Aaron Hernandez and UConn/Connecticut

[gwhuskyfan]

For the latest episode of the Connecticut Scoreboard Podcast I got some time with one of the executive producers behind the new Aaron Hernandez Netflix docuseries. We talk about the whole series, but really get into the Connecticut connections - including how Aaron had initially committed to UConn, and how things might have played out if he went to UConn instead of Florida.

Check it out:

 

[Palatine]

The gang stuff really got out of hand when he got to Florida. Congrats to Steve Addazio for teaching Aaron how to break his word.

 

[Pudge]

Disheartening story.

And ... yes: that year with DJ versus his disorienting time in Gainesville was crucial. Plus the Death and Mom ... yikes. Spins and spins out of control. Gay, 3 murders, CTE, psychology, gangster, drugs ... and just not ever a good thing.

 

[Jax Husky]

The gang stuff really got out of hand when he got to Florida. Congrats to Steve Addazio for teaching Aaron how to break his word.

Perhaps, but it seems apparent that Aaron was a sociopath (or maybe even psychopath), so its hard to say there wouldn't have been a bad ending regardless. That said, Urban Meyer was running an absolute trash program. They had guys shooting off AK47s at parties, and another player just murdered his baby momma last year (Tony Joiner, who was a team captain).

 

[uconnbill]

It was a real crap show down their with little to no discipline from the coaching staff that let them do whatever they wanted too. Sad on so many fronts

 

[LIuconn]

But they had Tebow and his Bible verses so it was all good. AH was prob doomed regardless of where he went to play college ball

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

He would have been closer to Wallace and Ortiz up here. Meyer loves to say bad stuff only happened when he went up to CT which is of course a lie