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Your sarcasm meter is broken.
Thank you.
Your sarcasm meter is broken.
I can't believe some of what I'm reading here, it's like some of you (sdhusky) didn't watch the games this year. Blaming (imaginary) high expectations by fans, comparing Calhoun sacrificing 1 or 2 wins, out of a 30 game season, to Diaco not trying to win 2,3,4,5 games out of a 12 game season. Big difference people, gigantic.
How about Calhoun playing in the Big East as it's peak and UConn losing to USF, Army, SMU, Tulane....
Exactly. We weren't exactly playing one of our heyday Big East schedules here. We couldn't beat some absolute dregs.How about Calhoun playing in the Big East as it's peak and UConn losing to USF, Army, SMU, Tulane....
How about Calhoun playing in the Big East as it's peak and UConn losing to USF, Army, SMU, Tulane....
uconnbill said:We all thought there was more talent here than actually is. Diaco is far from perfect but how many coaches are in their first gig being head coach. He gets a mulligan from me this season, but not next year. Things have to improve and my guess is he knows it. 2-10 next year will get him canned
What winning an extra game or two could possibly do to derail the foundation Diaco is trying to build?
He keeps mentioning how he was not going to sacrifice or jeopardizing what he is trying to build by trying to win an extra game or two. How can winning an extra game or two ever be detrimental toward long term goals.
I see it nothing more as a guy dumbding down expectations to ground zero levels and it doesn't seem to make sense to me. It almost seems like he took this season and wanted to make the point that we were the worse team in the FBS. We were BAD no doubt, but if we are the worst team in FBS is in no small part due to Diaco. TJ had this team playing harder and with more purpose at the end of the year than Diaco did. If anything this team did not resemble the team that played good football in games against Boise State, ECU, and UCF by the last game, and those three were good football teams.
I just can't believe people blame this on talent. There were so many poor choices made to obtain the record we have that it is maddening.
We should have lost to Stonybrook but Foxx bailed us out. We should have lost to UCF but the cold bailed us out.
We should have beat Army, but we guarded the long ball all day long even though Army never throws the long ball. Meanwhile, they shredded us at the line of scrimmage. We literally handed them the game.
We should have beat USF but we tied our QB's hands behind his back just to make sure we wouldn't win. You say, "but we were trying to avoid an INT". No, we were trying to avoid winning.
We should have beat SMU but we couldn't keep the worst team in football from reeling off 21 straight points in the second half. We couldn't adjust, they could. Then we punted on 4th and 1 at the 50, great call. "But, but we had 5 TO's, that's not Diaco's fault." Yes it is, he's responsible for the play of the players. He's responsible for everything. That's why he gets paid $1.5 mill a year. Seriously, $1,500,000 for this guy. He should be making $26,000 with a nice ham for the family at Christmas with his whacko behavior.
We could have have possibly punched BYU in the mouth and changed the complexion of the entire season with an early TD, but we pulled Casey Cochran in the red zone or thereabouts to make sure we wouldn't score. Wtf?
Tulane? Oh lord, what a debacle.
Things could have been so much better. In reality, they should have been worse because we got lucky the two times we won.
Diaco didn't even try to use the talent we have. Leaving Geremy Davis on the sidelines time after time, especially on 3rd and long takes the talent talk off the table. He didn't use his best player and now he wants to whine about talent? No.
Name some talent that you trust. Star with the O and the most important position on the field.
Carl Spackler said:I tried to make the following point yesterday, but was told I was refuting my own argument. Weird. Will try again.
There are plenty of examples, PLENTY of examples recent and past across all levels of football that show that it is entirely possible and realistic to break a program down, tear it down to the ground and destroy it, only to rebuild it back up strong and successful relatively quickly. I can start spouting names and programs across levels of head coaches that have led programs and done this.
It is crystal clear, that Diaco has done the first part - tearing the program down to nothing. We are the worst team in division 1A in December 2014. Unfortunately, this is the easy part IMNSHO.
What remains to be seen, is the hard part, and whether or not he can build it back up. Unfortunately, I can come up with no decent reason to have confidence that he will. The only thing I'm confident of, is that he will try to lead the program to that. We will have to just wait and see if the results can back anything up.
I, for one, have had enough excuses for losing based on anything else than his own failure to lead the program to a win.
I'm with you. Cut the guy some slack. Were all his "in game" decisions correct? No. We all started somewhere in our current positions. They have done well securing commitments well in advance of what we have seen previously. The kids are buying in. Look at the comments from players, they sound like Diaco. That's all I need to know. In two years the roster will be back to 85 strong with the same belief and mindset of the program/coaching staff. I am ultra positive and supportive of my huskies. Expectations may have been too high. Sure there were winnable games that were lost. But thats football. That's life. That's why they play the games. I had plenty of broads I thought I had wrapped up that turned into nothing. You win some, you lose some. The beat goes on.Right. I don't think he is the best coach of his generation.
I do think he will win championships at UConn.
Clear enough?
If anything an outgoing would not feel obligated to be on the HC's good side. But ok. The negative attitude from you continues. Thats all you are.Yeah the players 'buy in' and sound like Diaco but lost the last three games by about 110-30.
Oh a senior who has a vested interest in being on Diaco's good side said nice things about him.
Yeah the players 'buy in' and sound like Diaco but lost the last three games by about 110-30.
Oh a senior who has a vested interest in being on Diaco's good side said nice things about him.
Moore and Reyes were well made before P arrived. If you were going out and unhappy, who would you blame?Sip Moore and Kendall Reyes raved about P as well. Players are generally loyal and complimentary of the coach. Some are hoping for a good word from the coach when scouts and front office types ask about them.
Look at the age of the two deep.
Maybe a team that young can get 3 or 4 or 5 wins. Maybe. They aren't going to be winning championships.