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BlueDogs said:
They have tremendous state of the art production and uplink facilities sitting idle in Hartford called Back9..... In fact, UConn could leverage into a whole sports entertainment and broadcasting department and use some of the talent cast off from ESPN to create something uniquely special.
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Outside the box after the Back 9 golf lifestyle channel went into bankruptcy owing the state of CT $5 million, but the mothballed facilities & some jettisoned ESPN are likely available.
 
Jaybird65 said:
Would be a death sentence....currently only 4: ND, Army, UMass & Brigham Young. If it worked, there would be more....
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Just ask UMass how life as a football independent works out scheduling wise. If UConn dropped out of the AAC, UMass would love to take up the vacancy in a heartbeat. Imagine the scheduling nightmare: Army, Brigham Young, FCS, & hope for the best. The Huskies will be signing up 1-offs with P-5 giants on the road with no return game, something HCRE version 1 vowed never to do. Enjoy your best case scenario 2 home game season in that event.
 
If anyone at UConn in ‘leadership’ thinks moving basketball to the Big East and playing independent football is a viable plan they should be fired yesterday.

I love how people keep getting raises and extensions and all that happens is more losses pile up.
 
RSTuthill said:
Much less. Starting with fewer rides. Less travel. Less staff. No hot water in the showers. (That last was a joke, but friends of mine who played back in the day at UConn always seem to say that when comparing to today.)
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There is no going back to FCS, UConn will be fielding an FBS team for the foreseeable future. Randy Edsall, Rhett Lashlee and most of all Dave Benedict were not hired to coach or oversee an athletic department with an FCS or club football team, nor would have Disastro's contract been bought out and Benedict been given the green light to fire his @..as if there was sentiment in the administration and the BOT to cut football. Going the independent route would be really tough, more likely might be the AAC in football only and all other sports go to the Big East. Quite frankly I'm more worried about the condition and direction the men's basketball program is going in than the football team.
 
AD David Benedict *picks up phone*
Hi AAC - Dave Benedict here. We think it would be quite cracking if you let us be a football only.

AAC *uproarious laughter for 20 minutes*

<click>

AD David Benedict: Hello? Hello?
 
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whaler11 said:
AD David Benedict *picks up phone*
Hi AAC - Dave Benedict here. We think it would be quite cracking if you let us be a football only.

AAC *uproarious laughter for 20 minutes*

<click>

AD David Benedict: Hello? Hello?
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Stop it man. You're gonna hurt peoples feelings with truth.
 
The UConn Prez & AD are making the big bucks. They need to be the ones who work this out. Lot's of snippets in the info released about the AD's restructured contract & from folks here who allude to insights about big plans (hopefully no illusions); needs to get kicking fast before the Nike brand turns into a Keds brand. We can speculate & hope all we want, they are the doers. Right now we are a significantly wounded brand. We need more than a bandaid.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
It's American (or the P5 dream) or no football.

We think FBS football is a huge financial drain and FCS isn't?
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Great point. The stadium and facilities don't magically shrink to midsize. You drop your total number of scholarships but those aren't real dollars expended anyways. Insurance doesn't decrease, equipment doesn't increase, maintenance, medical, doesn't decrease. You might save a few bucks by ground travel, but its fools gold thinking there are big savings.
 
whaler11 said:
AD David Benedict *picks up phone*
Hi AAC - Dave Benedict here. We think it would be quite cracking if you let us be a football only.

AAC *uproarious laughter for 20 minutes*

<click>

AD David Benedict: Hello? Hello?
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Seems like lately you stick around for a year or two you get a nice raise or ridiculous buy out.

Warde, Ollie, Diaco, now AD Dave.

At least KO won a damn title.

How being an AD is $500k/year job is beyond me.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Seems like lately you stick around for a year or two you get a nice raise or ridiculous buy out.

Warde, Ollie, Diaco, now AD Dave.

At least KO won a damn title.

How being an AD is $500k/year job is beyond me.
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They get paid for two things. Raising money and hiring coaches.

I don’t see the books so I have no idea how he does by that metric.

Susan with one of her usual clueless statements. Can’t imagine UConn without him. Yeah he’s been here a whole 20 months. It’s impossible to consider.
 
whaler11 said:
They get paid for two things. Raising money and hiring coaches.

I don’t see the books so I have no idea how he does by that metric.

Susan with one of her usual clueless statements. Can’t imagine UConn without him. Yeah he’s been here a whole 20 months. It’s impossible to consider.
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And on hiring coaches they have the distinct honor of working with "search firms" to conduct nationwide canvassing. As if the AD can't email any agent in the USA and get in contact someone's people immediately.

As for fundraising you're right it's tough to tell. He sure as hell isn't selling any tickets.

Basically the guy sends out a few tweets and seems to care and that makes him a half a million dollar man?

Also to your point I wish Susan would never comment on athletics ever again. Cringeworthy.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
And on hiring coaches they have the distinct honor of working with "search firms" to conduct nationwide canvassing. As if the AD can't email any agent in the USA and get in contact someone's people immediately.

As for fundraising you're right it's tough to tell. He sure as hell isn't selling any tickets.

Basically the guy sends out a few tweets and seems to care and that makes him a half a million dollar man?

Also to your point I wish Susan would never comment on athletics ever again. Cringeworthy.
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Compared to the last dolt asleep on the job, I'd gladly pay him that. He's going to earn his money getting rid of KO and bringing in somebody that will salvage men's BB. I hope to hell they have Hurley in their sites. He also has the background gravitas to attack the CR problem which becomes the longer term existential challenge. Finally, If Football isn't fixed then nothing gets fixed. I'm suprised Crocker is still around and they haven't gone out and paid up for a real D.C. with proven ability to do the job at an FBS level. There is a lot to do to save the patient and need an AD willing to make the tough calls and take action.
 
BlueDogs said:
Compared to the last dolt asleep on the job, I'd gladly pay him that. He's going to earn his money getting rid of KO and bringing in somebody that will salvage men's BB. I hope to hell they have Hurley in their sites. He also has the background gravitas to attack the CR problem which becomes the longer term existential challenge. Finally, If Football isn't fixed then nothing gets fixed. I'm suprised Crocker is still around and they haven't gone out and paid up for a real D.C. with proven ability to do the job at an FBS level. There is a lot to do to save the patient and need an AD willing to make the tough calls and take action.
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Agreed, but they obviously see something in Crocker. I dont see it but thats why I dont make 500k a year. HCRE has a lot to lose if he fails. Trust the process lol
 
huskyrob1 said:
There is no going back to FCS, UConn will be fielding an FBS team for the foreseeable future. Randy Edsall, Rhett Lashlee and most of all Dave Benedict were not hired to coach or oversee an athletic department with an FCS or club football team, nor would have Disastro's contract been bought out and Benedict been given the green light to fire his @..as if there was sentiment in the administration and the BOT to cut football. Going the independent route would be really tough, more likely might be the AAC in football only and all other sports go to the Big East. Quite frankly I'm more worried about the condition and direction the men's basketball program is going in than the football team.
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You will be thinking a bit differently if they go four more years without getting to 6-6 on a regular basis. The legislature will start giving the U admin help with their jobs, believe me. This thing is teetering right now although the recruits for next year look on the surface to be a definite upgrade and I think they have definite potential for a rebound.
 
Husk1881 said:
Agreed, but they obviously see something in Crocker. I dont see it but thats why I dont make 500k a year. HCRE has a lot to lose if he fails. Trust the process lol
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Agree with the Crocker thought. HCRE is committed to this defensive scheme. They now need to go out & get the type of players who can play it. I am friends with a D3 head coach in the region that has told me that the regime prior to HCRE brought kids in on scholarship that they looked at & determined they couldn't play for their program on the D3 level.
 
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I really don't understand the "Stay in the American in all sports" people. You guys realize nobody in the country respects the conference right? Half the country doesn't even know it exists and thinks we are still in the Big East. All it has done is destroy our brand.

Going independent in Football would not be the worst move. Play half of the games against regional rivals (umass, maine, bc, URI, etc) and then schedule four power-5 games. If anything we should try and partner with Notre Dame to play them once a year. Projection to the ACC.

It would make us unique. AAC is destroying our fanbase, product and brand.
 
MASSconn said:
I really don't understand the "Stay in the American in all sports" people. You guys realize nobody in the country respects the conference right? Half the country doesn't even know it exists and thinks we are still in the Big East. All it has done is destroy our brand.

Going independent in Football would not be the worst move. Play half of the games against regional rivals (umass, maine, bc, URI, etc) and then schedule four power-5 games. If anything we should try and partner with Notre Dame to play them once a year. Projection to the ACC.

It would make us unique. AAC is destroying our fanbase, product and brand.
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What's destroying the fan base are losing records and bad coaching hires. Pasqualoni and Diaco were horrible hires...yet if you know football at all you will realize that the quality of football in the AC os much better overall than the of the BE. Ollie shows game after game that he is in way over his head..and he is paid as well as any top 10 coach in the country. Cincy and SMU don't seem to have a problem making the tournament...and are in the same situation. Independence in football is NOT the answer what so ever! You think it's easy getting games and filling out a indy schedule...yeah not so much. Benedict has made the right football hire in Edsall..and I trust that he will make the same change in hoops.
 
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MASSconn said:
I really don't understand the "Stay in the American in all sports" people. You guys realize nobody in the country respects the conference right? Half the country doesn't even know it exists and thinks we are still in the Big East. All it has done is destroy our brand.

Going independent in Football would not be the worst move. Play half of the games against regional rivals (umass, maine, bc, URI, etc) and then schedule four power-5 games. If anything we should try and partner with Notre Dame to play them once a year. Projection to the ACC.

It would make us unique. AAC is destroying our fanbase, product and brand.
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It hurts our brand so much that half the people still think we're in the Big East - let's keep the gig going!

Independent football would be a horrible move. And by suggesting we schedule four power 5 games a year (as if we're not currently attempting to do that) further states your ignorance on the subject.
 
Jaybird65 said:
Agree with the Crocker thought. HCRE is committed to this defensive scheme. They now need to go out & get the type of players who can play it. I am friends with a D3 head coach in the region that has told me that the regime prior to HCRE brought kids on scholarship that they looked at & determined they couldn't play for their program on the D3 level.
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Yikes.
 
BlueDogs said:
They have tremendous state of the art production and uplink facilities sitting idle in Hartford called Back9..... In fact, UConn could leverage into a whole sports entertainment and broadcasting department and use some of the talent cast off from ESPN to create something uniquely special. But, somebody has to be able to think outside a paper bag.
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Trinity College took over the building, Its been gutted of all the Back 9 stuff and retrofitted for a college classroom.
 
RSTuthill said:
You will be thinking a bit differently if they go four more years without getting to 6-6 on a regular basis. The legislature will start giving the U admin help with their jobs, believe me. This thing is teetering right now although the recruits for next year look on the surface to be a definite upgrade and I think they have definite potential for a rebound.
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Agree that 6-6 after four years of HCRE 2.0 would not be good at all, but I'm not the pessimist that you are if that's what you believe. It's not teetering right now, like you're praying for it to topple over tomorrow, Edsall just got here, the BOT are willing to give him a chance and you and the rest of the kill football crowd should too.
 
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Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Based on your knowledge of Division 1 athletic programs with the # of sports fielded by UConn, what do you believe is the general salary range @ConnHuskBask ?
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Two points:

1) I'm not saying what UConn is paying out of line, my comment is more directed at the profession in general.
2) What exactly has AD Dave done that warranted that raise? Unless there is a ton of behind the scenes donations, I don't see how it is really justified given our precarious financial position.
 
huskyrob1 said:
Agree that 6-6 after four years of HCRE 2.0 would not be good at all, but I'm not the pessimist that you are if that's what you believe. It's not teetering right now, like you're praying for it to topple over tomorrow, Edsall just got here, the BOT are willing to give him a chance and you and the rest of the kill football crowd should too.
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Nope, don't think you are reading my posts if pessimism is what you are taking away. But the next couple years are gonna tell a tale. And I think it has crossed everyone's mind that seven years of abysmal results might have left a permanent scar that we do not yet appreciate. Keep the fingers crossed. The spring game will be the first hint. If the ones play against the ones and the twos play against the twos, and it is a decent game on a gorgeous spring day, I will at least raise my expectations that the stars are aligning more favorably for the Huskies. I want normalcy to return.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Two points:

1) I'm not saying what UConn is paying out of line, my comment is more directed at the profession in general.
2) What exactly has AD Dave done that warranted that raise? Unless there is a ton of behind the scenes donations, I don't see how it is really justified given our precarious financial position.
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Lol...you make it sound like the Bank's foreclosing on Gampel tomorrow, and the new Student Center complex will be paved over for a parking lot, and the new practice facility is being converted into a barn for dairy cows. Fact is UConn is in much better financial shape than most of the schools in the AAC, and it's endowment is increasing.
 
Don’t tell anyone but we’ve been bottom half of AAC for football and basketball and that trend shows no signs of stopping.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Don’t tell anyone but we’ve been bottom half of AAC for football and basketball and that trend shows no signs of stopping.
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That's certainly true for the men's basketball team. Until they fire KO and his staff that trend is not changing. I am much more optimistic on the direction of the football team.
 
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