Danny O

[#1 PA Husky Fan]

Dan is the most visible alum of UConn football by far. I follow him on Twitter. Would be nice if he would voice some support for UConn football once in a while, but never does. Not even, when his guy, RE, was head coach. Mora has great credibility and seems to be a great recruiter. Hopefully, he can get mend that fence and get Dan back in the fold. We need all the positive support that we can get, especially from someone with his national presence.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

My guess is that DOs relationship with UConn Athletics has been distanced ever since he was recorded and quoted in the media in 2018 saying :

“The AD is kind of a schmuck,” Orlovsky was quoted by Burke. “The whole program is headed in the wrong direction. Rumor has it they’re looking at bringing in [baseball coach] Jim Penders in as AD. That’s the rumor, but we’ll see. They have to do something soon.”

Ignoring the fact that probably everything DO said back then was 100% correct, have to think that is the reason that DOs distance from UConn athletics has grown and why AD David Benedict hasn't exactly been proactively welcoming DO into the situation.

 

[huskymedic]

Mora had mentioned in the posted Chris Long interview that he has had a conversation w/ Orlovsky recently and that he might even buy a Husky and name it Orlo.

Give it time…

 

[huskysupporter]

Mora had mentioned in the posted Chris Long interview that he has had a conversation w/ Orlovsky recently and that he might even buy a Husky and name it Orlo.

Give it time…

Dan loves UCONN and the program. He is also very close to Randy Edsall - he will be fine. Benedict has to have thicker skin and should reach out to Orlovsky.

Everything will be fine. Coach Mora has already been meeting with football alumni, good things are happening there - tons of buy in.

 

[DoctorWho85]

I love DanO for his time at UConn. But he's becoming an ESPN shill.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Dan loves UCONN and the program. He is also very close to Randy Edsall - he will be fine. Benedict has to have thicker skin and should reach out to Orlovsky.

Everything will be fine. Coach Mora has already been meeting with football alumni, good things are happening there - tons of buy in.

DO would certainly know what a schmuck is considering all the schmucks that are employed at ESPN. The shows on that network are unwatchable.

 

[chalk1]

When you work in the corporate world you must tow the company line if you want to succeed. Dan works for ESPN and is well paid and I think he likes his job. ESPN does not support UConn sports an any way. They are not their networks product, so he is smart not to talk up UConn to much. Beside their isn't much positive on the football side of things now anyway.

 

[the Q]

When you work in the corporate world you must tow the company line if you want to succeed. Dan works for ESPN and is well paid and I think he likes his job. ESPN does not support UConn sports an any way. They are not their networks product, so he is smart not to talk up UConn to much. Beside their isn't much positive on the football side of things now anyway.

UConn has made more by making fun of UConn football anyway in recent history

See: the bottom 10, the constant jokes on game day, etc.

 

[noeynox]

He certainly was supportive of Randy when he was rehired. Once the games started playing what could anyone say that was positive? The results made me long for the days of Diaco.

 

[noeynox]

Dan loves UCONN and the program. He is also very close to Randy Edsall - he will be fine. Benedict has to have thicker skin and should reach out to Orlovsky.

Everything will be fine. Coach Mora has already been meeting with football alumni, good things are happening there - tons of buy in.

Someone calls you schmuck and it makes the press, and speculates on your job security, and you telling me you will be the bigger person? If I'm DB i put him on ICE too.

 

[LBird33]

Dan loves UCONN and the program. He is also very close to Randy Edsall - he will be fine. Benedict has to have thicker skin and should reach out to Orlovsky.

Everything will be fine. Coach Mora has already been meeting with football alumni, good things are happening there - tons of buy in.

Dan was a moron for making the comment. I say because he is in the media and shouldn’t have been so naive that off record quotes get quoted. Especially at places like ESPN anything goes for click bait

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Beside their isn't much positive on the football side of things now anyway.

Outside of the play on the field, which is mercifully over, there's nothing but positivity going on. Since Mora was hired, which universally seems to be a great get for us, we've had nothing but positive press. I don't follow DO, but the only comment I saw him make was a seemingly butthurt comment about not being involved in the process.

 

[chalk1]

I am very hopeful Mora takes us to new heights. Lord we need it. He has a big job ahead of him, but I support him totally. Win 4 games and I'll come back as a season ticket holder. I am in show me mode.

 

[wheelerdog]

Dan Orlovsky's input has zero affect on UConn football. He's not Joe Montana. Nobody cares

 

[noeynox]

Dan Orlovsky's input has zero affect on UConn football. He's not Joe Montana. Nobody cares

I wouldn't go this far. But he does need to learn to keep his pie hole shut if wants to be involved with the FB program in the future. Unfortunately he burned his bridge with DB, but there will be other ADs.

 

[Waquoit]

Someone calls you schmuck and it makes the press, and speculates on your job security, and you telling me you will be the bigger person? If I'm DB i put him on ICE too.

Even named a candidate to take over. AD DB doesn't owe DanO the time of day.

 

[SubbaBub]

What has there been to support? Stop looking for things to be sore about.

 

[uconnfan68]

UConn has made more by making fun of UConn football anyway in recent history

See: the bottom 10, the constant jokes on game day, etc.

Any press is good press?

 

[uconnflyer88]

I love DanO for his time at UConn. But he's becoming an ESPN shill.

This....he's almost intolerable at this point

 

[Nostical]

To be shilling for UConn football while it was in free fall would have been disingenuous and cheap praise. I’m sure RE was feeding DanO lots of negatives on DB since we know DB was having second thoughts and mandating Lashlee etc. Let Mora work on DanO. As we improve with recruiting and on the field I’m sure he’ll come around.

 

[dvegas]

I love DanO for his time at UConn. But he's becoming an ESPN shill.

Mike Greeberg's beeotch. So much so he bought a house in Westport only a couple of miles from Greenie.

 

[willie99]

I'm going to go with

"if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything"?

What was he supposed to say? Don't worry people, the Titanic can't sink

We sucked at everything, including fan support. On the national stage, we're irrelevant. Nobody talks about UConn football

Let's hope Jim Mora changes that

 

[LBird33]

Mike Greeberg's beeotch. So much so he bought a house in Westport only a couple of miles from Greenie.

Ask Mike Golak how well that worked out.

 

[LBird33]

I'm going to go with

"if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything"?

What was he supposed to say? Don't worry people, the Titanic can't sink

We sucked at everything, including fan support. On the national stage, we're irrelevant. Nobody talks about UConn football

Let's hope Jim Mora changes that

Less about that than his lack of decorum. Calling out DB and running his mouth. Not a good look

 

[Uconnalliance]

Dan is the most visible alum of UConn football by far. I follow him on Twitter. Would be nice if he would voice some support for UConn football once in a while, but never does. Not even, when his guy, RE, was head coach. Mora has great credibility and seems to be a great recruiter. Hopefully, he can get mend that fence and get Dan back in the fold. We need all the positive support that we can get, especially from someone with his national presence.

He’s not gonna do that because he’s got his hands in everything at ESPN which is the Antichrist of sports