Does the Boneyard have any impact in terms of WM's decision making?

[ZooCougar]

Sportsart,

We probably do. But if he (PGDL) does as badly as we expect him to, Fishy is right. Warde doesn't need this place to validate an opinion that he is hopefully forming as we speak.

 

[Husky25]

Sportsart,

We probably do. But if he (PGDL) does as badly as we expect him to, Fishy is right. Warde doesn't need this place to validate an opinion that he is hopefully forming as we speak.

I love how everyone is so dismissive of the Boneyards collective opinion. Sure there are lunatics and sure people are reactionary especially after games but for the most part the 4 biggest Boneyard gripes in the past year+ have been:

1) Firing P.
2) Reinstate Foley as OL coach.
3) Giving Ollie a long term deal.
4) Disliking the rebranding (was moderate on the BY but I haven't met a casual fan who likes it).

Doesn't seem like we're too far off here.

1) Firing P. (Doesn't take a rocket scientist to gauge the general sentiment around the team, Boneyard notwithstanding. See ZooCougar above.)
2) Reinstate Foley as OL coach. (Has not happened. Can't really judge The Boneyard's influence on what hasn't happened. In fact it is a point against the 'Yard.)
3) Giving Ollie a long term deal. (He always said he was going to. Had to ensure it was not another Billy Guthridge situation)
4) Disliking the rebranding (was moderate on the BY but I haven't met a casual fan who likes it). (Jury is still out, I think. It's grown on me and I don't see a shortage of fans at the apparel stands in the stadium).[/quote]

 

[ConnHuskBask]

1) Firing P. (Doesn't take a rocket scientist to gauge the general sentiment around the team, Boneyard notwithstanding. See ZooCougar above.)
2) Reinstate Foley as OL coach. (Has not happened. Can't really judge The Boneyard's influence on what hasn't happened. In fact it is a point against the 'Yard.)
3) Giving Ollie a long term deal. (He always said he was going to. Had to ensure it was not another Billy Guthridge situation)
4) Disliking the rebranding (was moderate on the BY but I haven't met a casual fan who likes it). (Jury is still out, I think. It's grown on me and I don't see a shortage of fans at the apparel stands in the stadium).

[/quote]

I wasn't commenting so much on our influence, which is minimal at best I'd imagine, just that our opinions arent so far out of the realm of reality.

There were a lot here who knew P was going to be a disaster from Day 1 and he at worst he should've never been brought back for a third season.

As far as the branding, I personally don't mind it, though I do think or old dog was distinct. Just consuming on how the public consensus was anti new Jonathan and that was reflected here add well.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I've seen the new apparel all over the place, new logo, t-shirts, etc. I don't see an issue, people are buying it up, and unless I see hard stats otherwise, I think there's nothing but hot air there in discussing that. I've seen the new design all over the place. The problem is that our football program is sucking wind, so people see the new logo, and immediately think - the football program sucks. We've got the opportunity to do something big tomorrow night though.

I hope that KO keeps the program going. A successful season and post season run in hoops would be very, very good for UCONN. watch the new brand take off, if/when we make another March tournament run. The opportunity to have done something big with the football season, is hanging by a thread.

In hoops though, I'm no expert but it seems we're going to be short on experienced big men, and I'm sure the ladies would agree, it's hard to impress, when you're short on big men.

 

[huskymedic]

I would not be happy to find out that decision makers at UCONN, are making decisions based on what people write on this website.

This^^^^


But Art - this might help WM decision making too

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[ZooCougar]

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But Art - this might help WM decision making too

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Get Corporate Partner Dunkin Donuts to write "fire PGDL". That would be more cost effective in getting the AD's attention.

 

[StoweD210]

They probably throw out the extremes (which means most of us) and look for themes

I think that's pretty close to the truth. We know the media pays some attention to this site. And while the school may ignore claims like Edsall threw a season because he didn't want to play a certain QB, they don't ignore everything posted here.

For example, wasn't HFD contacted by someone from the school about his avatar? And, while this wasn't UConn, wasn't one of the breaks in the Sandusky case that someone posted about the McQueary story on a Penn State message board?

So, if someone from UConn is monitoring, get a radio affiliate for Fairfield county. I was in that part of the state last Saturday afternoon and couldn't get the football game on 1080 until I got past Waterbury.

 

[RedSoloCup]

I would guess that we are part of a number of pulse points that can be taken of fan interest in the program.

Look at the number of postings, the general topics and traffic. Peruse a slice of titles and thread timelines. What is the average Joe saying? We are a semi-stable focus group in that we have long-time posters and newcomers, but all mostly stick to the ID we have (as the admins can attest ). And BTW, stable in terms of numbers and volume of tin foil purchased for hats.

Do we carry weight? No, not really. We add input to the meter that is driving decisions, but the will not get a better parking company because that wingnut 'Red Solo Cup' sees a challenge in getting to his tailgate spot.

When a poster describes the drop in interest because of cost and performance, they may add that to discussions on marketing, on pricing, and how they break even or profit for the athletic department on the events. A smart department is always gathering information. Heck, I am sure the are businesses that trawl sites like this to track the same thing and sell the results.

Our AD seems a bit more attuned to the pulse than the last administration. Our marketing and communications have improved, gameday experience has improved (though not without the weekly set of production lumps). I would think that they know the growth of the UConn name in a tough market like CT is dependent upon good data, improving fan experience, and appealing to the medium to large donors.

 

[TRest]

If we get thrashed by Michigan the story will be how bad our fanbase is for leaving early and booing PP, not the coaches or team.

 

[uconnric]

How much influence do we have on the decisions Warde makes regarding the current failure of our FB coaching situation. I say coaching failure because I believe if you give RE this team, we go bowling the last 2 years, and maybe this year as well.

We know the media visits the BY and we also know the coaching staff has someone peeking in on us. (I believe all schools monitor forums to see if insiders, from both sides, share info that the coach needs to know about).

We are certainly the rabid fan base all schools have and, frankly need, but do we influence the AD in any way? While we may not donate like the Burtons of the world, we certainly create interest to others and have to mean something in the big picture.

There are thousands registered here on the BY, though I'm sure plenty have fallen by the wayside. If there are 1000 actual participants here, and our circle of influence is X 10, should Warde pay attention to us?

Nope

 

[sportsart]

I would guess that we are part of a number of pulse points that can be taken of fan interest in the program.

Look at the number of postings, the general topics and traffic. Peruse a slice of titles and thread timelines. What is the average Joe saying? We are a semi-stable focus group in that we have long-time posters and newcomers, but all mostly stick to the ID we have (as the admins can attest ). And BTW, stable in terms of numbers and volume of tin foil purchased for hats.

Do we carry weight? No, not really. We add input to the meter that is driving decisions, but the will not get a better parking company because that wingnut 'Red Solo Cup' sees a challenge in getting to his tailgate spot.

When a poster describes the drop in interest because of cost and performance, they may add that to discussions on marketing, on pricing, and how they break even or profit for the athletic department on the events. A smart department is always gathering information. Heck, I am sure the are businesses that trawl sites like this to track the same thing and sell the results.

Our AD seems a bit more attuned to the pulse than the last administration. Our marketing and communications have improved, gameday experience has improved (though not without the weekly set of production lumps). I would think that they know the growth of the UConn name in a tough market like CT is dependent upon good data, improving fan experience, and appealing to the medium to large donors.

I think you nailed it with the semi stable (or unstable) focus group. I think we are part of the over all pulse, but not much more.

The one group that has huge power, and may not know it, are the students. Not that they would ever do anything like a no show (would hurt the payers more than the admin) but emptying the student section for the last 5 minutes of the first quarter during a televised game would get noticed.

Again, not that it would happen, but it would be interesting.

 

[Alum86]

I would guess that we are part of a number of pulse points that can be taken of fan interest in the program.

Look at the number of postings, the general topics and traffic. Peruse a slice of titles and thread timelines. What is the average Joe saying? We are a semi-stable focus group in that we have long-time posters and newcomers, but all mostly stick to the ID we have (as the admins can attest ). And BTW, stable in terms of numbers and volume of tin foil purchased for hats.

Do we carry weight? No, not really. We add input to the meter that is driving decisions, but the will not get a better parking company because that wingnut 'Red Solo Cup' sees a challenge in getting to his tailgate spot.

When a poster describes the drop in interest because of cost and performance, they may add that to discussions on marketing, on pricing, and how they break even or profit for the athletic department on the events. A smart department is always gathering information. Heck, I am sure the are businesses that trawl sites like this to track the same thing and sell the results.

Our AD seems a bit more attuned to the pulse than the last administration. Our marketing and communications have improved, gameday experience has improved (though not without the weekly set of production lumps). I would think that they know the growth of the UConn name in a tough market like CT is dependent upon good data, improving fan experience, and appealing to the medium to large donors.

He is more attuned? LMFAO. He is so out of his league.
We are past the crossroads and sinking fast. He is rolling his suit pants up having drinks on the beach, monitoring. You cannot be attuned when you have not, at all, reached out to the fan base, at all.

 

[jdb50]

He is more attuned? LMFAO. He is so out of his league.
We are past the crossroads and sinking fast. He is rolling his suit pants up having drinks on the beach, monitoring. You cannot be attuned when you have not, at all, reached out to the fan base, at all.

Well, biggest home game in UCONN history, against the AD's alma mater, with the game on National television and the AD hasn't fired the coach so he is out of his league? UCONN football is sinking fast but steps will be taken and maybe sooner than we all think. Our AD will get this right but this wasn't the week to do it. We have a football guy as AD and even if it takes till Dec. the slide will stop and we will get back to being on the winning end of the scoreboard. I have no doubt that if we were in FCS we would not make the playoffs with these guys. Trinity would not go undefeated with these guys. We've been punked by Hathaway who was not a football guy.

 

[Alum86]

Because he played football (albeit not much) he is a football guy?
Okay. How has he distinguished himself?
What has he done? Given KO a contract after the fact?
Check. Fiddled while Louisville burned our house down? Check.
Allowed this retread to continue to run our FB program into the ground? Check.

 

[jdb50]

Kevin is underpaid IMHO. FSU and Clemson made the call on that one, not Warde. The retread is about to pop.

 

[HuskyBarker]

If the Bone-Yard had any influence at all, we would have ditched The Big East and joined the ACC long before the BE imploded & the catholic schools #%&@$# us over.

 

[FAIRTIDES]

What Warde Manuel needs to understand is that UCONN football, is that like everything else at UCONN, the football program is also expected to be a regular winner. It's just been in the shadow of the enormity of the successes of the basketball programs.

#1. Since 1985, we've had three consecutive losing seasons once (1999-2001). We've had winning seasons in 15 of 24 seasons from 1986-2010. We've had 5 conference titles in those 24 seasons (two in the 80s, one in the 90s' and two in the 2000s).

It's not Michigan level of winning, but it is winning.


I would not be happy to find out that decision makers at UCONN, are making decisions based on what people write on this website.

The person with overall responsibility for product quality should use every means available to take market "pulse;" even to the point of sampling the more reactionary market segments. My guess is that, at present, the "pulse" sounds alot like, "everybody is really pissed off." No way that's not taken into account.

As far as personnel matters are concerned, I think many sports' management types adhere to the, "listen to the fans, you'll soon be sitting with them" philosophy.