Tranghese said critics who want to place the blame on former commissioner John Marinatto and/or current commissioner Mike Aresco are misguided.
"If they want to blame someone, blame me," Tranghese said. "The thing the Big East didn't have was a football leader -- a Florida, Alabama or USC -- a team that contended for the national championship every year or carried the league. It wasn't strong enough football-wise."
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...oner-says-big-east-defections-were-inevitable
Read that quote again. The Big East had the UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI from 1991-2001. We had Virginia Tech. 2001 National championship winning MIAMI. 1999 BCS national championship game - VIRGINIA TECH
He's right in his quote - that he should be blamed. The conference did not have a football MINDED leader.
I got to sign out here now - this is just not what I want to talk about anymore - I just hate misinformation and propaganda. Tranghese is an old guy now, and probably has learned a lot from his mistakes. One can hope.
Either way - there is no reason to think he can't be helpful to UCONN in achieving the schools goals. UCONN should be using any tool they can find useful.