AD David Benedict Hinting At Big News In The Near Future

[Redding Husky]

The ACC is cutting Louisville loose, which opens up ...

 

[SC Husky]

Maybe the opportunity has something to do with His Holiness showing up at Morrone last night.

 

[sportsart]

Maybe the opportunity has something to do with His Holiness showing up at Morrone last night.

Actually I think that was Whaler11 preaching about a Mizzu fan trolling the Boneyard.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I should have said not what we’re hoping. Something with the BOT?? Ground breaking on the softball field??

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

I should have said not what we’re hoping. Something with the BOT?? Ground breaking on the softball field??

Actually, some ground breaking is exactly what we're looking for on the baseball, soccer, and softball facilities.

 

[BlueDogs]

AD Dave should never use the word "Big" coupled with "opportunity","news", "announcement", "change", "upgrade", "move", "improvement" or any other similar word or phrase ever again unless it relates to P5.

 

[FDNY99]

@BlueDogs the facility upgrade definitely does help UConn's P-5 upgrade portfolio...I do get what you mean though about the words he used.

 

[Alum86]

Thought maybe McHugh was being put out to pasture.

 

[huskymedic]

Thought maybe McHugh was being put out to pasture.

He has already announced he is retiring when his term ends this summer...

 

[Alum86]

He has already announced he is retiring when his term ends this summer...

What don't you know? Dang.
Thanks. And good

 

[huskymedic]

What don't you know? Dang.
Thanks. And good

Ask my wife and boys... I don’t know anything!!

 

[uconnphil2016]

Dave needs to know that some sort of BOT approval on olympic sport stadiums is not the kind of news folks are looking for here

 

[huskyrob1]

Gotta be brutally honest. Those cabinet doors and the coffee cups stacked on the counter do not scream P5.

Yes true, but at least UCONN bottles it's own water. Lol

 

[huskymedic]

Dave needs to know that some sort of BOT approval on olympic sport stadiums is not the kind of news folks are looking for here

That tweet this morning wasn’t targeted to any single fan base. He is the Athletic Director for all sports/teams. Why should other student athlete get shunted? I’m sure the Soccer/Baseball/Softball and maybe Hockey teams/fans are excited tonight.

 

[BlueMAB]

Dave needs to know that some sort of BOT approval on olympic sport stadiums is not the kind of news folks are looking for here

Sarcasm? It can be impossible to tell in this place at times.

 

[uconnphil2016]

View attachment 25828 Maybe the opportunity has something to do with His Holiness showing up at Morrone last night.

Nice to see Chief was out at the game

 

[FDNY99]

That tweet this morning wasn’t targeted to any single fan base. He is the Athletic Director for all sports/teams. Why should other student athlete get shunted? I’m sure the Soccer/Baseball/Softball and maybe Hockey teams/fans are excited tonight.

Dave needs to know that some sort of BOT approval on olympic sport stadiums is not the kind of news folks are looking for here

These facilities DESPERATELY need upgrades. A LOT of members of the football board have slammed Warde and put Jurich on a pedestal for UL into the ACC over UConn...fact of the matter is that bag Hathaway sat on his LAZY a s s and did NOTHING facility wise. That had something to do with UL getting in because while Hathaway was doing nothing..Jurich was rebuilding all the facilities UL had. At the end of the day P-5 membership has a lot to do with football...BUT it also has a LOT to do with the entire athletic Dept. This project will put UConn on the road to where it needs to be P-5 school facility wise.

 

[huskymedic]

>>The UConn Blog has confirmed that a $60 million proposal for new baseball, softball, and soccer stadiums on campus has been approved by the Board of Trustees. The project will break ground in mid-2018 as originally planned back in March when $4.75 million was approved to commission designs for the three stadiums.<<

 

[FDNY99]

AWESOME news!!!!!!

 

[dbmill]

These facilities DESPERATELY need upgrades. A LOT of members of the football board have slammed Warde and put Jurich on a pedestal for UL into the ACC over UConn...fact of the matter is that bag Hathaway sat on his LAZY a s s and did NOTHING facility wise. That had something to do with UL getting in because while Hathaway was doing nothing..Jurich was rebuilding all the facilities UL had. At the end of the day P-5 membership has a lot to do with football...BUT it also has a LOT to do with the entire athletic Dept. This project will put UConn on the road to where it needs to be P-5 school facility wise.

Agreed. UConn has found that you can't to get into a P-5 conference with athletic facilities that are of high school quality that P-5 conference teams would be embarrassed to play on. It's time to improve the total package of facilities like Louisville did before they got their ACC invite.

 

[BlueDogs]

That tweet this morning wasn’t targeted to any single fan base. He is the Athletic Director for all sports/teams. Why should other student athlete get shunted? I’m sure the Soccer/Baseball/Softball and maybe Hockey teams/fans are excited tonight.

True. It's great for these athletes, but I doubt they move the needle much on P5. If women's and men's basketball
Championships don't matter, I doubt softball matters.

 

[FDNY99]

Agreed. UConn has found that you can't to get into a P-5 conference with athletic facilities that are of high school quality that P-5 conference teams would be embarrassed to play on. It's time to improve the total package of facilities like Louisville did before they got their ACC invite.

True. It's great for these athletes, but I doubt they move the needle much on P5. If women's and men's basketball
Championships don't matter, I doubt softball matters.

@BlueDogs .. @dbmill just hit the nail right on the head about why this facility upgrade project is so important

 

[dbmill]

True. It's great for these athletes, but I doubt they move the needle much on P5. If women's and men's basketball
Championships don't matter, I doubt softball matters.

Softball, baseball, soccer, and for that matter hockey. It's not just one facility that is badly antiquated and in need of replacement. I suspect P-5 conferences notice things like that. Invites aren't coming when you can't even go to the bathroom on site at a baseball game.

 

[BlueDogs]

@BlueDogs .. @dbmill just hit the nail right on the head about why this facility upgrade project is so important

Maybe, but it seems to defy the logic thrown around about CR and football being the essentially sole factor.

PS- the atheletes work their butts off and no begrudging that.