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Dear AD Dave

Rumrunner said:
The biggest scandal in all of this is how Dave Benedict sat around while this iteration of a team was assembled and presented as FBS-ready.

Anyone with half of a football brain can see that there is, almost without exception, FBS talent on this team. Five years. That's how long Benedict had for assessing individual players that comprise this team. And yet he claimed this past summer that UConn was going to be competitive at the FBS level.

Cashing checks without accountability. Must be fun.
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100X.
He cobbled together schedules and split up games. Apparently he could not do that and also monitor Edsall while he was torching the place.
 
Scoe said:
I’m done with the excuses, teams have dealt with being short handed. We did have a 10-7 and there was ample time to make adjustments during the game. Oh ya btw it’s Umass.
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Rumrunner said:
The biggest scandal in all of this is how Dave Benedict sat around while this iteration of a team was assembled and presented as FBS-ready.

Anyone with half of a football brain can see that there is, almost without exception, FBS talent on this team. Five years. That's how long Benedict had for assessing individual players that comprise this team. And yet he claimed this past summer that UConn was going to be competitive at the FBS level.

Cashing checks without accountability. Must be fun.
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Is it not AD Dave’s issue too?

And people act like coaching a football game is rocket science. Give me a break. Many of us do jobs more difficult than coaching a football team.
 
Forte said:
I use to think I'd rather lose every weekend but have a program to watch ... but Uconn is making me eat those words.... I'm ok if we drop football at this point. I'd rather not have football than reach new lows every weekend. Based on how often key players get injured, incompetence with the coaching staff, players finding new ways to screw up even the smallest morsel of in-game hope with idiotic penalties, and literally hanging their heads and giving up on plays there is zero hope for the future.... none.
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All emotions by UConn football fans are fair today. There is no defense of this program at this point. I can't blame anyone for thinking the program should be killed.

But...I still have hope that Benedict will make the right call on the next coach and they will be respectable again. This has to be the low point because they can't be worse than the worst team in college football. Right?....lol.

I just hope this stay in the basement is short.
 
Fairfield_1st said:
You guys remember we were missing 3 coaches including the interim head coach and OC, right? That forced people into coaching roles they aren't prepared for. I expected a better effort, but those losses were huge. Also lost our most experienced lineman.
I'm disappointed, but what did you think would happen with those losses?
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And playing with a backup QB...but other than that....
 
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Bobol said:
if the new head coach cannot turn thing around quickly then you gotta believe that at some point the Board of Trustees will pull the plug of financing a football team that loses on and off of the field.
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Quickly??? You’re full of it. If Edsall took 3 years to destroy this program, at least give the new coach that. This loss is still on FHCRE 2.0
 
Bobol said:
if the new head coach cannot turn thing around quickly then you gotta believe that at some point the Board of Trustees will pull the plug of financing a football team that loses on and off of the field.
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Just stop ridiculous they're not going to do that...
 
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People are nuts. We’ve lost half our good players to injury, we’ve lost two head coaches and we were coming off multiple crushing losses. This was a trap game with a bunch of inexperienced players and coaches. Sack up and get ready for Yale. We were on our third QB and third head coach in 6 games. Don’t be a bunch of pansies. This mess will turn around next year. Support the kids so they don’t all leave and prolong our freakin misery.
 
Hoophound said:
People are nuts. We’ve lost half our good players to injury, we’ve lost two head coaches and we were coming off multiple crushing losses. This was a trap game with a bunch of inexperienced players and coaches. Sack up and get ready for Yale. We were on our third QB and third head coach in 6 games. Don’t be a bunch of pansies. This mess will turn around next year. Support the kids so they don’t all leave and prolong our freakin misery.
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"Sack up and get ready for Yale."
The new rallying cry? Yikes....
 
Hoophound said:
People are nuts. We’ve lost half our good players to injury, we’ve lost two head coaches and we were coming off multiple crushing losses. This was a trap game with a bunch of inexperienced players and coaches. Sack up and get ready for Yale. We were on our third QB and third head coach in 6 games. Don’t be a bunch of pansies. This mess will turn around next year. Support the kids so they don’t all leave and prolong our freakin misery.
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You have not been paying attention.
 
Hoophound said:
People are nuts. We’ve lost half our good players to injury, we’ve lost two head coaches and we were coming off multiple crushing losses. This was a trap game with a bunch of inexperienced players and coaches. Sack up and get ready for Yale. We were on our third QB and third head coach in 6 games. Don’t be a bunch of pansies. This mess will turn around next year. Support the kids so they don’t all leave and prolong our freakin misery.
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Every D1 team loses top players to injury. it's part of the game. UConn wants to be a D1 program and the coaches get paid real money. I think most people who follow the Boneyard and want a competitive program can't even fathom how inept the program is.
 
DAC17 said:
Who honestly thinks they're going to get a decent coach to come to this dumpster fire?
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Given how destructive and bad, Edsall was to the program, I think they will make a decent choice. Was men’s basketball a dumpster fire when Uconn fired Kevin Ollie?
 
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Hoophound said:
People are nuts. We’ve lost half our good players to injury, we’ve lost two head coaches and we were coming off multiple crushing losses. This was a trap game with a bunch of inexperienced players and coaches. Sack up and get ready for Yale. We were on our third QB and third head coach in 6 games. Don’t be a bunch of pansies. This mess will turn around next year. Support the kids so they don’t all leave and prolong our freakin misery.
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embarrassing.
 
CONN78SEJ said:
Given how destructive and bad, Edsall was to the program, I think they will make a decent choice. Was men’s basketball a dumpster fire when Uconn fired Kevin Ollie?
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Yeah turning around basketball and football are totally the same thing.
 
Some unwanted advice from a fan of another "fallen" program.....

Hang in...mourn the losses...and when a win comes....just celebrate...it is sweeter.

A win will come, then another.....sometimes a 3 or 4 win year is what we will get.

But hang in for the chance to cheer a win.

Rebuilding won't happen quickly....us fans follow our team through good times and bad...we get emotional. I rip off my T shirt and throw it at the TV (cheaper than throwing a remote..don't ask me)
 
CONN78SEJ said:
Are you saying I’m wrong in stating that “UMass was clearly better than UConn”? If UMass is atrocious what does that make UConn. Come on, give credit where credit is due.
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It means UCONN is worse than atrocious. The two worst teams in FBS are UMASS and UCONN. UMASS beat UCONN. Doesn’t change the fact UMASS is atrocious. Just means that it puts to rest what team is the worst in FBS.
 
We’ve played several games closer against better teams. This game was a disaster and totally embarrassing, but we are duct taped together at this point. Just move on. Edsall created this, don’t trash the players, who are, once again on their third coach and third QB in 6 games. We were never good enough this season to think that might not bite us against UMass. We are a mess. None of that helped the situation.
 
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Hoophound said:
We’ve played several games closer against better teams. This game was a disaster and totally embarrassing, but we are duct taped together at this point. Just move on. Edsall created this, don’t trash the players, who are, once again on their third coach and third QB in 6 games. We were never good enough this season to think that might not bite us against UMass. We are a mess. None of that helped the situation.
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Funny. I can’t keep track anymore. The spin the last 2 weeks was we were heading in the right direction after near misses against Wyoming and Vanderbilt.
 
huskysupporter said:
It means UCONN is worse than atrocious. The two worst teams in FBS are UMASS and UCONN. UMASS beat UCONN. Doesn’t change the fact UMASS is atrocious. Just means that it puts to rest what team is the worst in FBS.
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Oh, OK. So the team that lost in the closing minutes or seconds by 2 points to Wyoming and at Vanderbilt, is worse than atrocious and is the worst FBS team out there. I get it, you’re logic is impeccable, and I guess UMass wouldn’t have a chance against either team.
 
ASweet3781 said:
Funny. I can’t keep track anymore. The spin the last 2 weeks was we were heading in the right direction after near misses against Wyoming and Vanderbilt.
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We were headed in the right direction. We lost our QB, then we lost our coach. It’s brutal out here.
 
sub legacy said:


It's almost like UConn WANTS to be an FCS program. So be it, at this rate.
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Stupid....every year there's going to be a team who's the worst in FBS....should we call for that team to drop to FCS or drop it as well? Please.....and yes, I know we've been near the bottom for a few years now. Still, doesn't make it a logical statement.
 
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