Day 3 and Counting

[BlueDogs]

Sent my season ticket-holder - not happy email to Warde. Expected perfunctory response. But no response as of day 3, not even the usual "thank for contacting us and we appreciate your concern, fecundity off."

Totally classless organization, incapable of performing basic customer relations. These guys are either in total denial, have complete disregard for its paying supporters, or are just plain clueless. Warde officially enters my listbof over-paid State incompetents list.

Im convinced these guys would f' up their own funeral.

For the Taliban defenders of the faith - no, I don't expect a personal response. Yes, we all know how busy and important he is. But, I do expect basic blocking and tackling with a customer relations program to acknowledge contacts like any other serious organization.

 

[huskymedic]

Wasn't Monday a State Holiday?

 

[sportsart]

I'm sure Warde has a smart phone. He could have replied while he was playing Chris Columbus at the Bushnell.

 

[UConnDan97]

It's been three days since the AD of UConn got back to you??? DOESN'T HE KNOW WHO YOU ARE?!?

(back to my whiskey...Lord, please bring me a win over Temple and make the "crazy" stop...)

 

[zls44]

BlueDogs drives a Dodge Stratus.

 

[jbdphi]

Sent my season ticket-holder - not happy email to Warde. Expected perfunctory response. But no response as of day 3, not even the usual "thank for contacting us and we appreciate your concern, fecundity off."

Totally classless organization, incapable of performing basic customer relations. These guys are either in total denial, have complete disregard for its paying supporters, or are just plain clueless. Warde officially enters my listbof over-paid State incompetents list.

Im convinced these guys would f' up their own funeral.

For the Taliban defenders of the faith - no, I don't expect a personal response. Yes, we all know how busy and important he is. But, I do expect basic blocking and tackling with a customer relations program to acknowledge contacts like any other serious organization.

Lighten up Francis. You certainly seem to have a lot of lists. Good thing I'm in a foreign country. I'd hate to be on your list too...

 

[Fishy]

I have never seen someone get pissed off that they didn't receive an autoresponse.

 

[Gate97]

Warde is too busy trying to respond to HFD's hourly dispatches via email, telephone, snail mail, telegraph, etc. to reply to other season ticket holders...

 

[Palatine]

Actually, bluedogs is right. Regardless of his reaction, the university should have some mechanism that lets a person know their message has been received. It's just basic customer service.

 

[Carl Spackler]

We need to get to a bowl game this season, bottom line. Anything less is failure on the coaching staff to demonstrate progress.

Warde Manuel, is not concerned in the least about the coachign staff in 2012, and 2013. His concern is making sure that we've got games scheduled to play beyond 2013.

The coaching staff, will be addressed after the season.

You all need to give it a rest. I am no George Deleone fan, and I can guarantee you that everybody in the football offices knows that they need to figure out how to start winning games, at a clip more than they're losing, or their jobs are going to be taken away, to give somebody else a chance.

I still fully expect a bowl game this year, and I fully expect that at this point, midway - that these coaches realize that they better do something different, if they expect to get on a roll with winning games.

 

[sdhusky]

Sent my season ticket-holder - not happy email to Warde. Expected perfunctory response. But no response as of day 3, not even the usual "thank for contacting us and we appreciate your concern, fecundity off."

Totally classless organization, incapable of performing basic customer relations. These guys are either in total denial, have complete disregard for its paying supporters, or are just plain clueless. Warde officially enters my listbof over-paid State incompetents list.

Im convinced these guys would f' up their own funeral.

For the Taliban defenders of the faith - no, I don't expect a personal response. Yes, we all know how busy and important he is. But, I do expect basic blocking and tackling with a customer relations program to acknowledge contacts like any other serious organization.

I hate it when s aren't treated with kid gloves.

The moral outrage.

 

[mattp]

I'm guessing you send a lot of email rants, do you really get answers to all of them? Hopefully Warde's way too busy exploring available head coaches and offensive coordinators to respond to any fan mail.

 

[huskymedic]

Heard from Warde... he's going to start posting the best emails and his responses on the video board starting one hour before game time - so get to your seats early. They will take a break during the game and resume @ halftime. Also, instead of DJ Joey asking the fans to vote on which dance cam song folks want to hear - they will be posting available coaches names on the video baord and the interview list will be decided by the three with the loudest cheer.

 

[sdhusky]

Heard from Warde... he's going to start posting the best emails and his responses on the video board starting one hour before game time - so get to your seats early. They will take a break during the game and resume @ halftime. Also, instead of DJ Joey asking the fans to vote on which dance cam song folks want to hear - they will be posting available coaches names on the video baord and the interview list will be decided by the three with the loudest cheer.

Wow. Just like American Idol. This HAS TO WORK!!!

 

[whaler11]

Wow. Just like American Idol. This HAS TO WORK!!!

It would have worked better than Hathaway's approach.

 

[jdb50]

We need to get to a bowl game this season, bottom line. Anything less is failure on the coaching staff to demonstrate progress.

Warde Manuel, is not concerned in the least about the coachign staff in 2012, and 2013. His concern is making sure that we've got games scheduled to play beyond 2013.

The coaching staff, will be addressed after the season.

You all need to give it a rest. I am no George Deleone fan, and I can guarantee you that everybody in the football offices knows that they need to figure out how to start winning games, at a clip more than they're losing, or their jobs are going to be taken away, to give somebody else a chance.

I still fully expect a bowl game this year, and I fully expect that at this point, midway - that these coaches realize that they better do something different, if they expect to get on a roll with winning games.

I am not sure that the staff realizes they better do something different based on PP interview with Des today. Sounds like there is no urgency in this offensive staff.

 

[gars44]

We need to get to a bowl game this season, bottom line. Anything less is failure on the coaching staff to demonstrate progress.

Warde Manuel, is not concerned in the least about the coachign staff in 2012, and 2013. His concern is making sure that we've got games scheduled to play beyond 2013.

The coaching staff, will be addressed after the season.

You all need to give it a rest. I am no George Deleone fan, and I can guarantee you that everybody in the football offices knows that they need to figure out how to start winning games, at a clip more than they're losing, or their jobs are going to be taken away, to give somebody else a chance.

I still fully expect a bowl game this year, and I fully expect that at this point, midway - that these coaches realize that they better do something different, if they expect to get on a roll with winning games.

You fully expect a bowl game?

 

[Carl Spackler]

You fully expect a bowl game?

Yes - I do.

 

[gars44]

Yes - I do.

What is more likely this Christmas: Uconn bowl game, or you put a tooth under your pillow and and wake up to a new Lexus in your driveway? I'll put my money on the Lexus.

 

[Carl Spackler]

What is more likely this Christmas: Uconn bowl game, or you put a tooth under your pillow and and wake up to a new Lexus in your driveway? I'll put my money on the Lexus.

oh ye of little faith.

Football is played one week at a time, and we've got 6 of them left.

 

[RMoore1999]

It would have worked better than Hathaway's approach.

Hathaway had an "approach"? Please share....

 

[Nostical]

I'm with Gars. No Bowl. And be careful what you wish for, Carl. No Bowl=No PP.

 

[gars44]

I'm with Gars. No Bowl. And be careful what you wish for, Carl. No Bowl=No PP.

Yeah, I mean, I'm not trying to disparage Uconn at all. I just watch the games, I see what's going on. This offense is like in the hospital. It's on tubes and wires. It's not dead, it can take fluids. But it ain't getting up and going to work. So, we going to get a few good bounces. I think 5-7 is reasonable.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Yeah, I mean, I'm not trying to disparage Uconn at all. I just watch the games, I see what's going on. This offense is like in the hospital. It's on tubes and wires. It's not dead, it can take fluids. But it ain't getting up and going to work. So, we going to get a few good bounces. I think 5-7 is reasonable.

I don't think a bowl game is out of the question. We have to see some signs of progression on offense. And our schedule is awful. We have 2 games we'll probably lose. The others are Temple, Cuse, Pitt, and USF. It's doable.

 

[mattp]

I do find it a little funny that people are so set that we're not making a bowl game. We lost to the "23rd best" team in the country in a game where we basically had a stalemate in terms of yardage in a game that was very close until some awful late game TOs made it look ugly. Our next two games are against Temple and Cuse. So fare we've beaten every team ranked behind us and lost to every team ranked ahead of us(yes, WMU was ranked well ahead of us going into the season) so while I'm not happy with our performance, it hasn't been disastrous...yet. If we beat all the teams we "should" we'll still end up with 6-7 wins. We should win those to go 5-3 and only one game away from a bowl. Granted I'm not happy at 6-6, but to me it's kind of silly to write off a bowl appearance already. If we're 3-5 after our next two games, well then it might be time to write off an appearance, but it's way too early to do so.

i think anyone that thinks P will be fired if we miss a bowl is off base as well. I think another 5 win season will earn him a season on the hot seat, but not a firing. I think P needs to be on the hot seat b/c we only move the ball when we're trailing 10+. he only seems to want to change when it's been beaten into him that something's not working. hopefully it'll at least cause him to shop around for another OC.