I get all of that. I think the disconnect is if it by your own words wouldn’t hurt recruiting then what would it hurt? Fan interest? I think that’s a stretch. The only way I see a drop off is if recruiting was affected and/or Hurley left.
The basketball program. The program could have trouble winning in that environment like they're accustomed to. That would hurt with fan support, recruiting, everything...
I can respect that opinion. I think it’s a stretch/reach. But I think I understand it. I’m just still struggling to see tangibly how all of these things are going to cause us to lose games. I’m of the belief if the recruits are the same level and the coach is the same coach we’ll be more than fine.
I've often said this will all be worth it when we're hoisting that CFP championship banner one day
It’s hard to have the prestige of us, but Texas and OU both recruited very well. Especially Texas. Kansas State even some years. They’ve had it’s fair share of challengers in the Big 12.
This argument has become completely useless. It’s two sides (mostly the big 12 side) adamantly claiming one ways the right way and the opposite opinion is dumb. When I’m reality nobody knows how this could go. Pros and cons to both.
Who was the highest rated recruit that Ollie brought in and where was he from?
I think every one of those things is a concern. I think that concern is mitigated by the fact that Brett Yormark is a New York guy who is specifically bringing the program in because of its location and basketball pedigree. That's a very different situation than when we were in the American and we had a guy whose was trying to run away from basketball and the East Coast.
Yormark (and all conference directors) work for the presidents, who provide direction and yes/no on direction, actions, etc that the conference director them steers towards. Yormark being basketball centric and from NY certainly helps but he isn't singly driving the Big12 bus. The fact that Yormark is publicly in our corner is a good thing given this.
He hast to convince the presidents, no doubt, but the advice he's given them on renegotiating their contract in the post OU/Texas era has given him a tremendous amount of credibility with the school presidents.
People conveniently forget that KO did the yeoman work of recruiting for JC when he was the head assistant.
I'm not worried about a conference tournament in KC. UConn's road to championships has mostly come far from home. Maybe playing in a more hostile environment would help us. No doubt about it Sprint Center will be Lawrence in the way MSG is Storrs south, but there will be plenty of fans from all the teams, just like BET.
I can tell you weren’t at MSG last year. There was a definite buzz in the city, building was sold out for every game, and the fans were rabid.
I wasn't but that's not what I'm saying anyway. The tournament is a big event, of course it was. Outside of the tri-state area MSG doesn't really mean anything to anyone anymore. Big XII tournament had record crowds and buzz too.
What do you love about it?
Yeah, I'm not at all sure that that's true. I feel like a number of Connecticut players talked about playing at MSG. It continues to be a big deal. And seeing a UConn game there, is an absolute blast.
He loves the fact that being a troll, he doesn't fit in either category. Troll be trolling!
I call BS on this. Quite a few head coaches at different programs within the athletic department were surprised when told this was happening. There is no way those in charge would have told someone who wasn't an employee information as critical as that if they weren't willing to tell employees.
Not a troll. I was being sarcastic. I really think it sucks that there too many fans of one program and not the whole school. I think the basketball fans would have been happy if they did shutter the football program when we came back to the Big East.
MSG is nothing these days. They can't compete with the T-Mobile Arena in Kansas City. They have the Professional Bull Riders Kansas City Outlaws and Nickelback coming to town.
I don’t think that’s true at all… I think most uconn basketball fans love all the uconn teams… i went to 3 football games last year
