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SubbaBub said:
My advice to the AD is to reach out to every season ticket holder, let them sit wherever they want to sit, no priority points BS. Give a free jersey, helmet, whatever for every four season tickets. Right now there is zero value to being a season ticket holder, and not much more in attending these games. Getting blown out by no name programs and spending 8 hours watching it unfold doesn't scream value or entertainment to me. In 2005 & 2006, when we all knew Dan O was gone and wins were going to be hard to come by we still had hope of winning each game, we knew the names across the field, played every game tough, and won a few we had no business winning, (Hi. Larry Taylor).

Right now there is no emotional payoff in attending these games other than, "I'm a fan and this is my job." That's not nearly enough for anyone who works all week and is looking for some recreation on a fall Saturday. This is not that difficult to put a competitive team on the field, lesser schools do it every year.

This sucks, and the AD needs to work very hard this off season.
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My comment in that survey was along these lines. They have to add more value to being a season ticket holder.
 
nycscooby said:
We are not getting a seat at the P5 table no way no how as long as football drives the bus. It's over. The laughingstock that this football program is killed our chances. The saddest part is that the rest of the athletic department is so strong, probably as strong as ever in school history. Is there any doubt whatsovever that Cincinnati, BYU would get the call ahead of us? Probably Houston too if B12 expands. Just a really dark time, couldn't even enjoy Rutgirls getting waxed yesterday.
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This.

It's maddeningly frustrating that the football program, in its darkest time since joining 1-A right during & after CR shuffling, has to carry so much frickin' weight when we have multi-national champion programs for men & women's hoops, and other strong olympic sports teams (women's field hockey team will play for another NC today), strong soccer programs, good baseball team, UConn moving up to Hockey East) plus all the recent financial commitment to building improved training facilities.

Yet here we are in CR purgatory with no light at the end of the tunnel. this.
 
J187Money said:
OTOH, I'm not sure that 7-5 with a couple of minor bowls would have made any difference anyway. I don't like this, but I have a hard time believing that Delany and company have alerts on their phone for UCONN Football. This will be an issue the next time it comes up (conference realignment, that is) and if we are moving in the right direction we will get all due consideration.
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Would have made a HUGE difference. A bowl game this season would have launched the Diaco era. Now we are reliving the last PP year with no hope of him being fired next year. I have no idea what BD is doing, unless there is a massive turnover and improvement of players, next season won't be any better. I saw about 5 guys on the field last night that looked like they belonged and two of them are graduating. That leaves Thomas, JH Williams, and Adams. That's it, that's the list.
 
The cold, hard reality to me at least is that the Big12 is due to expand and Cincinnati and UCF are way too logical for the next in line.

When that happens, just forget about and blow the whole thing up.

Not in my wildest fears did I think things would be this bad. To think 4 seasons ago we were coming off a Big East football, Big East basketball championship combo and a basketball national title and realignment hits that fall. If we didn't get picked then, how do we get out now.

We simply must get out to recruit and survive but it's just not happening.

Extremely sad to come to grips with the above and to know I'm likely done with season tickets until if/when I move back to ct. I just can't justify giving up 6/7 full weekends anymore for this garbage.
 
You're not going anywhere! As soon as they start winning again in the next year or so and spring an upset or two, you'll be back on the bandwagon. And you'll call yourself a fan, a long time season ticket holder, but we'll all know what you are...

I guess you couldn't have been a Red Sox fan over the past hundred years...only the last few where they've actually won something.
 
nycscooby said:
We are not getting a seat at the P5 table no way no how as long as football drives the bus. It's over. The laughingstock that this football program is killed our chances. The saddest part is that the rest of the athletic department is so strong, probably as strong as ever in school history. Is there any doubt whatsovever that Cincinnati, BYU would get the call ahead of us? Probably Houston too if B12 expands. Just a really dark time, couldn't even enjoy Rutgirls getting waxed yesterday.
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This. The rest of our coaches and teams have done a great job this year. I enjoy the sports across the board from hoops to hockey, soccer to track. It is beyond sad to put those programs at risk. There are teams better than us that have tried every trick in the book to win a game and it shows with the attitude of the team. We're scared to run out a kickoff 1 yard into the end zone down 30 late! I don't understand what the heck we are doing on any level beyond nutrition and fitness. And I doubt the players do either. Wait until the season ends and they have even more time to digest it.
 
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SubbaBub said:
Would have made a HUGE difference. A bowl game this season would have launched the Diaco era. Now we are reliving the last PP year with no hope of him being fired next year. I have no idea what BD is doing, unless there is a massive turnover and improvement of players, next season won't be any better. I saw about 5 guys on the field last night that looked like they belonged and two of them are graduating. That leaves Thomas, JH Williams, and Adams. That's it, that's the list.
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So they are making a decision on conference realignment this January? If so, then MAYBE you are right.

From everything that I've read, it may be 2-3-4 years down the road before it ever even comes up again. And if is solely about football, Cincy will win, just like Louisville won. More history, more success. If it is about anything else, we will win.
 
To add to the season ticket holder survey I wrote something along the lines of:

I've has season tickets for ten years.

I realize as far as the AD/ticketing goes the conference and product on the field is somewhat out of their hands.

That being said, why should I pay more to see worse competition, a bad uconn team, when I can simply buy tickets to every game in the lot for half the price?

For me I'm youngish and don't have a wife or kids or mortgage to pay as I assume many if you do, but at some point it's not about the money.

I know it sounds extremely petty but I saw that people who had rent seats from day 1 got a pin which is cool, some acknowledgment, you would think me having ten years would get maybe a lousy email - anything.

There's literaly no incentive whatsoever aside from feeling guilty from not supporting the team. When you start to lose the die hard lunatics on here, that's a serious f'ng problems.
 
Skiblets said:
Just ing brutal. Done. Done. Done. Next years home schedule is brutal and this team is gutless and leaderless. I'm out. Love all the crazies here on the yard but I'm out. Two weeks to prepare for this and we get an absolute abomination. Sorry all. Out
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I'm buying season tickets for the 2015 season. There's no place to go but up and UConn will improve.

I will admit though that last night was so bad (and I was there) it was almost surreal. When the opponent puts in his second and third string on your home field - you've reached the bottom.

I'm still thinking long term and we will get better.
 
geordi said:
You're not going anywhere! As soon as they start winning again in the next year or so and spring an upset or two, you'll be back on the bandwagon. And you'll call yourself a fan, a long time season ticket holder, but we'll all know what you are...

I guess you couldn't have been a Red Sox fan over the past hundred years...only the last few where they've actually won something.
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I wish people would stop with this crap. None of us are going to stop being UConn fans. Most fans of any team don't have season tickets. This program isn't simply entitled to our money year after year.

As of right now, I'm not renewing. We'll see if the hope of a new season and a clean start is enough to change my mind next fall.
 
Last night we left at halftime, I could not take it anymore. Our group of 8 has had season tickets since Memorial Stadium, we would pride ourselves for staying the whole game. Last night was the first time we left early. At first I felt guilty for leaving, but I realized that this coaching staff and team has let the fan's down.

Diaco needs to stop blaming others and be a MAN take is EGO aside and take the blame for this mess.

I know we will be back next year, we have too much invested in this team and I know in time, better days are coming. Some day we will look back and say remember when we sucked so bad...I was there.
 
gars44 said:
If that's how you really feel, then please stop with all the pontificating during the pre-season, all the rah rah, the multi-paragraph avalanches of free-flow musings about fighting spirit and all that. I'm in on Diacco and this team because at this point, we need blind, knee-jerk positivity to fuel our revival. That's all we've got. We don't have the Big East, we don't have the BCS, we don't have anything to promise anyone. All we have can have at this point is unfettered, unqualified belief. That's what Diacco brings. Recruits like him. Parents like him. That's what he brings. And if we didn't have that, we'd have nothing at all. So, stay in.
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I like this post, but Diaco talks out of both sides of his mouth and that is part of what is driving people off the ledge. His constant the players suck theme has soured me on him some.
 
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It doesn't get any darker. HCBD really looks lame, and his UVA assistants blow, its UVA - one of the worst D1 FB programs over the last 8 years. Time for HCBD to realize he needs his George Blaney in a similar role, and be man enough to listen and learn. I do not think the talent gap can be as large as the onfield performance has indicated. Yes at QB we need help, but the team performance has been lacking. The OC can't amend his game plan to deal with our QB situation?

Would of, could of, should of, and no one has mentioned TJW. At least TJ gave us hope.

Last question is Diggs playing or RS?
 
This has to be the bottom....if not even I will lose faith. My group has held season tickets since 1999. It ballooned to a group of 21 at it's peak (BCS year). Over the last four years I have lost 7.....and worst thing is the remaining group are the real diehards and many have not bothered to show up the last two games. Weather did not help as some of these guys say "at least we have the tailgate" and then expect us to get blown out. I agree with many here, no way I can blame anyone if they decide to skip season tickets.....I hope they don't but I can't get mad at their personal decision.

I will be there next year. I do think my group will lose 4-6 more after this debacle. I think some would come back with an improved product, but it might take years for them to commit to season tix again.
 
Caronimo said:
I'm done as well. So is the rest of my group. When you can't get excited for games anymore, it's time.
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The problem that Manuel needs to address immediately is making sure at least the players are excited to play SMU. Because they sure gave the impression last night they weren't excited, which was an insult to anyone who paid for a ticket to that game. Maybe they're already tired of Diaco's act or they're pissed their friends are getting run off. But this is something that is immediately fixable.
 
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J187Money said:
So they are making a decision on conference realignment this January? If so, then MAYBE you are right.

From everything that I've read, it may be 2-3-4 years down the road before it ever even comes up again. And if is solely about football, Cincy will win, just like Louisville won. More history, more success. If it is about anything else, we will win.
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You miss the point entirely. Nothing is static. A bowl game this year erases most of the PP stink and sets an upward trajectory, so in 4 or 5 years, IF the B1G is looking to expand, the knock on UConn won't be they've only had one good year, or they were only decent under Edsall. We hear about tradition all the freaking time and the only way to build it is over a long period on time. Time we don't have in ample supply. Four going on five wasted seasons. Get busy living or get busy dying. We are at that point. So, it's time for everyone associated to decide.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
The cold, hard reality to me at least is that the Big12 is due to expand and Cincinnati and UCF are way too logical for the next in line.

When that happens, just forget about and blow the whole thing up.

Not in my wildest fears did I think things would be this bad. To think 4 seasons ago we were coming off a Big East football, Big East basketball championship combo and a basketball national title and realignment hits that fall. If we didn't get picked then, how do we get out now.

We simply must get out to recruit and survive but it's just not happening.

Extremely sad to come to grips with the above and to know I'm likely done with season tickets until if/when I move back to ct. I just can't justify giving up 6/7 full weekends anymore for this garbage.
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I got some criticism earlier this season when I said I hate these players and coaches. It was probably deserved but it was honestly how I felt.

All anyone was asking for from this team was to compete. And why shouldn't they with so much at stake for UCONN? Playing in a WEAK conference? How could they not at least fight and be somewhat competitive? Give us and others hope? Show some urgency?

They have done none of that. You have so many UConn athletic teams raising their game during this critical period for our school. Men's hoop, women's hoop, field hockey, soccer, baseball. Now even hockey! All have done their part. And that the UConn football team takes the field and than throws it all away. Does more harm and negates all the other positives the other teams do. It's the most important sport. And we can't even muster enough to be competitive in the AAC.
 
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SubbaBub said:
My advice to the AD is to reach out to every season ticket holder, let them sit wherever they want to sit, no priority points BS. Give a free jersey, helmet, whatever for every four season tickets. Right now there is zero value to being a season ticket holder, and not much more in attending these games. Getting blown out by no name programs and spending 8 hours watching it unfold doesn't scream value or entertainment to me. In 2005 & 2006, when we all knew Dan O was gone and wins were going to be hard to come by we still had hope of winning each game, we knew the names across the field, played every game tough, and won a few we had no business winning, (Hi. Larry Taylor).

Right now there is no emotional payoff in attending these games other than, "I'm a fan and this is my job." That's not nearly enough for anyone who works all week and is looking for some recreation on a fall Saturday. This is not that difficult to put a competitive team on the field, lesser schools do it every year.

This sucks, and the AD needs to work very hard this off season.
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noeynox said:
I like this post, but Diaco talks out of both sides of his mouth and that is part of what is driving people off the ledge. His constant the players suck theme has soured me on him some.
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He's not perfect. But, he get's asked these dumb questions at presser, and maybe he could be more diplomatic ("We've going to focus on next week's game," and "We're making improvement every week.") but he'd take a lot of criticism for that too. So, instead, he responds to some blunt questions with some blunt answers, one of which is,"we're not a good team" and "our players have to improve" etc, etc, etc. He is facing a very difficult job. It can be done, ECU puts some good teams on the field every couple of years. It will not be easy. Ville, TCU, other teams banished to the desert of college football. I can be done. Will not be easy. But we need a guy just like Diaco. He's committed, he's here, he's enthusiastic about it, ain't goin nowhere, intent on building something. Not an easy task.
 
People would feel better if Diaco said something different? 2-10 is 2-10. Regardless of what he "says" the team on the field last night was terrible. End of story.
 
J187Money said:
People would feel better if Diaco said something different? 2-10 is 2-10. Regardless of what he "says" the team on the field last night was terrible. End of story.
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It's not about "feeling better". It's about taking accountability for part of the mess. One instance of "I have to do a better job as coach" would go a long way. Not last night's game, but Tulane, USF and Army, were all winnable games and they won none. Take some god damn responsibility, you're being paid enough. How many different ways does he have to say the players suck to get his point across?
 
noeynox said:
It's not about "feeling better". It's about taking accountability for part of the mess. One instance of "I have to do a better job as coach" would go a long way. Not last night's game, but Tulane, USF and Army, were all winnable games and they won none. Take some god damn responsibility, you're being paid enough. How many different ways does he have to say the players suck to get his point across?
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Sure - but next year he is going to have a good record or he isn't. That's all we will care about. If he said all of the right things now, we would just be saying "he says all of the right things but I want to see results."
 
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I appreciate the irony that Skibs' comment was liked by a poster named Huskyforlife.

As for me, I'm always in for renewal. The tailgating is always fun... and UConn is my team. I just like to watch football, the team doesn't always have to be a winner. I get that other people aren't like that. If they win again some day that would be really cool too. Maybe this new reality just means that late November and December games just aren't going to happen in the forseeable future.
 
I think you could buy a season ticket for KU Football this year as little as 150 bucks.

This is our future. Now that the stink of a bottom feeder is affixed to the program for the time being.
 
Last night was an incredible embarrassment. Although Cincy has owned us during our D-1 history, and were clearly a better team this year, I expected more out of the offense after the recent games. If there is a plan to for us going forward besides developing for three years so we can compete with teams we are playing now, I'd like to know what it is. The home games are not fun at all. They are depressing. It is similar to what we expected under PP and GDL. Unless this coaching staff recruits at a much higher level and brings in numerous players who can contribute right away, I don't see much changing next year. We are so deficient in all phases of the game. Where are the playmakers coming from?

I am a season ticket holder from the second season of the RENT. I am a UCONN alum and love this university. I won't abandon the football team due to the horrendous performance of this coaching staff and of this group of players. They need our support and are working as hard as they can to turn things around. Maybe they will, maybe they won't- if they don't the coaches will get fired and we will start this process over again. I certainly hope that Diaco has a viable plan that won't take years to turn this mess around and won't result in another turnover of staff and/or systems. This mess looks like cuse under Greg Robinson or Louisville under Kragthorpe. Just not competitive. The only hope I see with the team is that we have a ton of young players who got playing time and will hopefully continue to get better. But unless those players are joined by additional young players who can contribute at a high level and possibly by veteran players who can contribute solid play, we will continue to waste the talent of the skill players we have who can't show anything because our overall system doesn't work. We can't run block to get room for backs, we can't pass block to give the QB time to pass to an open receiver, we can't run the ball from the QB position with current personnel. I don't have enough FB knowledge to know why but it seems like we are trying to be a Big Ten power team rather than a spread team but we don't have the line to execute it. I stayed to the depressing end of this game along with the estimated 100 UCONN fans who were there at the end. I can't fault anyone who left but I'm making the painful choice to stay. Hope some other fans will find some reason to support this team in their hour of need.
 
It's been a investment in time and money since 2010, but I enjoyed the twelve year ride preceding 2010. Buying season tickets is unjustifiable in every way, except I still believe there will be a day when we are back in the mix. We almost made it once, and we can do it again. So, I'll piss away money, pull my last few hairs out, and endure the torture on faith alone. I hope you'll stay and keep the dream alive. If the boneyarder types leave, we are doomed.
 
To me the worst part is the atmosphere has become depressing. I love college football. I travel each year to big games in the SEC and Big 10. I stayed for the entire UCF game. Last night was the first time I chose to not attend as a long time season ticket holder. The decision was really based on the thought of sitting in a stadium 3/4 empty to watch a lousy team in the cold. The students didn't even show up.

As for expansion I see no hope. If a miracle happened and Notre Dame decided to join the ACC full time that would be an opportunity for Uconn.
 
I'll buy them again when I move back to the States (hopefully for the 2016 season)... If I can drag out of bed at 2 am to stream this dreck I can suffer the games live. Besides, the tailgates make the disasters of the game tolerable.
 
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