Boom - Article about the 20 who left after 2019 season and I see you distorted my comments about the pandemic. I did not say guys would transfer, I said guys wanted out which was the sentiment from actual conversations. I said “some, of course don’t have other options”. And we “just had 20 guys transfer out”. So you were very deceptive in your false categorization. I said then what I am saying now.
Guys stayed for a whole lot of practical reasons despite their sentiment - after the drain of 20 players - there was playing time available at many positions, some were advancing along in their majors and others had family or friendships etc.
UConn football continues to lose players. Running back Dante Black and receivers Zavier Scott and Quayvon Skanes announced this week that they plan to transfer from the program, making 19 scholarsh…
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My take- players from every school leave for a host of reasons that aren’t known to the public. When it’s self induced, teams don’t normally bury a kid in the media and just let it ride. What I also know is that some players leave, not because they’re sour on the program, but because they see the writing on the wall- Coaches deciding to move in a different direction and bring in their own players. Whether that is right, wrong, prudent or not is another debate- bottom line is coaches have the right to color their program as they see fit.
What I believe happened to the program a few years back was the perfect storm consisting of all of the aforementioned. Add that to many years of struggling caused many fans to paint the exodus with one broad stroke. Quite frankly it was easier to do that because of the exhaustion over losing rather then trying to lend credence to other more nuanced factors.
There wasn’t a pivot in recruiting at all. The message has always been the same from Randy- he needed time to rebuild this roster and he knew what states he wanted to target and what body types he needed. In addition, he was going to force continuity amongst the coaching staff and whoever had a different agenda other than Randy’s either left on their own, were jettisoned out or mutually parted ways. Again, we can argue the merits of that another day
Randy has things the way he wants them now and his stick-to-it-tiveness is paying dividends. As in life, when you consistently go at something you want, more often than not it begins to bear fruit. He got rid of whomever he thought he needed to and has one cohesive unit (with some outliers as is always the case). There is one central theme from coaches down to players. When you have 95 percent of your roster bought in those recruiting visits are much more exciting for the recruits because the current players aren’t bashing the program or emitting lukewarm vibes that give families pause.
That’s the big change my friend. Not some pivot strategy that’s being referenced.
Good day gents!
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