Bob Diaco Post-Game - East Carolina

[UConn07]

Video: opening Q&A w/WTIC & Joe D, full Q&A to follow shortly

 

[UConnNick]

More empty platitudes and gobbledygook from Coach Disastro.

 

[UConn07]

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I don't mind his interviews. They are at least interesting. I think he was ok in this one. He seems to get that they need more offense but he can't seem to fix it.

 

[Stainmaster]

"This is like a Molotov cocktail of ugliness right now"

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[jdb50]

Williams had better be good as I am starting to wonder if Diaco is a reliable judge of talent or anything for that matter.

 

[BugsyCT]

Toward the end he called this season "spectacularly depressing." That pretty much sums it up.

 

[Skiblets]

He said they 'were so much better earlier in the year'. My question is 'when?' Certainly not in the Maine or Syracuse or USF games I guess Cinci or UVA? Thought all this culture building was going to mean a tougher team mentally and physically? When does that manifest itself?

 

[UConnDan97]

He said they 'were so much better earlier in the year'.

That makes sense, because only 'well coached teams' tend to get better as the season goes on, not 'poorly coached teams'...

 

[zls44]

He brought up the "dropped the rope" bull crap he used last week.

C'mon Bob, at least troll us with some fresh material!

 

[politics]

Toward the end he called this season "spectacularly depressing." That pretty much sums it up.

Yeah, and we're not getting paid $1.7 million to ease the pain

 

[Skiblets]

Will give this team one thing. Their bye coming after game 10 is awfully late in the year. That being said. Other than Hopkins have we lost anyone else?

 

[uchusky32]

He said they 'were so much better earlier in the year'. My question is 'when?' Certainly not in the Maine or Syracuse or USF games I guess Cinci or UVA? Thought all this culture building was going to mean a tougher team mentally and physically? When does that manifest itself?

He must have been talking about summer camp when they were going up against his defense.

 

[CTMike]

It's clear that he has no answers, at least not this year. Staff won't change with 3 games left and he's right - burning red shirts at this point is stupid.

So, he's banking on : 1) sticking around another year, and 2) taking a big step forward with in all likelihood a young, inexperienced QB next year.

Bold strategy, Cotton.

 

[noeynox]

"We need points, we need drives"

Really? Who knew?

 

[noeynox]

It's clear that he has no answers, at least not this year. Staff won't change with 3 games left and he's right - burning red shirts at this point is stupid.

So, he's banking on : 1) sticking around another year, and 2) taking a big step forward with in all likelihood a young, inexperienced QB next year.

Bold strategy, Cotton.

You know, I really want to see what Williams could do, but damn that's a lot of pressure. I suspect after next year's training camp he will be announcing "Bryant is our QB, he gives us our best chance to win". If that does happen, we will have our answer on whether Bob believes the things he says.

 

[UConnDan97]

The thing that bothers me more than anything else with Diaco is that he's supposed to be a defensive mastermind. Our opponents have broken 40 points 3 times this year. Hell, even Maine hung 21 on us. We've always taken pride in our D, and we've seemed to have lost even that...

 

[Skiblets]

The thing that bothers me more than anything else with Diaco is that he's supposed to be a defensive mastermind. Our opponents have broken 40 points 3 times this year. Hell, even Maine hung 21 on us. We've always taken pride in our D, and we've seemed to have lost even that...

Well if you listen to his presser today he placed much of the blame on the offense. 'Defense has to back out there 40 seconds later'. Pretty damning given his woodstockian free love approach

 

[UConnDan97]

Well if you listen to his presser today he placed much of the blame on the offense. 'Defense has to back out there 40 seconds later'. Pretty damning given his woodstockian free love approach

We had more time of possession than USF, and we only had 5 minutes less than Houston and ECU. So...his excuse is horse manure...

 

[RioDog]

Woodstockian.

 

[gtcam]

Again, I feel for this guy cause he is LOST
To be talking about retooling in this stage of the season is pure idiocy
It starts with his QB - I am not putting the blame squarely on BS, but this program needs a quality QB
Recruiting refrigerators as OL just because they weigh 300 plus lbs does no good if they lack athleticism
Allowing your secondary to play 15 yrds off the play and bragging about the guys there playing on Sundays - really????

 

[Skiblets]

Woodstockian.

Feel free to use that. Kind of catchy don't you think???

 

[BlueDogs]

He's lost the team. He himself is lost and without any idea how to fix the mess.

 

[TheDoggPound]

You know, I really want to see what Williams could do, but damn that's a lot of pressure. I suspect after next year's training camp he will be announcing "Bryant is our QB, he gives us our best chance to win". If that does happen, we will have our answer on whether Bob believes the things he says.

Nope, he's gonna have to ride or die with Williams. Shirreffs isn't miraculously improving over the off-season.

 

[noeynox]

Nope, he's gonna have to ride or die with Williams. Shirreffs isn't miraculously improving over the off-season.

I agree, but Diaco has a penchant for saying one thing and doing another. we will see