Abu on UConn and Ollie

[ctchamps]

EUREKA!

What may matter to you, or even me, doesn't matter as much to recruits. Playing in games vs UNC/Dook/Cuse/LSVL matters more...

Perception in this context matters...

You might want to drink your own kool aid. If your argument held true than BCU would be getting the recruits Kentucky is getting. I think you lost me when you claim to know how a teenager thinks.

 

[RMoore1999]

You might want to drink your own kool aid. If your argument held true than BCU would be getting the recruits Kentucky is getting. I think you lost me when you claim to know how a teenager thinks.

I've got more...you might need some...I merely tried to challenge the assertion that UConn's schedule and TV line-up in particular would sway recruits away from matchups with UNC/Dook/Cuse/LSVL.

 

[ctchamps]

I've got more...you might need some...I merely tried to challenge the assertion that UConn's schedule and TV line-up in particular would sway recruits away from matchups with UNC/Dook/Cuse/LSVL.

I got your point. It's a valid proposition. Just not etched in stone. Same with upstater's point of view. There are a multitude of reasons Abu made his choice. Many of those points were mentioned in this thread. And as always some people isolate a point and argue it as if it was sacrosanct. Not saying you did this which is why my post to you had a .

All we could do is list what may or may not have been the contributing reasons for Abu's decision.

Listed in this thread:
AAC
ACC's exposure
KO's lack of history
Corrupt AAU coach

Not listed
Abu may have met a coed he likes
Abu may have wanted to put some distance from his home (like Purvis)
Abu was impressed with the mosque.
Abu likes the way his name is pronounced with a hillbilly drawl
Abu thinks he could be more of a number one or two with the NCS lineup than with Purvis, OC, DHam and maybe RB!

 

[RMoore1999]

I got your point. It's a valid proposition. Just not etched in stone. Same with upstater's point of view. There are a multitude of reasons Abu made his choice. Many of those points were mentioned in this thread. And as always some people isolate a point and argue it as if it was sacrosanct. Not saying you did this which is why my post to you had a .

All we could do is list what may or may not have been the contributing reasons for Abu's decision.

Listed in this thread:
AAC
ACC's exposure
KO's lack of history
Corrupt AAU coach

Not listed
Abu may have met a coed he likes
Abu may have wanted to put some distance from his home (like Purvis)
Abu was impressed with the mosque.
Abu likes the way his name is pronounced with a hillbilly drawl
Abu thinks he could be more of a number one or two with the NCS lineup than with Purvis, OC, DHam and maybe RB!

"There are a multitude of reasons Abu made his choice" - AGREE 100%.

 

[UConNation]

It could be that we're in a bad conference...

I know that UConn's reputation will carry it through the AA-garbage-C, but AMA did specifically mention that playing in the ACC was a factor. I can't fault him for that. The ACC is undoubtedly the best conference in basketball and is only going to get stronger next year with Louisville going. No big deal though, now UConn get's the honor of being the first school from a "mid-major" to win a national title!!!

 

[DreamSeason]

I know that UConn's reputation will carry it through the AA-garbage-C, but AMA did specifically mention that playing in the ACC was a factor. I can't fault him for that. The ACC -may now- be the best conference in basketball and is only going to get stronger next year with Louisville going. No big deal though, now UConn get's the honor of being the first school from a "mid-major" to win a national title!!!

I fixed it

 

[TheChamps990411]

Yawwwwwn! Next

 

[pj]

Any conference UConn is in is a strong conference.

 

[peeps]

Any conference UConn is in is a strong conference.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[mauconnfan]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Hey FF you have a stronger 4 than UConn, Memphis, Temple, Louisville?

Dope..............

 

[peeps]

so you are counting 12 months of louisville as "AAC"?

 

[mauconnfan]

so you are counting 12 months of louisville as "AAC"?

They are here aren't they?? And really besides Duke (always overrated) and UNC who the hell else ever wears the banner any more? Highly overrated league and really, always was. Couldn't ever hold the Big Easts jock!!

 

[huskiesnyc]

The B1G (with the 2014 addition of UConn) will be the best basketball league

 

[CTBasketball]

The B1G (with the 2014 addition of UConn) will be the best basketball league

Of course it would, but nobody wants UConn's cancerous football team.

 

[upstater]

Of course it would, but nobody wants UConn's cancerous football team.

You know, starting from scratch, this program has come incredibly far. Why would you call the team cancerous?

Answer these questions:

1. What are UConn's chances of joining the P5 if they had no football at all?
2. Who is more to blame for the state of football, the people who hired Pasqualoni? Or the people who waited a decade before giving UConn a stadium and elevating it to D1?

Because these discussion started under Lew Perkins back in the early 90s. It took 10 years to do it.

 

[huskyharry]

We're stuck in the AAC unless the football team starts winning. Since that's not the case we may be here for a while.

Of course, it is also possible that UConn will be asked to leave the AAC because the football team is not up to their standards.

 

[ctchamps]

You know, starting from scratch, this program has come incredibly far. Why would you call the team cancerous?

Answer these questions:

1. What are UConn's chances of joining the P5 if they had no football at all?
2. Who is more to blame for the state of football, the people who hired Pasqualoni? Or the people who waited a decade before giving UConn a stadium and elevating it to D1?

Because these discussion started under Lew Perkins back in the early 90s. It took 10 years to do it.

1)Zero!
2)Both! But the hire was at a time when things were getting into focus!

 

[CTBasketball]

You know, starting from scratch, this program has come incredibly far. Why would you call the team cancerous?

Answer these questions:

1. What are UConn's chances of joining the P5 if they had no football at all?
2. Who is more to blame for the state of football, the people who hired Pasqualoni? Or the people who waited a decade before giving UConn a stadium and elevating it to D1?

Because these discussion started under Lew Perkins back in the early 90s. It took 10 years to do it.

Upstater I usually agree with you on many things, but we're not going anywhere unless the football team wins 9-10 games consistently.

1. Obviously zero. We're a basketball-oriented school. Basketball doesn't drive conference realignment, or P5 conferences for that matter.
2. In my opinion Pasqualoni is to blame. You can't look at the past and say, "how come we couldn't do this quicker." If Jim Calhoun came here in the late 70's, who knows we may have won another 2-3 titles. You can't look at it like that, though.

This is the hand we've been dealt, and now we must play with what we've got. Other basketball schools like Duke, Kansas, and Kentucky we're given a lot better draw because of their conference affiliation, even though their football sucks.

 

[upstater]

Upstater I usually agree with you on many things, but we're not going anywhere unless the football team wins 9-10 games consistently.

1. Obviously zero. We're a basketball-oriented school. Basketball doesn't drive conference realignment, or P5 conferences for that matter.
2. In my opinion Pasqualoni is to blame. You can't look at the past and say, "how come we couldn't do this quicker." If Jim Calhoun came here in the late 70's, who knows we may have won another 2-3 titles. You can't look at it like that, though.

This is the hand we've been dealt, and now we must play with what we've got. Other basketball schools like Duke, Kansas, and Kentucky we're given a lot better draw because of their conference affiliation, even though their football sucks.

It will be next to impossible to win 9-10 games consistently. It just doesn't happen in any conference. UConn would be the first to do it. Are you talking about the next 3 years... or? I was only trying to say that the football program has come a long way in one decade. A long way.

 

[uconnell]

How many games did Edsall win at UMD when they were invited and how many conference championships did RU win in any sport? They were both in the red financially, so why did the BIG choose them? Recruiting and cable boxes! Every thing else is BS, I believe.