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CTBasketball said:
Preach. That would be an excellent engineering class project. What are we doing!?
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The technology already exists. They used to bring this contraption out at XL games during the marquee Old Big East games (Syracuse, etc)
 
I can take him or leave him, but bring back the wave. Bring back the gigantic flag running laps on the court during a timeout. Just don’t try to get us to sing Taylor Swift songs like PeeCee
 
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RichCTBB said:
I can take him or leave him, but bring back the wave. Bring back the gigantic flag running laps on the court during a timeout. Just don’t try to get us to sing Taylor Swift songs like PeeCee
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They were running the flags around during the cupcake games. Maybe someone forgot to bring them last night.
 
CTBasketball said:
I don’t care about Connor. He’s fine and doing his job.

I care more that UConn can’t get it’s pre-game fire cannons to work correctly and the student body has no clue what they’re doing. It’s sloppy.

These kids want t shirts - give the crowd a massive amount of t shirts.
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They wouldn’t wear the shirts
 
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August_West said:
It shouldnt be but it was necessary for me to do last march against Nova at BET at MSG. I was disgusted by the fact I had to implore my (Uconn ticket) section to stand, and then half of them didnt and then yelled at me for imploring them. Times have changed I guess.

We need better millennial entertainment and screw our teams traditions. I was VERY disappointed in UConn MSG behavior in March. Nova had better turnout, louder, and more engaged.
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I had to implore my (Uconn ticket) section to stand, and then half of them didnt and then yelled at me for imploring them.

that's a lot of imploring.
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that, and moar t-shirt cannons, is all i got.
 
I hope Conor doesn’t pay attention to the cranky bozos on this board. He does an excellent job in his role and represents the university well. I literally have no idea what possible issue you could have with him that warrants some of the reactions in this thread. I’ve probably witnessed 50+ games in my life with Conor as the host between UConn and the Yard Goats and he does great. Some of the promos are corny, but that’s not remotely Conor’s fault. He has some funny quips too.

Any Conor haters can go pound sand. Why don’t you go tell it to his face rather than trash him on a message board. I’ve never once heard anyone complain about him in person.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
I hope Conor doesn’t pay attention to the cranky bozos on this board. He does an excellent job in his role and represents the university well. I literally have no idea what possible issue you could have with him that warrants some of the reactions in this thread. I’ve probably witnessed 50+ games in my life with Conor as the host between UConn and the Yard Goats and he does great. Some of the promos are corny, but that’s not remotely Conor’s fault. He has some funny quips too.

Any Conor haters can go pound sand. Why don’t you go tell it to his face rather than trash him on a message board. I’ve never once heard anyone complain about him in person.
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I have no issues with him as a person but anytime he wants to come to my seats I’ll gladly tell him how much I hate UConn’s in game entertainment.
 
krinklecut said:
Seems to me the whole thing with Connor and how we organize game day and where we place students etc. caters much more to old fans than young. Hate to break it to you but Connor isn’t for the younger fans.
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They seem to respond well to him on game day

I don’t think anyone would oppose students leading the cheers, so let them lead the way. Hopefully being back on top of the basketball world will bring out the best in them
 
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AntG168 said:
Really? We’re trashing gamedayconnor? Saturday needs to hurry up…
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LOL, as long, as we are critiquing, who would utilize their first post in the middle of an epic season, to creates thread to talk about a hype man? It was completely predictable that it would generate negative comments.
 
UCLJ0211 said:
Need a solid UConn hype video to play before the game and maybe during timeouts
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The pregame intro video this year is pretty meh. I think the video content itself is fine but the song doesn’t really get the crowd amped.

I do love the videos that they do in the 2nd half showing highlights vs Big East teams, but in the one they did vs Nova they didn’t show RJs game winner last year or Kembas game winner from 2011 which I thought was strange.
 
I think when he stretches out the names (Dannnnnnnnnn Huuuuuuuurrrrrrrlllllleeeeeeyyyy) it kind of kills the noise people are making. I mean you can't hoot holler and whistle for that long. By the time he's done with the dang name everyone has just about run out of noise.

The other complaint I have is: can they spare the T-shirts and hats? I mean you have a better chance of winning Lotto.

On the subject of entertainment, who remembers those big blowup things where the guy inside the blowup would turn upside down and hop around? Weirdest thing ever.
 
I think Connor is great.
Of course the jaded, know-everything fans don't appreciate him, but he fills an important role – keeping everyone involved and entertained while also running promotions that bring in cash to the programs. You should go and talk to him sometime and see what a nice guy and true fan he is. He often hangs out at the bar area during half time. He is working to give the events a well-rounded personality. Go, Connor!
 
August_West said:
I don’t need to be entertained , I understand many do. I’m there to watch the team play basketball. Except for red panda. When red panda is there I’m all in.
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Basically, yep. He’s fine. Cheerleaders are fine. Dance team is fine. Shooting tee shirts at people is fine. Everything is fine. I don’t pay any attention to any of it.

But Red Panda is overrated. She’s there for the easily amused - they can replace her with a dog chasing frisbees or a free throw shooting contest or 15 minutes of dead silence. All the same to me.
 
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Vancat said:
I think when he stretches out the names (Dannnnnnnnnn Huuuuuuuurrrrrrrlllllleeeeeeyyyy) it kind of kills the noise people are making. I mean you can't hoot holler and whistle for that long. By the time he's done with the dang name everyone has just about run out of noise.

The other complaint I have is: can they spare the T-shirts and hats? I mean you have a better chance of winning Lotto.

On the subject of entertainment, who remembers those big blowup things where the guy inside the blowup would turn upside down and hop around? Weirdest thing ever.
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I do like how he does that sound effect with the microphone though -

We stand until we sCO-OR-OR-OR-OR-OR-ORe
 
Fishy said:
Basically, yep. He’s fine. Cheerleaders are fine. Dance team is fine. Shooting tee shirts at people is fine. Everything is fine. I don’t pay any attention to any of it.

But Red Panda is overrated. She’s there for the easily amused - they can replace her with a dog chasing frisbees or a free throw shooting contest or 15 minutes of dead silence. All the same to me.
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The Drama on whether Red Panda will drop plates or not is unmatched. Because she does.
 
Fishy said:
But Red Panda is overrated. She’s there for the easily amused - they can replace her with a dog chasing frisbees or a free throw shooting contest or 15 minutes of dead silence. All the same to me.
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UConn plays better when Red Panda is performing at halftime.

She performed a bunch in 2014 before we went on a run.

Also performed mid-last year during the Marquette game, which helped turn the season around.
 
CTBasketball said:
UConn plays better when Red Panda is performing at halftime.

She performed a bunch in 2014 before we went on a run.

Also performed mid-last year during the Marquette game, which helped turn the season around.
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Don’t care.

She’s one of those things that you have to pretend to like because everyone else seems to.
 
Fishy said:
Don’t care.

She’s one of those things that you have to pretend to like because everyone else seems to.
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You're in the extreme minority here.

The entire audience is captivated when she's out there, which is hard to do for timeout entertainment.
 
Still not a fan of an MC games (I’m an old man) but give credit where due.
I yelled at Connor at halftime telling him to give a few kids in our section some t-shirts.
Well he marched up to our section and personally delivered them. Some happy young fans. A really classy move.
Thank you Connor!
 
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