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Don't hide behind Jimmy. You guys are a tag-team here. Own it.
Your next post on the topic of the thread will be your first.
He went after our coach. He's fair game.
Don't hide behind Jimmy. You guys are a tag-team here. Own it.
Schovinsky's?If seems hard to believe anyone could write thefirst three paragraphs in that post - including accusing other opinions of being inaccurate.
Schovinsky's?
Yes. I appreciate the fact he's writing about the team - it's always good to get more coverage - but he comes up with some stuff that is just completely off the wall sometimes.
What are we arguing about? Diaco has already said everything you need to hear. The process is most important right now. Preparing ourselves is more important than preparing for opponents. Does he want to win...sure...does he care if we lose...probably...but more important than both of those things is building depth and establishing process. I'm not mad at that. He is building for the future of this program. Getting experience for the players that he recruited for his system is the most important thing for him. Is the 2014 season important...yes. But he's thinking about 2016. Again I'm not mad. Its going to take time to dig out the the hole that PP and RE dug for us.
Don't hide behind Jimmy. You guys are a tag-team here. Own it.
I have nothing against his points or his argument except one, he is a fan of ND! I say this tongue in cheek, and do hope that on a Pro UConn message board that no husky fan will step up to defend him on this issue.So what is your argument with IrishFan if he's making great points??
I think the goal should be winning the conference this year. It's probably as likely/achievable as a #7 seed winning the NCAA tournament.
Until we are out of contention for the AAC championship, that is what I looking for.
Fall back is getting to a bowl game and winning it.
Uh, ok. Sure. Playing 57 players in a blowout win against Rice is equivalent to playing 50 players (including quite a few freshmen) in the first half of a game against BYU where you are 17 point underdogs. I'd imagine most of the 57 players played in garbage time.
To answer you're question, in the first half of football you really shouldn't be playing more than 35 guys. Even that is high. To play 50 in the first half is just utterly ridiculous if you're trying to win that game. By the way, I'm fine with Diaco if his approach to this is long term. I may not agree with it, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. If his idea of trying to win the game is playing 50 guys in the first half, then yes I think we have bigger problems.
Your next post on the topic of the thread will be your first.
He went after our coach. He's fair game.
What are you talking about. I was the only one who was supporting your coach. Everyone else was saying he had no interest in winning, had given up, and was writing off the first three games of the year. I was saying that playing a lot of players is something he is used to and it has worked well for him in the past.
And are you seriously saying that the person who posted a picture of the ND defensive players being investigated wasn't taking a shot at Diaco. Give me a break.
I don't care if you guys like Diaco, as I've said before, I've met him a few times and like him a lot. I wish him well and would like to see him back at ND some day. But I think he will be a very good head coach if you guys don't run I'm out of town in his first year.
That picture I posted was not a shot at Diaco, it was a shot at you and ND. You go ahead and throw Diaco under the bus because they are defensive players.
Hopefully you'll get the hint soon to buzz off.
While that is a nice goal it's nowhere near the same probability as a 7 seed winning the tourney.
It's not even in the same galaxy.
Really? Before this year, a #7 seed had never won a championship.
I've plenty of teams go from something like 3-5 in conference to 6-2 champions
Just as FYI, in Brian Kelly's opening season loss to South Florida in 2011, ND played 53 players. Face it Bob Diaco's mentor has a habit of playing a lot of players in the first game of the season. I expect Diaco to take some game practices from the things Kelly does. If you think this is a recipe for mediocrity that's fine, but it's worked well for Kelly, and I would expect Diaco to continue it in the future.
Too bad for Diaco there wasn't a thunderstorm to change the course of the game.
Lol that is hardly the same thing.
First of all the NCAA tourney is completely different - there used to be a handful of teams that could win - now Kentucky sleepwalks through a season and puts a future NBA roster in as an 8 seed. Ten years ago a team like Villanova would have been closer to a 12 seed than a 2.
Secondly, sure 3-5 teams win conferences the next year. If you watched UConn on Friday and think that team has a better chance to win the AAC than Napier and company had to win the NCAA tourney then I'd suggest an introductory class on probability and statistics.
We can run as many players in and out as we like but our main issue is still the offensive line. And yes the coach's actions and statements indicate he is making compromises in the present to build for the future. I'm not totally on board to the extent he's taking it but I'll choose him in a heartbeat over what we had.
PP had a very good resume and was a nightmare.
Whaler, no disrespect, but I took graduate level stat classes at UCONN and make my living using that knowledge every single day.
Last year, Auburn went from winless in the country to SEC champ & #2 in the country.
In 2011, Ohio St was 3-5 in the B1G and then went 12-0 in 2012.
It actually happens all the time in football.
Actually, yes, that is exactly correct. There is a difference between practice and game speed. Especially against an actual opponent as opposed to the scout team, or even your own first team offense / defense that is used to playing against the same playbook practice after practice.ibleedblue,
Are you really going to try and argue that coaches can't evaluate players based on practice? Despite the fact they've been doing it since there have been organized sports? Some folks surely go to extremes to defend their positions.
Yeah it happens in a large sample size.
It doesn't happen to the team we saw last Friday.
If you want to ignore the additional data they delivered you can fantasize about conference championships.