eh. You're just concerned with NET ratings; a weak DePaul downgrades the overall quality of UCONN wins and theoretically tournament seeding.that's what OOC cupcakes are for.
The selfish me wants to keep this staff together for another couple decades. The pragmatic me (considerably larger portion) knows we cannot keep Kimani (and Luke) forever and would love to see a head coaching position open for each at some point. The only caveat is that I don't want a position where either is setup for failure (which may be a possibility in DePaul's case).How would you Yarders feel if DePaul hired away Kimani Young at the end of this season?
DePaul needs a smaller arena on the north side near the campus. Their version of Carnesecca Arena. A place they can fill up. That would add immediate excitement to their games and program and start to make them relevant again. Their downward trend began when they moved to the Rosemont Horizon Arena near O'Hare and has continued to Wintrust on the southside near McCormick Place. This building was a huge mistake and awful for the program.
ESPN is dying for a many reasons, none of them have to do with major college sports not being profitable (in fact, without college sports ESPN would probably already be dead).I know exactly what cutting the cord means. I also know that about 70-80% are replacing it with youtube or Hulu, but many people are just going DTC. And the carriage fees on the aggregators are not close to what they were on cable.
This is why Iger at Disney is trying to dump ESPN. But if you know better, you should call him up and offer to buy ESPN. I am sure Iger would be very reasonable on the price. It may be hard to get financing though.
Perno was the coach when I was in college. For those four years the record was 21-8, Big East 20-9, 20-9 and 17-11. They were at least breakeven in the big east and were eight and six in the 80-81 season. Of course that was with Corny Thompson and Mike McKay. After they left, the losing seasons started.UConn had a 18-16 Big East conference record the first 3 years in the Big East with two 20 win seasons and three NITs. Then, they let Perno stay for 4 losing seasons before they hired Calhoun in 1986, In college basketball, the head coach determines how good a program can be.