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Today's not the day to troll you loser. Get lost. Go back to your empty stadium and be thankful that this will never happen to your criminal program.

Sadly, college hoops (in general) is toast. Top recruits go play for whatever schools pay them. Only P5 schools have money. You can see the shift in top recruits already...garbage SEC programs sitting on mountains of cash are pulling in 5-stars that they never dreamed of a few years ago. Memphis...

Well said. I've always enjoyed your posts Fishy. Can you please deactivate my Dooley Boneyard account? I'm going back to casual lurking for the interim and eventual disconnect from all things UConn. Thanks!

Way too many mistakes. From hiring bad ahtletic directors to hiring bad coaches to APR to paying waaaay too much attention to APR to being slow to add football to begin with...just a loooong line of bad decisions. In a way, I hope today's news will spark a bigger national debate about the...

I know many people disagree with me. That's okay. I do hope that the remaining UConn fans will be happy. It was a fun ride while it was here. We almost made it to the P5 and athletic relevance. Heckuva shot.

Shame we could never figure out the whole athletic department thing. Had some real potential to being a major P5 player. Instead, too many bad decisions were made and here we are. Too bad.

All the best to you and yours.

I'm done with UConn athletics.

Stop making me hungry.

Thanks for asking - I was thinking Derek Lowe.

I think the Encarnacion acquisition had more to do with blocking a potential move to Tampa than it was to address a team need. The Yanks have done this in the past; acquiring guys away from division competitors.

Excellent post. You captured and communicated what I was trying to say far more eloquently than me. The fact that our fanbase is so segmented is likely a factor in why we are in the spot we're in. P5 conferences don't believe in the UConn brand and just how giant a fanbase UConn has...if you...

Don't confuse psychotic for unified. In fact, SEC fanbases are so psychotic, that it unifies them even further. There isn't a single SEC fan debating whether or not they should leave the SEC nor cutting basketball. There also isn't a single SEC fan who wouldn't chop off a limb so that they can...

Stop debating this would be a great start. Goal is stability - presenting a solid, unified "nation". Too much Big East nonsense here and out on social media and in regular media that prospects we recruit are exposed to it at some point or another. That makes it very easy for opposing coaches to...

A step down from the OLD Big East? Absolutely. But as we all know, that Big East version included Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse, Notre Dame, etc. This version of the Big East is nowhere near that level and also comes with less money and less exposure than what we enjoy today. If UConn fans spent...

This endless debate doesn't just impact football recruiting. The single best and most impactful tool for opposing coaches to use when selling his/her school as being better than yours: instability. There's nothing more unstable than this nonsense. Memphis - who is in the same exact conference -...

Good point re: OKC. I'm just going off of how good of a NBA market it has proven to be. I like cities with proven track records of supporting a longer season league (NBA or NHL) first and foremost...but you're right, population size matters too. The more we're discussing, the more I like...

Recruits aren't making decisions based on message board threads. But other schools' coaches use whatever they can - legal or illegal - to recruit a kid. And you better believe that the divide in UConn's fanbase over this topic hurts us in recruiting...which is why we have nBE fans coming to our...

Yup. I didn't go there because that type of money tends to fluctuate year to year (just like NCAAT credits). But yeah, add that to the list of money UConn would lose out on after paying $10M. Unreal.

Yes sir! Too much of a land gap between the Nats and Braves, IMO. Nashville can pull lots of people from nearby cities. Not to mention, it's proven to be a terrific NHL and NFL market. Somebody above said Oklahoma City and I completely forgot about that city. OKC would be a great choice too...

Portland, OR, Montreal, and Nashville would be my top 3 cities for relocation. Tampa/St Pete is a horrendous baseball market. If it can't/won't support the Rays, it doesn't deserve a team. The Rays are one of the smartest franchises in all of baseball. If MLB puts that in a market that actually...

Excellent poll topic. I've been to 2 NHL games since the Whalers left. 1 Islanders game at Nassau and 1 at Barclay's. I guess I kind of root for them but not a diehard by any means. I usually just watch NHL games casually and gravitate towards a few in the playoffs. I'll always root against the...

Fair enough. There's natural historic hate there for you now too with the Bruins/Canadiens long-standing rivalry. If I had to guesstimate opposing team average fans crowd sizes at the old Civic Center based on my personal experience, I'd say... "Real dopes wear black t-shirt" Bruins fans...

Piling on here. :) Once again, exit terms: UConn pays the AAC $10M and has to wait 27 months to leave, OR... UConn negotiates an early exit (12 months) and pays ~ $11M-$12M UConn then goes from making $7M/yr in the AAC to making $5M/yr in the nBE. UConn goes from having revenue games aired...

No way. The Bruins fans were in an obnoxious class of their own. Not to mention, the crowds were always just about a 50-50 split...especially in the early 90s after the Francis trade. That just made them act far more obnoxious because they had strength in numbers. It's from sitting amongst those...

Yes they were. Bruins fans and "Mark Messier" Rangers fans were the absolute worst. I still actively root against both of those teams because of the swarm of obnoxious fans who used to go to the old Civic Center. Nobody was worse than Bruins fans though. I remember a sign that one of those dopes...

Dooley's "One More Reason Why I HATE The Boston Bruins" Storytime: I was at Game 6 of the 1991 first round playoff game. The Bruins beat (and eliminated) the Whale 3-1 that night. I was 14 and my younger brother (12) were in our seats in section 111. I remember the Whale carrying most of the...

The Mets broadcast crew is outstanding. Definitely my favorite of the local 3 and one of my favorites across all of baseball (I have MLB TV).

CR has always been and will always be about money. And unless something changed in the new AAC media deal, leaving the Big East has always been an incredibly silly financial idea. Let's say UConn left the AAC to go to the Big East. Here is what it would do to UConn's already thin wallet... 1...

How do you know this version of the Big East is dead? When a fan from the only nationally relevant program in the conference stops by from time to time just to create threads like this.

Yeah, I've had enough of baseball players getting kidnapped, injured or killed when they go back to their home countries. Seems like there is a ballplayer killed every winter. Hopefully Papi pulls through quickly!

In this series between these two teams, it's almost as if the road team holds a slight advantage. When these two teams are at home, they tend to play over their heads and try to make pretty passes instead of just getting pucks to the net. Bruins' 2nd goal was a great illustration of the rewards...

Was worried heading into the game that the Blues would feel pressure to play entertaining hockey at home and not play as much to their strengths. Passed up tons of good scoring chances to try to make pretty passes much like the Bruins did in game 5. With these two teams, it's almost as if the...

Scherzer might be too much for the Yankees from a trade value standpoint. Would definitely have to deal Frazier and Andujar...then throw in 3-5 top 30ish prospects to boot. He's dominating and the face of the franchise. Trading him after losing Harper would be tough for ownership to justify to...

I think if Mario played in the open ice 80s and could have stayed healthy throughout his career, your friend would be spot on. Talent wise, Lemieux was a freak. Unfortunately for him, he played in an era of neutral zone traps, hooking/interference, and a handful of stone wall goaltenders...