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I think think it is pretty safe to say that things are going on in the background and that Benedict will make it very clear to Diaco what is expected and what the consequences will be. My guess is shy of something very detrimental to the school or athletic program, Diaco has the remainder of this season and all of 2017 to prove he is worth keeping.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I think think it is pretty safe to say that things are going on in the background and that Benedict will make it very clear to Diaco what is expected and what the consequences will be. My guess is shy of something very detrimental to the school or athletic program, Diaco has the remainder of this season and all of 2017 to prove he is worth keeping.
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I agree that he will get next season, but I don't know if he'll get the whole season. If it looks anything like this year I don't think you can keep him.
 
JMick said:
I agree that he will get next season, but I don't know if he'll get the whole season. If it looks anything like this year I don't think you can keep him.
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Maybe I'm wrong but wouldn't his buyout still be 3.5 million if he's fired mid season? If you're willing to pay that amount why take the chance and bring him back at all. I get all the financial talk and can't afford it but what is the overall detriment they're willing to allow to this already destroyed program?

If we go 3-9 or even 4-8, both likely results, I can't imagine them thinking next season would get any better and stick with it with the thought being that if he doesn't cut it after 4-5 games they just Can him. Why spend the money then but not sooner?

Look, UConn is in a terrible position over this situation. Not sure what the best answer is but I'm not sure why they'd allow him another season and know they'd Can him after a few games and still pay the 3.5 million at that point.

Maybe I'm wrong and the buyout drops again once next season starts?
 
Given the financial picture at UConn I doubt if Benedict has the power to make decisions that have several million dollar implications on his own. Herbst will have the last say on any expenditures involved with changing the HC and some (or all) of the FB staff.

Even at Alabama when Moore fired Shula and hired Saban he had to get the additional cost covered before he got clearance for the action. In his case however it only took 14 phone calls over a 72 hour period to have all cost underwritten before he formally approached Saban. I doubt that Benedict could raise the necessary funds with 140 calls over 72 weeks.
 
huskyblooz said:
Benedicts Twitter page has been pretty silent since the Maine game.
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It bothers me that someone in his position is out there on social media with a Twitter account. Those things can cause a rash of negative pub. Look at what a jackass the Cincinnati president made of herself on there during the Big 12 shenanigans. I think it's a bad idea for an AD to have an active Twitter account.
 
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UConnNick said:
It bothers me that someone in his position is out there on social media with a Twitter account. Those things can cause a rash of negative pub. Look at what a jackass the Cincinnati president made of herself on there during the Big 12 shenanigans. I think it's a bad idea for an AD to have an active Twitter account.
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I think that this is a bad take - Benedict seems like a calm, level-headed dude who wouldn't act like a teenager. If he uses Twitter like a mature adult, it can actually serve as an advantage. A lot of what he's said on there since coming on has been bringing attention to and shouting out good performances by all of the different sports.

Also, really ironic that this opinion shows up after a summer of nothing but "if we were publicly begging on social media like Cincy and UH are doing, we'd be in! But we aren't, so our administration sucks!"
 
UConnNick said:
It bothers me that someone in his position is out there on social media with a Twitter account. Those things can cause a rash of negative pub. Look at what a jackass the Cincinnati president made of herself on there during the Big 12 shenanigans. I think it's a bad idea for an AD to have an active Twitter account.
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Nope - Depends on who is administering it - if it's BD himself and not a staffer it provides value as a communication tool to stakeholders and can be used professionally and responsibly. Times have evolved.
 
UCFBfan said:
Maybe I'm wrong but wouldn't his buyout still be 3.5 million if he's fired mid season? If you're willing to pay that amount why take the chance and bring him back at all. I get all the financial talk and can't afford it but what is the overall detriment they're willing to allow to this already destroyed program?

If we go 3-9 or even 4-8, both likely results, I can't imagine them thinking next season would get any better and stick with it with the thought being that if he doesn't cut it after 4-5 games they just Can him. Why spend the money then but not sooner?

Look, UConn is in a terrible position over this situation. Not sure what the best answer is but I'm not sure why they'd allow him another season and know they'd Can him after a few games and still pay the 3.5 million at that point.

Maybe I'm wrong and the buyout drops again once next season starts?
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All this ridiculous hand wringing over the buyout amount is indicative of a small time athletic program. We are already an embarrassing laughingstock of a football program. If the media eventually gets some inside source or sources to go on record as saying something like we want to can the coach but we can't afford to, what message would that send to potential future P5 conference mates about our program?

Big time programs suck it up and pay whatever they have to get rid of dead wood. Our head coach is currently about as dead wood as any coach can get. He's lost most of his fanbase already, and even some of his most ardent supporters are willing to admit it might be time for a change, they just think it's impossible financially so we have to grin and bear another season of utter futility until it's cheaper to get rid of this clown.

If we want to solidify our place in mid major conference hell, we can accept our fate and not do anything about it. If we aspire as an athletic program to continue working toward a possible P5 conference invite, then buyout amounts should be the least of our worries. That's the crux of the decisions that are about to be made by our administration. We're either small time and resigned to our fate, or we aspire to be big time and things are gonna change real quick.
 
UConnNick said:
Big time programs suck it up and pay whatever they have to get rid of dead wood.
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They have money
We don't


You're advocating for something UConn literally cannot do
 
huskymedic said:
Nope - Depends on who is administering it - if it's BD himself and not a staffer it provides value as a communication tool to stakeholders and can be used professionally and responsibly. Times have evolved.
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I completely agree with this. But it was bad judgement on his part to retweet Edsall. His old boss at Auburn would have been drawn and quartered if he retweeted anything Gene Chizik or Tommy Tuberville tweeted out no matter how innocuous.
 
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UConn can pay the buyout and those arguing that it makes more sense to pay it and hire someone else for 750k are right. If Bob Diaco is going to get fired next year unless he wins a lot of games, he is going to get fired. The guy simply can't win a lot of games. He is inept. Fire him now and fire up the fan base.
 
zls44 said:
They have money
We don't


You're advocating for something UConn literally cannot do
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I guess we will find out what UCONN can or cannot do. Sitting here claiming it can't be done is the usual small time, provincial, parochial New England-style conservatism. Maybe we belong right where we are forever.
 
If our administration entered into a contract knowing they could never afford to pay the buyout numbers, then by signing the deal they essentially guaranteed Coach Crazypants a no cut contract. They could only get rid of him for some criminal or morals provisions, whatever those may be.

If that's the case, they ought to be fired right along with Diaco because it would show they're just as insane as he is, and have no business running a flagship state university. If their judgment is that bad here, imagine how the rest of the university business is being handled.

They must have known they could cover it if they had to, or at the very least any amounts after the first year. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt here, because if they're that crazy we don't have much hope of ever accomplishing anything regarding athletics or anything else with this administration in place.
 
All I want for Christmas is a new OL, QB, OC, RB, TE, and Secondary Coach. I think our DL and WR coaches have been our biggest assets...
 
Sprague03 said:
All I want for Christmas is a new OL, QB, OC, RB, TE, and Secondary Coach. I think our DL and WR coaches have been our biggest assets...
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I also want a DB coach, a ST coach who can teach the simple art of catching and returning punts, and a clock management coach in charge or timeout use and play call efficiency (think analytics).
 
Sprague03 said:
All I want for Christmas is a new OL, QB, OC, RB, TE, and Secondary Coach. I think our DL and WR coaches have been our biggest assets...
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Erik Campbell was an outstanding hire. The best part? He'd never coached with Diaco before this year. I wonder if there's a connection there...
 
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UConnNick said:
They could only get rid of him for some criminal or morals provisions, whatever those may be.
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I give you Bobby Petrino. . . .who is a horrendous human being but is now a heartbeat away from the college football playoff. Don't see Herbst ever hiring someone with Petrino's, uh, baggage.
 
UConnNick said:
If our administration entered into a contract knowing they could never afford to pay the buyout numbers, then by signing the deal they essentially guaranteed Coach Crazypants a no cut contract. They could only get rid of him for some criminal or morals provisions, whatever those may be.

If that's the case, they ought to be fired right along with Diaco because it would show they're just as insane as he is, and have no business running a flagship state university. If their judgment is that bad here, imagine how the rest of the university business is being handled.

They must have known they could cover it if they had to, or at the very least any amounts after the first year. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt here, because if they're that crazy we don't have much hope of ever accomplishing anything regarding athletics or anything else with this administration in place.
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This post got better with every sentence. Someone's gotta ask Herbst why that buyout no. is so high. Diaco and his agent pulled the wool over some eyes.
 
politics said:
This post got better with every sentence. Someone's gotta ask Herbst why that buyout no. is so high. Diaco and his agent pulled the wool over some eyes.
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Diaco's agent must be the best one on the planet to have pulled off this deal. Worth every penny.
 
Stairmaster said:
Erik Campbell was an outstanding hire. The best part? He'd never coached with Diaco before this year. I wonder if there's a connection there...
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Maybe this is just the frustration with the whole operation talking...but is Campbell really doing that good a job ???

The passing game is a mess. I'm certainly not saying it's on the WR's that the passing game sucks, but have we really seen much improvement in them ?? Thomas was always great, but pretty much everyone else, barring the occasional play from Mayala, has been invisible. Aside from 1 play, Beals has fallen off a cliff for some reason.

Obviously, the OL and especially the QB are reasons #1 and #1...but during the occasional play where BS manages to make it through his progressions, and the OL gives him that rare luxury, too often no one is open. And that takes into account that defenses have no reason at all to respect our passing game by playing any kind of shell/under coverage. Route-running is the biggest teachable trait/quality for a coach to a WR. To my untrained eye, we don't seem overly polished in that area. I would have hoped that we would have worked on that like crazy over the course of the pre season, and during, but it doesn't seem like we've gotten very far.

Again, maybe i'm just so angry that i cant see anything good right now in this crapfest, but i cant see any major progress with that group either.

Tangentially, our recruiting class is underwhelming right now as well. Has coach Campbell done anything here that should change my mind ? I genuinely don't know if he's been credited with any of our current commits.
 
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Maybe this is just the frustration with the whole operation talking...but is Campbell really doing that good a job ???

The passing game is a mess. I'm certainly not saying it's on the WR's that the passing game sucks, but have we really seen much improvement in them ?? Thomas was always great, but pretty much everyone else, barring the occasional play from Mayala, has been invisible. Aside from 1 play, Beals has fallen off a cliff for some reason.

Obviously, the OL and especially the QB are reasons #1 and #1...but during the occasional play where BS manages to make it through his progressions, and the OL gives him that rare luxury, too often no one is open. And that takes into account that defenses have no reason at all to respect our passing game by playing any kind of shell/under coverage. Route-running is the biggest teachable trait/quality for a coach to a WR. To my untrained eye, we don't seem overly polished in that area. I would have hoped that we would have worked on that like crazy over the course of the pre season, and during, but it doesn't seem like we've gotten very far.

Again, maybe i'm just so angry that i cant see anything good right now in this crapfest, but i cant see any major progress with that group either.

Tangentially, our recruiting class is underwhelming right now as well. Has coach Campbell done anything here that should change my mind ? I genuinely don't know if he's been credited with any of our current commits.
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I've been more impressed with Mayala than most. Before getting hurt, he was beginning to make some of the same grabs in coverage that Noel is known for. We've also seen Lemelle actually be able to participate in the offense after 2 years of regression. I also think that you really can't underrate Shirreff's tucking and running, especially during the first part of the season -- it was really easy to notice Beals and Hergy wide open, only for Shirreffs to not check down and start to scramble.

You make some fair points, but with all of the trouble we've had with QB play, playcalling, and a injury-ravaged OL, I'm of the mind that our receivers are beset by institutional disadvantages that prevent them from showcasing Campbell's work.
 
My guess is that there will be coaching changes but not what some want on here. I would bet a couple of coaches like the defensive coordinator and the offensive coordinator to name two that could go. Benedict will press the issue if Diaco doesn't
 
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Stairmaster said:
You make some fair points, but with all of the trouble we've had with QB play, playcalling, and a injury-ravaged OL, I'm of the mind that our receivers are beset by institutional disadvantages that prevent them from showcasing Campbell's work.
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That's fair, and i can't argue any of it. In my eyes, i just wish i saw more from anyone outside Thomas before i can say i'm happy with him. Maybe im being unfair, but that fact that i lose 3 hours every saturday to this garbage is equally unfair....so i don't feel to bad.
 
politics said:
Then why box yourself into a corner and put up a buyout number that you literally cannot pay?
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Part of me wonders if there was a small part of someone at UConn thinking that if Diaco continues upward like it seemed he might after last season, then we'd make some easy cash on the side to then bank away knowing that the money is quickly drying up. Had Diaco got this team to 8-4 there was a decent shot some P5 school would swoop in and pay that buyout.

I sure as hell hope that wasn't the case but it keeps popping up in my mind every time I think about why they signed that extension.
 
I find the statement "we don't have $5 million" to be very funny.
 
UCFBfan said:
Part of me wonders if there was a small part of someone at UConn thinking that if Diaco continues upward like it seemed he might after last season, then we'd make some easy cash on the side to then bank away knowing that the money is quickly drying up. Had Diaco got this team to 8-4 there was a decent shot some P5 school would swoop in and pay that buyout.

I sure as hell hope that wasn't the case but it keeps popping up in my mind every time I think about why they signed that extension.
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That's not the buy-out if Diaco leaves on his own accord. If BD accepts another HC or Asst HC job (D1 or pro team) he owns UConn the following:

1/15/2016 to 11/26/2016 - $700k
11/27/16 to 11/26/17 - $350k
11/27/17 to 11/26/18 - $175k
11/27/18 to 11/26/19 - $100k
11/27/19 to 11.27/19 - $50k
 
huskymedic said:
That's not the buy-out if Diaco leaves on his own accord. If BD accepts another HC or Asst HC job (D1 or pro team) he owns UConn the following:

1/15/2016 to 11/26/2016 - $700k
11/27/16 to 11/26/17 - $350k
11/27/17 to 11/26/18 - $175k
11/27/18 to 11/26/19 - $100k
11/27/19 to 11.27/19 - $50k
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Well good. That blows my asinine theory out the window and I'm glad it does. So then I'm back to wondering why UConn would increase his buyout.

Thanks medic for the info
 
huskymedic said:
That's not the buy-out if Diaco leaves on his own accord. If BD accepts another HC or Asst HC job (D1 or pro team) he owns UConn the following:

1/15/2016 to 11/26/2016 - $700k
11/27/16 to 11/26/17 - $350k
11/27/17 to 11/26/18 - $175k
11/27/18 to 11/26/19 - $100k
11/27/19 to 11.27/19 - $50k
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hmmm. $5 million to BD if he's fired, $700K to UConn if BD job hops. Seems fair
 
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