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BNich said:
That wasn't my point. It's those that hide head injuries wanting to continue to play instead of missing time.
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I know, was just pointing out they both did play for BD. I think we have turned the corner on taking concussions seriously and hope athletes don't hide it anymore. Played in the 70's got my bell rung, no problem era.
 
Chief00 said:
Thank you - glad you came around to my thinking on Susan Herbst.
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I don't believe I have. I'm of the opinion that she is as good as we've ever had at the position and if she got the job decade earlier we would be in the B1G today with a 60,000 seat Rent, AAU status, a top ten public academic ranking and a $1 billion endowment.

My guess is that you don't view her quite as highly as I do.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I don't believe I have. I'm of the opinion that she is as good as we've ever had at the position and if she got the job decade earlier we would be in the B1G today with a 60,000 seat Rent, AAU status, a top ten public academic ranking and a $1 billion endowment.

My guess is that you don't view her quite as highly as I do.
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Correct - Both Hogan and Austin were more liked and connected in the Presidents club.
 
Chief00 said:
My sources are very good.
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Has your source worked for the AD for over 50 years? How many NCAA tournament appearances have they directly presided over? Do they have a 100% attendance rate at all of the practices during Diaco's tenure?

I want the guy fired as much as you do, but for the love of god stop making up stuff and pretending you're clued in. It's pathetic as all heck.
 
jdb50 said:
I know, was just pointing out they both did play for BD. I think we have turned the corner on taking concussions seriously and hope athletes don't hide it anymore. Played in the 70's got my bell rung, no problem era.
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Neither played for BD. DID you not get th
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
I don't mean to call you a liar, but you can see where my skepticism lies in that not a single journalist in the state can get a quote out of DB that Diaco is returning, but a random fan can walk up to him at a basketball game and get that info?
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Did they even try?
 
Stairmaster said:
Has your source worked for the AD for over 50 years? How many NCAA tournament appearances have they directly presided over? Do they have a 100% attendance rate at all of the practices during Diaco's tenure?

I want the guy fired as much as you do, but for the love of god stop making up stuff and pretending you're clued in. It's pathetic as all heck.
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When I said he lost the team - my sources could only be in one population.
Not some paper pusher for 5o years in a state bureaucracy.
 
Chief00 said:
When I said he lost the team - my sources could only be in one population.
Not some paper pusher for 5o years in a state bureaucracy.
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Wow, your reading comprehension is atrocious.

Try someone who coached UConn teams to Big East Championships and NCAA tourney births.

If you knew who this guy was, I'd love to see you go up to him at the Rent next year and call him a paper pusher to his face. He has done more for UConn athletics than some guy who clung on a coach's coattails could ever dream of.
 
UConnNick said:
He actually said that about the Fiesta Bowl season? Wow, I'm done with Benedict right now. The No. 1 person who's supposed to be promoting our entire athletic dept. is making comments like that to a complete stranger who's a UCONN fan? That is mind blowing.

How can we expect this guy to represent the athletic program if even he's not sold on it? What a joke. I'd have rather he lied about it than say something like that to a UCONN fan he'd never met before.

I've never bought into the crap about how we backed into the BCS bowl game. Yes it was perhaps a down year for the whole Big East Conference, but we beat WVU and won the games we had to win down the stretch to make it. Why is it our fault that the league wasn't particularly strong nationally? You play the teams on your conference schedule. It's not like you get to pick and choose those teams.

That's the answer I would prefer to hear from ANY current UCONN AD, not that we "backed in". When your own AD thinks your prior biggest accomplishment in football is a joke, I cannot express in words how much I loathe the idea of this guy representing us.
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Truth hurts , huh?
And it's a fan he never met? Not really. Go back to the OP, page 1. The guy speaks truth. You'd rather some fancy fish cake scented smoke blown up your bung hole? Haven't we had enough of that? You ask him a question, he gives you a straight answer. I don't like the answer, but I admire him for being a straight shooter.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I don't mean to call you a liar, but you can see where my skepticism lies in that not a single journalist in the state can get a quote out of DB that Diaco is returning, but a random fan can walk up to him at a basketball game and get that info?
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Sure sounded like you questioned his integrity, at the very least...but it certainly sounds more like you called him a liar.
Thin ice, Brass Ballz.
 
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Chief00 said:
Agree - is a year of additional Hell worth being able to say we fired Diaco after 4 years vs 3 years. Will that make us better perceived.
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If the reputation out there is that this is a tough place to win, yes. This might be one of those "no win" jobs. I have no idea what coaches think but it is possible that our reputation hurts us.
 
Stairmaster said:
Wow, your reading comprehension is atrocious.

Try someone who coached UConn teams to Big East Championships and NCAA tourney births.

If you knew who this guy was, I'd love to see you go up to him at the Rent next year and call him a paper pusher to his face. He has done more for UConn athletics than some guy who clung on a coach's coattails could ever dream of.
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I will take Jim Calhoun's coattails. My sources on this don't have 50 years at UConn as Andy does but they do by definition have 100% attendance at practice. Quite frankly, Bob Diaco's has lost the team and up until a month ago I wouldn't have said that.
 
Chief00 said:
Without Jim Calhoun there would be no UConn Athletics on a hill to disrespect. It's easy to defend him against your baseless charges.
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Again, no reading comprehension. You seem to be elevating yourself above him, as if stalking your old buddy's players for years makes it so you've done more than a UConn legend.
 
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HuskiesFan1014 said:
Truth hurts , huh?
And it's a fan he never met? Not really. Go back to the OP, page 1. The guy speaks truth. You'd rather some fancy fish cake scented smoke blown up your bung hole? Haven't we had enough of that? You ask him a question, he gives you a straight answer. I don't like the answer, but I admire him for being a straight shooter.
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If you're comfortable with having an AD who thinks our greatest accomplishment as a football program was a fluke, I really don't know what to say.

Personally, even if that's what he thinks, I'd prefer it if he'd just shut up and not share that negativity with UCONN fans while he's serving as the face of our athletics program. Call me crazy.

Straight answers are OK with me. Pure stupidity and a total lack of judgment are not OK.
 
BNich said:
Whitmer and Cochran never played for BD. And It's never been reported that BS played with a concussion. Messed up ribs yes, but he sat out after concussions.
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uhhhhhh what? please refer to my avatar for my feelings on this post.
 
UConnNick said:
I think you meant Benedict, but I cannot like your post enough. A prospective coach that's worried about what's going to happen to him if he miserably fails into his third season isn't worth worrying about. Winners don't contemplate what's going to happen if they fail because in their minds they're not going to fail, so that eventuality isn't any bit of concern for them. If a prospective coach expresses any concern about the commitment of the administration to them, based on prior experiences with PP and BD, I'd send them packing if I were the UCONN AD.
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Yep, meant Benedict.
 
I would think the normal reaction of an athletic director who likes his football coach is to pick up the phone when the local newspapers come calling and outline the reasons he believes in Diaco.

The fact that he is hiding from the JI is more telling what he said to Jarhead.
 
The Viking said:
I would think the normal reaction of an athletic director who likes his football coach is to pick up the phone when the local newspapers come calling and outline the reasons he believes in Diaco.

The fact that he is hiding from the JI is more telling what he said to Jarhead.
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That's where my skepticism of Jarhead's story comes from. Not that I think Jarhead is lying about it, but that something doesn't add up. He's turning down media requests from the JI, from blogs, etc. seeking comment on Diaco but a random fan who walks up to him at a basketball game he's spilling the beans completely and telling him that our Fiesta Bowl was a fluke? Something about that doesn't pass the smell test - again, not that Jarhead is lying as he has no reason to and no track record of doing so - but that either the media rejections are fake, DB is blowing smoke at Jarhead, or DB is an abject fool and disclosing all of this info to a random fan while keeping it from media outlets. Very, very puzzling.
 
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It's such a strange comment to say that UConn backed in to the Fiesta Bowl.​

Normally that term is used for teams that lose when they control their own destiny but still win something or make playoffs.

UConn won their last five. They didn't back into anything.
 
Maybe I missed something. Did we announce the OC was fired or that we were in search of an OC? Verducci was demoted weeks ago and Corley became interim. Didn't we need a new OC regardless?
 
whaler11 said:
It's such a strange comment to say that UConn backed in to the Fiesta Bowl.​

Normally that term is used for teams that lose when they control their own destiny but still win something or make playoffs.

UConn won their last five. They didn't back into anything.
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Its just a stupid comment. AD should be a salesman for the university. I am not looking for him to BS me, but I don't think its too much to ask that he doesn't downplay the team's success. He wasn't here...I doubt he understands the circumstances...and yet his comment is to degrade the event? Makes no sense....bad judgement on his part.

And..he had to know there was a risk that his comments would be posted on a message board.
 
gioff23 said:
Maybe I missed something. Did we announce the OC was fired or that we were in search of an OC? Verducci was demoted weeks ago and Corley became interim. Didn't we need a new OC regardless?
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I made that comment also...what exactly is this announcement? We already knew the OC was removed..and that Corley was temporary. So...far as I can tell they just announced that FV had a new role and they are looking for an OC. Not exactly earth shattering news...or anything to make you feel that positive change is coming.
 
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