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Stairmaster said:
I may be off on an island here, but when people criticize literally everything without regard for whether or not it's warranted, it desensitizes everyone for when something actually egregious happens. It's like the red pants thing -- how is that something you seriously criticize? There are huge problems with the program, and I saw more posts about pants than cushions in the defensive backfield or missed blocking assignments among backs and WRs throughout the entire second half of the season.
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I wasn't trying to pick a fight. You're not wrong, it was honestly just the agenda thing.

I agree and couldn't care less about his pants. It isn't even worth discussing.

But I think the argument that our recruiting is a serious problem based on other offers is entirely justified. And if someone is wrong about the number of other FBS offers they should be corrected, but that doesn't mean they are wrong about the entirety of our recruiting. They should be accurate, but they don't need an agenda to criticize our recruiting.

And I'm not saying these guys won't pan out. Some definitely will.
 
TheDrifter75 said:
Woah, Pump. The. Brakes. I'm a new member here but have drifted in and out for a while. I need your optimism. I tell ev re body how great we're gonna be. I'm either ignored or have to delve into MY theory of relativity after being told I'm nuts. I'm not nuts, I come here to prove that to myself. In all sincerity, please keep predicting perfect seasons.
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Don't worry. I'm contractually obligated to predict an undefeated season. Also, if I don't, I'm pretty sure that Greg Lloyd will knock the helmet straight off of my head. I think you know exactly what I'm talking about...
 
WingU-Conn said:
I wasn't trying to pick a fight. You're not wrong, it was honestly just the agenda thing.

I agree and couldn't care less about his pants. It isn't even worth discussing.

But I think the argument that our recruiting is a serious problem based on other offers is entirely justified. And if someone is wrong about the number of other FBS offers they should be corrected, but that doesn't mean they are wrong about the entirety of our recruiting. They should be accurate, but they don't need an agenda to criticize our recruiting.

And I'm not saying these guys won't pan out. Some definitely will.
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So I agree entirely with you that offers matter, etc. I know many of here tout this all the time and I agree with it. However, I am not quite sure how it's expected to be corrected. Sure, we could target, and do target, players that other AAC schools are going after. However, we are losing every single one we go after it seems. Even the one we got flipped to Temple. Does anyone truly believe we can beat out any of these AAC schools at this point? So what's the magic fix? Would people rather Diaco just doesn't have a recruiting class because we don't want recruits that only have FCS offers and maybe a random FBS offer? I mean seriously?

I'm not trying to excuse our poor recruiting class based on offers because Diaco has made his bed based on this teams performance under him. However, we can't just magically make these recruits come here. We aren't in a position to be beating out our conference mates so we need to find other recruits. No one is looking at UConn and saying they HAVE to go there. That's the problem and something I wish the school would fix by firing Diaco, but seeing how they aren't, Diaco has to do what he can to put a team on the field next year.
 
The biggest worry as fans is that competing AAC schools are recruited kids with higher rankings AND those schools have coaching staffs who have shown the ability to "coach up" their personnel.

So, UConn is started at a lower talent level baseline and has retained a staff that shows it can't outkick the coverage.
 
UCFBfan said:
So I agree entirely with you that offers matter, etc. I know many of here tout this all the time and I agree with it. However, I am not quite sure how it's expected to be corrected. Sure, we could target, and do target, players that other AAC schools are going after. However, we are losing every single one we go after it seems. Even the one we got flipped to Temple. Does anyone truly believe we can beat out any of these AAC schools at this point? So what's the magic fix? Would people rather Diaco just doesn't have a recruiting class because we don't want recruits that only have FCS offers and maybe a random FBS offer? I mean seriously?

I'm not trying to excuse our poor recruiting class based on offers because Diaco has made his bed based on this teams performance under him. However, we can't just magically make these recruits come here. We aren't in a position to be beating out our conference mates so we need to find other recruits. No one is looking at UConn and saying they HAVE to go there. That's the problem and something I wish the school would fix by firing Diaco, but seeing how they aren't, Diaco has to do what he can to put a team on the field next year.
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It's corrected by firing the head recruiter.

God bless every recruit willing to step into this dumpster fire. I hope they are great players. Some will be, some won't be. Every coach at every level swings and misses for recruits at their level. Looking at our recruiting, in order to compete at the AAC level, Diaco needs to bat 1.000.

He isn't the prodigy of college that doesn't land a kid who isn't good enough for their level of competition.

He's going to have misses, but our misses aren't going to be players not good enough for AAC but good enough for the MAC, they're going to be players not good enough for the MAC, and not good enough for levels below the MAC, maybe even FCS.

That's scary. But any one of those kids could be a stud, and the one or two that inevitably will be studs, won't give a what I post about them on a message board. And they shouldn't, I don't know a thing about evaluating talent. But I'm going off the opinions of the people that do.
 
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At the beginning of 2014, right after Diaco was hired, theuconnblog projected the starters for 2014, Diaco's first season:

QB: Cochran - Lasted one game before retiring.
RB: McCombs - Gone in June due to behavior.
WR: Davis
WR: Phillips - Transfered to BC in July.
WR: Foxx
TE: McQuillen - Played in 2014, booted in July 2015 due to arrest.
OL: Hemingway - Gone in June due to behavior.
OL: Samra
OL: Mateas
OL: Cruz/Schafenacker
OL: Gifford
DL: Pruitt - Played 2 games, then retired due to injuries.
DL: McBride
DL: Campenni
LB: Ashiru - Left team with games still to play.
LB: Vann
LB: Hicks
LB: Frank
DB: Jones - Injured during ECU game in October and missed rest of season.
DB: Williams
DB: Melifonwu
DB: Brown - Disqualified in May due to injury. Transferred to BC.

Plus, Joe Williams, RB, and Elijah Norris, TE, were booted in January and Bryan Paul, OL, retired due to injury in September.

In other words, UConn was a dumpster fire when Diaco got here as the roster was decimated, especially on offense and the OL had little experience.

And, his 2014 recruiting class was mostly PP's. So he had had 2 full recruiting classes and those kids are mostly RS FR and FR who are redshirting. Obviously, the recruits will not have had a big impact on the field yet as all the skill players in the 2016 class redshirted and linemen take multiple years to develop.

All that said, Diaco has been learning on the job and he has made some horrible game day decisions. And, I think he needs to bring in more QBs and skilled players instead of big framed prototypes and I hate the bend but don't break defense. Plus, I have a hard time listening to his interviews and he would be better off saying less. This coming season, Diaco has to prove he can win.

I'm not happy with the results since Edsall left, but I recognize Diaco inherited a mess and I think the team is in a better place than when he was hired. The OL that Diaco has recruited that have played (Crozier, Oak, Peart) are better than the two seniors who just graduated. Now, we need QBs.
 
WingU-Conn said:
It's corrected by firing the head recruiter.

God bless every recruit willing to step into this dumpster fire. I hope they are great players. Some will be, some won't be. Every coach at every level swings and misses for recruits at their level. Looking at our recruiting, in order to compete at the AAC level, Diaco needs to bat 1.000.

He isn't the prodigy of college that doesn't land a kid who isn't good enough for their level of competition.

He's going to have misses, but our misses aren't going to be players not good enough for AAC but good enough for the MAC, they're going to be players not good enough for the MAC, and not good enough for levels below the MAC, maybe even FCS.

That's scary. But any one of those kids could be a stud, and the one or two that inevitably will be studs, won't give a what I post about them on a message board. And they shouldn't, I don't know a thing about evaluating talent. But I'm going off the opinions of the people that do.
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I agree with all of that. I wasn't calling you out specifically, just was the post that got me thinking so I quoted it. I just don't think its that we aren't targeting the right players. I think it's that the players we all wanna see here that we target, aren't interested in coming here. That is entirely on Diaco. However, since the school seems to want to keep him for another year, for whatever god forsaken reason, we are going to hope and pray some of these players he recruits this time pan out. This is where coaching needs to change and improve. If we are going to be stuck recruiting kids with lesser offers, then the staff needs to figure out how the hell to coach or new assistants should be brought in along with the OC
 
FartMan69 said:
Recruiting SWAC to MAC level talent in the AAC and expecting to beat our "peers" .. With a used car salesman at the helm. Everything is fine.
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Yea...That Western Michigan talent will get you nowhere.
 
UCFBfan said:
I agree with all of that. I wasn't calling you out specifically, just was the post that got me thinking so I quoted it. I just don't think its that we aren't targeting the right players. I think it's that the players we all wanna see here that we target, aren't interested in coming here. That is entirely on Diaco. However, since the school seems to want to keep him for another year, for whatever god forsaken reason, we are going to hope and pray some of these players he recruits this time pan out. This is where coaching needs to change and improve. If we are going to be stuck recruiting kids with lesser offers, then the staff needs to figure out how the hell to coach or new assistants should be brought in along with the OC
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If they play like they did this year you will see half a season for diaco. I really hope they do turn things around I have been seeing uconn since fcs days
 
Sky ball said:
Yea...That Western Michigan talent will get you nowhere.
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Which recruits had offers from WMU?

WMU led the MAC in recruiting three straight years and landed numerous three star recruits.

The rest of the MAC isn't recruiting at that level and it's obvious on the field.
 
UConnDan97 said:
And with that, he went 2-10 and talked about a "full rebuild", with exhibition games and all. He sucks so hard...

...so hard...
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This post... is both awesome and depressing. I want to grab Diaco by the scruff of the neck and point to the post saying "look, look what you've done."
 
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CTMike said:
We are barely able to recruit at a D1 level. We have taken several steps back as our conference status was demoted and we've hired two dumpster fires. There is no way for recruiting to improve (particularly our areas of critical need - OL and QB) until our performance improves. Without an exciting offense and aggressive defense we have nothing to offer above competing schools and will be stuck in the wilderness indefinitely.

I think that about covers it.
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What exactly do have against dumpster fires that you should treat them with such disrespect?
 
Diaco would be wise to remember the words of Bear Bryant.
"There are just three things I'd ever say:
If anything goes bad, then I did it.
If anything goes semi-good, then we did it
If anything goes real good, then you did it.
That's what it takes to get people to win football games for you.
That, and big, strong, fast, smart players."
 
Nostical said:
Diaco would be wise to remember the words of Bear Bryant.
"There are just three things I'd ever say:
If anything goes bad, then I did it.
If anything goes semi-good, then we did it
If anything goes real good, then you did it.
That's what it takes to get people to win football games for you.
That, and big, strong, fast, smart players."
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The only thing Diaco has in common with Bear is the word "ant."
 
WingU-Conn said:
Two thoughts.

I love when posters claim people have "agendas". If wanting us to win games is an agenda, then I'm guilty.
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They are the people who think its all sunshine and rainbows in UConn athletics still. They can't accept the fact that its not- and our athletic program as a whole (basketball included!) is on a slippery, slippery slope where if we aren't smart- could seriously cost....everything.
 
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UConnDan97 said:
I'm interested to see what they and a few others bring (Leone, DeGeorge in particular), but when considering what he's already done with NFL players...God help us...
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George DeLeone?!? haha
 
Well, all I know is we have a hell of mess on our hands and apparently have either a hamstrung administration or incompetent administration, or some of both. Keeping Diaco will be a disaster under every scenario unless he pulls a miracle season out his useless . If we have a losing season, a deeper hole is dug from which we may never escape. If he goes 6 or 7 wins it's even worse because he makes a claim for another year and pushes us back even farther into irrelevance and his Shiite recruiting will have the cupboards full of FCS level players that never fully develop like the bunch he has now. No, this single decision to keep this Clown could ripple for years. Whoever takes over will have a real crap sandwich to digest. Time to pull off the band aid and clean out the infection. It's only going to get worse.
 
BlueDogs said:
Well, all I know is we have a hell of mess on our hands and apparently have either a hamstrung administration or incompetent administration, or some of both. Keeping Diaco will be a disaster under every scenario unless he pulls a miracle season out his useless . If we have a losing season, a deeper hole is dug from which we may never escape. If he goes 6 or 7 wins it's even worse because he makes a claim for another year and pushes us back even farther into irrelevance and his Shiite recruiting will have the cupboards full of FCS level players that never fully develop like the bunch he has now. No, this single decision to keep this Clown could ripple for years. Whoever takes over will have a real crap sandwich to digest. Time to pull off the band aid and clean out the infection. It's only going to get worse.
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See my signature below...
 
[to be heard in Ralphie's voice from "A Christmas Story", just as he explained Scut Farkus's "yellow eyes"]

Bob Diaco staring out at the field with his red pants. He had red pants! SO HELP ME GOD, RED PANTS!!
 
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Huskyforlife said:
I hope I didn't read our commits 9 and 10 only had FCS offers. We've been reduced to FCS level.
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With Fiasco at the helm and our present offense, we'd be lucky to finish .500 in the Colonial. Some of those FCS teams would light up our D as if they were being coached by "Air" Coryell.
 
hardcorehusky said:
Look, the biggest problem is Diaco and his staff have not been able to coach units up. OL - unmitigated disaster.
WR - OK, TE - regressed, RB - no change, QB - backwards, DL- backwards, LB- backwards, DB - backwards, special teams- backwards.

Do we realize 3 years ago- we had a DB of OBI, Byron Jones and Andrew Adams - 2 guys are NFL starters and the 3rd could be next year.
It is not just the recruiting- it is the breakdown of each unit which has gone backwards due to philosophy or coaching- in other words - coaching. The team looks better in a uniform, but hasn't been coached up or better as a unit. This is Diaco's biggest problem, not his stupid words, his culture of love, etc.
Personally, get the right coach in here and we can be back in a few years. No one did a bigger resurection job than Al Golden(Jesus doesn't count in this conversation.) That is who I want in here-someone who built something from nothing and can do it again, with more resources.
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Arguably true then - but our talent has declined significantly under Diaco.
 
UCFBfan said:
So I agree entirely with you that offers matter, etc. I know many of here tout this all the time and I agree with it. However, I am not quite sure how it's expected to be corrected. Sure, we could target, and do target, players that other AAC schools are going after. However, we are losing every single one we go after it seems. Even the one we got flipped to Temple. Does anyone truly believe we can beat out any of these AAC schools at this point? So what's the magic fix? Would people rather Diaco just doesn't have a recruiting class because we don't want recruits that only have FCS offers and maybe a random FBS offer? I mean seriously?

I'm not trying to excuse our poor recruiting class based on offers because Diaco has made his bed based on this teams performance under him. However, we can't just magically make these recruits come here. We aren't in a position to be beating out our conference mates so we need to find other recruits. No one is looking at UConn and saying they HAVE to go there. That's the problem and something I wish the school would fix by firing Diaco, but seeing how they aren't, Diaco has to do what he can to put a team on the field next year.
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Agree he needs to be fired - will cost more money keeping him in the long run. Other programs react much quicker.
 
This class is an unmitigated disaster.

Anyone who says otherwise is woefully ignorant.

What the "this player made the NFL with no offers" crowd never grasps is that just because 5,10,15 guys make the pros with no offers doesn't overwrite the fact that we've always had bad recruiting and correct me if I'm wrong, have only had 3 winning in conference seasons as a FBS program.

That speaks volumes and now we aren't even recruiting at a MAC level?

Just awful to see what has become here.
 
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