"Bowl game or not, this UConn football season has already been a success" - Kels Dayton, WTNH

[RedSoloCup]

If we end up 5-7 Diaco is in Pasqualoniland. If 5-7 wasn't good enough for P. why is it good enough for D?

4-8 is terrible.
5-7 just means we haven't gone backwards like last year.
6-6 is a good step in the right direction. Something to build on.
7-5. He should get a parade,

was there a section of your memory that was wiped out? a part that is missing 0-9 (really 3-9)? that is pasquiloniland. the bottom. 5-7 was a decline year, on the way there.

I think you are in lala land.

 

[Palatine]

was there a section of your memory that was wiped out? a part that is missing 0-9 (really 3-9)? that is pasquiloniland. the bottom. 5-7 was a decline year, on the way there.

I think you are in lala land.

At the same point in his UConn tenure P. was 5-7. In the words of Bill Parcells, you are what your record says you are.

 

[whaler11]

Can't make it up. God bless y'all you keep fighting the idiocy. Good luck.

 

[RedSoloCup]

Can't make it up. God bless y'all you keep fighting the idiocy. Good luck.

I have been trying to stay out of the muck... was slip, really...

 

[whaler11]

I have been trying to stay out of the muck... was slip, really...

I don't even want to speculate on what would create such a willful ignorance. The sky is pink! The sky is yellow!

 

[PPKChamp]

If we end up 5-7 Diaco is in Pasqualoniland. If 5-7 wasn't good enough for P. why is it good enough for D?

4-8 is terrible.
5-7 just means we haven't gone backwards like last year.
6-6 is a good step in the right direction. Something to build on.
7-5. He should get a parade,

because Paul Pasqualoni started with a team that went to the Fiesta bowl and Bob started with a team that SUCKED

 

[CTMike]

because Paul Pasqualoni started with a team that went to the Fiesta bowl and Bob started with a team that SUCKED

Logic is no use against a stunning mixture of stubbornness and lack of critical thought.

 

[tduconn]

To quote the late George C. Scott in the 1970 movie "Patton", "Americans like winners.....no one likes a looser"

That concept is most pointedly expressed when fans talk of any sports team on any level.

Looking at the "numbers only" its easy to miss success......and to criticize. I'm guilty!

Lets simplify the discussion by answering these questions without being sarcastic........

Is the W-L record disappointing?

Is Bob D. turning the program around?

Does the future look brighter than it has in a long time?

Are we looking forward to next season?

My answer is YES to all those questions. I am more positive going forward in 2016 than at any time since 2009.

Whatever the final record is, did the program make progress?

YES! And don't forget, no one, Bob D foremost, said it will be easy or quick. The program was in such disarray in many levels.

W-L be damned! Its just numbers......soon to be forgotten.

WE ARE MOVING FOWARD! Soon to be remembered.

 

[noeynox]

We are progressing as a team and individual talents are starting to be realized. I believe next year more than 2017, could be the real breakout year. I say that because the OL will be returning virtually intact and they are showing real signs of developing into a good/above average unit. I really like both Tackles and next year they're both seniors.

5-7, would have exceeded everone's reasonable expectations. These kids believe in this coach and that is huge.

 

[Milo65]

The one thing we can all agree upon is that this team is moving in the right direction and with all of the playmaking sophomores, we should be better next year and so on. GO HUSKIES! I am excited about UConn football again, haven't had this feeling in a long time. We win this weekend and we have something to play for, a bowl bid up for grabs against two ranked teams. Bring it on!

 

[BugsyCT]

Improvement? - definitely. We can watch UConn games again without a total sense of apathy, and the reassurance that the program is moving in the right direction. They've been competitive in every game except Cincy. That's a big step from last year's nightmare.

Success? - maybe, but let's let the final 3 games play out to make that judgement. Tulane is an absolute must win and Houston & Temple will be very very VERY tough. Bowl-eligibility is still on the table, and that says a lot.

Does it seem like we've lowered the bar as to what's considered a success now compared to pre-Fiesta bowl seasons? Probably, but it's the reality to where the program is at now.

UConn football is competent again, and is improving. Next year we should move up from competent to a good football team. Progress.

 

[Milo65]

UConn football is competent again, and is improving. Next year we should move up from competent to a good football team. Progress.

Perfect word: Progress.

 

[bmayuc]

Perfect word: Progress.

Progress was the measure of Success that we all defined in the beginning of the year. I've seen a TON of progress.

- A QB that can make plays
-A ton of really talented Freshmen
-Sound Defense
-Great attitude
-Oh yea, we are beating teams we should beat, and losing to teams we should lose to, and looking frisky even when we lose(Mizzou, BYU, etc)

And the most important metric

- I drink a lot less on gameday. Well, I drink the same amount, but less of the drinking is while im sobbing.

By all measures, standing here at 4-5 with an outside shot at a bowl, this has been a wildly successful season

 

[ConnHuskBask]

The biggest thing to come out of this season is that Diaco proved there was a method to his madness. While last season angered me and doesn't absolve all of his blunders, it's clear now he had a huge task of not only repairing the on field talent, but the culture of the program.

I'd love to get the Tulane and have good showings with Houston and Temple, but Diaco has them headed back up.

 

[uconn34]

False. You can't post a losing record and call it a "success."

I'll agree wholeheartedly that it is an improvement and that we are getting there, but you don't measure success in losing seasons regardless of where the measuring stick was entering the year.

As for HCBD, for me winning this weekend is going to be a test for whether I think he's the guy or not. Tulane is an inferior team. You need to consistently beat inferior teams home or away to become a successful program. He's done that so far in year 2: Nova, Army, UCF all inferior. USF talent-wise is probably an equal (though he should have won the game), Mizzou, BYU, Cincy, Navy and ECU were better teams. So he's 3-0 in games he should win, 0-1 in toss ups and 1-4 in games against better programs.

You need to get in touch with reality!!!! These guys are playing with attitude and determination. The first thing Diaco had to do was change the culture. I think he is doing that!!!

 

[Redding Husky]

4-8 was expected.

5-7 would be an unquestioned success.

6-6 would be a gift from the football gods.

 

[Rocktheworld]

At the same point in his UConn tenure P. was 5-7. In the words of Bill Parcells, you are what your record says you are.

Even if Diaco went 4-8 this year, his win/loss ratio would utterly destroy your good/bad post ratio.

 

[The Funster]

Last season: night

This season: day

 

[WestHartHusk]

At the same point in his UConn tenure P. was 5-7. In the words of Bill Parcells, you are what your record says you are.

Two rock climbers are climbing a sheer rock face. Climber 1 is 1,000 feet above climber 2. Climber 1 loses his grip and begins hurling towards the ground, his death imminent. After 8 seconds of free fall, a bloodied, unconscious Climber 1 is at the exact same altitude as Climber 2...and freeze.

"Both climbers are in the exact same position you idiots, it doesn't matter which climber you are" - Pal.

 

[SubbaBub]

Two rock climbers are climbing a sheer rock face. Climber 1 is 1,000 feet above climber 2. Climber 1 loses his grip and begins hurling towards the ground, his death imminent. After 8 seconds of free fall, a bloodied, unconscious Climber 1 is at the exact same altitude as Climber 2...and freeze.

"Both climbers are in the exact same position you idiots, it doesn't matter which climber you are" - Pal.

And yet, neither climber has succeeded. One still has the opportunity to succeed. Win today and we are climber #2, lose and we are still stuff on a rock.

 

[J187Money]

because Paul Pasqualoni started with a team that went to the Fiesta bowl and Bob started with a team that SUCKED

Bob started with a team that was the opposite of a disaster. Whatever that means.

 

[J187Money]

4-8 was expected. 5-7 would be an unquestioned success. 6-6 would be a gift from the football gods.

Personally I'm not satisfied with less than 6 wins and a bowl game. I would not call 5-7 a success. But it is progress.

There were at least a handful of folks that thought 0-12 was on the table. So they must be over the moon.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Bob started with a team that was the opposite of a disaster. Whatever that means.

To be fair to Palatine he claimed the team was the opposite of a "complete disaster".

 

[Adios]

We have not beaten Tulane and this season is being considered a success by some dude in the media? Please fire this writer.

 

[Redding Husky]

Personally I'm not satisfied with less than 6 wins and a bowl game. I would not call 5-7 a success. But it is progress.

There were at least a handful of folks that thought 0-12 was on the table. So they must be over the moon.

I define success as "better than expected". I didn't expect this team to go 5-7. So if we do that, I think the year is a success.

But yes, I'm not happy with that. We need 6-6 and a bowl to get back to relevancy.

 

[junglehusky]

To be fair to Palatine he claimed the team was the opposite of a "complete disaster".

Well, the opposite of -70 is 70, while the opposite of -100 is 100. So, the opposite of a disaster is something that's great, and the opposite of a complete disaster is something that's completely awesome. Therfore, Diaco took a team that was completely awesome and ran it into the ground on day one.

 

[J187Money]

I define success as "better than expected". I didn't expect this team to go 5-7. So if we do that, I think the year is a success. But yes, I'm not happy with that. We need 6-6 and a bowl to get back to relevancy.

I'd define success as achieving a goal. I know 5-7 isn't my goal, nor is it HCBD's I'm sure. My goal was a bowl.

 

[Redding Husky]

I'd define success as achieving a goal. I know 5-7 isn't my goal, nor is it HCBD's I'm sure. My goal was a bowl.

Fair enough.

As long as the trend is up (not stagnant or down), I'm ok.

 

[Rocktheworld]

To be fair to Palatine he claimed the team was the opposite of a "complete disaster".

Which mean we should be bowling NOW. Palatine wants to see UConn going from 2-10 to bowling NOW. HE WANTS IT NOW. DON'T CARE HOW!!

Palatine, since you probably won't get this, I'm implying you're a whining child with an unfounded and (at best) immature sense of entitlement

 

[scdono]

You guys see this team last season?

We lost to Army. We were life and death to beat Stony Brook. The highpoint of the last month of 2014 was almost beating 0-11 SMU.

I'm good with calling this season a success.

I have to agree. Not to take Fishy's thunder, as if that's possible, but you have to measure where you have been and how far you have come. It's all semantics as far as I'm concerned. We are going to win today and make the year both successful and improved. Last year this team was unwatchable (is that a word?) after the first quarter.