Game Week - UConn v. Tulane (Senior Day)

[Carl Spackler]

Tactical.

 

[huskymedic]

Gavin Keefe ‏@GavinKeefe 27s 27 seconds ago
Diaco: "Recruiting continues to be very strong… We've got real depth at all levels now."

Neill Ostrout@NeillOstrout just now
Diaco when asked if he can pinpoint exactly what went wrong with offense: "I can. I'm not going to. There's no sense in piling on."

(Staff changes are coming in the next week is my read between the lines and observing body language)

Daily Campus Sports@dcsportsdept 1 min ago
OC David Corley will be evaluated after the season. "Not appropriate" to make a decision on his status right now.

Mike Anthony@ManthonyCourant just now
Bob Diaco on whether he is right guy to coach UConn: "I definitely am, but I’m not going to defend that. I don’t feel compelled to."

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Football@UConnFootball just now
#UConn HCBD on Obi: "I've coached some great secondary players, he is more physically gifted then any of them. He is a spectacular athlete."

Daily Campus Sports@dcsportsdept just now
Diaco speaking on Nazir Williams and Felton Blackwell's status now. Blackwell was dismissed from UConn, Williams was not, will be back soon

Ian Bethune@Ian_Bethune just now
Diaco - Blackwell was dismissed from school. Williams has a chance to redeem himself #UConn

Neill Ostrout@NeillOstrout 1 min ago
Suspended players update: Nazir Williams still on roster, could return next year. Felton Blackwell no longer UConn student.

Ian Bethune@Ian_Bethune just now
Diaco - will be working on Sunday. and coaches will get back together on Monday and get right to work on next season #UConn

Ed Daigneault@EdDaigneaultjust now
Kudos to Diaco for answering, or attempting to answer, some hard questions. Was likely a long 41 minutes for him.

Ed Daigneault@EdDaigneaultjust now
He did some dancing, but he's a coach. They all do that.

 

[huskysupporter]

I mean does he really have no idea?

 

[huskysupporter]

UConn Football@UConnFootball just now
#UConn HCBD on Obi: "I've coached some great secondary players, he is more physically gifted then any of them. He is a spectacular athlete."

Spectacular athlete. Spectacular safety? Yeah, not so much.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Year 4 is going to look like year 1 if we keep this guy. He just finished year 3 and is talking about starting from scratch with an offense and is saying that the defense that has been getting gashed all season long - is fine.

Don't let him fool you in person @huskymedic.

Guys like this are extremely persuasive.

 

[RioDog]

Mike Anthony ‏@ManthonyCourant 34s34 seconds ago
Diaco: "Perception is reality. It is not the reality of our program that everything is a mess. Not true. It does seem like that though."

Does anyone think this sounds even remotely sane? Either Diaco's discombobulation is real and has reached (Greg) Robinsonian proportions, or he truly is Harold Hill and UConn is River City.

 

[huskymedic]

Don't let him fool you in person @huskymedic.

In person? I'm sitting in my home office w/ a cup of coffee w/ Baileys.

All coaches are bullschlitters - he's just a bit more than others.

 

[Carl Spackler]

In person? I'm sitting in my home office w/ a cup of coffee w/ Baileys.

All coaches are bullschlitters - he's just a bit more than others.

Yeah sure. And I'm a 400lb guy laying in bed. ;-) just messin.

Seriously though, the press corps has got to start seriously calling this guy's bluff. Makes me angry. Fool me once - shame on me. This guy isn't fooling me again, and shouldn't anyone.

He really said we don't have a problem stopping anybody.

He must really not look at the scoreboard or clock during games. I think he's imaging flying around the stadium in a superman costume most the time.

 

[huskymedic]

Yeah sure. And I'm a 400lb guy laying in bed. ;-) just messin. .

Your turn...

 

[Carl Spackler]

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Your turn...

 

[uconnphil2016]

My prediction: the staff will be replaced with the only possibly more blatant form of nepotism--his wife as OC, kids on the defense, and remaining family members will be position coaches.

 

[Confident Carl]

Spectacular athlete. Spectacular safety? Yeah, not so much.

Surprised you feel that way. He's big, fast, athletic, tough and smart. Sounds like a high end NFL draft pick visa vi Byron Jones. Interesting if he ends up starting next year, we might have three (Andrew Adams, Giants) UCONN db's in successive years starting on NFL teams. Add to them, Darius Butler, Colts, Dwayne Gratz, Jags and Tyvon Branch Raiders. Pretty impressive for UCONN.

 

[kemba]

Neill Ostrout ‏@NeillOstrout 1m1 minute ago
Diaco: "I have a spectacular level of insulation." Says he doesn't read his emails. Doesn't watch TV. Doesn't read newspapers.

Yet a few weeks ago he went on and on for 10 minutes about why he doesn't understand he's being criticized for the conflict.

 

[huskymedic]

Yet a few weeks ago he went on and on for 10 minutes about why he doesn't understand he's being criticized for the conflict.

Doesn't mean people don't feed him info directly (which he has referenced).

 

[Walker11]

"We are in year 3 with a spectacularly challenging schedule. "

 

[huskymedic]

Mike Anthony (@ManthonyCourant)
11/22/16, 2:38 PM
Bob Diaco on whether he's the right coach to lead UConn: courant.com/sports/uconn-f…

 

[huskymedic]

Daily Campus Sports (@dcsportsdept)
11/22/16, 2:46 PM
Bob Diaco talks @UConnFootball's offensive woes & more in final weekly presser of the season Post original url/2gdokuI

 

[J187Money]

5 with juice on the under

I would have bet the over. Good thing I abstained.

 

[Tdaley]

Surprised you feel that way. He's big, fast, athletic, tough and smart. Sounds like a high end NFL draft pick visa vi Byron Jones. Interesting if he ends up starting next year, we might have three (Andrew Adams, Giants) UCONN db's in successive years starting on NFL teams. Add to them, Darius Butler, Colts, Dwayne Gratz, Jags and Tyvon Branch Raiders. Pretty impressive for UCONN.

Obi had difficulty making plays on thrown balls throughout his career at UConn. He seem be a better athlete than a polish college player. You can see, however, why the coaches see a high upside to him. He has improved every year and developed into UConn's arguably best tackler. No one covered more territory than Obi or made more tackles on our defense this year. Further, those 2 interceptions in the Temple game were great plays and a further indication of his improvement. I thought he was our best defensive player this year. I do think he will play at the next level.

 

[huskymedic]

AP Diaco says fixing UConn's problems easy, and he'll do it

 

[UConnDan97]

AP Diaco says fixing UConn's problems easy, and he'll do it

If it's easy to fix, then we should fire him for negligence.

If it's not easy to fix, we should fire him for fraud.

Either way...

 

[huskymedic]

Fuller: UConn football coach Bob Diaco believes he will turn team’s offense around

 

[RSTuthill]

Love will find a way!

Think you just nailed it. Love will find a way.

 

[RSTuthill]

Fuller: UConn football coach Bob Diaco believes he will turn team’s offense around

Well, if he is talking about having the OL shed all that excess weight to make them much quicker and more agile, then I am all for that. That is something that cannot be done during the season but can be accomplished by next season. Ideally the OL should be huge AND quick/agile. But apparently those guys are not coming to UConn.